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The bankruptcy of VanMoof is bringing other players in the bicycle supply chain into difficulties. – Photo VanMoof

VanMoof Asia in liquidation as ripple effect hits Taiwanese bike...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Companies in the Taiwanese supply chain are beginning to feel the fall out of the VanMoof bankruptcy in Europe. Electronic...

Müsing produces around 8,000 custom-made units in Germany each year. – Photo Müsing

Maker of custom-brand Müsing insolvent in self-administration

FREIRACHDORF, Germany - Müsing manufacturer Radsportvertrieb Ditmar Bayer GmbH is another bicycle company which has fallen into financial...

Customers of e-bike fleet provider GreenMo have to change their service provider again. – Photo Moby

Starting an e-bike service not easy proves next bankruptcy for...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Irish e-bike delivery fleet provider Moby has taken over the customers of Mechs BV which was started only recently....

A recent investment round of €9 million turned out not to be enough to start full scale production. – Photo Gleam Technologies

E-cargo bike manufacturer Gleam Technologies declared bankrupt

VIENNA, Austria - Despite the insolvency reorganisation of Gleam Technologies and the public call for investors by company founder Mario Eibl, the...

Ties (left) and Taco Carlier, the founders and owners of the VanMoof brand. - Photo Jan Schaeferbrug

VanMoof: The rise and fall of a market disrupter

ZEIST, The Netherlands - Brothers Taco and Ties Carlier started VanMoof in 2009 because they wanted to change the world. VanMoof's innovative...

The Greenstorm Mobility headquarters in Kufstein, Austria where 32 people are employed. – Photo Jo Beckendorff

No reorganisation for insolvent Greenstorm Mobility as closure looms

KUFSTEIN, Austria - E-mobility service provider Greenstorm has filed for insolvency. With investor talks failing and the sales concept not covering...

The trustees are continuing to investigate the possibilities of a re-start out of VanMoof. – Photo

VanMoof Holding, Global Support and the Netherlands declared bankrupt

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The follow-up of the chapter 11 status for VanMoof came much quicker than expected. On 17 July 2023, the court of...

Cowboy has reverse engineered the VanMoof app and rebooted it to allow VanMoof riders access to their bikes. - Photo VanMoof

Cowboy develops app to keep VanMoof riders on the road

BRUSSELS, Belgium - VanMoof competitor Cowboy has released a free iOS app in which VanMoof users can store their digital bicycle key. "We wanted to...

VanMoof managed to reach a different kind of audience thanks to their marketing. – Photo VanMoof

VanMoof enters Chapter 11 status after months of rumors

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The district court of Amsterdam has granted VanMoof Global Holding B.V. preliminary suspension of payment (chapter 11...

Whilst relying on online sales, Bikesales Solutions also operates an outlet store in Brunnthal, Germany. – Photo Bikesale Solutions

German bicycle refurbishment marketplace insolvent

MUNICH, Germany – Bikesale Solutions GmbH, Germany’s ‘first professional online bicycle market-place for used bicycles’ asked for insolvency on March...