Zoba

Zoba specializes in providing fleet management solutions for micromobility operators (electric scooters, ebicycles), where it employs machine learning capabilities to predict customer demand in real time by taking into account a number of metrics including prevailing weather conditions. Zoba’s platform provides a number of solutions including 1) vehicle positioning recommendations, 2) dynamic pricing, and 3) task lists for vehicle operators and maintenance teams.

The company claimed that micromobility firms using its platform have experienced a 20%–50% increase in ridership and a 20% improvement in labor productivity.

Key customers and partnerships

As of October 2021, Zoba’s platform is used in 150,000 vehicles across 150 cities, primarily in the US and Europe, and includes fleet operators such as Spin, an electric scooter company.

Funding and financials

Zoba raised USD 12 million in Series A funding in October 2021 led by NTTVC. The firm stated that it would use the funds to build up its go-to-market efforts in the US and Europe while expanding its engineering and data science teams.