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Tech for bus transportation

Company

Buser

Founders

Marcelo Abritta, Marcelo Vasconcellos

Sector

Logistics

Business Model

Marketplace

Investment Year

2021

Founding Date

2018

Headquarters

São Paulo - Brazil

Portfolio

Iporanga Early Stage II

Status

active

General Partner

Leonardo Teixeira

Co-investors

LGT, Softbank, Valor, Monashees, Canary

Marcelo Vasconcellos e Marcelo Abritta

Marcelo Vasconcellos e Marcelo Abritta

About

Buser concept was born in November 2016, when Marcelo Abritta needed to organize a trip for his family to attend his wedding. To his surprise, chartering a 48-seater bus to take only 30 people was cheaper than buying 30 round-trip

tickets from the only company that operates the route. With that in mind, Marcelo teamed up with Marcelo Vasconcellos, started working on the project and were surprised that they could achieve up to 60% savings on tickets.

 

 

 

Buser started operating in 2018 and today provides a technology platform for bus transportation: network planning, pricing, marketing, booking & support. Buser sub-contract hundreds of small, family run, zero overhead operating

partners and they compete to serve customers. Ticket prices on Buser website and app are on average 50% lower vs. incumbents. Buser operating partners benefit from having higher utilization of their resources and new revenue streams

Marcelo_Abritta_Buser

Marcelo Abritta, Buser CEO,  is an Aeronautical Engineer from ITA, worked in consultancies and banks, founded FofoStore before founding Buser in 2018

Marcelo Vasconcellos is an Economist from UFMG. Worked at banks and for 10 year was manager at Sonar Investimentos.