Profiles
Perth startup Hi Oscar is taking on the rideshare market by tackling safety and surge pricing
A new player in the ridesharing place looking to tackle the issue of sure pricing to benefit both drivers and passengers is Hi Oscar.
News & Analysis
South Australian Government has finally legalised ridesharing services
The South Australian Government has announced that it is regulating ridesharing services, giving the go ahead to startups like goCatch and Uber to offer their services as of July 1.
News & Analysis
Ingogo announces $12 million Series C round
Taxi booking and mobile payment software provider Ingogo has announced the closing of a $12 million Series C funding round, with $4.2 million raised through equity crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd.
News & Analysis
A $4.5 million capital raise and significant overhaul in management structure. The new goCatch?
Yesterday, the news was confirmed and broke by Fairfax. goCatch had indeed closed a $4.5 million round of funding, although a press release distributed last night said the capital raise was sitting at $5 million.
Profiles
As it prepares to IPO ingogo begins to reveal their plans beyond Taxis
After an interesting conversation with Petrie on Friday afternoon, it became quite apparent to me that ingogo is perhaps not just the “taxi booking” application the media have been writing about and is in fact so much more. In fact the potential makes their number on competitor Cabcharge look a little bit like small fish.
Profiles
Coseats set to become the AirBnB of the transport industry
Launched two years ago, Coseats.com has become a popular go-to platform for backpackers, commuters and travellers seeking to share rides across Australia. The site has gained almost 20,000 registered users to date, and has facilitated over 40,000 rides.
Other
Q&A Ned Moorefield from GoCatch
Andrew Campbell and Ned Moorfield from goCatch saw an industry that was ripe for disruption and decided that was a gap that needed to be filled. The media loved it, the taxi industry not so much, and almost everyone had an opinion on the state of paid transport in NSW. We talked to Ned Moorfield about goCatch, where it is now and how it’s managed to stay successful.
