A small UK startup which mixed a faculty bus service with a software program platform to safeguard pupils has been acquired by ‘Good buses’ startup Zeelo, which final 12 months raised a $14 million conflict chest for growth.

Based within the UK in 2010, Kura, which had beforehand raised £3.8 million in a Personal Fairness spherical from Souter Investments, supplied a safeguarding tech platform for colleges and schools, bus transportation, and the same service for worker shuttles and constitution transport providers within the UK.

It’s acquisition for an undisclosed quantity by Zeelo means the mixed entity may have 220 clients, 450 operator companions and 40,000 each day riders utilizing the platform, in line with the corporate.

Final 12 months Zeelo secured a $14 Sequence A extension, taking complete funds raised standing $33.6 million because it was launched in 2016. Zeelo claims its ‘sensible bus’ routing algorithm optimizes bus applications, saving shoppers as much as 43% on their billing and rising ridership by 50%.

The corporate stated it deliberate to broaden its gross sales and operations within the U.S. and improve its know-how platform. This was after it narrowly prevented a failed acquisition by SPAC-backed Swvl and a wave of market volatility in tech sctocks.

Though Sam Ryan, co-founder & CEO of Zeelo, declined to touch upon the value of the acquisition, in an announcement he hinted that there have been there was “a pipeline of M&A alternatives throughout” the UK and US markets.