Berlin \u2014 Startup DANCE, from the foun\u00adders of Sound\u00adcloud and Jimdo, wins Eura\u00adzeo and other promi\u00adnent angel inves\u00adtors focu\u00adsed on sustainable invest\u00adment: after a successful launch of its e\u2011bike subscrip\u00adtion service in Berlin, Dance has raised an addi\u00adtio\u00adnal \u20ac16.5 million from new inves\u00adtors. \u2014 Joining the event are Eura\u00adzeo, one of the leading global invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies, as well as other renow\u00adned angel inves\u00adtors, inclu\u00adding Verena Paus\u00adder, foun\u00adder of the digi\u00adtal child\u00adren\u2019s studio Fox & Sheep and educa\u00adtion expert, Roxanne Varza, direc\u00adtor of STATION F, a leading startup incu\u00adba\u00adtor in Paris, Nico\u00adlas Berg\u00adgruen, phil\u00adan\u00adthro\u00adpist, foun\u00adder of the Berg\u00adgruen Insti\u00adtute and Noema Maga\u00adzine, Dave Morin and James Higa, co-foun\u00adders of Offline Ventures.<\/p>\n
After a year of pilo\u00adting and test\u00ading, Dance offi\u00adci\u00adally rolled out its subscrip\u00adtion service in Berlin at the end of August, deli\u00adve\u00adring hundreds of EBikes to its members. The new funding will be used to conti\u00adnue scaling the company, inclu\u00adding doubling the size of the team with employees with exper\u00adtise in opera\u00adti\u00adons, engi\u00adnee\u00adring and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. Roll-out to other Euro\u00adpean cities is plan\u00adned for the coming months. The star\u00adtup\u2019s goal is to create a global move\u00adment that makes cities more liva\u00adble \u2014 urban spaces for people, not cars.
\n\u201cOne of our prio\u00adri\u00adties at Eura\u00adzeo is to make invest\u00adments that contri\u00adbute to the decar\u00adbo\u00adniza\u00adtion of the planet by 2040. Inves\u00adt\u00ading in a solu\u00adtion like Dance is abso\u00adlut\u00adely in line with this mission,\u201d says Matthieu Bonamy, Part\u00adner at Eura\u00adzeo. \u201cDance is enab\u00adling cities around the world to change for the better: By scaling their user-friendly, holi\u00adstic and sophisti\u00adca\u00adted approach, we can encou\u00adrage more people to consis\u00adt\u00adently choose to go green while driving posi\u00adtive change in their commu\u00adni\u00adties,\u201d Bonamy said.
\nVerena Paus\u00adder, foun\u00adder of the digi\u00adtal child\u00adren\u2019s studio Fox & Sheep and educa\u00adtion expert, says: \u201cClimate change pres\u00adents us all with unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted challenges.
\nchal\u00adlenges that have never been faced before. Bold and user-friendly inno\u00adva\u00adtions are urgen\u00adtly needed to help us contri\u00adbute to closing the climate gap. The vision behind Dance convin\u00adced me imme\u00addia\u00adtely. I look forward to helping the startup make cities more climate-friendly, healt\u00adhier, and ulti\u00adm\u00adately more livable.\u201d
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve seen Paris, Milan, Brussels and other metro\u00adpo\u00adli\u00adtan areas invest heavily in impro\u00adving their cycling infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. Eura\u00adzeo has reco\u00adgni\u00adzed that, toge\u00adther with us, they can funda\u00admen\u00adtally change the way we get around in our society \u2014 in a low-thres\u00adhold and user-friendly way. We are proud to welcome them and other new angel inves\u00adtors as part of Dance\u2019s move\u00adment to focus on crea\u00adting more sustainable cities,\u201d said Eric Quide\u00adnus-Wahl\u00adforss, co-foun\u00adder and CEO of Dance.
\nTo stay up to date on when Dance laun\u00adches in your region, follow the hash\u00adtag #move\u00adwi\u00adth\u00addance as well as our profiles on Insta\u00adgram, Twit\u00adter and LinkedIn.
\nAbout Dance
\nDance is a premium subscrip\u00adtion service for EBikes based in Berlin. The company\u2019s goal is to create a move\u00adment that makes cities more liva\u00adble \u2014 urban spaces for people, not cars. Dance combi\u00adnes beau\u00adtifully desi\u00adgned EBikes with a fast all-round service and turns ever\u00ady\u00adday trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion into a healthy, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally friendly expe\u00adri\u00adence that is also fun. The monthly subscrip\u00adtion offers members maxi\u00admum flexi\u00adbi\u00adlity to disco\u00adver this new form of urban mobi\u00adlity for them\u00adsel\u00adves. Curr\u00adently, Dance\u2019s subscrip\u00adtion service is available to members in Berlin.Dance was foun\u00added by Sound\u00adCloud foun\u00adders Eric Quide\u00adnus-Wahl\u00adforss and Alex\u00adan\u00adder Ljung, along with Jimdo foun\u00adder Chris\u00adtian Sprin\u00adgub. Inves\u00adtors include BlueY\u00adard, HV Capi\u00adtal and Eura\u00adzeo. www. dance.co.<\/p>\n
About Eura\u00adzeo<\/strong> Berlin \u2014 Startup DANCE, from the foun\u00adders of Sound\u00adcloud and Jimdo, wins Eura\u00adzeo and other promi\u00adnent angel inves\u00adtors focu\u00adsed on sustainable invest\u00adment: after a successful launch of its e\u2011bike subscrip\u00adtion service in Berlin, Dance has raised an addi\u00adtio\u00adnal \u20ac16.5 million from new inves\u00adtors. \u2014 Joining the event are Eura\u00adzeo, one of the leading global investment [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1367,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nEura\u00adzeo is a leading global invest\u00adment firm with \u20ac25.6 billion in assets under manage\u00adment \u2014 inclu\u00adding \u20ac17.8 billion from third-party inves\u00adtors \u2014 inves\u00adted in a diver\u00adsi\u00adfied port\u00adfo\u00adlio of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 450 compa\u00adnies. With exten\u00adsive invest\u00adment expe\u00adri\u00adence in private equity, private debt, real estate and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, Eura\u00adzeo supports compa\u00adnies of all sizes. A team of nearly 300 profes\u00adsio\u00adnals with deep sector exper\u00adtise and access to global markets respon\u00adsi\u00adbly supports port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies in their deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and provi\u00addes them with a stable plat\u00adform for trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive growth. The solid share\u00adhol\u00adder struc\u00adture, consis\u00adting of insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors and fami\u00adlies, in combi\u00adna\u00adtion with a robust, struc\u00adtu\u00adrally debt-free balance sheet and a flexi\u00adble invest\u00adment hori\u00adzon enable Eura\u00adzeo to accom\u00adpany port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies over the long term. Eura\u00adzeo has offices in Paris, New York, S\u00e3o Paulo, Seoul, Shang\u00adhai, Singa\u00adpore, London, Luxem\u00adbourg, Frank\u00adfurt, Berlin and Madrid. Eura\u00adzeo is listed on Euron\u00adext Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"