Oliver Bruce interviews Erdem Ovacik, CEO of Donkey Republic, the first shared micromobility player to go public globally. Donkey Republic is listed on the Nasdaq First North exchange in the Nordics. It’s a great discussion about how the market has evolved, and why they see increasingly tight cooperation with governments being the next phase of shared market developments.Specifically, they dig into: 0:47 Backstory of Donkey Republic5:30 Company stats7:01 Donkey’s two business models: MaaS & SaaS12:00 Micromobility as public transport 15:10 ‘Virtual stations’ vs. free-floating bikes21:20 European bike-share market24:30 Government subsidies & regulations30:32 Recent IPO & investor reception41:36 Diversity of revenues