{"id":13022,"date":"2022-01-24T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/2021\/green-light-for-safe-cycling-and-smart-cities-dashfactory-gmbh-closes-follow-up-financing-round-with-bmt\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T19:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:27:23","slug":"dashfactory-closes-follow-up-financing-round-with-bmt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2022-en\/dashfactory-closes-follow-up-financing-round-with-bmt\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for safe cycling and smart cities: Dashfactory GmbH closes follow-up financing round with bm|t"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suc\u00adcess\u00adful prod\u00aduct launch of DASHBIKE and go-live of urban data plat\u00adform DASHTRACK with bm|t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen as lead investor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory GmbH has laid the foun\u00adda\u00adtions for fur\u00adther growth with a financ\u00ading led by bm|t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen gmbh.<\/p>\n

Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory devel\u00adops and sells safety prod\u00aducts for indi\u00advid\u00adual mobil\u00adity as well as a data-based solu\u00adtion for improv\u00ading the traf\u00adfic infra\u00adstruc\u00adture in cities. The found\u00ading idea was a safety cam\u00adera for cyclists that only records in dan\u00adger\u00adous sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions, espe\u00adcially when the legal min\u00adi\u00admum dis\u00adtance is breached or a crash occurs. DASHBIKE has already been suc\u00adcess\u00adfully launched on the mar\u00adket. Via pre-orders alone, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory achieved six-fig\u00adure sales just four weeks after the prod\u00aduct launch in 2021. Through crowd\u00adfund\u00ading and the Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory store, inter\u00adested cyclists were able to secure the inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive device ahead of time. The first pro\u00adduc\u00adtion batch of thou\u00adsands of units is already sold out, and the prod\u00aduct will soon be avail\u00adable in retail stores.<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adtion to the DASHBIKE safety cam\u00adera, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory has built a dig\u00adi\u00adtal busi\u00adness model, the DASHTRACK urban data plat\u00adform. This enables cities and urban plan\u00adners to effec\u00adtively and effi\u00adciently improve their exist\u00ading trans\u00adport infra\u00adstruc\u00adture with a focus on cycling and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture data. Dig\u00adi\u00adti\u00adza\u00adtion based on valid data accel\u00ader\u00adates plan\u00adning processes and eval\u00adu\u00adates the effec\u00adtive\u00adness of struc\u00adtural infra\u00adstruc\u00adture mea\u00adsures. DASHTRACK went live in Leipzig at the begin\u00adning of 2022 and is now avail\u00adable for broad roll-out. Another DASHTRACK instal\u00adla\u00adtion will be imple\u00admented in Milan in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled that the mar\u00adket\u00ading of DASHBIKE has started so suc\u00adcess\u00adfully and that with DASHTRACK we can now also real\u00adize our vision of safe indi\u00advid\u00adual mobil\u00adity by means of a dig\u00adi\u00adtal solu\u00adtion for smart cities,\u201d say the founders and CEOs of Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory, Lelia K\u00f6nig and San\u00addro Beck, both of whom are pas\u00adsion\u00adate cyclists. Katja Butz\u00admann, Senior Invest\u00adment Man\u00adager at bm|t, adds: \u201cCycling is boom\u00ading, espe\u00adcially in pan\u00addemic times. The bicy\u00adcle mar\u00adket has grown sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly once again and has reached record lev\u00adels. Like\u00adwise, smart city appli\u00adca\u00adtions are expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading a rapid increase in demand. With our fur\u00adther invest\u00adment in Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory, we aim to ben\u00ade\u00adfit from these devel\u00adop\u00adments and empower the ambi\u00adtious team for fur\u00adther success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cap\u00adi\u00adtal raised with this financ\u00ading round will enable Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory to mar\u00adket DASHBIKE and DASHTRACK more broadly.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

About Dashfactory<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The vision of Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory GmbH is to increase gen\u00aderal road safety, both pre\u00adven\u00adtively and reac\u00adtively. A high pri\u00ador\u00adity is given to the fac\u00adtor of sus\u00adtain\u00adabil\u00adity. From its head\u00adquar\u00adters in cen\u00adtral Ger\u00admany, Dash\u00adfac\u00adtory aims to become a lead\u00ading inter\u00adna\u00adtional provider of safety prod\u00aducts and con\u00adcepts for indi\u00advid\u00adual mobil\u00adity, opti\u00admally com\u00adbin\u00ading hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware solu\u00adtions. Fur\u00adther infor\u00adma\u00adtion can be found under https:\/\/www.dashbike.de<\/a> and https:\/\/www.dashfactory.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About bm|t<\/strong><\/h4>\n

bm|t, based in Erfurt, is the lead\u00ading address for equity invest\u00adments in Thuringia. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages nine funds with a total vol\u00adume of around EUR 350 mil\u00adlion, which invest in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in almost all sec\u00adtors and in all phases of com\u00adpany devel\u00adop\u00adment \u2014 from the start-up and growth phases to com\u00adpany suc\u00adces\u00adsion sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions. Fur\u00adther infor\u00adma\u00adtion about bm|t is avail\u00adable at www.bm\u2011t.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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