aid: free-now
name: FREE NOW
description: >-
  FREE NOW is one of Europe's leading multi-mobility "super apps," letting riders
  book taxis and private-hire vehicles and, in many cities, e-scooters, e-bikes,
  e-mopeds, carsharing and public-transport tickets from a single application.
  Founded in Hamburg in 2009 as mytaxi and rebranded FREE NOW in 2019, the company
  operates across nine European countries and 150+ cities. It ran as part of the
  YOUR NOW mobility joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and BMW and was acquired by
  Lyft. FREE NOW exposes a partner/business integration API (FREE NOW for Business)
  through a password-gated developer portal at developer.free-now.com, and maintains
  an active open-source presence — including the Wave design system — under the
  freenowtech GitHub organization.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/free-now/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://files.readme.io/f5802fbd8046f4b841ab21706d09fa58a367d71d98943dcab195e97559445764-small-favicon.png
tags:
- Mobility
- Ride Hailing
- Transportation
- Taxi
- Mobility as a Service
- Travel
- Business
- Company
apis:
- name: FREE NOW Partner API
  description: >-
    FREE NOW's partner and business integration API, documented through a
    password-gated ReadMe developer portal and served from the api.free-now.com
    gateway. Access is granted to approved FREE NOW for Business and integration
    partners; the reference is not publicly available.
  humanURL: https://developer.free-now.com/
  baseURL: https://api.free-now.com
  tags:
  - Mobility
  - Ride Hailing
  - Partner API
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.free-now.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.free-now.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.free-now.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.free-now.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.free-now.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/freenowtech
- type: Packages
  url: packages/free-now-packages.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/free-now-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence