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Vianova

55 Rue La Boétie, Paris, Ile-de-France, 75008, France

Overview

Vianova builds a location-data platform serving shared mobility operators and local governments, acting as both a data repository and a visualization dashboard. Its SimCity-like interface offers real-time map overlays, fleet-management views, and analytics for historical reporting. The platform ingests live GPS- and cellular-connected vehicle data via APIs, aggregates and anonymizes it, and can combine operator and public datasets. Cities and operators use Vianova to optimize fleet distribution, create geofenced slow-speed zones and parking areas, and inform infrastructure planning. Vianova reports tracking 1 million connected vehicles on its platform. Customers include the cities of Zurich, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Marseille, operators such as Bolt and Voi, and infrastructure organizations including RATP and Aéroports de Paris. The company recently raised a $6.4M (€6M) Series A to support growth. Vianova operates a platform that aggregates data from shared, connected, electric, and autonomous urban transport vehicles to enable better use of city infrastructure and proactive urban planning. The company facilitates mobility data sharing between 40 cities and 50 mobility operators and processes over 5 million journeys per month. Its partners include Bird, Bolt, and Voi across cities such as Helsinki, Zürich, Milan, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, and Cologne. Vianova has expanded operations into Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico and plans further US expansion while bolstering European partnerships. The startup says cities use its platform to define no-parking zones, speed limits, and fleet caps, while operators use it to reduce violations and optimize deployments. To date the company has raised $5.2 million, including a recent $3 million seed round. Vianova builds a digital layer and API suite to enable data sharing and collaboration between cities and mobility operators, helping cities digest mobility data and inform urban planning and transport policy. The platform aggregates usage patterns, distribution, market evolution and popular riding areas to support enforcement, incident response and long-term transport modelling. Vianova is a third-party data platform used by 10 cities and 20 mobility operators and processes over 2 million trips per month. City partners include Brussels, Helsinki, Zurich and Stockholm, and operator partners include Bird, Voi and Bolt; the company also joined a large Paris Region curbside management project. Founded in 2018 by Thibaud Febvre and Thibault Castagne, the company says it combines its API suite with policy knowledge to enable data-driven decision making. It plans to expand its European footprint, target adjacent markets, integrate more modes such as carsharing, robot taxis and drones, and develop new use cases including connections to MaaS initiatives.

Total raised
$12M
Funding rounds
3
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Dec 2022

Industries

  • Big Data
  • Information Technology
  • Logistics
  • Transportation
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Dec 2022

    $6M

  2. Seed

    Nov 2021

    $3M

  3. Seed

    Dec 2020

    $2M

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