Unagi expands e-scooter subscriptions with $10.5M in new funding
Unagi, the startup behind the portable, design-centric electric scooters, is launching its subscription service to six more U.S. cities in an expansion fueled by $10.5 million in funding.
The startup, launched in late 2018 by former Beats Music CEO and MOG co-founder David Hyman, said Wednesday it is bringing its subscription service to Austin, Miami, Nashville, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle. Unagi will also be expanding its service in the New York and LA metropolitan regions, including all five NYC boroughs, Long Island, Westchester and Northern New Jersey, as well as the Westside and Southeast LA, the San Fernando Valley and Orange County.
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Scooter startup Unagi brings subscription service to Seattle with monthly fee and no sharing hassles
March 17, 2021 at 8:03 am
Unagi scooters featuring a folding stem for easy transport. (Unagi Photo)
Scooting around the idea of scooter sharing, Oakland, Calif.-based Unagi is broadening its “All Access” subscription service to several new cities, including Seattle. The model allows scooter riders to have their own electric scooter without actually purchasing one and without relying on docked sharing programs.
Seattle is already home to a scooter-sharing program run by the city’s Department of Transportation. Like bike sharing, free-floating units from Wheels, Lime and LINK are currently scattered around the city and accessible to riders through an app and for a fee based on length of time used.
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