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Smart bicycle gear Shoka secures funding from Ruvento Ventures

January 18, 2016Smart bicycle bell Shoka announced that it successfully secured a second round of seed investment from Ruvento Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Singapore. The investment will enable Shoka to finally bring its unique bicycle bell to global market.

Shoka, a tech startup based in Budapest, Hungary, has been funded by Ruvento Ventures, a hardware venture capital firm based in Singapore. The Shoka Bell is the ultimate bicycle bell featuring a LED matrix display for navigation, GPS based theft alert, and various alert sounds. Through sleek prototyping vetted by industrial design partners, Ruvento Ventures will enable Shoka to finally bring its unique bicycle bell to global market.Read more »

Shoka bell promises to turn your bicycle into a “smartbike”

July 28, 2015Hungarian startup Shoka has developed a bicycle bell promising to “turn your bicycle into a smartbike”, is launching its Kickstarter campaign in September after working a year on the concept. The project will try to raise $100 000 to begin mass production.

Hungarian startup Shoka is launching its Kickstarter campaign in September after spending a year hatching up the concept of their smart bike accessory. Named Shoka Bell, the product will navigate the rider, let off a signal if someone else is trying to push the bike away and give a notification if somebody we know is nearby.Read more »

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