Dott (transportation company)

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Industry Micromobility
Founded7 January 2019;5 years ago (2019-01-07)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Founder Henri Moissinac, Maxim Romain
Headquarters Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Area served
 Europe, Israel
Number of employees
ca. 300 (April 2021)
Website ridedott.com

Dott is a Dutch-French [1] micromobility company based in Amsterdam which was founded in January 2019. [2] Dott operates over 50,000 [3] shared electric scooters and electric bikes [4] in more than 35 cities in Europe and Israel. [5] [6] Dott is one of the three companies that are authorized to operate rentals of electric scooters in London during a one year trial of the use of e-scooters. [7]

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History

Dott was founded in September 2019 by Henri Moissinac and Maxim Romain. It had its Series A round of funding in 2019, raising €30 million [8] led by EQT Ventures and Naspers; [9] this was followed by a Series B round in April for $85 million, led by Sofina. [10]

The company was selected along with companies TIER and Lime to participate in a year-long trial of the use of e-scooters as a method of transportation in London. It will deploy up to 6,600 scooters there during the course of the trial, [11] which will be available for rental use via an app. [12]

In 2024 they announced a merger with TIER Mobility. [13] The Deal was closed on March 25th of 2024. [14]

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  1. ↑ "Dutch-French e-scooter startup Dott raises $85 million as it plans to roll out e-bikes" . Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Transparency register" . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Dott to roll out e-scooter expansion with extra $70 million funding" . Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  4. ↑ "Dott to expand beyond e-scooters with bike-sharing service" . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Dott Launches E-Scooter Sharing Service In Tel Aviv, Israel". InsideEVs. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
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  12. ↑ "E-scooter trial launches in London, but riders may 'race against clock' with pay per minute fee". inews.co.uk. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  13. ↑ "TIER and Dott to form the European champion of shared micro-mobility". Dott. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
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