Cooperative partnership to increase bike security: IoT Venture and LinuZ agree on collaboration

IoT Venture GmbH now has another strong partner at its side in LinuZ GmbH. Based in Baden-Württemberg, the company brings together three brands under one roof with Bikesitter, ChargerCube and SOEE Cycles and is now focusing on IoT Venture solutions in the field of connected bikes.

LinuZ GmbH is a highly versatile company, offering everything from custom-made bikes and mobile bike stations though to charging infrastructure for e-bikes and pedelecs. The company currently also wants to upgrade its anti-theft protection and now equips its own SOEE Cycles with IoT Venture GPS trackers ex works. It will also manage and protect its company fleets with IoT Venture’s connected bike solution in the future.

“Our new cooperative partnership provides great synergy between our solutions and smart technology, contributing to greater security and sustainability for the long term,” states Sascha Pieper, CEO at LinuZ GmbH.

Extra added value: finding the nearest charging stations

Integrating GPS technology into the premium SOEE Cycles brand bikes offers customers extra added value. Developed by IoT Venture, the Bikesitter white label app not only provides digital theft protection, crash detection, discounted insurance packages and other features related to bicycles but also includes the charging infrastructure of ChargerCubes. “Our manufacturer-independent ChargerCubes provide an accessible charging network, which is essential for long-term mobility,” says Pieper. Customers can search for the nearest charging station for their e-bike or pedelec directly in the app.

“Working together with such a broadly positioned company like LinuZ, we continue to pursue our vision of making bikes even more secure through intelligent technology while integrating all the benefits of digitisation. The app extension for the charging infrastructure provides extra added value, with which we jointly reach another milestone. We’ll be able to open it up to all our system customers in the future,” affirms the Sales and Business Development Manager at IoT Venture.