As of today, no fewer than 614 electric shared scooters from the Dutch company Felyx are driving around in Brussels. Quinten Selhorst and Maarten Poot only started their company two years ago, yet they have already raised 4,2 million euros in growth money and Brussels is the third expansion in a year.

They are much more progressive in Belgium

The company started in Amsterdam and soon expanded to Rotterdam and The Hague. It was a logical choice to cross the border to Brussels, Selhorst explains to Business Insider.

“You can also find the target group that we know how to reach with our scooters in Amsterdam: expats, millennials and students. And Brussels is a wide-ranging city where residents encounter transport problems. For longer distances, they often have to take a taxi to an appointment. That could be more convenient, we thought. ”

But there was another important reason for choosing Brussels. "The municipality was very keen to work with us to solve these transport problemsSelhorst says. Brussels reacted more enthusiastically to Felyx than Dutch municipalities did.

“In Belgium they are much more progressive and seem to have a little more clout when it comes to experimenting with new parties. In Brussels we can switch much faster. ”

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Quinten Selhorst, co-founder of part scooter company Felyx.