Wayla, a Milan-based mobility startup and Italy’s first city van pooling service, has smashed by its €1 million crowdfunding objective on Mamacrowd in lower than 30 hours after going public.
Backers embrace journey firm Carrani Excursions, identified for over a century of expertise in tourism, which lends additional credibility to Wayla’s development trajectory. The recent capital injection will energy fleet growth, gas additional know-how improvement, and bolster its B2B choices for corporations and occasion organisers.
“That is just the start of an bold journey,” says Carlo Bettini, CEO & Co-Founding father of Wayla. “It implies that a whole bunch of individuals imagine in our mission and have determined to return on board to rework the way in which we transfer round cities collectively.” (Translated)
Based in 2024, Wayla first went stay in Milan after which prolonged its operations to Monza and Brianza in June 2025. The service targets night and night-time transport gaps with a shared van mannequin that appears to chop prices and reduces emissions.
The founding group at Wayla brings collectively a various and complementary set of abilities throughout engineering, legislation, mobility, know-how, politics, and advertising. United by a shared imaginative and prescient for remodeling city transport, they mix entrepreneurial drive with experience in navigating advanced techniques, creating scalable enterprise fashions, and shaping regulatory-compliant innovation. Their backgrounds span worldwide schooling, authorized observe, startup development, and transport technique.
Since launch, Wayla has achieved greater than 60,000 app downloads and is rising as a viable various to conventional mobility choices.
The platform is designed for simplicity and transparency: customers e-book shared journeys through an app that clearly communicates price and journey time prematurely. The service at present runs from Wednesday to Sunday evenings in Milan, and on Fridays and Saturdays in Monza and Brianza. It operates throughout hours when public transport is usually much less accessible, positioning itself as a secure, ecological, and cost-effective choice for residents and vacationers alike.
“We’re extremely happy with this achievement,” provides Mario Ferretti, Co-founder of Wayla. “The response from the group exhibits that there’s a sturdy want for smarter and extra inclusive mobility options in Italy. We are actually able to speed up the growth of Wayla’s service and attain increasingly individuals.” (Translated)
Presently siting at €1.12 million on Mamacrowd, the raised funds will assist the acquisition of further sustainable automobiles, nationwide growth into different Italian cities, and the continued improvement of Wayla’s proprietary tech platform.
Enhancements to the corporate’s B2B phase – resembling tailor-made van pooling providers for company shoppers and occasion logistics – are additionally a part of the roadmap.
