About Swiftmile
Our Story
It all started with one e-bike ride. Our co-founders created Swiftmile with the conviction that micromobility could change cities for the better and play a key role in combating the climate crisis.
Our Charging Hubs are the “gas stations of the future” -- a new form of green infrastructure that keeps e-bikes, e-scooters, and e-mopeds moving. Swiftmile helps shared micromobility operators integrate smoothly into cities and simplifies ownership for the millions of people purchasing their own micromobility vehicles each month. We help our partners pay for Charging Stations with an integrated ad platform.
Swiftmile is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with deployments across Europe and North America.
What powers us
We’re out to change the world by moving car trips to clean micromobility options.
Providing electric bike and scooter charging solutions.
Swiftmile Timeline
2015
January 2015
Swiftmile, Inc founded with the vision of creating a charging network for P.E.T.S. (Personal Electric Transportation Solutions)
2015
December 2015
Launched The Sunrider:
World's first solar powered e-bike share system
2015
December 2015
Received Verizon Powerful Answers Award. Top 3 out of 1,500 startups and winner of $250k in prize money
2018
September 2018
Launched The Oasis:
The first universal charging system for micromobility
2019
December 2019
Opened San Carlos Headquarters
2020
February 2020
Opened Santa Ynez Valley Office
2021
June 2021
Opened Miami Office
2021
July 2021
Launched The Falcon:
Micromobility charging with integrated digital advertising platform
The Swiftmile Team
Colin Roche is Co-founder and CEO of Swiftmile, a micromobility infrastructure company whose Mobility Hubs charge and organize light electric vehicles (LEVs) like e-scooters and e-bikes. Swiftmile’s in-field charging model helps cities scale up shared micromobility with fewer of the pain points: reduced sidewalk clutter, less operational emissions and congestion, and more fully-charged vehicles to ride. Swiftmile works with every major micromobility company to incentivize riders to end trips at Mobility Hubs, saving operators 75% as compared to nightly vehicle collection.
Colin has over 25 years of experience in product design and clean energy, most recently leading PV manufacturer Jiawei Solar to IPO in 2013. Earlier in his career, he invented the ergonomic writing instrument PenAgain, which has sold over 10 million units in 25 countries. His work has been featured in major outlets like the WSJ, WIRED, Newsweek and on NBC, ABC, and FOX. Colin became fascinated by the potential of LEVs to transform cities after winning an e-bike at a charity auction in 2015, leading him to co-found Swiftmile.
Leo has provided executive leadership to consumer hardware companies for more than a decade. Prior to co-founding Swiftmile, he was COO of Reverie, one of the leading manufacturers of innovative mattresses, adjustable beds, and pillows. Leo also previously served as President and CEO of Ergomotion, a $100 million annual revenue supplier of power beds, leading it to a successful acquisition in 2014. He also was Managing Director of Pyrotek, a leading international supplier of aluminium, foundry, glass, zinc, steel, noise control and hearth customers with performance improving technical products, integrated processing systems and consulting services worldwide.
Michael has provided executive leadership to technologically driven product companies for more than a decade. Prior to Swiftmile he was Founder & COO of Elite, a horticultural product incubator focused on novel chemical formulations, water-efficient technologies, and agricultural sensor/data applications. Michael also previously served as CFO of Ergomotion, a $100 million annual revenue supplier of power beds, where he led multiple transaction opportunities culminating in a successful acquisition in 2014. Previously, Michael successfully founded and exited both Origin Capital (now Origin Investments), an opportunistic real estate fund and ASI, a Chicago-based management consulting firm focused on building strategic advantage through innovation in public and private companies. He began his career at IBM.
Keith has been an IP and hardware development leader for more than 25 years across many industries including Lasers, Aerospace, Biotechnology and Medical Diagnostics. He has served as Engineering Manager and Director of Engineering and Product Development at several Silicon Valley companies and has experience building cross-functional R&D and Manufacturing teams. Prior to Co-founding Swiftmile, Keith founded Palo Alto Technical Solutions, an IP and Technology Development Consultancy, and is an inventor on more than 20 patents. Keith earned a B.S. in both Physics and Electro-Optics from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
John’s passion for sustainability has helped guide his career path. He helped launch Saving Energy, Inc., a company focused on importing products to assist the Costa Rican government’s initiative to reach carbon neutrality by the year 2020, serving as its Vice President of Business Development. He also held sales and business development roles for First National Solar, a solar financing service provider, and Greater Purpose Wines, a company that donates a majority of its profits to fund wells in countries with insufficient clean water supplies.
Jillian Blanco
Marketing Manager
Eugene Choi
Sales & Marketing Admin
Brandt McGrath
Vice President, IT
Colleen Roche
Accounting HR Specialist
Matt Tollner
Market Manager - Miami
Brian Van Pelt
Infield Operations Manager
The Swiftmile advisory board
Grayson Brulte
Innovation Strategist and Co-Founder of Brulte & Company and host of The Road To Autonomy and SAE International Tomorrow Today Podcasts. Former Co-Chair of the City of Beverly Hills Mayor’s Autonomous Vehicle Task Force.
Patrick Burt
Palo Alto City Councilman/ Former Mayor of Palo Alto. Also former CEO of Acteron
Victoria Grace
Founding partner of Colle Capital Partners. Former partner at Wall Street Technology Partners and former Director of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Private Equity Group
Alice Katwan
Senior Vice President of North America Sales at Twilio. Former Senior Vice President of North America Sales at Genesys
Gus Shahin
CIO & EVP Information Technology/Systems at Flex (Flextronics)
John Short
Former CEO of Accell North America (e-bikes) and former President of Esprit Holdings