pennsylvania 2007 headquarters cambridge massachusetts u.s. key people timothy ericson ceo & co founder 1 jason meinzer co founder website zagster.com 1 zagster is a venture funded startup company based in cambridge massachusetts that designs builds and operates bike sharing programs for cities universities corporate campuses hotels and residential communities across the united states . zagster currently operates over 100 bike sharing programs including systems for cornell university yale university cleveland ohio quicken loans hyatt general motors the related companies irvine company and four seasons hotels and resorts . 2 3 4 5 contents 1 history 2 technology & operating model 3 locations 3.1 city programs 3.2 university programs 3.3 corporate programs 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit zagster was founded in 2007 by drexel university graduates timothy ericson and jason meinzer as cityryde . cityryde initially sought to operate a bike sharing program in the philadelphia region but later established itself as a software provider and consultant in the industry . 6 in september 2009 cityryde launched spark the world s first off the shelf bike sharing fleet management software at the university of chicago . spark s featured include electronic user registration automated rental processes integration with automated locking mechanisms a customized reporting dashboard and the ability to integrate with existing systems . spark was implemented at 10 universities including the university of chicago cornell university university of colorado at boulder and drexel university . in 2012 cityryde was renamed zagster and moved to cambridge massachusetts to join the techstars startup accelerator program . 7 zagster was also selected as a finalist for the masschallenge startup competition in 2012 . 8 the company raised a 1m funding round in fall 2012 led by launchcapital and fontinalis partners . 9 10 in july 2015 zagster raised 3.5 million in a series a funding round led by launchcapital and fontinalis partners . 11 zagster launched bike sharing programs for general motors duke university and cleveland ohio in the summer of 2014 . in 2015 the company launched bike sharing programs for workday inc. intuitive surgical purdue university and samsung in california . a zagster bike sharing station technology & operating model edit zagster builds and operates bike sharing programs as a service . the company provides its customers with bike sharing infrastructure and technology as well as design implementation and operation services . zagster employs local maintenance staff to service and operate its bike sharing systems including performing repairs and system rebalancing . bikes are secured through a kryptonite lock that is unlocked through the use of an ios or android mobile application or text message sent to a zagster operated sms service . 12 because the locking system is completely self contained on the bicycle riders are able to make stopovers securing the zagster bicycle temporarily at any location during their trip . zagster bike on a stopover trip zagster s model of bike share as a service allows the company to operate its business model differently from other bike sharing companies . in municipal installations the company has used a consortium of local sponsors to provide a much larger network than would have been possible if the city needed to pay for the full cost of the infrastructure . 13 14 because zagster does not require customers to purchase equipment it is able to pilot bike sharing programs and scale them rapidly to meet ridership needs . zagster replaces all bikes in its bike sharing programs every three years and donates the refurbished bikes locally . 15 locations edit a partial list of the bike sharing programs zagster operates . 2 city programs edit albuquerque nm bici bike share 13 carmel in cleveland oh fort wayne in 16 hastings mn huntingburg in medford or smyrna ga university programs edit california state university east bay california state university irvine university research park cornell university duke university jackson state university lehigh university ohio state university princeton university 17 purdue university santa clara university university of nebraska at kearney university of texas at dallas yale university 5 corporate programs edit general motors warren mi workday inc hayward ca intuitive surgical sunnyvale ca samsung mountain view ca quicken loans detroit mi see also edit bicycle sharing list of bicycle sharing systems references edit zagster our company . a b riders zagster . zagster.com . zagster . retrieved 2015 10 17 . moschen isabella june 6 2013 . the two wheeled amenity . new york times . gallagher john july 24 2013 . dan gilbert brings bike sharing to motor city for his employees . detroit free press . a b yale bikeshare . all for profit and profiting for all entrepreneur.com meet the 13 new techstars boston startups xconomy masschallenge 2012 finalists . alspach kyle october 18 2012 . zagster raises 1m to take bike sharing service nationwide . zagster launchcapital zagster crunchbase . www.crunchbase.com . retrieved 2015 10 18 . app zagster . zagster.com . retrieved 2015 10 17 . a b albuquerque zagster bike share . zagster.com . retrieved 2015 10 17 . bike share . downtown albuquerque mainstreet . retrieved 2015 10 17 . zagster just gave 36 local teens an awesome gift . boston magazine . retrieved 2015 10 17 . mayor henry and leadership fort wayne launch bike share program . city of fort wayne . retrieved april 17 2016 . expanded university bike share program enhances bike culture for campus and town news at princeton 2016 04 05 external links edit zagster.com zagster.com riders v t e bicycle sharing systems list of bicycle sharing systems asia hangzhou public bicycle i sbike istanbul tel o fun tel aviv tiruchirappalli bicycle share youbike taipei new taipei taoyuan hsinchu taichung and changhua citybike kaohsiung ddareungi seoul adbc bike share abu dhabi europe aarhus bycykler aarhus bicikelj ljubljana bicing barcelona bikemi milan bubi budapest bycyklen copenhagen call a bike germany coca cola zero belfast bikes dublinbikes helsinki city bikes oslo bysykkel oybike reading and farnborough uk santander cycles london sevici seville stockholm city bikes styr & st ll gothenburg tobike turin valenbisi valencia v lib paris v livert saint tienne v lo v lyon velobike moscow v lopop avignon veturilo warsaw villo brussels north america canada bike share toronto bixi montreal capital bixi ottawa mobi vancouver sobi hamilton mexico ecobici mexico city mi bici guadalajara united states arborbike ann arbor arcata bike library arcata austin b cycle battle creek b cycle bay area bike share san francisco bici bike share albuquerque bike chattanooga biketown portland boise greenbike boulder b cycle broward b cycle bublr bikes milwaukee capital bikeshare washington d.c. cat bike savannah charlotte b cycle citi bike new 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