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oBike

Bicycle sharing company

oBike was a Singapore-registered stationless bicycle-sharing system started by businessmen Yi Shi and Edward Chen with operations in several countries. The bikes have a built-in Bluetooth lock and can therefore be left anywhere at the end of a journey, not just at a docking station.2 It ceased to exist in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 2016Founded1

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OBike, Putney Bridge Approach, London, 12 July 2017
Photo: Edwardx, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

oBike was a Singapore-registered stationless bicycle-sharing system started by businessmen Yi Shi and Edward Chen with operations in several countries. The bikes have a built-in Bluetooth lock and can therefore be left anywhere at the end of a journey, not just at a docking station.2

The story

Founded by Yi Shi on Apr 2016.1

Leadership

Who has led oBike, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • bicycle-sharing system

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jul 2018Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 2016Founded Founded1

Sources

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