{"id":11808,"date":"2021-02-11T18:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/v4\/2021\/additional-financing-for-dashfactory-europes-top-start-up-for-safe-individual-mobility-expands-its-business-model\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T11:28:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T09:28:22","slug":"additional-financing-for-dashfactory-europes-top-start-up-for-safe-individual-mobility-expands-its-business-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2021\/additional-financing-for-dashfactory-europes-top-start-up-for-safe-individual-mobility-expands-its-business-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional financing for Dashfactory \u2014 Europe\u2019s TOP start-up for safe individual mobility expands its business model"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>bm|t, MBG Sax\u00adony and a US-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan busi\u00adness angel invest in the start-up Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory, located in the cen\u00adter of Germany<\/li>\n<li>The com\u00adpany, which started with a \u2011data-pri\u00advacy-com\u00adpli\u00adant cycling safety solu\u00adtion, expands its busi\u00adness model to include a B2B dig\u00adi\u00adtal division<\/li>\n<li>Com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of the first bicy\u00adcle dash\u00adcam Dash\u00adbike\u00a9 starts in spring 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To secure pro\u00adduc\u00adtion and pre\u00adpare for com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of the data-pri\u00advacy-com\u00adpli\u00adant bicy\u00adcle dash\u00adcam, bm|t is invest\u00ading in Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory GmbH together with MBG Sach\u00adsen and a US-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan busi\u00adness angel as part of a fol\u00adlow-up financ\u00ading. The mul\u00adti\u00adple award-win\u00adning start-up estab\u00adlishes another mar\u00adket appli\u00adca\u00adtion of its tech\u00adnol\u00adogy by uti\u00adliz\u00ading sen\u00adsor data col\u00adlec\u00adtion and eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion in order to improve traf\u00adfic infrastructure.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>From bicycle dashcam to traffic infrastructure optimization<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>So far Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory has devel\u00adoped a data-pri\u00advacy-com\u00adpli\u00adant safety cam\u00adera that uses enhanced bike lights to increase the vis\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adity and safety of cyclists. Now, the cen\u00adtral Ger\u00adman start-up is also mak\u00ading a valu\u00adable con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion to improv\u00ading cycling infra\u00adstruc\u00adture by dig\u00adi\u00adtiz\u00ading and anonymiz\u00ading sen\u00adsor data col\u00adlec\u00adtion and con\u00adduct\u00ading data analy\u00adsis together with cities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pilot project with the city of Leipzig<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Last year, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory started a pilot project together with the city of Leipzig to sup\u00adport the city in its goal of increas\u00ading the attrac\u00adtive\u00adness and safety of its cycling infra\u00adstruc\u00adture based on robust data. The anony\u00admous sen\u00adsor data will high\u00adlight the cities dan\u00adger spots where over\u00adtak\u00ading fre\u00adquently occurs under 1.50&nbsp;meters and other dan\u00adger\u00adous sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions. Like\u00adwise, road\u00adway con\u00addi\u00adtions, highly-fre\u00adquented routes, stand\u00ading and wait\u00ading times, also in rela\u00adtion to the time of year and time of day can be ana\u00adlyzed. This analy\u00adsis enables effi\u00adcient new con\u00adstruc\u00adtion and demand-ori\u00adented expan\u00adsion of a con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous net\u00adwork of bike lanes. In 2021, fur\u00adther cities in Ger\u00admany will fol\u00adlow, as well as the first cities in another Euro\u00adpean coun\u00adtry. In the future, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory will also employ arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence to gen\u00ader\u00adate traf\u00adfic fore\u00adcasts and real-time traf\u00adfic measurements.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Using the pandemic situation as an opportunity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u00ab<\/span>Dur\u00ading the lock\u00addown, the bicy\u00adcle mar\u00adket ben\u00ade\u00adfited extremely from a change in mobil\u00adity behav\u00adior and grew by 12% within a few months,\u00bb said Lelia K\u00f6nig, Co-Founder and Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor of Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory GmbH. \u00abDue to miss\u00ading com\u00adpo\u00adnent deliv\u00ader\u00adies and devel\u00adop\u00adment delays caused by the Corona sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory has focused on struc\u00adtur\u00ading as well as grow\u00ading our team and mak\u00ading it even more diver\u00adsi\u00adfied in terms of soft\u00adware and hard\u00adware skills for the future. The prod\u00aduct devel\u00adop\u00adment of fur\u00adther inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive phys\u00adi\u00adcal and dig\u00adi\u00adtal prod\u00aducts will hap\u00adpen in our inter\u00adnal devel\u00adop\u00adment depart\u00adment in the future. Addi\u00adtion\u00adally, exist\u00ading prod\u00aducts have been devel\u00adoped fur\u00adther, and upselling and cross-sell\u00ading mod\u00adels have been designed.&nbsp; All Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory GmbH prod\u00aducts are 100% devel\u00adoped and pro\u00adduced in Ger\u00admany,\u00bb adds San\u00addro Beck, Co-Founder and Man\u00adag\u00ading Director.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Multiple award-winning start-up with ambitious&nbsp;plans<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hav\u00ading already passed through the Spin\u00adLab Accel\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor, TRIP Accel\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor, EIT UM Spe\u00adcial Covid by XPRENEURS Accel\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor (Unternehmer\u00adTUM), Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory was selected as one of the 25 most promis\u00ading star\u00adtups in Europe out of sev\u00aderal hun\u00addred appli\u00adca\u00adtions to the EIT Urban Mobil\u00adity Accel\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor. Together with the cities and part\u00adners of the pro\u00adgram, the top\u00adics Smart City, Urban Data and Urban Mobil\u00adity will be pro\u00adgressed in Europe. Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory intends to use this oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to make cycling safer, expand its busi\u00adness model, and open up more mar\u00adkets, ini\u00adtially within Europe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u00ab<\/span>We are proud of the immense progress Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory has made within just one year of our ini\u00adtial invest\u00adment and are happy to con\u00adtinue to sup\u00adport the com\u00adpany in its upcom\u00ading growth,\u00bb said Katja Butz\u00admann, Senior Invest\u00adment Man\u00adager, bm|t. Chris\u00adt\u00adian Mor\u00addow\u00adicz, Invest\u00adment Man\u00adager of MBG Sax\u00adony adds, \u00abWe are happy to sup\u00adport the startup in its fur\u00adther cor\u00adpo\u00adrate devel\u00adop\u00adment and upcom\u00ading prod\u00aduct launch.\u00bb<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Next steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To launch ini\u00adtial sales, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory will start a crowd cam\u00adpaign at the begin\u00adning of the new cycling sea\u00adson in March 2021 to increase national and inter\u00adna\u00adtional aware\u00adness of the inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Dash\u00adbike\u00a9 bicy\u00adcle dashcam.<\/p>\n<p>On April 1 of this year, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory will start the deliv\u00adery of the first Dash\u00adbike dash\u00adcams to those who pre-order.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About Dashfactory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory GmbH started in 2019 with the aim of increas\u00ading the safety of indi\u00advid\u00adual mobil\u00adity, espe\u00adcially cycling, by means of a data-pri\u00advacy-com\u00adpli\u00adant safety cam\u00adera with enhanced bike lights. In the mean\u00adtime, dig\u00adi\u00adtized data col\u00adlec\u00adtion and analy\u00adsis to opti\u00admize traf\u00adfic infra\u00adstruc\u00adture is also part of the Jena and Leipzig-based start-up\u00b4s offer\u00ading. The mul\u00adti\u00adple award-win\u00adning com\u00adpany is about to launch its prod\u00aducts and is imple\u00adment\u00ading pilot projects with sev\u00aderal cities for the dig\u00adi\u00adtal infra\u00adstruc\u00adture appli\u00adca\u00adtion of its technology.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dashbike.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.dashbike.de<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About bm|t \u2014 beteiligungsmanagement th\u00fcringen&nbsp;gmbh<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>bm|t is the first address for invest\u00adments in Thuringia, Ger\u00admany. bm|t invests in start-up teams and com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the Free State of Thuringia with a clear aim of gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading pos\u00adi\u00adtive invest\u00adment returns. This is how inno\u00adva\u00adtion and eco\u00adnomic growth in Thuringia are financed. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages ten funds with a total vol\u00adume of over EUR 440 mil\u00adlion and invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in nearly all sec\u00adtors and in all phases of com\u00adpany devel\u00adop\u00adment \u2014 from the start-up and growth phases to buy\u00adouts and other suc\u00adces\u00adsion&nbsp;cases.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bm-t.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bm\u2011t.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About Mittelst\u00e4ndische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen mbH (MBG Saxony)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mit\u00adtel\u00adst\u00e4ndis\u00adche Beteili\u00adgungs\u00adge\u00adsellschaft Sach\u00adsen mbH is a pri\u00advate invest\u00adment com\u00adpany with pub\u00adlic fund\u00ading. Its mis\u00adsion is to improve the equity base of small and medium-sized enter\u00adprises in order to enable them to achieve sta\u00adble cor\u00adpo\u00adrate devel\u00adop\u00adment. For that pur\u00adpose MBG invests in start-ups as well as estab\u00adlished com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the com\u00admer\u00adcial sector.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbg-sachsen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.mbg-sachsen.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bm|t, MBG Sax\u00adony and a US-Amer\u00adi\u00ad\u00adcan busi\u00adness angel invest in the start-up Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory, located in the cen\u00adter of Ger\u00admany The com\u00adpany, which started with a \u2011data-pri\u00ad\u00advacy-com\u00ad\u00adpli\u00adant cycling safety solu\u00adtion, expands its busi\u00adness model to include a B2B dig\u00adi\u00adtal divi\u00adsion Com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of the first bicy\u00adcle dash\u00adcam Dash\u00adbike\u00a9 starts in spring 2021 &nbsp; To secure pro\u00adduc\u00adtion&nbsp;and&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}