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Jarrold Ong, Co-Founder and CEO of SWAT Mobility, spoke on MONEYFM 89.3's Career 360 segment about offering solutions to help businesses cope with Covid-19’s impact by transforming journeys and optimizing movement through demand-responsive transport technology.

The “Just-in-Time” app designed by Singapore-based SWAT Mobility will allow commuters to book seats and generate effective and efficient commuting routes based on passengers’ pick-up location and time.

Toyota Mobility Foundation announced today that they will provide up to 10 connected and sanitized shuttles to Philippine General Hospital.

Our President, Grace Ho, sat down with the Urban Transport News team and talked about our vision, philosophy and products, along with her background and role at SWAT Mobility.

Demand-responsive transport technology by companies such as SWAT Mobility can help to support front-line workers in hospitals and essential-service workers with safer commutes.

Listen as our CEO Jarrold Ong talks on CNA938's Tech Talk with Daniel Martin about how essential services can utilise smart transport solutions to manage split teams and foster easier contact tracing.

Frontliners and healthcare workers, however, still need to report to duty and help battle against the disease. In order to help expand a means of transport for them in this time of crisis, the Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) announced that it will be providing 10 connected and sanitized shuttles free of cost to hospitals treating COVID-19 cases.

Toyota Mobility Foundation Introduces Connected and Sanitized Mobility Services for Healthcare Workers in Support of the Fight Against COVID-19

SWAT Mobility is partnering with Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) to provide shuttles free of charge to hospitals and healthcare workers treating COVID-19 cases in Bangkok.

SWAT Mobility is proud to be the Gold winner of the Best HR tech start-up companies – Singapore award.

Mr Jarrold Ong is one of the 10 lucky homegrown startup founders that were hosted by the Prime Minister.

Jarrold Ong, CEO of SWAT, was one of the 10 Singapore entrepreneurs invited to the Istana to share their views about the startup scene over lunch with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

SWAT is one of the 94 startups selected for Winter/Spring 2020 Batch of Plug and Play Japan, under "Mobility".

Plug and Play Japan has selected 94 domestic/overseas startups for its Winter/Spring 2020 Batch. SWAT is one of the startups selected under the vertical "Mobility".

Singapore-based smart mobility start-up Ministry of Movement has received a USD 10.1 million from its Series A funding round to grow and expand overseas.

SWAT has closed US$10 million in its Series A funding led by the University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC).

Singapore-based mobility startup Ministry of Movement, also known as SWAT, has raised $10.1 million in its Series A funding led by the University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC).

GrabShuttle and Beeline will wind down their operations by the end of the year. SWAT still has services for companies that require on-demand, shared form of employee transport.

Arthur Chua, the Chairman and Co-founder of Ministry of Movement Pte. Ltd. (SWAT), also the CEO of SWAT's investor Goldbell Group, spoke to The Business Times about SWAT.

Singapore and Guangdong signed an agreement that will boost cooperation in areas such as smart city development. SWAT will be collaborating on the CSGKC On-demand Shared Bus Pilot Project.

SWAT is honoured to be at the 10th Singapore-Guangdong Collaboration Council, signing a MoU to work on the CSGKC On-demand Shared Bus Pilot Project.

Shorter walks, fewer transfers, shorter travelling time and optimal use of resources are the outcomes a local bus transport start-up found when it began using a new algorithm.

根据用户喜好、所在地和时间等资料，向他们推荐附近餐厅或博物馆等场所，用户若有兴趣，也可直接通过手机应用呼叫巴士接送。

SWAT now offers Opal Connect as a payment option for their Hillbus MetroConnect on-demand buses, which uses SWAT's technology for its service.

SWAT and the NEC Corporation’s Asia Pacific subsidiary have launched a new app for on-demand bus services that is being piloted during this week’s ITS World Congress in Singapore.

Ally, a new app for on-demand bus services with personalised trip planning capabilities, enters public trial during ITS World Congress 2019.

Ally, a new app for on-demand bus services with personalised trip planning capabilities, enters public trial during ITS World Congress 2019.

SWAT and NEC enter into a partnership to launch 'Ally', an app offering AI-based, personalized road planning functions coupled with an on-demand bus booking service.

Goldbell is exploring areas relating to the sharing economy, autonomous technologies, connectivity and electric vehicles. SWAT is a shared mobility technology company part of Goldbell.

ComfortDelGro has set up a US$100m venture capital fund to invest in mobility technology startups that complement its land transport business. SWAT is one of the investments.

ComfortDelGro has made strategic investments into startups in mobility tech, exemplified by the series A investment in Singapore-based SWAT.

The BusNow app, provided by the Ministry of Movement (SWAT), is now available for weekday bookings within Marina-Downtown.

Six-month LTA trial run by SWAT starts from Dec 17. The app for the on-demand bus services is BusNow, provided by SWAT.

BusNow by SWAT is the mobile app which commuters can use to book their rides on the On-Demand Public Buses from Dec 17, 2018.

Selected on-demand buses will begin plying Singapore's roads during off-peak hours as part of a six-month operational trial by LTA. SWAT was awarded the contract to conduct the trial.

Ministry of Movement (SWAT) has proven track record in developing on-demand ride-sharing applications and operating real-time, dynamically routed bus services.

SWAT's CEO Jarrold Ong shares about the journey SWAT undertook as a company and the founders' vision of the future of transport.

SWAT's data team includes engineers from research backgrounds and big software companies; with PhDs. They come from Singapore, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, and Russia.

Goldbell CEO Arthur Chua wants to turn buzzwords like “sharing economy”, “electric” and “autonomous” into reality – and the first step is in making an algorithm that offers on-demand bus services a success.

The up-and-coming bus service will optimise its route and consider real-time commuter demand. It poses a threat to existing players like Grabshuttle.

By year end, commuters will be able to summon a bus as easily as they phone-hail a cab now. SWAT aims to launch on-demand bus service with LTA in Punggol, Joo Koon and Shenton Way.

陆交局共收到10个来自国内外竞标者的企划书。在经过一轮详细的评估后，当局认为SWAT和Via对招标文件的要求较清楚。两者提交的竞标书详尽、高素质，且物有所值，因此获颁总值46万余的合同。

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded nearly half a million dollars in contracts to Via Transportation and Ministry of Movement (SWAT Mobility) to carry out on-demand bus service trials in Singapore.

Singapore minibus ride-sharing startup SWAT has raised a S$3 million (US$2.2 million) pre-Series A round from undisclosed investors.