PubliBike is in new hands: The CEO of PubliBike, Markus Bacher, is taking over the bike-sharing company together with bike producer Thomas Binggeli and IT entrepreneur Guido Honegger.

The three Swiss investors announce that they are delighted to be buying the former Swiss Post subsidiary and riding it into a further development phase. The established PubliBike brand will remain in place and the new owners will continue to ride the existing networks.

Thömu Binggeli (48) is a bicycle manufacturer from Köniz who is well-known beyond the country's borders. In 1998, he launched his own brand Thömus, which he heads up as Managing Director. In 2009, he launched the Stromer e-bike brand, which he sold in 2021. For several years, he was CEO and later Chairman of the Board of Directors of bicycle manufacturer BMC Switzerland. On the acquisition, he said: "PubliBike is based on Swiss values and entrepreneurship. As a bike producer, it is very motivating for me to further develop and shape the popular bike sharing service in Switzerland. It's about something very valuable, namely the sensible use of public space."

Publikbike has eight networks in 35 Swiss municipalities with 620 stations and over 5,300 bikes and claims to currently serve 190,000 users.

publibike.ch