From Wicked Ride to Bounce: how this bike rental startup is on the road to changing the way urban India commutes
17 April 2019 10:02 PM GMT
Bike rental startup Bounce is on the road to making daily commute stress-free, reliable, and time-saving for urban India through its shared mobility solutions. Bounce Co-founder Vivekananda HR talks to YourStory's Shradha Sharma on the startup's plans to change the way Indians commute.
- At first glance, Vivekananda HR, Co-founder of bike rental platform Bounce, seems like any other guy.
- Also read: After US and China, will India be the next bike-sharing hub of 2018?From Wicked Ride to Bounce: the journeyAnd yet, for Founders Vivekananda, Varun Agni, and Anil G, their journey into the mobility space did not begin with Bounce, or Metro Bikes as it was earlier called  In fact, in 2014, the trio first founded Wicked Ride, a premium bike rental platform.
- Also read: Micro-mobility: the next wave of urban transportation in IndiaScooters as the natural choiceTo address this challenge, the team looked at different modes of transport - cars, two-wheelers, and cycles.
- Vivek says the team then began with working with people on the ground to offer this service: one person would hand over the bike keys, get the user to sign paper documentation, and then hand over the bikes.
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