How a micromobility startup raised $126.4M and became the biggest player in Asia

Introduction

Beam came to us as a new player in the scooter-sharing market in SIngapore. With $6.4m raised from Sequoia Capital, the plan was to fight Hive and Lime for market share in Asia-Pacific region. Our job was to make the app their biggest weapon. And we did it.

By 2022, the company had raised $126.4M from investors and became the biggest micromobility player in Asia.

Brainhub had a significant impact on how we build our applications.

Deb Gangopadhyay, CTO of Beam

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Challenge

• Prepare the app to support 10,000 riders daily.
• Build an API integration to share data real-time with local governments.

Solution

• High-quality scalable ecosystem: mobile app, desktop app, and API.
• New features, taking Beam ahead of their competitors.

Park right and get a bonus!

The app shows the best place to park the scooters to keep the city clean and improve vehicle rotation.

Smart charging monitoring

Monitoring feature used to adjust the charging depending on the time of day and the intensity of users.

Feed for the local governments

Smart API providing data to local governments to support changes in policies and infrastructure.

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Process

Hands-on JavaScript consulting

Beam needed support for their in-house development team to improve their mobile and desktop apps to gain competitive advantage.
This tool allowed both the client and us to rediscover who the product users are, what they need, and how the proposed application could address them.

Closing the loopholes

Following the research, we designed a new modern and user-friendly interface. This tool allowed both the client and us to rediscover who the product users are, what they need, and how the proposed application could address them.

Next, we solved the highlighted problems, refactored existing features and implemented automated scripts to make the app fully testable.

Adding competitive advantage

At this point, both teams were ready to start building completely new features that would distingush the app from the competition. We used modern life-tested tech stack, including React Native, Node.js, React and TypeScript, to future-proof the app for the years to come.

They have excellent React knowledge.

Deb Gangopadhyay, CTO OF BEAM

Reception & results

Thanks to the improvements, Beam has become the largest micromobility player in Asia-Pacific!  And they have no plans of slowing down.

Beam team well deserved the success and we feel proud we could support them in accomplishing their goals.