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Mobility NICOLAS BRUSSON | BLABLACAR Co-Founder & COO SPEAKER BIO Nicolas is co-founder and COO of BlaBlaCar, the world's leading ridesharing community. He drives BlaBlaCar's corporate development and successfully led the company's various rounds of financing and acquisitions. Naturally pragmatic, he uses fast iteration to uncover high-growth opportunities. He is a strong advocate of autonomous local teams and acqui-hire, a strategy he implemented to expand BlaBlaCar’s footprint to a global scale. He started his career working for start-ups in Silicon Valley during the 2000 boom, moved on to executive and investor roles, and finally worked as a Venture Capitalist in London. Nicolas holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MSc in Optics from the Ecole Superieure d’Optique and an MSc in Applied Physics from Paris XI University. KEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Paris, France BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading long-distance ridesharing platform – a global, trusted community of drivers and passengers in 22 countries. The site and mobile apps connect people looking to travel long Office Locations Worldwide distances with drivers going the same way, so they can travel together and share the cost. Founded 2006 Each passenger makes a fair contribution for their seat, and drivers cover their fuel and toll costs but do not make a profit. The platform is engineered to create a secure, trust-based community with declared No. of Employees 500 identities and full member profiles. Active Markets Europe, Russia, Latin America, India Members can even specify how chatty they are from “Bla” to “BlaBlaBla”, hence the name BlaBlaCar. Other KPI #1 25m members in 22 countries Other KPI #2 10mtravelers per quarter Business Overview Car sharing website Key Financials Valuation: $1.5bn Total Funding €300m raised ISAI, Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Lead Key Investors Edge Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Vostok new Ventures Website blablacar.com 17

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