Grouport Invests in Mileus to Help Improve How We Move In Cities

Juraj Atlas was at the birth of the Czech transportation startup, Liftago, and his mission to improve the way people get around in the cities continued in his following career step. To take mobility to the next level, he introduced Mileus — a platform that combines taxi services with public transport two years ago. Before the outbreak of the pandemic last year, the startup received ten million Czech crowns from investors, and another million last week.

Although the corona outbreak delayed initial plans to launch the service, Mileus has now announced its first launch in Bratislava in cooperation with Hopin, the largest Slovak ride-hail app, which is used by over 120,000 customers every month.

Mileus seeks to offer a private car commuting alternative by connecting ride-hailing with public transport. People can have the best of public transport in city centers where connections run frequently and it’s often faster than car due to rush-hour congestion.

To complement this, in the outskirts of cities, where there are fewer connections, customers can have a taxi waiting for them directly at the stop and take them to their final destination. This is how Mileus wants to encourage people to leave their private cars at home and make our cities less congested with traffic.

“We can guarantee passengers can always get home from the centre of Bratislava quickly and comfortably with the help of combined transport, so they can leave their own car at home in the morning. This prevents traffic jams and parking problems. Plus, the intermodal service is more affordable than just taxi transportation, making it more accessible for a wider group of people,” says Juraj Atlas.

… Continue reading on our Mileus blog.