GT GETTAXI (UK) LIMITED, commonly referred to as Gett and previously known as GetTaxi, is an Israeli B2B Ground Transportation Management (GTM) platform and marketplace, and B2C ride-hailing app headquartered in London, and owned by GT GetTaxi (UK) Limited In May 2024, it was reported that

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will purchase the "Gett" transportation service application at a price of approximately 175 million dollars.

History

GetTaxi was founded by

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i entrepreneurs Shahar Waiser and Roi More. In the summer of 2009, Waiser came up with the idea during a thirty-minute wait for a taxi to the airport in

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. GetTaxi's

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started operating in

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two years later, in the summer of 2011, and the service was launched in London in August 2011. In March 2012, GetTaxi branched out to Moscow, and opened its first United States offices in New York City. In May 2016, the

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invested $300 million in Gett. In 2017 Gett acquired

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, a ride-hailing company primarily operating in New York City. Gett sold Juno in November 2019 in an agreement with Lyft, that saw Gett form a partnership with Lyft. Gett's marketplace model saw further partnerships with Ola in 2020, and Curb Mobility in 2021. In May 2024, Pango announced its acquisition of Gett and its operations in Israel and internationally for $175 million. The deal is subject to the approval of the Competition Commissione

Strategic partnership with the Volkswagen Group

In May 2016,

announced that it would invest $300 million in Gett, allowing the company to grow its operations across European markets, as well as marking the first foray into the mobility space by the Volkswagen Group.Volkswagen Group announces a strategic partnership with on-demand mobility provider Gett
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History

Strategic partnership with the Volkswagen Group

See also

References