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| 28.03.2026 | The apps you need for your next trip abroad | When you’re visiting another country, you generally expect to pay in the national currency, adapt to a new time zone, follow the local customs and speak a bit of the language. But you may not be prepared when Uber and Lyft don’t work.
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| 25.12.2025 | Singapore by Bus: The Ultimate Guide for Tourists | Share
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Bus to Singapore is often celebrated for its gleaming skyline, lush gardens, and spotlessly clean streets. But for many visitors, the cost of exploring the Lion City can be a concern. While taxis and ride-haili... |
| 15.12.2025 | Via Acquires Downtowner | Via, a NYC-based provider of technology to power public transit networks, acquired Downtowner, a transportation technology company specializing in public transit solutions for Destination Cities.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
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| 20.11.2025 | A Complete Guide to Using the Mega App Safely on iOS and Android in 2025 | Share
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Studying abroad is the key to new experiences, and nothing encapsulates that quite like exploring your host nation. But with classes apk iOS and Android assignments, and a student budget on your mind, it can be... |
| 18.05.2025 | Apps you’ll want to take on vacation: A digital packing list | So you can whip together a weekend bag or fit a fortnight’s worth of outfits into a rolling suitcase, but does your status as “packing guru” extend to your phone or tablet? Think of your device as a second carry-on, with its own packing lis... |
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| 26.11.2024 | The Rise of MAGIC AI: Transforming Home Fitness with AI Technology | In a world where convenience reigns supreme, MAGIC AI is making waves. The London-based startup has recently secured €4.8 million in funding to expand its innovative fitness solution, the MAGIC Mirror. This investment, led by IW Capital, is... |
| 26.11.2024 | London-based MAGIC AI raises €4.8 million to scale AI-powered fitness mirror | UK startup MAGIC AI has raised €4.8 million in an investment round led by IW Capital, with participation from Baleen Capital, SFC Capital, and Ventures Together. The funding will be used to scale the “world’s first” AI-powered fitness mirro... |
| 25.11.2024 | MAGIC AI Raises $5M in Funding | MAGIC AI, a London, UK-based provider of an AI powered fitness mirror, MAGIC Mirror, raised $5M in funding.
Backers included Baleen Capital, SFC Capital and Ventures along with Senior Executives and CEOs from Tiktok, Meta, Spotify, Citymapp... |
| 12.11.2024 | Дизайн аналитических инструментов для управления СИМ в мегаполисе: вызовы и решения | Привет! Я Кир, дизайнер интерфейсов. 6 из 8ми лет моей карьеры дизайнера я занимаюсь проектированием высоконагруженных систем и аналитических инструментов. Темы не простые и я решил начать делиться с коллегами своими наблюдениями и наработк... |
| 20.10.2023 | I grew up in Paris. Here's how tourists can experience the city like a local when they visit. | Travel I grew up in Paris. Here's how tourists can experience the city like a local when they visit.
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| 02.05.2023 | Citymapper lowers the paywall for premium features but keeps monthly subscription for removing ads | Citymapper is lowering the paywall around its premium features and introducing a new subscription plan purely for removing ads.
The move comes less than two months after the popular transit and travel planning app was scooped up by mobility... |
| 18.03.2023 | Via acquires Citymapper to expand its end-to-end TransitTech solution | Via has acquired Balderton portfolio company, Citymapper. The acquisition accelerates Via's vision to build the end-to-end digital infrastructure for transit systems.
While Via's software enables cities and transit agencies to efficiently ... |
| 18.03.2023 | OpenAI unleashes GPT-4, SVB files for bankruptcy, and a PE firm acquires Pornhub | Welcome to Week in Review, folks, TechCrunch’s regular recap of the week in tech. GPT-4, OpenAI’s text- and image-understanding AI, might’ve dominated the headlines over the past few days. But fresh drama around Silicon Valley Bank’s collap... |
| 16.03.2023 | Via confirms it’s acquired trip planning app Citymapper to boost its transit tech | Last month, when transportation startup Via raised $110 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, CEO Daniel Ramot said it planned to make acquisitions to grow its transportation technology stack. Now, a piece of that strategy is falling into pl... |
| 09.07.2021 | Tech Zero becomes official partner to the UN Race to Zero | Tech Zero, the tech industry’s flagship climate action group, has become an official partner organisation to the UN Race to Zero.
The Tech Zero taskforce is led by Bulb and Tech Nation. Its founding members are British tech firms allplants... |
| 14.05.2021 | Transport app Citymapper smashed its crowdfunding goal in one day, raising over $9 million at a $268 million valuation | Citymapper turned to retail investors for funding. The Citymapper app This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 29.04.2021 | Transport app Citymapper launches its first crowdfunding after the pandemic stopped 90% of users in their tracks | Loss-making transport app Citymapper will open a crowdfunding campaign in the coming weeks. The Citymapper app This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 01.03.2021 | UK’s fastest-growing tech firms join forces to tackle climate crisis | Fifteen of the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK have joined forces to create the ‘Tech Zero taskforce’ which will take bold steps to tackle the climate crisis and make the UK the top global destination for green investment.
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| 05.11.2019 | Pigeon, a ‘Waze for public transit’ from Google’s Area 120, expands across the US | Crowdsourced transit app Pigeon, developed within Google’s Area 120 lab for experimental projects, is today rolling out to five new cities across the U.S., in addition to New York — including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and ... |
| 26.08.2019 | 6 exciting London based travel tech startups to work for in 2019 | Travelling can be one of the greatest joys in life and an exhilarating experience. While visiting or moving to a new place to experience the local culture, the sights and the people can be great, there are some challenges that arise with it... |
| 25.07.2019 | The Founder Reshuffle – appointing the tech Cabinet of the UK | As Britain transitions to a new Prime Minister and is installing a new ministerial top tier, we imagined our fantasy Cabinet, made up exclusively of UK tech founders. In our own re-shuffle we’ve sourced the most innovative, disruptive, and ... |
| 27.06.2019 | AI and crowdsourcing fueling mapping innovation to meet smart city and mobility needs | Google and Apple loom so large over the field of digital mapping that it’s understandable why it may seem they represent the beginning and the end of this market. But the demands of a wide range of services such autonomous vehicles and smar... |
| 27.06.2019 | AI and crowdsourcing fueling mapping innovation to meet smart city and mobility needs | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Google and Apple loom so large over the field of digital mapping that it’s understandable why it may seem they represent the beginning ... |
| 12.06.2019 | London’s LocalGlobe just closed on two funds totaling $295 million | Seven months ago, TechCrunch’s Steve O’Hear reported that LocalGlobe had begun the fundraising process for two separate funds. The London-based seed-stage venture firm was raising yet another seed-stage venture fund, O’Hear said at the time... |
| 26.02.2019 | What Value Can Businesses Get Out of Data They are Collecting? | Data, particularly ‘big data’, can be confusing and overwhelming – so much so that it can be a thing to be feared. But it needn’t be, as Inez Hogarth, MD at Data Understood, explained at DIGIT’s fourth annual digital transformation conferen... |
| 20.02.2019 | Citymapper announces subscription service for multiple transportation methods | Citymapper is becoming a fintech startup, sort of. The company announced a prepaid card called Citymapper Pass for users based in London. This new product is both a subscription service to aggregate all your transportation subscriptions and... |
| 18.10.2018 | Google Maps’ ETA sharing feature hits iOS | If you’re heading out to meet someone, there are plenty of ways to inform them of your location and estimated arrival. Chat apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, LINE and iMessage, for example, offer location-sharing functionality, while navigatio... |
| 01.10.2018 | Google Maps adds ‘Commute’ tab and music controls | Google just announced new features for Google Maps on Android and iOS. The update is rolling out this week and features a bunch of new features focused on commuting, music and getting more personal data from you.
While Google Maps is partic... |
| 02.07.2018 | Citymapper adds dockless bikes and scooters to its urban transport app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Citymapper has been adding a multitude of transport options to its popular city transit app over the past few weeks, with dockless bike... |
| 02.07.2018 | Citymapper adds dockless bikes and scooters to its urban transport app | Citymapper has been adding a multitude of transport options to its popular city transit app over the past few weeks, with dockless bikes and motorized scooters now appearing globally.
News first emerged a few weeks back that Chinese dockles... |
| 22.06.2018 | Citymapper lets you find Ofo, Mobike and scooters around you | Urban transportation app Citymapper quietly rolled out an app update that lets you find many alternative mobility services in the app. You can now find the nearest dockless bike or electric scooter around you (not the Bird and Lime kind, th... |
| 19.06.2018 | CityMapper, the urban transportation app, is integrating with bike-sharing company Mobike | Hot on the heels of getting acquired for $2.7 billion by on-demand services startup Meituan-Dianping en route to its own $60 billion IPO, Chinese bike-sharing startup Mobike is ramping up its international push as companies like Uber, Lyft ... |
| 03.03.2018 | Public transport planner Citymapper raises $10m | Citymapper, an app which allows users to plot journeys around London, New York, Berlin and Paris, today announced it has completed a $10m round of Series A funding, led by tech-focused European venture capital firm Balderton Capital.
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| 22.02.2018 | Uber and Citymapper show how technology is blurring the line between public and private transport | When is a bus not a bus? Give up? When it’s an eight-seater private hire vehicle designed to bypass strict city regulations.
If that punchline didn’t have you laughing out loud, well, you should know it wasn’t a joke. Popular city transit a... |
| 22.02.2018 | Uber and Citymapper show how technology is blurring the line between public and private transport | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When is a bus not a bus? Give up? When it’s an eight-seater private hire vehicle designed to bypass strict city regulations.
If that pu... |
| 21.02.2018 | Moovit raises another $50M led by Intel for its urban transit app, plans Mobileye collaboration | The race for pole position in the next generation of transportation services continues to gain speed, and today a startup providing data on how best to navigate transit in urban environments is announcing a significant round and partnership... |
| 16.10.2017 | Google Maps ditches automatic calorie estimates after users say it’s not helpful and even potentially harmful | Google Maps will remove a widely criticized experimental iOS feature that estimated how many calories its users could potentially burn by walking a route. A Google rep told TechCrunch that the decision was “based on strong user feedback” an... |
| 26.09.2017 | Could GovTech become bigger than FinTech? | GovTech is gaining momentum as it is passing from an emergent state and is poised to go global, it could be in a similar position to FinTech 5 years ago, according to a report GovTech: an Emergent Sector Revolutionising Public Services. Glo... |
| 21.09.2017 | Urban transport app Citymapper launches London taxi-sharing service in partnership with Gett | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Popular city transport app Citymapper has taken the next step in its efforts to transform urban mobility with the announcement of a new... |
| 21.09.2017 | Urban transport app Citymapper launches London taxi-sharing service in partnership with Gett | Popular city transport app Citymapper has taken the next step in its efforts to transform urban mobility with the announcement of a new taxi-sharing service in partnership with Gett.
This latest initiative comes just a few months after City... |
| 20.07.2017 | Transport app Citymapper launches its first commercial bus service | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Perennially popular city transport app Citymapper is ramping up its efforts in the hardware realm with the launch of its first proper c... |
| 20.07.2017 | Transport app Citymapper launches its first commercial bus service | Perennially popular city transport app Citymapper is ramping up its efforts in the hardware realm with the launch of its first proper commercial bus service.
The London-based company first started trialling its own smart bus and transport s... |
| 09.05.2017 | Um app de transporte público decidiu criar sua própria linha de ônibus | O Citymapper é um aplicativo que traça rotas de transporte público melhores que o Google Maps. Ele está disponível em São Paulo e em outras cidades ao redor do mundo, mas começou em Londres — e é lá onde o app quer reinventar o ônibus.
A st... |
| 08.05.2017 | Transport app Citymapper trials its own smart bus and transport service in London | Popular city transport app Citymapper has revealed an ambitious plan to reinvent the humble bus, creating vehicles fit for the smart city era.
Citymapper, if you didn’t know, is a mobile app that rose to prominence in London for its user-fr... |
| 08.05.2017 | Transport app Citymapper trials its own smart bus and transport service in London | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Popular city transport app Citymapper has revealed an ambitious plan to reinvent the humble bus, creating vehicles fit for the smart ci... |
| 23.04.2017 | Apple Maps gets transit mode for Paris | Apple is finally adding transit options to its Maps app for the city of Paris. Starting today, you can use Apple Maps to calculate itineraries using public transportation.
You’ll find subway, RER and bus lines, and even Transilien lines. Ju... |
| 26.10.2016 | Announcing the TechCrunch Disrupt London 2016 Agenda | TechCrunch Disrupt London returns to London in just a few weeks and we’re excited to reveal the agenda. We have an incredible lineup with global product launches, incredible speakers, engaging demos and the clash of ideas about the future o... |
| 07.10.2016 | Citymapper founder Azmat Yusuf to join us at TechCrunch Disrupt London, Dec 5-6 | We’re excited to announce that Azmat Yusuf, the founder of the incredibly useful Citymapper urban transit app, will be joining us onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt in London on December 5-6.
Yusuf previously worked at Google, as well as in the ... |
| 31.03.2016 | Citymapper now combines public transport with cars for the most efficient route from A to B | Fresh from its $40 million funding round back in January, U.K. startup Citymapper has updated its super-popular mobile transit and navigation app with a new feature that blends public transport with private cars to find the optimum route fr... |
| 31.03.2016 | Citymapper now combines public transport with cars for the most efficient route from A to B | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Fresh from its $40 million funding round back in January, U.K. startup Citymapper has updated its super-popular mobile transit and navi... |
| 31.03.2016 | Citymapper launches seamless routing between Cabs and Public Transit | Citymapper is making a significant change to its routing app with the news that it has added what it is calling a “SuperRouter” capability. This effectively combines public transit with cabs to create completely new integrated routes. In si... |
| 24.03.2016 | Mapstr adds directions to its app to keep track of your favorite places | French startup Mapstr is a nifty bookmarking apps, but for your favorite places. It lets you keep track of restaurants, bars, shops or your friends’ homes. With today’s update, you can now get walking, driving and public transport direction... |
| 07.03.2016 | Lyft follows Uber in opening up its API to third-party developers, starting with Facebook Messenger | Lyft is now allowing third-party developers to build on its platform, starting with Facebook Messenger today.
Uber opened its API to third-party developers more than 18 months ago, announcing a partner integration with Facebook Messenger in... |
| 08.02.2016 | Why the future will be built on open data | By Rikke Duus, UCL and Mike Cooray, Hult International Business School
Data has the power to revolutionise and disrupt the way societies are governed. None more so than open data, which is free to access, free to use and can be shared by an... |
| 23.01.2016 | CityMapper Raises $40M in Series B Funding | CityMapper, a London, UK-based developer of a transport app, raised $40M in Series B funding.
Backers included Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Yuri Milner, Tom Stafford and Michael Lynton.
The company intends to use the funds to expand o... |
| 21.01.2016 | Citymapper scoops $40m Series B for “ultimate” transport app | Citymapper, the popular public transport app used by commuters across the world, has announced a $40m Series B round led by Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital, and other high-profile names investors including Michael Lynton, Yuri Milner, and... |
| 20.01.2016 | Urban Transport App Citymapper Snags $40M From Index, Benchmark, Yuri Milner, Others | People who don’t take Uber frequently take the bus. And those Europeans folks now include some rather high profile investors in London-based urban transport startup Citymapper — who have just poured $40 million into a new Series B round for... |
| 20.01.2016 | Citymapper raises $40m with funding from Index Ventures and Benchmark Capital | |
| 02.01.2016 | The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists announced | The 9th Annual Crunchies Awards Show is round the corner. Let’s meet the finalists.
The 9th edition of the Annual Crunchies Awards also referred to as The Oscars of Startups and Technology, is quickly approaching. On Tuesday, February 8, 2... |
| 28.12.2015 | Announcing The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists | After a multitude of worthy nominations, TechCrunch is proud to announce the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards finalists. Take a peek below at the full list of finalists for each award category.
There are 12 categories that recognize a variety of... |
| 08.10.2015 | Google launches its first dedicated public transport app, but for New Delhi residents only | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Google has launched a new transport navigation app specifically for New Delhi in India. Though Google Maps itself offers public transpo... |
| 23.07.2015 | Rocket’s Oliver Samwer And Citymapper’s Azmat Yusuf Join Disrupt London | We’re delighted today to announce the next round of speakers for our TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8, 2015. The conference will feature an outstanding slate of global startups, influential speakers, guests and more.
Oli... |
| 26.06.2015 | Snips Grabs $6.3 Million To Add An Artificial Intelligence Layer To Your Phone | French startup Snips just raised $6.3 million (€5.6 million) in a seed round led by The Hive, with participation from Eniac Ventures, 500 startups, Brent Hoberman, Xavier Niel and Bpifrance. The company wants to add some sort of artificial ... |
| 19.06.2015 | Citymapper Scoops A Hat-trick At The Annual Europas Conference And Awards | We have come a long way from the first event in a bar in Bermondsey in 2009, but in front of almost 800 of Europe’s top tech entrepreneurs and investors, The Europas Conference and Awards played host to the cream of Europe’s tech startup in... |
| 28.05.2015 | Android Wear Puts More Information A Single Glance Away | Google just demonstrated the next evolution of Android Wear, its operating system for smart watches.
The focus of the updates shown here at Google IO (which will roll out over the next few weeks) is putting more information a single glance ... |
| 09.03.2015 | 6 lesser-known Apple Watch apps you’ll want to check out on day one | Sure, many new Apple Watch owners will hurry to download apps from Facebook, Twitter (the 140-character paradigm might lend itself nicely), Google Maps, Pinterest, etc. But hundreds of smaller, lesser-known app developers around the world h... |
| 09.03.2015 | 6 lesser-known Apple Watch apps you’ll want to check out on day one | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Sure, many new Apple Watch owners will hurry to download apps from Facebook, Twitter (the 140-character paradigm might lend itself nice... |
| 04.03.2015 | How Ian Dixon gets you to work on time | You might owe a lot of time to Ian Dixon.
Every time you tap on the blue DC Metro and Bus app to judge how much time you have before needing to run out the door, it’s because of Dixon, who built the app in November 2012.
Since then, the dev... |
| 12.02.2015 | The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards | The 8th Annual Crunchies Awards ceremony took place on February 5th at the Louise M Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.
In case you missed the chance to watch it online, you can watch it here:
Welcoming the winners
Showcasing and rewa... |
| 18.04.2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 4/18/14 | Squarespace, Enplug, Avvo, Work4, Citymapper, OwnZones, Nervana, FireHost, AgilOne, Greats, Preact
Seed stage
Talkwheel, a community and analytics platform, raised $1.2 million from Peter Horan, Randy Haykin, Roger Sippl, Young Soong, Payam... |
| 18.04.2014 | Citymapper Raises $10M | Citymapper, a London, UK-based transport app, raised $10m in funding.
The round was led by Balderton Capital (Bernard Liautaud) with participation from Connect Ventures (Bill Earner), Index Ventures (Robin Klein) and Greylock Partners (Laur... |
| 17.04.2014 | Urban Transit App Citymapper Raises $10 Million Series A Round | With Google’s strong transit functions built in its maps and Apple’s forthcoming integration of both HopStop and Embark, Citymapper will need to distinguish itself to overcome user inertia.
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| 17.04.2014 | Funding Daily: The doctor will see you now | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Technology impacts more and more facets of our li... |
| 17.04.2014 | Citymapper just got off the funding bus and is now $10M richer | Ride-sharing startups may be red hot, but what about public transportation? And what about good, old-fashioned walking?
Urban transportation tracker Citymapper just racked up a fresh $10 million to keep helping people take advantage of publ... |
| 17.04.2014 | Citymapper just got off the funding bus and is now $10M richer | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ride-sharing startups may be red hot, but what ab... |
| 17.04.2014 | Funding Daily: The doctor will see you now | Technology impacts more and more facets of our lives each day. Doctors now provide specialty services for edgy startup types. Public transit and even sidewalks now have technological elements. Even talk radio is being squeezed into mobile a... |
| 14.04.2014 | Zoute Brings Its Real-Time Transit App To iPhone, More Markets | Zoute, a transit application that combines real-time departure info and fixed route schedules, is now available for iPhone users in eight major markets across the U.S. Originally launched on Android for those in the Bay Area, the company ha... |
| 18.03.2014 | Why Is The European Commission Spending €100M On A Pointless Hackathon? | The European Commission has announced it is making €100 million ($USD140 million) available to entrepreneurs and startups from anywhere – not just Europe – to create a prototype ‘smart city’ application based on “FI-WARE“, an Open API platf... |
| 13.01.2014 | Zoute’s New Transit App Brings Real-Time Departure Info, Detailed Schedules To Android | Zoute is the latest application to join the competitive transit app space, which this past year saw Apple scooping up services like Embark and HopStop to beef up its own Maps product. But Zoute is taking a different approach than most, by l... |
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| - | Investment Update: Citymapper raise $40m | We are very pleased to share the news that Citymapper has raised $40m, from Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and others including Yuri Milner, Tom Stafford and Michael Lynton.
Citymapper is an exceptional company with great potential, and... |
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| - | Urban and inter-urban mobility: how is changing how people move | This article is not intended to be a consultancy paper. Instead, we want to provide you with a snapshot of what we see in the market. With this in mind, we have deliberately created it. If you want to discuss a holistic approach, feel free ... |
