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Lime - About the company

Lime is a public company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2017 by Toby Sun, Brad Bao and Charlie Gao. It operates as an App-based rental platform providing self-drive electric kick-scooter. Lime has raised $1.4B in funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures and IVP. The company has 67 active competitors, including 10 funded and 8 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Revel, TIER and VeoRide.

Company Details

App-based rental platform providing self-drive electric kick-scooter. The platform enables users to find the nearest available scooter and start the ride by scanning their QR code or access code. Users should provide rider details, payment details, location, and more for book the scooter. It offers features like variant payment options, and more. At the end of the ride, users can park the vehicle at their legal locations. Their mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices
Website
www.li.me/
Social
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Email ID
*****@li.me
Phone Number
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Registered Address
San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$1.4B in 10 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
Employee Count
2,798 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Similar Companies
Exit Details
Public

Lime's IPO details

Lime got listed on Jul 01, 2026.
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Lime's funding and investors

Lime has raised a total funding of $1.4B over 10 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Nov 04, 2021 for $418M. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Lime has 100 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Lime:lockFilter this list
Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Nov 04, 2021
$418M
Series D
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-
Nov 04, 2021
$105M
Conventional Debt
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-
-
May 07, 2020
$170M
Series D
$510M
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Lime's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Lime are Toby Sun, Brad Bao and Charlie Gao. Wayne Ting is the CEO of Lime.
Here are the details of Lime's key team members:

Lime's Board of Directors

Lime's board has 12 active members. Li Fan, Joe Kraus, Toby Sun, Thomas Laffont, Wayne Ting, David Richter, Jeff Jordan, Blake Byers, Dennis Cinelli, Weiyao Sun, Duke Stump and David Spielfogel are independent board members.
Here is the list of Lime's board of directors:
Name
Type
Representing
Status
Duration
Independent board member
-
Current
7y 7m
Independent board member
-
Current
8y 1m
Independent board member
-
Current
6y 4m
Independent board member
-
Current
8y 11m
Independent board member
-
Current
6y 4m
Independent board member
-
Current
7y 7m
Independent board member
-
Current
9y 5m
Independent board member
-
Current
7y 7m
Independent board member
-
Current
6y 4m
Independent board member
-
Current
9y 5m
Independent board member
-
Current
7y 7m
Independent board member
-
Current
6y 4m

Lime's employee count trend

Lime has 2,798 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Lime's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Lime
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Lime's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Lime include Revel, TIER and VeoRide. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Lime, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for Lime
Lime
2017, San Francisco (United States), Public
App-based rental platform providing self-drive electric kick-scooter
$1.4B
84/100
2nd
Logo for Revel
Revel
2018, Brooklyn (United States), Series B
App-based rental platform for electric scooters
$159M
72/100
3rd
Logo for TIER
TIER
2018, Berlin (Germany), Series D
Operator of shared electric scooters and bicycles for urban transit
$660M
67/100
4th
Logo for VeoRide
VeoRide
2017, West Lafayette (United States), Series A
App-based platform offering multi-category electric vehicle rental services
$16M
66/100
5th
Logo for Nexus Vehicle Rental
Nexus Vehicle Rental
2000, Leeds (United Kingdom), Acquired
Provides vehicle rental management software for businesses
-
57/100
6th
Logo for Helbiz
Helbiz
2016, New York City (United States), Public
App-based platform offering multi-category two-wheeler sharing services
$8M
55/100
7th
Logo for GoTo
GoTo
2008, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series B
App-based platform offering multi-category self-drive vehicle rental services
$22.5M
55/100
8th
Logo for Lokki
Lokki
2019, Grenoble (France), Series A
Digital marketplace connecting customers with rental providers for bikes, e-bikes and more
$7.01M
51/100
9th
Logo for Cogo
Cogo
2019, Copenhagen (Denmark), Acquired
App-based platform offering multi-modal electric mobility sharing services
$11.2M
48/100
10th
Logo for Drop Mobility
Drop Mobility
2017, Toronto (Canada), Seed
Urban micro-mobility service provider
-
47/100
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Lime's Investments and acquisitions

Lime has made 1 investment in Tellus and acquired Neuron.

Reports related to Lime

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News related to Lime

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Media has covered Lime for a total of 18 events in the last 1 year, 8 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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Lime Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial ResultsGlobeNewswire•Aug 05, 2026•Lime
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Uber-backed Lime raises $174 million in US IPOMoneycontrol•Jul 01, 2026•Lime
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Lime Plans Uber as Anchor Investor in $200M IPOTech in Asia•Jun 22, 2026•Lime, Uber
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