Leading European e-mobility company unu has raised double digit millions in new equity from a consortium of selected investors. The lead investor in this round was Ponooc – a Dutch-based venture capital and growth financing firm investing in sustainable solutions. NRW Bank and Michael Baum, founder of Splunk, were also among the group of investors in this round. This financing round is another milestone in unu’s rapid development throughout recent years.IMPROVED acted as the exclusive financial advisor to unu in this transaction.
unu, the urban mobility company founded in 2013, has already over 10,000 of its first-generation e-scooters on the road across many cities in Europe. The new capital raised as part of this financing round will be used to continue the company’s rapid international growth, as well as for the launch of a new generation of the company’s mobility solutions offering. Apart from its leading position in Germany and Austria, unu has already launched operations in France and the Netherlands expecting further growth across many cities in these regions.
In addition to new markets, the company is now launching its second generation, fully connected e-scooter creating a completely new and enhanced urban experience for its customers. For the first time ever, this will provide a product offering that enables mobility services and solutions directly out-of-the-box. Thanks to this financing round, unu has already secured agreements for initial order volumes of over 10,000 second-generation scooters as well as unu’s mobility platform solutions to roll out sharing services in cities across the globe.
