Cyclemate

Name

Cyclemate

Legal name

Cyclemate, Inc.

Website

https://cyclemate.club

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cycling Navigation Software

NAICS

Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land (4871)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Bikeshare (Station-Based/Docked) (TLAFAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cycling, Mountain Biking & E-bike Adventures (THAJABAF), Bicycle Programs & Bike Share (Parking, Repair, Rentals) (EDALAKAE)

Keywords

• Cycling navigation app
• Bike route planning
• Mobility routing software
• City transportation platform
• Bike directions API

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. City Plans (B2G SaaS): Subscription plans for city transportation departments providing access to Graph Explorer, real-time safety-score management, hazard dashboards, and routing integrations. Publicly listed at $500/month starting price. Recurring revenue.
2. Bike Advocacy Organization Access: Free access to Cyclemate's city tools for bike advocacy organizations (used to grow ecosystem, generate routing feedback, and seed relationships with city customers). Not a revenue stream but a strategic loss-leader into the city segment.
3. Commuter Benefit & Employer Programs: Cyclemate states it is 'working with cities and employers to power commuter benefit programs and accelerate the shift toward active transportation,' indicating a planned/emerging B2B2C revenue stream tied to employer benefits administration.
4. Safe Bike Directions API: An API product for third-party developers (cyclemate.club/for-developers) to embed Cyclemate's SuperSafe routing into their own applications. Pricing model not publicly disclosed.
5. Consumer App (Freemium): The core Cyclemate consumer navigation app for iOS, Android, and web is free to download and use, with no advertising or data-selling. Revenue potential from future premium features or upsell to API/B2G customers via engaged users.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Cyclemate provides a cycling-first navigation app (iOS, Android, web) powered by its proprietary SuperSafe™ routing engine, which color-codes road segments by safety and prioritizes protected bike lanes and quiet streets. On top of the consumer app it offers free hosted group rides and bike buses, a paid Cyclemate for Cities B2G platform with Graph Explorer for transportation departments, and a Safe Bike Directions API that lets developers embed its routing into third-party applications.

Product overview

Cyclemate is delivered as a single unified consumer platform — the Cyclemate navigation app on iOS, Android, and the web — built around one core capability, SuperSafe™ routing, that powers a portfolio of named products and modules. On top of the core routing experience sit the Group Rides module (free branded event hosting with RSVPs and per-rider turn-by-turn directions), the Bike Bus module (a school-commute variant of Group Rides), and the A-to-B Custom Routes planner. The same SuperSafe engine is exposed externally through the Safe Bike Directions API and to cities and advocacy organizations via Cyclemate for Cities (with its Graph Explorer and live issue-resolution dashboard). Recent platform-level additions include Night Mode (time-of-day routing), in-app route creation, multi-modal integration with Citi Bike, Metro Bike, Spin, and Lime, and live rider-reported hazard handling that retrains the routing model daily.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cyclemate cycling navigation app Free consumer cycling navigation app for iOS, Android, and the web that provides SuperSafe turn-by-turn directions along protected bike lanes and quiet streets, hazard reporting, custom routes, and a community feed of group rides across New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London.
• Cyclemate for Cities B2G and B2-advocacy platform that lets city transportation departments and bike advocacy organizations inspect the routing graph, flag hazardous road segments, adjust safety scores in real time, and resolve rider-submitted issue reports from a dashboard. City plans start at $500/month; bike advocacy organizations get free access.
• Safe Bike Directions API Developer-facing API product that exposes Cyclemate's safety-aware cycling routing for embedding into third-party applications; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Quantifiable outcome

• Routes riders onto London's Cycleway network and away from dangerous roads using SuperSafe™ routing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability1 record

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BikeLAcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2026BikeLA is a Los Angeles-based cycling advocacy nonprofit that regularly hosts community rides on Cyclemate, including the LA Fútbol Fans Feeder Ride to the World Cup, the West Athens Feeder Ride to Magic Johnson Park fan zone, and the BikeLA x Lime NoHo Futbol Fest Ride. BikeLA rides are funded in part by a California Office of Traffic Safety grant administered through NHTSA.
• LimecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Micromobility operator Lime co-sponsors and provides complimentary bikes and helmets for the BikeLA x Lime NoHo Futbol Fest Ride on Cyclemate, with riders using Lime bikes to complete the 4-mile Chandler Bikeway loop in North Hollywood. Lime was previously referenced as a multi-modal integration partner in Cyclemate's summer 2025 recap.
• ALSO (Transcendent Mobility)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026ALSO, the maker of the TM-B e-bike with pedal amplification, hosts 'Test Spin' demo rides on Cyclemate (e.g., 'ALSO @ 10 Speed Coffee' on June 12, 2026) to let potential customers experience the TM-B along curated SuperSafe routes.
• WombicoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 November 2025Wombi is a Los Angeles-based mobile bike shop that co-hosts recurring community rides on Cyclemate, including Wombi Caffeine Cruises in Santa Monica and Mar Vista, the Caffeine Cruise to La La Land Kind Café, and the Wombi CicLAvia Feeder Ride.
• CicLAviacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 November 2025Non-profit CicLAvia, which has been opening LA streets since 2010, hosts its events on Cyclemate (e.g., CicLAvia - Melrose Ave: Stranger Things 5 One Last Ride on November 23, 2025).
• Transport for London (TfL)coreTechnology or IntegrationTfL road-collision records (2025 onward, graded by severity and casualty type) are layered onto the London Cyclemate map to show cyclists where collisions have occurred, supporting the SuperSafe routing algorithm.
• OpenStreetMap contributorscoreTechnology or IntegrationUnderlying map data is sourced from the OpenStreetMap project and licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). OpenStreetMap's `lit` tags also power Cyclemate's Night Mode lighting layer in London.
• MapboxcoreTechnology or IntegrationCyclemate renders its safe-cycling maps and event route thumbnails using Mapbox Static Images API with a custom Mapbox style (tomcyclemate/cm9mw2xwr003401sp5c0o21ne), confirming Mapbox as the mapping and tile infrastructure provider.
• bikebus.worldminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCyclemate's bike-bus page links out to bikebus.world/how-to-start-a-bike-bus for first-time organizers, positioning Cyclemate as the recommended routing and hosting platform for the broader bike-bus movement.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Lime: Lime is a major bike-share and e-scooter operator that is both a Cyclemate integration partner and a potential adjacent competitor. Its in-app navigation and partnership with Cyclemate on BikeLA rides illustrates the overlap between mobility operators and routing apps.
• Populus: Populus provides mobility data and dashboards to city transportation departments, the same B2G buyer Cyclemate targets via Cyclemate for Cities. It is an emerging peer on the city-side analytics and infrastructure planning surface.

Direct peers

• Komoot: Komoot is a leading cycling and hiking route-planning app with city-level coverage and curated tours. Its focus on safety-aware routing and themed rides makes it a close functional peer to Cyclemate's SuperSafe routing and curated group rides.
• Strava: Strava is the dominant consumer cycling/fitness tracking app with route planning and heatmaps. It is the most directly comparable product to Cyclemate because both target urban and recreational cyclists with turn-by-turn directions and community features.
• Bikemap: Bikemap is a global cycling navigation app with community-contributed routes and turn-by-turn directions. It competes with Cyclemate for the same urban and touring cyclist use cases across many of the same international markets.
• Transit App: Transit App is a multi-modal urban navigation app that incorporates bike-share and cycling alongside transit. It overlaps with Cyclemate on multi-modal urban routing in cities like NYC and London.
• Ride with GPS: Ride with GPS is a cycling-specific navigation platform offering route building, turn-by-turn directions, and event hosting. It overlaps directly with Cyclemate's A-to-B navigation, custom route creation, and group-ride hosting features.
• Citymapper: Citymapper is an urban mobility super-app that combines public transit, walking, bike-share, and cycling directions. Cyclemate competes with Citymapper specifically on cycling-first routing in shared cities like London and NYC.

Broad incumbents

• Apple Maps: Apple Maps includes cycling directions on iOS, the same platform where Cyclemate is distributed. As a default-installed mapping app, it represents a baseline incumbent against which Cyclemate's safety-grade routing must differentiate.
• Google Maps: Google Maps ships cycling directions globally and dwarfs every cycling-specific app on distribution and data. It is the most likely incumbent to absorb Cyclemate's differentiating features via a routine product update.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gocyclemate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cyclemateclub
• Instagraminstagram.com/gocyclemate

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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