Lime Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2017

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 700

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Later Stage VC

  • Investors
  • 97

Lime General Information

Description

Operator of a bike-sharing platform intended to offer access to electric kick-scooters and bike-sharing services. The company's platform partners with cities to deploy electric bikes and scooters enabled by a global positioning system and self-activating locks, enabling users to access affordable and sustainable transportation alternatives.

Contact Information

Website
www.li.me
Formerly Known As
LimeBike
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 85 2nd Street
  • Suite 100
  • San Francisco, CA 94105
  • United States
+1 (888)
Primary Industry
Automotive
Other Industries
Application Software
Corporate Office
  • 85 2nd Street
  • Suite 100
  • San Francisco, CA 94105
  • United States
+1 (888)

Lime Timeline

2022202320242025
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Lime Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
14. Later Stage VC 01-Sep-2024 Completed Generating Revenue
13. Debt - General 31-Mar-2024 Completed Generating Revenue
12. Debt - General 01-Dec-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
11. Debt - General 10-Jul-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
10. Later Stage VC 05-Nov-2021 Completed Generating Revenue
9. Secondary Transaction - Private Completed Generating Revenue
8. Later Stage VC 07-May-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC 14-Sep-2019 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC (Series D) 06-Feb-2019 $310M $777M Completed Generating Revenue
5. Later Stage VC (Series C) 21-Dec-2018 $335M $467M Completed Generating Revenue
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Lime Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized
Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price
Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple
Conversion Price % Owned
Series D
Series D1
Series C1
Series C
Series B
Series A-1 172,932,100 $0.000100 6% $0 $0 $0 1.75%
Series A 747,164,100 $0.000100 6% $0.02 $0.02 $0.02 7.55%
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Lime Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Operator of a bike-sharing platform intended to offer access to electric kick-scooters and bike-sharing services. The co
Automotive
San Francisco, CA
700 As of 2022

Bengaluru, India
 

Long Island City, NY
 
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Lime Competitors (27)

One of Lime’s 27 competitors is Ola (Automotive), a Venture Capital-Backed company based in Bengaluru, India.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Ola (Automotive) Venture Capital-Backed Bengaluru, India
Curb Mobility Private Equity-Backed Long Island City, NY
Cabify Venture Capital-Backed Madrid, Spain
Neuron Mobility Venture Capital-Backed Singapore, Singapore
DiDi Global Formerly PE-Backed Beijing, China
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Lime Patents

Lime Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
AU-2024201158-A1 Integrated seat and storage attachment for a scooter Pending 22-Feb-2023
EP-4420966-A1 Integrated seat and storage attachment for a scooter Pending 22-Feb-2023
US-20240278864-A1 Integrated seat and storage attachment for a scooter Pending 22-Feb-2023
AU-2024200838-A1 Multiple rider detection system Pending 09-Feb-2023
US-20240270077-A1 Multiple rider detection system Pending 09-Feb-2023 B60L3/06
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Lime Signals

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Lime Investors (97)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
1435 Capital Management Venture Capital Minority
Standard Investments Venture Capital Minority
The Ropart Asset Management Funds Family Office Minority
Thicket Ventures Venture Capital Minority
93 Ventures Venture Capital Minority
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Lime Investments & Acquisitions (4)

Lime’s most recent deal was a Seed Round with Tellus (Financial Software) for . The deal was made on 11-Feb-2022.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Tellus (Financial Software) 11-Feb-2022 Seed Round Financial Software
Jump Bikes 11-May-2020 Merger/Acquisition Electronics (B2C)
Boosted USA 17-Apr-2020 Merger/Acquisition Recreational Goods
Elements (San Francisco) 01-Jan-2020 Early Stage VC Financial Software
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Lime Affiliates

Subsidiaries (2)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Boosted USA San Rafael, CA 2012
Jump Bikes New York, NY 2008

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