Companies seem to be betting in recent times on sustainable mobility on your shipments. An example of this is EcoScooting, an eco-sustainable last-mile courier service which has its own fleet of electric motorcycles and a team specialized in immediate door-to-door deliveries on the same day, and which has just closed a new one.
Is financing round of 500,000 euros complements the one carried out in May 2020, where 575,000 euros were injected from private investors and family offices related to firms such as Tracker, Caprabo or Lidl Digital Hub. The injection of capital coincides with the boom in the retail and eCommerce business, which has been accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and which allows EcoScooting strengthen its position in the market.
As the company has explained, «The new capital will serve to improve the current fleet, made up of vans, cargo bikes and electric motorcycles, making it more sustainable and ecological, increasing the number of electric vehicles, its technological platform and for the expansion of the company towards other cities such as Valladolid, Zaragoza and A Coruna«.
Currently, EcoScooting It is present in the 15 main towns of Spain Y Portugal. Its main objective is to be the benchmark provider of last-mile services in large and medium-sized cities in Europe, where consumers are most demanding, where ecological deliveries are most necessary and Where do you currently have clients? who are leaders in the eCommerce, fashion and food sectors. Most of their deliveries are made in small vans and other light and agile vehicles.
As it explains Robin de Jong, CEO of EcoScooting“The boom in online sales due to Covid has contributed to this line of business growing exponentially in the last year and we are very proud that we have been able to position ourselves in this way, and proof of this is this new injection of capital by part of the new investors, demonstrating full confidence in the growth possibilities of the brand”.
EcoScooting, which is 45% owned by Cooltra Group, began its activity in 2015 in Madrid. Its initial fleet, driven by workers on staff, was 25 electric motorcycles, which was rapidly expanding. The eco-sustainable courier company started with an investment of €300,000, with a client portfolio of more than 40 companies, including La Nevera Roja or Sandwich&Friends. Between January and July 2021 has multiplied by 2.5 its sales compared to the same period of the previous year, thanks to the strategic plan that is being carried out. The company expects the new round of investment to further accelerate its growth.
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