Friday, September 11, 2015

An Uber for bicycles? The grand ambitions of Danish startup AirDonkey

It aims to bring a network of instantly-available bicycles to cities around the world – if enough people want to rent out their spare bikes for cash.

When you’re launching a new business, having big aspirations is usually the done thing. For the distinctively-named AirDonkey the ambitions are bigger than most: to be something of a combination of Uber and Airbnb, but for bicycles.

If that wasn’t enough, the Copenhagen-based startup, which is soon to launch a Kickstarter appeal for about €100,000 of funds, hopes to be as much of what co-founder Erdem Ovacik calls “a movement” for more liveable, bike-filled cities as a commercial company.

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via Bike blog | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1JZlVM6

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