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Onde is a Belarusian software-as-a-service company that specializes in white-label taxi booking applications production. Onde’s main product is all-in-one business software for existing taxi companies and ride-hailing and delivery start-ups. Previously known as TaxiStartup, Onde has been active in the ride-hailing market since 2011. Onde’s headquarters is located in Minsk, Belarus. The company also has offices in Kyiv, Ukraine, and.

History
In 2011, the company was founded, initially as an Uber-like ride-hailing application. The first prototype was built within a week. In 2013, the company started evolving actively as a software development company, acquiring the first long-term business partners. At the time, most partners of the company were taxi businesses willing to modernize operations with apps like Uber without needing to engage in custom taxi app development. The public version of Android taxi passenger app and taxi driver app was released the same year.

The solution gained in complexity and reliability as Onde expanded a network of business partnerships. In 2019, the company launched a redesigned software ecosystem for ride-hailing businesses, including rides, on-demand services, and deliveries. The all-in-one business software by Onde includes Customer and Driver apps (iOS and Android), software for company management (allowing to manage several companies under one brand), taxi dispatch management software, and a webdesk.

The software is white-label, which allows Onde’s partners to reduce the time needed to launch a ride-hailing business and still have functional branded booking applications.

Cases
Onde’s business partners operate in seventy countries. Some of the use cases of Onde all-in-one ride-hailing platform innovative startups such as LEFA (transportation in Namibia), LifeOne Assist (on-demand roadside assistance in El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the USA), and ZEV (zero-emission ride-hailing company). Other use cases involve socially-responsible local ride-hailing businesses, for instance, Kaiian (Saudi Arabia), Tirhal (Sudan), Almeny (Saudi Arabia).

Events
In 2019, Onde started with a yearly Ride.Right.Now event. Ride.Right.Now is a ride-hailing conference for taxi business owners, stakeholders, and those willing to launch a ride-hailing app. In the course of Ride.Right.Now conferences, Onde’s business partners share experiences and insights and get the latest relevant information on, among other things, app development, data-driven decision making in ride-hailing business, app store optimization, marketing of ride-hailing apps.

In 2021, Onde launched its ride-hailing business accelerator, Onde Ride-Hailing Factory, especially for start-ups in developing markets and already existing taxi businesses that want to innovate with an on-demand taxi booking application.

Social responsibility
In 2020, during the pandemic of COVID-19, Onde launched #OndeForGood. The company partnered with Red Cross Belarus, providing the Red Cross with a free platform to automate volunteers’ help to people who needed contactless deliveries. The action received publicity. The company has repeatedly donated to initiatives like SOS Children’s Villages and STEAM schooling projects in Belarus.