Gett, 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 Founded in 2010, Gett has raised more than $750 million in funding to date, from Pelham Capital,

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, Vostok New Ventures Global, Rakuten,

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, and others, including $300 million from the Volkswagen Group. It employs over 800 employees globally. As of Q4, 2022 Gett’s marketplace counted more than 2000 partner fleets.

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

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

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 USA 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.

Strategic partnership with the Volkswagen Group

In May 2016,

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History

Strategic partnership with the Volkswagen Group

See also

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