Freenow

Intelligent Apps GmbH
Formerlymytaxi
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryMobility as a service
Predecessorsmytaxi, Hailo, Clever Taxi, Beat, Kapten
Founded2009 (2009)
FoundersNiclaus Mewes
Sven Külper
Tomás Ó Riain
Headquarters,
Germany
Area served
Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom
Key peopleThomas Zimmermann
(CEO)
Lennart Zipfel
(CFO)
ServicesVehicle for hire, taxi, carsharing, e-scooter, electric bicycle, e-moped
OwnerLyft
Number of employees
~1,000 (2025)
DivisionsFreenow for Business
Websitewww.free-now.com

Freenow, stylized as freenow, a division of Lyft, is a mobility-as-a-service provider headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. It operates a mobile app that allows users to book taxis, private hire vehicles and various micromobility options such as e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds and carsharing services. Freenow operates in over 150 cities in nine European countries.

The mobile app can be used to book e-scooters from scooter-sharing systems including Dott, Tier and Voi, e-mopeds from Emmy, Felyx and Cooltra, and e-bikes. The platform also offers access to carsharing services through partners such as Share Now and Sixt.