Celebrating 100,000 members
On August 16, 2018, the registration counter on Poparide saw its sixth digit for the first time and hit 100,000. This is double the membership from May 2017 and to celebrate, we’re throwing a party in Vancouver!
Vancouver Startups Are Building Innovative Solutions To Replace Greyhound
After Greyhound announced yesterday they will withdraw most services in Western Canada, two Vancouver startups say there is huge potential to innovate on how people get from A to B.
Mayor Heintzman, there is a simpler solution than transit on the Sea-to-Sky Highway
This is an open letter to Mayor Patricia Heintzman of Squamish, in response to the article entitled “Squamish, B.C., a magnet for newcomers, StatsCan report finds” and published on February 16, 2018 by the CBC. Dear Mayor Heintzman, My name is Flo Devellennes and I run a community-driven carpooling app called Poparide that has been operating on the Sea-to-Sky …
Poparide, the Canadian “Airbnb” for ridesharing, launches in Québec
Québec City, September 21, 2017 — The largest intercity rideshare platform in Western Canada launches in Québec and signs up over 5,000 members in its first month of operation thanks to its Québec partners. Amongst sharing economy success stories, we all know of Airbnb and Uber, that provide convenient travel solutions for millions of people around the …
Press Release: Poparide Expands its 50,000 Members Platform to Kingston
Western Canada’s largest city-to-city rideshare platform opens an office in Kingston to provide affordable transport for locals and students on the 401 highway between Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa and Montréal. Kingston, ON: Poparide today announced it has opened an office in Kingston at The Sanctuary coworking space to support its expansion in Ontario. The platform launched in Vancouver, …
From 2 to 50,000 members
Last Friday we threw a party at our office in Vancouver to celebrate Poparide reaching 50,000 members. We had friends, members, partners and investors show up and we had a blast! As I was looking at the people in the room, I realized how unlikely it would be for them to meet under normal circumstances. Our …
Press Release: Poparide expands between the Bow Valley and Calgary
Peer-to-peer Ridesharing Platform Poparide Expands Between the Bow Valley and Calgary Canmore, AB: Poparide, Western Canada’s largest intercity ridesharing platform, announces it is expanding its service between the Bow Valley and Calgary. Poparide boasts 45,000 registered users who have shared over 2,000,000 km since the service launched in December 2014. Poparide lets drivers offer empty seats …
The recipe to raising $288,573 from the crowd (using baguettes)
Since we launched in December 2014, a lot of our users have asked if they could invest in our business, Poparide. In 2015, legislation came into effect in Canada that allows selling of shares to “the crowd”. We thought: this is perfect, we can raise funds directly from our own users! In the Spring of 2016, …
From HitchPlanet to Poparide
We have come a long way since the early days of HitchWhistler back in November 2010, the first version of our website to help people share rides to Whistler during the ski season. Between 2010 and 2014, HitchWhistler gathered 10,000 users and that’s when we decided to scale the service and make it a business. …