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| Industry | Taxi booking and logistics, Technology |
|---|---|
| Founded | August 2011 |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney |
Key people | Hamish Petrie (Founder & CEO) |
| Website | www |
Ingogo is an Australian company that specialises in online taxi bookings, mostly for corporate clients. Cab drivers process fares using a mobile application on Android smartphones. [1] The company services Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. [2] [3]
The company has its own GPS-enabled booking system, and allows any nearby taxi service to pick up a fare regardless of which taxi service they work for. [4] The company was the first in Australia to provide passengers with fixed fares, which included all tolls and charges, and no surge pricing or extra fees due to traffic jams. [5] [6] Ingogo's system allows users to book a taxi up to two days in advance. [7] The company has focused on gaining corporate clients such as Qantas. [8]
In 2011, entrepreneur Hamish Petrie convinced Moshtix, a company Petrie founded in 2003 and later sold to News Digital Media in 2007, that his idea was workable. [9]
In May 2014, the company closed its internet-based tax receipt service when it was discovered that a security flaw enabled people to access information about clients, the last four digits of credit card numbers and taxi number plates. [10]
In 2015, Ingogo raised $12 million in a funding round that valued the company at $100 million. It claims to have raised more than $16 million in total from Australian investors. [11] More than $4 million came from crowdfunding alone, which was a record on the Australian equity-crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd. [12] The Australian Federal Government has also given the company a grant. Another investor was MYOB co-founder Brad Shofer. [13]
In December 2016, the company postponed plans for a float on the Australian Securities Exchange. It was reportedly considering preference shares or a rights issue in the short term. [11]
In 2021, passengers in New South Wales were able to book taxis through Ingogo using their Opal commuter cards as part of a six-month trial which included ride share and share bike companies. [14]
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