• Dubai-based blockchain-focused VC firm Cypher Capital, has invested in Spain-based decentralised marketplace, Iomob.
• Founded in 2018 by Boyd Cohen, Josep Sanjuas and Victor Lopez, Iomob Technologies offers a decentralised, interoperable mobility marketplace network, which enables businesses and governments to launch their own mobility-as-a-service solutions by adding individual mobility modes to their existing digital channels.
• The investment will be used to bolster the development of Iomob’s blockchain architecture.  

Press release:

Iomob, the blockchain company pioneering the development of a decentralised protocol for the world’s first mobility marketplace network and token, announced today the completion of a six-figure (token) investment (via SAFT) from Cypher Capital, an award-winning, blockchain-focused venture capital firm based in Dubai. The investment will be used to bolster the development of Iomob’s blockchain architecture.  

Iomob’s application and world-class “Journey Planner” ease and improve intermodal mobility by tapping into 7,000 taxi fleets, micro-mobility in more than 270 cities, thousands of parking spaces, and 480+ public transit feeds.

"We are thrilled to work with Cypher Capital, one of the most recognised and respected providers of capital dedicated to the construction of blockchain infrastructure, alongside a number of notable investors in Iomob,” said Boyd Cohen, CEO of Iomob. He continued, “The support of Cypher Capital helps us fuel the development of new, decentralised, interoperable, global mobility networks that will be the cornerstone of the ‘Internet of Mobility’ philosophy that is beginning to reshape how we conceptualise global transportation.” 

“Iomob is the missing piece that activates the value of blockchain in transportation; the company unlocks the potential for the ‘Internet of Mobility,’” said Vineet Budki, Managing Partner and CEO of Cypher Capital. He added, “Iomob’s impressive traction in the transportation market, decentralised approach, proven technology, and budding partnership with leaders in the Metaverse, along with strong investor support to date and an ambitious team of startup veterans and developers, has them well-positioned to deliver on a truly sophisticated vision for how we move."

“The multi-trillion-dollar transportation industry has been facing digital disruption for nearly a decade. Iomob steps in to deliver a more exciting, purposeful and immersive way to traverse the planet,” said Maria Andrianova, Iomob’s latest executive addition based in Dubai. She explained, “Being powered by a layer of innovation that enables global, interoperable mobility as a service enables mobility users to visualise and experience their journeys in new ways, whether to track their carbon emissions, book low-carbon or even make carbon positive trips within the Iomob app.” 

Iomob was incorporated in 2018 by three PhD co-founders based in Barcelona, Spain. Since its incorporation, it has deployed trials with major enterprise customers in New Zealand, Spain, and Scandinavia, and is now deploying commercially in the United Kingdom, United States, and Portugal, providing millions of travellers with access to multimodal, shared mobility, with many more deployments to be announced this year.

Iomob also recently announced an investment from True Global Ventures, with co-investment from impact-focused funds A100x and Creas.