Online bike rental platform BimBimBikes this week got 250.000 euro in funding from several anonymous members of the ‘old boys’ investors club BrownCow.
Called a ‘Booking.com for bikes’, BimBimBikes from Rotterdam brings together bike rental sites from all over the world. Users can reserve a bike in advance, which is convenient when going on a holiday.
Right now the startup is active in 66 countries. The investment lets founders Michel Willems and Harm Wolterink expand internationally even more. The startup was founded in 2015 and within a year it managed to land over 1300 physical bike rent shops in over 1000 cities. BimBimBikes gets 15 percent per transaction.
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BrownCow is seen as an ‘old boys’ investors network, as among others, former CEOs from multinationals are in this club. Last year this gathering of seasoned business people launched a fund called The Herd. The investment is done through this entity. The fund usually invests between 200.000 euro and 1 million euro.
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