2. Ola!
Ever decided to take a weekend holiday from the city, but spent hours finding a car
rental? Or taken one on the reference of a friend, only to have the operator leave
you stranded in the middle and make you miss an important business meeting? Or did
the cab just not show up?
Well, we've faced the same problems too. And we decided to help fix it. So we've
created Olacabs.com, a marketplace for all types of cabs and car rentals. It's very
simple: You enter your city and your need. We search the available inventory of our
partners and provide you with a list of results and prices of different available cars
from different operators. You can see our rating of that operator, what other customers
said of them, and then book it right here on Olacabs.com. Or you can call us and we'll
help you through the process! It's that simple!
We are a young and energetic company based in Mumbai. Nothing excites us more
than using technology to bring the same efficiency and customer experience to the car
rental industry that you expect from flights!
3. Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO:
Bhavish drives the company's vision and
manages customer and partner relations. He
graduated with a B.Tech in Computer
Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in
2008 and worked at Microsoft Research for 2
years after that. He had a wonderful time
there, filing 2 patents and publishing 3 papers
in International Journals. But the
entrepreneurial itch was too hard to resist
and he decided to quit his job in August 2010
and moved to Mumbai to start Olacabs!
When not talking to Cab operators and
customers, He loves cycling and playing
squash and most recently spent a whole
week cycling in the beautiful Nilgiris! He also
enjoys photography and maintains a
photoblog.
Ankit Bhati, Co-Founder and CTO:
Ankit heads the technical aspects of Olacabs,
ensuring a quick, convenient and instinctive
experience for our customers and partners.
He joined IIT Bombay in 2004 for Btech in
Mechanical Engg and MTech in CAD and
Automation. By 2009 he had already worked
on several freelance projects and startups
like Wilcom, QED42 etc. and finally decided
to give up his nomadic professional life for a
start-up of his own. He joined the Olacabs
journey in November 2010.
When not engrossed with his laptop, he loves
to travel (preferably, to a beach) and often
joins Bhavish in his cycling trips.
4. Following are the major competitors of ola cabs:
Redbus.in
Meru cabs
Taxiforsure
5. July 2014- Olacabs raises Rs250 crore:
Radio cab service Olacabs’ holding company, ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raised Rs250
crore in its third round of funding from Hong Kong-based equity hedge fund Steadview
Capital and venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, the company said in a statement.
The company will use the money to expand operations to newer markets. “We intend to
be present in at least 20 cities by the end of this year,” Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder
and chief executive officer, Olacabs said on Thursday
