Since our founding, we have been able to expand into new geographies and markets. Since
2017, we expanded our operations to more than 135 cities in over 20 countries. In January 2019, we commenced operations in Nairobi, Kenya. In the second half of 2019, we commenced operations in major cities in Pakistan, including Lahore, Islamabad
and Karachi, and relocated our headquarters from Egypt to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2020 and 2021, we also launched TaaS offerings in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. On May 31, 2022, Swvl announced its
implementation of a portfolio optimization plan, featuring a renewed focus on its highest profitability operations, enhanced efficiency and reduced central costs. As a result of the portfolio optimization plan, we are currently operating our Retail
offerings in select cities in Egypt.
On August 18, 2021, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in
Shotl, a mass transit platform that partners with municipalities and corporations to provide on-demand bus and van services in Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region, which expanded our geographic
footprint to 22 additional cities in 10 countries. The transaction closed on November 19, 2021.
On November 16, 2021, we
entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Viapool, a mass transit platform currently operating in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santiago, Chile. The transaction closed on January 14, 2022.
On March 24, 2022, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in door2door, a high-growth mobility
operations platform that partners with municipalities, public transit operators, corporations, and automotive companies to optimize shared mobility solutions across Europe. The transaction closed on June 3, 2022.
On April 25, 2022, we announced a definitive agreement to acquire Volt Lines, a Turkey-based B2B and Transport as a Service mobility
business. The acquisition builds on Swvls recent acquisitions of controlling stakes in Shotl and Viapool and acquisition of door2door. The transaction closed on May 25, 2022.
A core component of our growth strategy is to identify opportunities for market entry in countries and cities where we can leverage what we
believe are the competitive advantages offered by our technology and platform. We examine factors such as total addressable market size and average fare per trip to assess whether expansion offers a viable path to profitability. We also review the
quality of existing public transportation infrastructure to assess ease of market penetration and convertibility of public transportation users to our platform. For our Swvl Travel offering, we also assess factors such as the number of large cities
in a country and the frequency of intercity travel to understand potential market size. Other considerations, such as ease and cost of doing business, as well as political stability, also factor into our expansion planning.
Our ability to enter into strategic acquisitions and partnerships, and successfully integrate them into our business or achieve our objectives of the
acquisitions or strategic partnerships.
We have made, and intend to continue to make, strategic acquisitions to expand our user
base, enter new markets and add complementary products and technologies. Our strategic acquisitions may affect our future financial results. For example, we recently acquired controlling interests in Shotl and Viapool, acquired door2door, Volt Lines
and Urbvan. Integration of the Shotl, Viapool, door2door, Volt Lines and Urbvan businesses and operations will be a complex, time-consuming and costly process, particularly given that the acquisition will significantly diversify the geographic areas
in which we operate. In addition, we may not realize all of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition of controlling interests in Shotl and Viapool and acquisitions of door2door, Volt Lines and Urbvan, such as cost savings and revenue
enhancements, for various reasons, including the fact that diligence was of a limited scope and performed by third party business consultants (and, with respect to Shotl, solely with respect to Shotls business in Spain), difficulties
integrating operations and personnel, higher costs, COVID-19 related interruption, unknown liabilities and fluctuations in markets.
We believe such acquisitions complement our business, but there is no assurance that such acquired businesses will be successfully integrated
into our business or generate substantial revenue, and operating costs and integration risks from these and future acquisitions may negatively affect our financial performance.
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