Double support for scoo.meThe Gilching-based startup is bringing BayBG on board as an investor. The scooter sharers are also launching a joint pilot project with Munich's S-Bahn.
With spontaneously rentable scooters, the Munich-based company aims to bridge the gap between rental bikes and car-sharing services. About a year ago, scoo.me founders Christoph Becker and Magnus Schmidt convinced VOX TV personality Lencke Steiner to invest in the company in her TV den. Like many other deals agreed on camera This also ultimately did not materialize. Instead, the founders brought business angel Hubert Barth on board. Now the BayBG with a silent partnership in the further development of scoo.me.
Connected mobility: Scoo.me cooperates with Munich S-Bahn
The company is now launching a pilot project with Munich's S-Bahn (metro) system: rental scooters are intended to complement the commuter train service. Initially, five specially designed "S-Bahn Scooters" will be available at Berg am Laim station for the journey from the S-Bahn station to the actual destination. The service area has also been expanded toward Trudering/Am Moosfeld. Magnus Schmidt, Managing Director of scoo mobility GmbH, explains:
"With the 'S-Bahn Rollers,' we have, together with the Munich S-Bahn, created an attractive mobility service within a very short time, which offers people living in the city's periphery a new mobility experience for the 'last mile' between their home or workplace and their public transport boarding point."
S-Bahn Marketing Manager Erika Graf adds:
"Through the pilot cooperation with scoo.me, we can offer our passengers a convenient and, especially in summer, very popular connecting means of transport from the Berg am Laim S-Bahn station to the Steinhausen commercial area. Therefore, the S-Bahn scooters are also called 'S5' in reference to the Munich S-Bahn network map."
Car-sharing providers such as DriveNow and Car2Go have already demonstrated that innovative mobility services benefit from the interconnection of different modes of transport. Their cars can be dropped off and rented at several European airports. The MVG and other local providers have already integrated car-sharing services into their own apps as a supplement to public transport.
