Aleksander Soender

Aleksander Soender
Born (1981-05-22) May 22, 1981
Nationality Norwegian
Occupation Entrepreneur
Known for Co-founder & CEO at Haxi
Website aleksandersoender.com

Aleksander Kirsebom Salling Sønder (born May 22, 1981) is a Norwegian entrepreneur best known for co-founding the transportation network company Haxi.

Career

Ants

In 2012 Soender launched long distance ridesharing service Ants competing with operators like BlaBlaCar and Carpooling on the European market.[1] Ants is considered one of the big players in Europe.[2]

Haxi

In 2014, Aleksander Soender co-founded Haxi – a controversial[3] transportation network company – along with Joonas Jäskeleinen Kirsebom and Robert Daniel Nagy. Through a webservice and a mobile app, Haxi focuses on connecting people who have a car with people who need transportation.[4]

Since launch, Haxi has grown rapidly and the number of drivers are expected to outnumber the entire Norwegian Taxi force by december 2014.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Greg (March 12, 2012). "Ants Is A Fast And Simple Ridesharing App". Arctic Startup.
  2. ↑ Wauters, Robin (February 7, 2014). "Ride-sharing has arrived in Europe, and the race is on between BlaBlaCar and Carpooling.com". Tech.eu.
  3. ↑ Lemarchand, Rafael (August 18, 2014). "Controversial App Haxi lingers in the grey zone of Taxipiratism". ArcticStartup.
  4. ↑ Oftebro, Ida (June 16, 2014). "11.000 nordmænd bruker allerede pirattaxi app". mobilen.no.
  5. ↑ Oftebro, Ida (June 16, 2014). "11 000 nordmenn bruker allerede pirattaxi-app". Mobilen.no.
  6. ↑ Aldridge, Øystein (August 17, 2014). "Mens vi venter på fremtiden". Aftenposten.


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