On the TechWaterloo stage ×1
First seen on the TechWaterloo stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Flo ↗
In their words
we have a minimum of $5 and a maximum of 12 cents per kilometer, and that's so that we operate within carpooling regulations, because it is not like uber where people are actually making salaries
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Quick answers
Who is Flo Devellennes?
CEO and co-founder of Poparide, Canada's largest city-to-city carpooling community. He arrived in Vancouver from Europe in 2010, built HitchWhistler after repeatedly picking up hitchhikers on the road to Whistler, and turned it into Poparide with co-founder Luke Burden.
What did he demo on the TechTO stage?
At TechWaterloo in July 2017 he walked through the platform live, having driven from Kingston that day with two passengers booked through it. He said Poparide started in December 2014 on the Vancouver–Whistler ski run and had 64,146 members at the time of the talk.
How does Poparide price rides?
Drivers set the price within a platform cap — a $5 minimum and 12 cents per kilometre maximum as of the July 2017 demo — so that the payment stays cost-sharing under Canadian carpooling rules rather than income. Poparide takes a booking fee on top.