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September 12, 2006
Raumobil's New Platform For Wannabe Logistics Providers
Earlier this month Raumobil, a German startup running an onlie platform for buying and selling storage space, transport, and lodgings for consumers and businesses, raised an undisclosed amount of seed financing from the High Tech Gründerfonds.
With the new money it will be developing its mobilephone software that enables heavy-users to buy and sell in real time, plan routes, and calculate travel times.
The Raumobil plaform lets users offer to share a ride, pick up eBay items, or rent out their hobby rooms for storage, for example. It can also be used by small and medium-sized transporters, hotels, couriers, or storage providers to post ads to sell excess capacity.
Right now the platform is oriented towards the German market, but judging by the list of countries in its search form, its planning on marketing the platform internationally.
In an interview with VDI, the founders say that the service is free throughout its pilot beta launch but will charge between € 1 to €1.50 per transaction. The moblie function will be sold as a yearly subscription for around €25 a year.
The company is the brainchild of Michael Böttger and Oliver Wolf, two former product developers from Germany's popular Web.de portal who self-funded the development until September.
Posted on September 12, 2006 09:15 AM | Posted to News And Updates | Online services | Venture Capital | Permalink
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