Now sharing a bike ride in Hyderabad is just a click away

HYDERABAD: A Hyderabad-based startup is making efforts to change the way people commute, by introducing the first two wheeler ride sharing application ‘getmi’ in the city.

Founded by a young IT engineer Shravya Reddy, getmi app offers bike ride sharing services across Hyderabad. The app can be used by those who want to travel from one place to the other on a hired shared bike or who want to earn by offering a ride on their bike.

The startup, which started operations in May 2016, was officially launched on Sunday. Owing to the utilitarian value of the idea, the startup is already catching the fancy of Hyderabadis as more than 173 bikers have joined the app for offering bike rides and more than 5,000 rides have been taken by the users.

“Travelling from home to workplace has become an ordeal in Hyderabad with journey taking hours. The journey time gets even longer, if one uses a car. Also we observed that many two-wheeler riders travel single. We wanted to make time taken for travelling to workplace and within city, quicker and economical,” explained Shravya.

The idea was born out of Shravya’s personal travel travails. She developed it along with her classmate turned co-founder M Yashwanth. Though the duo were initially alone, the team has now grown into 11 members and got funding from two mentors.

“The sharing bike rides are available in all areas in Hyderabad, but the services will be provided depending upon the availability of bikers in the area from where the request comes. Therefore we request users, for now, to order a ride before half an hour. As getmi app is getting popular we are confident that our bike pool will increase and a ride can be offered immediately after the request,” Shravya said.       

Besides offering an opportunity for bikers to get listed with getmi app for offering bike rides, getmi also has 50 bike drivers now, who are full time engaged with the startup and provide rides to companies in B2B category. Getmi bike riders provide services to Apollo Health care, Foodmingo and other companies.