Bolt Mobility, the South Florida electric scooter rental start-up company in which Jamaican sprint legend, Usain Bolt is a primary investor has secured capital funding to the time of US$30 million.

The Series A funding deal comes as e-scooters are expanding rapidly in major metropolitan areas — including in South Florida. This relatively new concept is seen as a viable transportation option to avoid gridlocked roads.

The Miami Beach-based company will be using the funds secured to expand its growing operations given the growing utilization of e-scooters for transportation in metropolitan America. The financing is coming from Miami-based venture capital firm, Rokk3r Fuel ExO.

Rokk3r Fuel ExO is already on board towards helping Bolt Mobility in its expansion plans to grow the business whilst increasing market share. Bolt Mobility brought on Ed Welburn, former VP of General Motors Global Design, as an advisor to the company, as part of its growth strategy to penetrate the e-scooter market, in particular, and the bigger transportation market in general.

The Jamaican sprinting legend is not just an equity partner but is also part of the leadership team. Bolt Mobility CEO Julia Steyn was elated at securing the funding for its expansion plan.

According to

Steyn, “….securing Series A funding and bringing, Ed Welburn on board as an

advisor, Bolt Mobility is getting the resources and expertise it needs to both

scale and advance our mission of bringing simple, efficient transport solutions

to populations around the world.”

[naviga:ul]

[naviga:li]

Usain Bolt’s electric scooter brand rolls out in Japan…with some hiccups[/naviga:li][/naviga:ul]

The start-up

company is lining up to challenge the major players in the transport market in

Miami including Santa Monica-based Bird, which operates in 100 cities, Uber

owned e-scooter companies Lime and Jump and many more.

Miami recently extended its citywide pilot programme for e-scooters amid controversy. In addition to Bolt Mobility, there are eight other e-scooter vendors operating in Miami. They are Baus, Bird, Helbiz, Jump, Lime, Lyft, Spin and Wheels.

Founded in 2018, Bolt Mobility is competing for a share of the rapidly growing e-scooter market, which is projected to expand to US$41.98 billion in value by 2030 globally from US$18.6 billion last year.

These numbers are based on a February report from Grand View Research, which did extensive research on the e-scooter market globally.