It needs to create a really big network of long and short-distance routes, which can carry millions of people, at low cost. So far in 2015, they've driven more than 3 billion miles.

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"Passengers who pay in advance actually show up," Prebay says. '".In September, BlaBlaCar raised $200 million from Insight Venture Partners, Lead Edge Capital and Vostok New Ventures. The investment round placed BlaBlaCar's value at more than $1.5 billion, he said, citing financial analysts. It's a common problem facing many platforms — growing and keeping users on board until the product becomes viable. Philippe Botteri at venture capital firm.Still, while BlablaCar currently commands a comfortable lead in the carpooling market, that might not last. "The potential ahead of us is massive, because there are cars and smartphones everywhere," Prebay says. ".In fact, that is one of the keys to success. Aujourd’hui, nous serons avec Nicolas Brusson, CEO de blablacar pour faire un point sur la politique RH et de télétravail mise en place par l'entreprise en réaction à la crise que nous vivons actuellement.

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Despite this success, there is a lot of room to grow. For those two to three hours I get to participate in a conversation and learn things from others I would never have known otherwise and they have said the same to me as well," BlaBlaCar user Kevin, told the.The problem that Mazzella noticed back in 2003 was real. "We enable private individuals to share gas and toll expenses, and allow passengers to have access to affordable transportation," Diane Prebay, the global public relations coordinator of BlaBlaCar, says. “The idea is to offer complementarity. A son micro, il reçoit les principaux acteurs de cet écosystème. *Required field. BlaBlaCar is an Amtrak alternative, not a taxi alternative. Last May,  BlaBlaCar launched a commuter carpooling service called,"We're just scratching the surface of what we can do," Prebay says. "In the digital world, if you don't grow fast, someone else will do it for you. But Brazil, not the US, is next on the company's expansion list, CEO Frédéric Mazzella says.PARIS -- If you're not one of the 20 million people who've hitched a ride on BlaBlaCar, you could be soon.The Paris-based ride-sharing service, which takes a different tack than more-famous rival Uber, just nabbed $200 million in venture funding to expand beyond the 19 countries where it now operates.Unlike Uber, which focuses on short, taxi-like rides within cities, BlaBlaCar goes the distance.
BlablaCar connects drivers who have empty seats with paying passengers. Submit. "Our drivers are not making any profit at all," Mazzella said.Adding a BlaBlaCar passenger or two can significantly reduce the high costs of driving -- about 73 cents per mile in France.

".BlaBlaCar is not a small platform anymore. For example, finding innovative ways to connect drivers and  passengers. BlablaCar is in a “growth” phase, Brusson said.While its French business has taken off, growing competition and monetizing rides in emerging markets remain challenges.“BlablaCar is very profitable in France, they’ve digitalized hitch-.In France, BlablaCar’s main market, the company made out like a bandit in December and January as the country went through its longest public transport strike. And this process must be repeated in each new market, where there might be varying levels of comfort and experience with the concept of carpooling. BlaBlaCar is an online marketplace for carpooling which connects drivers and passengers looking to travel between cities and share costs of the travel. You can unsubscribe at any time.Some rights reserved under a modified CC license.Sign up for Shareable’s weekly news about the latest people-powered solutions from around the world.This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Thanks for subscribing! The French ride-sharing app BlaBlaCar, like Uber and Lyft, saw use plummet. "When we are launching in a country, we have to create a usage that doesn't exist yet — [sometimes] there isn't even a word for carpooling," Prebay says. “The way I see it, we’re happy to be private for another couple of years. The service lets passengers find cheap rides from one city to another in 19 countries. Could there be a way to connect all those empty seats with people like himself, who needed a ride?Three years later, Mazzella founded BlaBlaCar, a platform that aims to do just that, along with Nicolas Brusson and Francis Nappez. Small and nimble challenger Karos pushed hard to get a piece of the carpool commuting pie as metros ground to a halt. "We want to keep on growing, and to enable people to carpool massively, between 10 kilometers up to a 1,000 kilometers. The service lets passengers find cheap rides from one city to another in 19 countries. About 21 million passengers traveled on its service in the fourth quarter, a 38% increase over the year-ago period.“Carpooling is the Tinder of transport,” said.Created in 2006, BlablaCar is touted as a French success story.
In France, BlaBlaCar received ample media attention — and growth in membership — when a strike shut down the national train system, forcing travelers to look for alternate ways to get around. Its expansion means the company is still unprofitable overall, though.It's easier to expand internationally when BlaBlaCar can acquire a small ride-sharing company with a foothold but not enough members, he said. "Being profitable for us now would be nonsense given the opportunity we have," he said. BlaBlaCar offers unique model wherein the rider can travel at any point of time by just selecting a rider and booking a seat. "There's a great deal of education to do around carpooling. BlablaCar is in a “growth” phase, Brusson said. Today, it has over 500 employees based in countries around the world, and has raised over $200 million USD in funding. "I love the feeling of a unique community that's created every time I share a journey.