Meru Cabs
 Rely on us | |
| Private | |
| Traded as | Rely on us |
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | Mumbai, India (April 2007) |
| Founder | Neeraj Gupta[1] |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Number of locations | 23 cities (2015) |
Area served | India |
| Brands | Meru, MeruFlexi, MeruGenie, MeruEve, MeruCarpool |
| Services | Vehicles for hire |
Number of employees | 500–1001 |
| Website |
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Meru Cabs is a taxi aggregator company based in Mumbai, India.[2] It provides cab booking facilities through calls, website or through their mobile application and payment through cash, card or wallet christened Cab Wallet.[3] Meru Cabs integrated their cab service with Google Now which will send passengers reminders for cab pickups, alerting them if they wish to book a cab based on their location and other information through Now Cards within the Google app.[4]
History
Meru cabs was founded by Neeraj Gupta in Mumbai on April 2007, by raising funds against an equity stake in the company from India Value Fund (IVF), which is a private equity fund with a corpus of over US$1.4 Billion.[5] On 2 February 2014, Google Now and Meru Cabs announced a partnership to provide instant alerts to customers.[6] Meru cabs partnered with French taxi service provider Taxis G7 to provide taxi services globally.[7][8] In January 2016, Meru cabs started ride sharing options in New Delhi.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ "Founder and MD".
- ↑ "Introduction".
- ↑ "Meru Wallet".
- ↑ "Meru Cabs integrates with Google Now".
- ↑ "Funding".
- ↑ "Meru Cabs mobile app now integrates Google Now". Tech2.
- ↑ "Meru Cabs goes global, ties up with France's Taxis G7 to provide services abroad - Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ "Meru partners Taxis G7 to run taxis on common app". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Wings Travel acquires Bookmycab; international expansion planned". MediaNama. Retrieved 2016-04-02.