| STARTUP NAME | rideIT |
| WEBSITE NAME | https://www.rideit.in/ |
| FOUNDED | |
| STARTUP TYPE | Technology Startup |
| CURRENT STAGE OF STARTUP | Operational ( 0 - 1 Years) |
| FUNDED BY | Bootstrapped |
| FUNDING DETAILS: NUMBERS & INVESTOR INFO ONLY | Won prize money for best sustainable social initiative from Microsoft (India) and Ohio State University (USA) |
| FOUNDER NAME | Rahul Jacob |
| CO-FOUNDER NAME | Genoveva Galarza |
| ABOUT COMPANY | rideIT is a for-profit social initiative to promote and facilitate carpooling among India's working professionals. Our website (www.rideIT.in) and mobile apps (android and iOS coming soon) serve as an inter-company carpool matching service exclusively for working professionals. Our aim is to reduce traffic in cities by improving the transport efficiency of private vehicles. We do this by allowing users to share their car, bike, auto and cab rides with colleagues |
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS (OR) KEY TEAM INFO | Rahul M Jacob: Co-Founder Genoveva GH: Co-Founder |
| MISSION | Reduce city traffic |
| VISION | Share rides with colleagues |
| RECENT MILESTONES | Over 5100 users from our pilot launch in 18 IT companies in Hyderabad. rideIT has been awarded as one of the best social initiatives by the World Summit Awards Network (Austria), Unilever (in partnership with University of Cambridge, UK), Microsoft (India) and Ohio State University, USA. We also received funding from Microsoft and Ohio State University for the same. Links: World Summit Youth Awards (Best Green initiative) Honorable Mention in Unilever Sustainable Living |
| PRODUCTS/SERVICES | Online carpool matching service |
| CLIENTELE | employees of major companies in India |
| OFFICE ADDRESS | Hyderabad |
| FOUNDER E-MAIL | jacob@rideIT.in |
| COMPANY E-MAIL | info@rideIT.in |
| TWITTER HANDLE- FOUNDER | https://twitter.com/rahul_ |
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