Welcome to Donkey Republic
Join our bike-sharing system and help us make cities more liveable
Join our bike-sharing system and help us make cities more liveable
Our mission
Besides providing convenient, affordable, flexible and sustainable transportation, we want to connect with our riders and encourage them to take part in the transformation in urban mobility.
Whether it’s to just have a fix temporarily or in choosing to be extra sustainable through our bike-share: riding a Donkey is always the right choice in transforming urban mobility.
Our team is committed to empowering as many cities and their citizens as possible with their every day bike needs. Our team is passionnate about the bike life and technology.
We set out to create a new, collaborative way of moving — making it engaging, easy, and accessible all around the globe. But more than anything, our team is as stubborn as a donkey: we aim to create a better world by making sustainable mobility available to everyone.
Our history
Everything started in 2012, when our cofounder Erdem Ovacik shared a room with a friend in Copenhagen, Denmark. While seeing his roomate putting a few bikes out around the city, so his friends could share when in need. He put combination locks on them, so that people wouldn’t have to exchange keys, but only know a code
That’s when Erdem thought: “Why on Earth isn’t there an easier way to share your bike with anybody, anytime?”
In 2014, Donkey Republic was created with this idea:
Creating an wireless lock and an innovative bike-sharing system in Copenhagen. Since then, we have helped millions of people worldwide making green and sustainable choices when it comes to transportation and reaching their full potential through our modern and intuitive
bike-sharing solution.
At some point, Donkey will be the most accessible and reliable mode of transportation in our everyday lives. In May 2021, Donkey Republic hit a big milestone and started trading on Nasdaq First North.
Today and tomorrow: We are Donkey Republic because we believe that the future of mobility depends on one of the simplest, plainest & most unpretentious vehicles ever invented: the bikes. For press updates explore our press page here.