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Grid Smarter Cities crowdfunding appeal passes £750k target
Grid Smarter Cities has exceeded the £750,000 target it had set for crowdfunding appeal. As of 1 May, the technology company had raised £774,9000 via the Crowdcube platform.
Grid’s patented Kerb Platform turns the kerbside into a dynamic digital asset that allows the kerb owner (local authorities) to offer up pre-bookable slots to the kerb user (commercial operators).
Kerb is being piloted in cities such as London and Dublin, and has won two ITS UK awards. Grid Smarter Cities has also launched a river-to-road freight pilot in London and is a Department for Transport kerbside panel expert.
A study by transport consultant Stantec suggested Kerb could save 64,500 km of commercial journeys in London every day, and reduce CO2 emissions by 15,000 tons per year and delivery operator savings of 21%.
Grid is planning to use the funds to progress its strategy of deploying ‘proof points’ in various London boroughs and to establish a ‘runway’ into 2023/24 that provides
North American roles for Burton
Lee Burton has been appointed as vice president, head of sales, North America for car park payment system supplier HUB Parking Technology.
He has also been made head of sales in North America for parking services supplier TIBA Parking.
Burton has been heading up HUB Parking Technology UK for the past five years.
recurring revenues and deployment of its services at scale.
Grid’s business plan states it will be negotiating strategic commercial partnerships with global operators as part of its aim of achieving dominance in the emerging kerbside management space.
Founded in 2009 and rebranded to Grid Smarter Cities in 2015, the company was founded by entrepreneur Neil Herron to address the challenges faced by freight, servicing and delivery vehicles in urban areas – a lack of capacity, satisfying competing users and working with complex regulations.
the principles of sustainability, continuity and corporate responsibility, we find the ideal partner in Certina to help us navigate changing market conditions and further invest in our products, employees, and growth.”
Giovanni Santamaria, managing partner at Certina, said: “As a family-owned industrial holding company with a focus on sustainability and corporate responsibility.”
Prior to moving into the systems side of parking, Burton worked in management with roles at operators such as Meteor Parking, Excel Parking Services and Secure Parking (UK) before becoming car park and estate manager for shopping centre operator Westfield.
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