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Yango divests Israeli taxi operations to local investors

21.03.24|Omer Kabir

Established by the Russian technology firm Yandex, Yango is restructuring its operations amid sanctions imposed on Russian companies due to the Ukraine invasion. This includes transitioning taxi operations to local franchisees across various countries

מונית צהובה טסלה מכונית חשמלית

Keep inhaling those fumes: Tesla Israel is refusing to sell its vehicles as taxis

14.02.21|Udi Etsion

Though the electric vehicle’s range is suited to the Israeli cab driver, the company says it prefers to focus on private buyers for now

Yandex's Yango Now Welcomes Independent Taxi Drivers

12.03.20|Meir Orbach

To date, the company worked with drivers only through taxi companies, but now it will offer all independent, unaffiliated drivers the option of working directly with Yango

ניו יורק מוניות תנועה פארק אווניו

Gett's NYC Failure Could Leave it Out of the Exchanges

20.11.19|Sophie Shulman and Meir Orbach

Gett is getting farther away from unicorn status and an IPO, at least partly due to its failed investment in New York-based Juno. Since its launch in 2010, Gett has raised $800 million; for shareholders to see a return on their investments, the company will need to list at a much higher valuation

יאנדקס יאנגו שירות מוניות

Yandex’ Cab-Hailing Service Yango Expands to Additional Israeli Cities

12.11.19|Lior Guttman

Operating in the greater Tel Aviv area since December 2018, Yandex’s service will expand to the northern Israeli city Haifa and its surroundings, and the southern city of Be’er Sheva

שחר וייסר גט טקסי GEtt

Gett CEO Preparing Employees For IPO

06.03.19|Meir Orbach

In an email sent to company employees, Gett’s founder and CEO Dave (Shahar) Waiser wrote to the company’s employees that the company wants “to be ready” for an IPO offering by the end of the year

פרופ’ אמנון שעשוע מנכ"ל מובילאיי מסכם שנתיים באינטל

Mobileye CEO Outlines Israel’s Robotaxi Future

10.01.19|Galit Altstein

Intel’s Mobileye and Volkswagen AG plan to have hundreds of autonomous taxis on Tel Aviv’s streets by 2022, according to Mobileye co-founder and CEO Amnon Shashua

נובי גוד סבא כפור דד מורוז

Yango to Award Drivers in Israel With $530 Bonus for Working on New Year’s Eve

31.12.18|Tofi Stoler

Though not an official holiday in Israel, New Year’s Eve is widely celebrated in parties while the country’s Russian-speaking population celebrates “Novy God”

יניב אלפי מנכ"ל יאנגו ישראל

To Make Inroads Into Local Market, Yandex Partners with Israeli Taxi Firm

10.12.18|Meir Orbach

Yango, a taxi-hailing service by Russian technology company Yandex, began operating in Israel Monday

Yandex's Yango Taxi Hits Israel's Roads

05.12.18|Nitsan Sadan

The company, which uploaded its Hebrew-language app to Google and Apple's stores last week, wants to challenge local market leader Gett

מובילאיי נהיגה אוטומטית

Intel, Mobileye, Volkswagen Team on Israeli Self-Driving Taxi Venture

30.10.18|Lilach Baumer

The project, destined to roll out in early 2019, is supported by the Israeli government

Russian Private Equity Firm Da Vinci Acquires 8% Stake in Ride-Hailing Company Gett

25.09.18|Hagar Ravet and Tofi Stoler

Da Vinci acquired shares from existing Gett shareholder Moscow-based venture capital firm InVenture Partners as well as new shares issued as part of Gett’s latest $80 million funding round

דייב וייסר שחר וייסר מייסד ו מנכ"ל גט gett

In Face of Cash-Heavy Competitors, Gett CEO Touts Margins

12.09.18|Hagar Ravet and Meir Orbach

Gett’s overall equity funding stands at $700 million, a sum dwarfed by the funding raised by some of its competitors

מונית של ענקית הטכנולוגיה הרוסית יאנדקס

Russia's Yandex is Moving in on Gett's Home Turf

04.09.18|Meir Orbach

The decision to start operations in Israel is part of the company’s global taxi expansion plans. In 2017, Yandex announced a merger between its taxi booking service and Uber’s Russian operations

ניו יורק מוניות תנועה פארק אווניו

Ride-Hailing Company Gett Generates Around $1 Billion in Revenues a Year

16.08.18|Meir Orbach

In its financial report, Vostok, which holds a 5.5% stake in Gett, attributed most of the taxi-hailing app developer’s revenues to its London and New York activity

ניו יורק מוניות תנועה פארק אווניו

Gett Intends to Pull Out of U.S. Market, Report Says

15.07.18|Hagar Ravet

Gett plans to sell New York-based ride-hailing app Juno, which it acquired as a foothold in the U.S. in April 2017, Bloomberg reported Sunday

הרברט דיס מנכ"ל פולקסווגן החדש

Volkswagen CEO Visits Israel to Meet with Startups, Prime Minister

In May, the group opened an innovation and scouting campus in Tel Aviv called Konnect