French startup BlaBlaCar is announcing plans to acquire Ouibus, the bus division of France’s national railway company SNCF. For the first time, BlaBlaCar is moving beyond carpooling and plans to offer both long-distance carpooling rides and bus rides. BlaBlaCar already ran a test with Ouibus for the past six months on popular corridors. It looks […]
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BlaBlaCar is on the path to profitability
French startup BlaBlaCar just released some interesting metrics. The company has reached profitability if you look at revenue between January 2018 and today. BlaBlaCar forecasts that 50 million people will book a ride on BlaBlaCar in 2018, which represents a 40 percent increase compared to 2017. BlaBlaCar is a marketplace for long-distance rides. People driving […]
View More BlaBlaCar is on the path to profitabilityBlaBlaCar acquires carpool rival BeepCar from Russia’s Mail.Ru
Another acquisition for French carpooling platform BlaBlaCar: It’s picked up Russian Internet giant Mail.Ru’s relatively recent rival offering, BeepCar, in what’s being billed as both an acquisition and a partnership. BlaBlaCar says the move is aimed at consolidating its international growth. “Through this acquisition, we are doubling down our commitment to develop carpooling in Russia, […]
View More BlaBlaCar acquires carpool rival BeepCar from Russia’s Mail.RuBlaBlaCar sells car insurance products from Axa
BlaBlaCar is iterating once again on its marketplace strategy for all your car needs. You can now buy your car insurance from BlaBlaCar directly with a new product called BlaBlaSure. The company is working with Axa for this insurance product. You’ll be able to select an insurance product between three different tiers, from basic third-party […]
View More BlaBlaCar sells car insurance products from AxaFrance’s BlaBlaCar acquires carpool startup Less in ongoing ridesharing consolidation
The ongoing trend of consolidation in the world of ridesharing continues apace, with the latest development coming out of Europe. BlaBlaCar, the French carpooling platform, is acquiring Less, a young carpooling platform based in Paris and focusing only on urban rides, paying drivers on a per-kilometer rate to incentivize them. The financial terms are not […]
View More France’s BlaBlaCar acquires carpool startup Less in ongoing ridesharing consolidationBlaBlaCar is optimizing its service for small cities and has a new visual identity
When you reach BlaBlaCar’s scale, you need to find customers who are hard to reach — literally. The French company announced an effort to optimize its ride-sharing for long-distance rides for people who don’t live in major hubs. BlaBlaCar now has 60 million users.
When you list a ride on BlaBlaCar, you tell the service where you’re coming from and where you’re going. Read More