MaaS Global secures another €9m funding

Finland-based MaaS Global, a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) operator, has secured €9m in a funding round to support its stated ambition of revolutionising the way people move. The company’s Whim app is a mobility service which allows users to book and pay for all mobility services in one product. MaaS Global says it will use the funding from its existing investors to expand its service to more regions in Finland and new market territories around the world. Whim currently operates in Helsinki region in
August 22, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Finland-based 8571 MaaS Global, a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) operator, has secured €9m in a funding round to support its stated ambition of revolutionising the way people move. The company’s 8727 Whim app is a mobility service which allows users to book and pay for all mobility services in one product.

MaaS Global says it will use the funding from its existing investors to expand its service to more regions in Finland and new market territories around the world.


Whim currently operates in Helsinki region in Finland, the UK’s West Midlands and Antwerp, Belgium.

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