Yandex has acquired the charging station rental service "Beri zaryad!" and выделел it into a separate business line alongside other Yandex Go services — bicycles, scooters, and car sharing. The new direction will be headed by Artem Molchanov, Chief Operating Officer of Yandex Go, and "Beri zaryad!" will continue to develop the service under his leadership.
The company noted that the main task of the new direction is to simplify the movement of people around the city. The primary task is to increase the number of charging stations and expand the geography of the service. Yandex will determine the places where services are most in demand using technologies for analyzing traffic flows and forecasting demand.
In the industry, the cost of "Beri zaryad!" was estimated at 1.7–3.3 billion rubles. The financial advisor for the transaction was the investment bank Aspring Capital.
"Beri Zaryad!" has transformed into a popular technology service from a venture project over the past two years. The company has consistently attracted the interest of strategic investors capable of supporting and developing other services within a common ecosystem.
Yandex will invest over two billion rubles in the distribution of charging stations over the next two years. Charging rentals will appear in Yandex Go in the first quarter of 2025.
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