Hailo
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Hailo was a British technology platform[1] that matched taxi drivers and passengers through its mobile phone application.[2][3][4][5][6] Founded in London in 2011, the Hailo taxi service was available in 16 cities (as of December 2013).
Industry | Taxi management |
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Founded | 2011; 13 years ago (2011) in London, United Kingdom |
Founders | Russel Hall Gary Jackson Terry Runham Jay Bregman Caspar Woolley Ron Zeghibe |
Fate | Acquired |
Successor | myTaxi |
Headquarters | London New York City |
Products | Taxi e-hailing marketplace, mobile commerce network |
Website | hailoapp |
By May 2013, Hailo had enabled more than three million rides for passengers from over 30,000 registered taxi drivers.[7]
The Hailo Passenger App was available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play for both iOS and Android devices.[2][3][7][8]
In late 2016, Hailo was absorbed by myTaxi, a German e-hailing company belonging to Daimler Financial Services, to form the largest e-hailing operator. The resulting company, branded mytaxi, is based in Hamburg.[9]
By July 1, 2019, mytaxi was rebranded to Free Now serving over 100 European cities including Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Paris, and London.[10][11] Free Now customer care and support teams operate from Dublin, Hamburg, Madrid, Warsaw among other European countries.