PARKGENE nominated as a finalist at Global Investment Blockchain Conference

PARKGENE is thrilled to announce that it’s global peer-to-peer (P2P) parking application over blockchain is one of the eight finalists on the worldwide Nakamoto’s Den Investment Blockchain Conference. Nakamoto’s Den is a Global Investment Blockchain Conference that will be held in Cyprus in 19th and 20th February 2019.

During those two days PARKGENE’s COO, amongst other activities of the event, will participate in the first worldwide post-ICO Battle. The eight participants will face each other directly, answering questions regarding the main aspects of their project with the aim to assess their viability and potential for success. At the same time, companies will have the opportunity to secure the funding of some of the world’s top capital firm.  All in real time!

Manos Macromallis, COO of PARKGENE, had the following comment, “It is a great honor that an established and worldwide known community recognizes PARKGENE as one of the most innovative and well-delivered platform on Blockchain. It will be a great opportunity to demonstrate our project and its developments in front of a huge crowd of blockchain investors, innovators, and educators.”

Today, the ecosystem of the PARKGENE numbers more than 67,000 unique users, using the PARKGENE P2P Parking Service and or the GENE Wallet.  The apps are available for iOS and Android devices, as well as for web browsers. Currently, PARKGENE has already cooperation and ready-to-lease with more than 18,000 parking spaces in commercial parking areas in the Attica region, Thessaloniki and is also piloting in Cyprus. In addition to Greece and Cyprus, our application records more than 6 million commercial parking spaces in 8,000 cities worldwide.

February 1, 2019 PARKGENE No comments yet
PARKGURU

PARKGURU and NEWSPHONE Hellas Collaboration

There has been a positive start to the collaboration of PARKGURU and NEWSPHONE Hellas. Through this collaboration users of the telephone directory service “11880” can, without any additional charge, find and book a parking spot near their POI. The search and booking of a parking spot is based on the award-winning parking platform PARKGENE, which has been developed by PARKGURU and contains over 6 million professional parking spots worldwide in almost 8.000 cities.

Offering PARKGURU’s smart parking solution through NEWSPHONE’s telephone directory represents a qualitative expansion of the value-added services of the two companies, provides new capabilities to “11880” users and helps cities become friendlier by reducing congestion and traffic levels,  as fewer cars roam the streets in search of a parking spot.

«We are interested in developing our B2B collaborations and the agreement with NEWSPHONE provides PARKGURU a new user base for the PARKGENE parking platform as well as providing NEWSPHONE Hellas users a valuable service. Smart cities start with smart transportation and smart parking is the cornerstone of this premise», quoting Manos Macromallis, COO of PARKGURU Group.

 

Efstratios Apergis, CEO of NEWSPHONE HELLAS, had the following comment: “The continuous enrichment of the ‘11880’ service with new features has evolved it into something far wider than a simple telephone directory service, making it a multifaceted assistant for its users. The collaboration of NEWSPHONE HELLAS with PARKGURU and the offer of Smart Parking service through ‘11880’ reflect the common philosophy of the two companies: Simple, quality and innovative solution to the Citizen.”

October 31, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

PARKGURU and Ridemind Agree to Cooperate in Smart Mobility, Blockchain and Payments

PARKGURU and Ridemind Agree to Cooperate in Smart Mobility, Blockchain, and Payments

September 27, 2018

PARKGURU Group and Ridemind are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement to explore synergies in the field of Smart Mobility a field in which they are both active. The agreement was reached at the 83rd Thessaloniki International Fair where both companies participated as exhibitors in the Digital Greece pavilion 12 organized by IDGC under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Policy and Telecommunications.

PARKGURU Group offers innovative Smart Parking solutions over blockchain, as well as cryptocurrency-enabled payments via its’ GENE Wallet. PARKGURU’s PARKGENE application features over 6 million professional parking spots located in 8 thousand cities around the world. There are more than 50 locations and 8 thousand professional parking spots ready to accept cryptocurrency payments. Last, but not least, there is a growing number of peer-to-peer spaces listed by PARKGENE early adopters, who used the PARKGENE web application to list their private parking spots.

Ridemind offers Smart Mobility solutions through their innovative peer-to-peer car sharing platform, starting with Greece and Cyprus, with plans to expand across more European countries. Ridemind advocates better transportation solutions and fewer vehicles on the road, less traffic, less pollution, and more livable cities, and is actively engaged in research and development to that end. Ridemind has partnered with Allianz Hellas, part of the world’s largest insurance group, to fully insure every peer-to-peer rental, as well as with Mondial, to provide roadside assistance services.

Manos Macromallis, COO of PARKGURU Group, had the following comment,”We are happy to be working with Ridemind to explore Smart Mobility synergies that can extend the capabilities of both companies in the field. Smart Cities begin with Smart Mobility and it starts with Smart Parking solutions. We believe that this cooperation will have substantial results for both companies’ operational models“.

The scope of the agreement between PARKGURU and Ridemind includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  1. Exploration of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency payments via the GENE Wallet in car sharing.
  2. Expanding the use of the GENE token as a Smart Mobility coin.
  3. Integrating PARKGURU’s global parking network to Ridemind’s car sharing operational model.
  4. Cooperation in collaborative Smart Mobility research and development national and European programs.

“As a young innovative company, Ridemind is delighted to be cooperating with PARGURU Group to explore synergies that will help extend our operation and to offer our users more options for parking and for advanced payment solutions. This cooperation is consistent with Ridemind’s vision which extends across the range of Smart Mobility services”, Antonis Karaloulis, CEO Ridemind

For more information please contact:

Manos Macromallis [email protected]
Kostas Georgopoulos [email protected]

 

September 27, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

PARKGENE iOS Application Launches

Dear Friends,

We are happy to announce that the wait is over for iPhone users and that PARKGENE is now also available for iOS, following our Android and Web Application releases earlier this month.

PARKGENE is the first peer-to-peer parking application over blockchain globally and after the integration of the professional parking features of PARKGURU, PARKGENE is the most complete parking application of its kind.

PARKGENE features over 6 million professional parking spots located in 8 thousand cities around the world. There are more than 50 locations and 8 thousand professional parking spots ready to accept cryptocurrency payments: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and GENE tokens. An additional 11 thousand subscribers to the GENE wallet are ready to take advantage of this. Last, but not least, there is a growing number of peer-to-peer spaces listed by PARKGENE early adopters, who used the PARKGENE web application to list their private parking spots. This is just the beginning:

Smart City transportation begins and ends with parking. We have succeeded in delivering the platform and the supporting technologies to execute on our vision of improving quality of life while contributing to the Smart Economy. PARKGENE is the first global peer-to-peer blockchain parking application, making the adoption of Smart City technologies in every-day life possible today.

It makes us proud that we can offer the PARKGENE platform to the community and share the transformation towards smart parking with the world. We’re grateful for your continued support and we invite you to take advantage of the PARKGENE opportunity as our ambassadors by listing your parking spot and using the PARKGENE application.  Not only will you be able to monetise your unused parking spot, but you will be making a significant contribution to the quality of life in your local area.

Below you can find some useful PARKGENE links:

The PARKGENE website
You can download thePARKGENE application for iOS here
You can download the PARKGENE application for Android here
You can list your private parking spot here 

July 30, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

Press Release: PARKGURU adds AIRBNB Parking functionality and becomes “PARKGENE”

PARKGURU, an innovative smart parking application, is now integrated into PARKGENE, the world’s first peer-to-peer parking application that uses blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency payments, in order to offer even more value to its users.

PARKGURU begun two years ago with a vision of  changing the way we park. In less than a year, since its launch in July 2017, it has gained more than 50,000 users by offering them a new way to find out where to park, book a parking spot, and pay via smartphone before they even get to their destination.

In the context of offering a more complete range of services, through its subsidiary PARKGENE, it has developed the world’s first peer-to-peer parking service, enabling private parking space owners to rent them out in exchange for GENE tokens (PARKGENE’s currency). This way, taking advantage of new functionalities and additional tools such as the GENE Wallet, all PARKGURU users (now PARKGENE) besides saving time and money on parking, can also monetize their private parking spaces when they’re not being used.

This evolution of PARKGURU and its integration into PARKGENE, takes advantage of the blockchain technologies  and cryptocurrency payments. PARKGENE is the first peer-to-peer parking application on blockchain, where application users can rent their private parking spaces, like Airbnb, but for parking spaces.

The new application includes 6 million parking spaces in 8,000 cities around the world, and there are more than 50 professional parking locations with around 8,000 parking spaces in Greece, ready to accept cryptocurrency payments via the GENE Wallet electronic wallet, specifically Bitcoin, Ethereum,  and GENE tokens,  PARKGENE’s native cryptocurrency. Users can also pay for parking using cash, credit/debit cards.

“We are extremely pleased with the development and commercial progress we have made over the last few months and the launch of PARKGENE, the world’s first application to take advantage of Blockchain technologies in parking” said Nikos Skarlatos, CEO of PARKGENE, Parking is a problem in most large cities around the world and is responsible for 30% of the traffic and 20% of the air pollution generated from cars circling looking for a parking spot. PARKGENE not only makes it easier to find parking, but  it also helps reduce its’ cost.”

Today the Web Service is launching at https://parkgene.io along with the PARKGENE Android App.
The PARKGENE App for iOS will be launched in the coming days.

 

July 3, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

CoinMarketCap officially lists PARKGENE’s – GENE Token

A message to the PARKGENE community by PARKGENE CEO, Nikolas Skarlatos :

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to announce that CoinMarketCap, the number one trusted resource on cryptocurrency market information, has officially listed the GENE token here:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/parkgene/

The official CoinMarketCap listing puts the GENE token at the heart of the cryptocurrency community and justifies our efforts of the past year. We want to thank the PARKGENE community for their support, since it was the trading and the community activity that drove the CoinMarketCap listing.

The CoinMarketCap official listing is another step forward for the GENE token:

  • The PARKGENE community can now get the most up-to-date and credible information on the GENE token’s financial indicators.
  • The CoinMarketCap listing helps with the token’s exposure to a wider cryptocurrency audience interested in the token itself but also in the PARKGENE business.
  • This way, PARKGENE business progress will be associated with the GENE token’s performance more effectively.
  • Finally, we continue to do our best to list the GENE token on other exchanges and the CoinMarketCap official listing will help in our efforts.

On the business side of things, we’d like to remind you that we’ve successfully launched the PARKGENE web service, integrated with the GENE Wallet, as well as the new website where parking spot owners can list their parking spots.

Also, on Monday, May 14th, as promised, we are launching additional enhancements to the GENE Wallet, along with a related announcement.

We continue to work towards the commercial roll-out of PARKGENE Service and our plan to release the Mobile Apps and Web Booking service on June 4th, 2018.

We will continue to keep you regularly updated with our progress.

Sincerely,
Nikolas Skarlatos,

CEO – PARKGENE

May 11, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

PARKGENE Status Update – April 23

Dear PARKGENE Supporters

We would like to share a quick update on some of the activities that have kept us busy in the past week:

  1. On Monday 26/4 we distributed the GENE Tokens to participants who passed the KYC process and provided an ETH Wallet address.
  2. The same morning we distributed the GENE Tokens to Bounty Hunters who provided their ETH Wallet address.
  3. The GENE Token, since then, has been accepted and trading in three exchanges (BTC-Alpha, Bitpaction, GETbtc)
  4. Trading during week 1 was dominated by sellers who have put a pressure on the GENE Token price, currently trading around $0,012.
  5. Our Team has been supporting all participants and new interested users around the clock on our Telegram Channel and Email.
  6. On the business front we are getting ready for the official launch of the PARKGENE Peer-to-Peer Parking service which is fully integrated with GENE Token and other Cryptocurrency payments.
  7. The GENE Wallet, acting as the payment gateway for the Parking App is already available on Google Play Store while the iOS Version is under review from the AppStore. We believe that the documentation provided to Apple will allow them to list the App soon. We will keep you posted on this.
    The GENE WALLET for Android can be found here at the Google Play Store
  8. We have made the strategic decision to integrate the PARKGENE Peer-to-Peer application with the existing PARKGURU application, so that users are able to access all types of available parking options from one app, using GENE Tokens for payment. This is a major development as it puts PARKGENE at the heart of our 60K+ user community and will drive significant demand for the GENE Token.
  9. We are working with sites like CoinMarketCap to list the GENE token.
  10. We are also in discussions with several Exchanges that could offer significant liquidity to the GENE Token.

 

Next Steps:
We are working hard on executing our roadmap and our next steps include the following:

  1. We are launching the new PARKGENE WebSite for the new PARKGENE Service by May 7th, which allows users to list their parking spot. Approximately one week later we are launching the service that includes the Mobile Apps and a full Web interface.
  2. Next week (beginning of May) we are offering several enhancements to our GENE Wallet, such as ability to transfer In & Out, Bitcoin and Ethereum as well as the ability to trade GENE for Bitcoin or Ethereum and vice versa.
  3. There will be several Announcements on strategic partnerships that we have been working on, aimed to enhance the PARKGENE Ecosystem and the demand for GENE Tokens.

Please stay tuned for more information on the above and future PARKGENE developments.

April 23, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

PARKGENE Is One Step Closer To Becoming The Airbnb Of Parking

PARKGENE, the world’s first shared mobility platform, blows past its sales targets during the first two weeks of its ICO. With 60 million tokens sold during the first two weeks of its ICO, PARKGENE is on track to becoming a household name in shared parking services.

As anyone who drives in large cities knows well, finding parking is oftentimes not just a nightmare but, in most cases, prohibitively expensive as well. PARKGENE, the first parking booking service on the blockchain, plans to put an end to driver parking woes, with their ground-breaking peer-to-peer parking platform.

PARKGENE’s aim is to become the Airbnb of the parking industry, and if the first two weeks of their public ICO is an indication, they are well on their way to making it happen. The company has already passed its pre-ICO target of selling 20 million GENE tokens during their closed round last December. After the second week of the public sale, they’ve reached 60 million tokens sold, and PARKGENE is confident they can reach their goal of 350 million tokens sold by the time the ICO ends.

PARKGENE – The Solution for Commuters’ Parking Woes

PARKGENE has adopted an Airbnb-like business model so that parking owners and drivers can directly interact with each other.  Drivers are looking for convenient and cost-effective parking, and herein lies the problem: The parking business is a $100 billion industry globally, but it’s riddled with intermediaries taking large commissions to match drivers with parking owners. This means that drivers pay more and parking space owners make less.

Airbnb originally set out to solve similar issues for travel accommodation and has certainly proven a viable model in the crowdsharing ecosystem. They have announced recently that the company will show $100 million in cash flow profitability for 2017, and is expected to launch its IPO later this year. Airbnb’s success has come at a slow burn as users have driven the home sharing app from obscurity to worldwide success over its 10-year history. There’s no doubt that the sharing economy is booming, and PARKGENE’s timing to introduce blockchain technology to the ecosystem, couldn’t’ be better.

The PARKGENE platform, powered by its GENE token, aims to be a serious game-changer by connecting drivers and parking owners directly through its smart-contract system. The platform allows drivers to easily locate and book parking spots in the most convenient location and at the most competitive price. All transactions use GENE tokens, and the PARKGENE vision is to establish it as the default currency for the automotive industry. That may be a bold vision, but the company is already planning for the future:

“At the moment, parking remains an inefficient industry but not for long,” says Parkgene CEO Louis Hatzis. “The parking industry will undergo major changes in the next 5-10 years as autonomous cars will need to park themselves and pay for parking. Moreover, big carmakers, namely VW and BMW, are starting to position themselves in the industry through acquisitions of regional players, and we’re seeing reports of accelerated use of mobile phone parking bookings in the US,” he adds. Hatzis believes that these are strong indicators to purchase GENE tokens today.

PARKGENE - The Solution for Commuters' Parking Woes 

Going Forward – After the ICO and Beyond

Once the ICO is completed, PARKGENE will run an aggressive marketing campaign with the goal of making PARKGENE a household name. PARKGENE has already enjoyed successes with their existing app that has integrated 18,000 parking spots and 50,000 users in the first six months of its launch. Being the first parking booking service on the blockchain gives the company the traction to become the foremost parking booking platform in the world.

Funds collected through their ICO will drive the next phase of platform development, which PARKGENE plans to expand into large cities in Greece, Britain, Russia and eventually the US, Asia and South America. Their first focus is on Athens, where they already have a presence, and then they will quickly scale to establish PARKGENE in large cities like London, Manchester, Paris, Rome, and Milan, and expand further to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

PARKGENE is working with ICOBox, the world’s largest provider of SaaS solutions for ICOs. The company is also the first ICO to have ever partnered with NetRoadshow, the trusted name in providing U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) compliant online solutions for the global investment banking community, to bring in institutional backers.

PARKGENE also recently appointed a new advisor, Gal Ron, a  startup veteran with over 30 years of experience in forming, running, and growing companies worldwide in industries spanning from financial markets to virtual reality. He’s currently director and CEO of ConversionPros, as well as the founder of TokenTarget.  Gal is passionate about the marketing and sales side of blockchain based projects, with a special interest in ICO and Post-ICO marketing and these are the areas he is collaborating actively with PARKGENE.

GENE tokens are available for sale with no minimum or maximum purchase requirements and are offered at USD $0.10. The ICO is presently in its third week, offering volume discounts and bonuses. For more information about PARKGENE, please visit https://parkgene.io.

February 14, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

PARKGENE Roadshow Update – February 9, 2018

PARKGENE CEO, Ilias Hatzis and CFO Nikolas Skarlatos have been participating in several events around the world bringing the PARKGENE ICO to the Crypto community.

They visited Crypto Economy ICO 2018 in London, Crypto Economy ICO 2018 in Amsterdam, d10e in the Cayman Islands, 2nd Blockchain Middle East Forum in Dubai, and will be visiting several more until the end of the ICO and beyond.

The purpose of these trips has been to meet with interested parties and introduce PARKGENE to the ICO and Crypto communities. The PARKGENE executives met with Fund Managers, with partners we work with, with opinion leaders in the crypto space, with media, and with PARKGENE backers. They participated in presentations, workshops, panel discussions on legal, marketing, valuation etc.

They also participated in Post ICO panel discussions, met with several exchanges and participated in several networking events.

So far, the PARKGENE roadshow has been very productive and useful. We will let you know more about the PARKGENE roadshow as it continues.

February 9, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet

How PARKGENE Works

PARKGENE is a game-changer in shared Mobility services, with a vision to establish the GENE token as the automotive industry standard means of payment.

Drivers looking for a parking spot meet virtually with parking owners through the PARKGENE app. The following diagram shows the different stages of a parking session completed on the PARKGENE platform and over the Ethereum Blockchain with smart contracts.
Once a driver reserves a parking spot, the reservation triggers the PARKGENE smart contract on the Ethereum Public Blockchain.

PARKGENE GENE token flow

The PARKGENE App transfers the full parking fee amount in GENEs from the driver wallet, to a depository (a temporary wallet). Should there not be enough GENEs balance in the driver’s wallet, the driver can use his credit card or other means of payment (Bitcoins, Ethers) to buy GENEs real-time and pay for the transaction.

The successful reservation and payment provide additional App functionality to drivers and parking owners which is needed for the completion of the actual parking session. For example, the driver will have the ability to open the garage door from his mobile phone, while the parking owner is notified and monitors – in live video – the entrance and exit of the vehicle. This functionality is optional – although very helpful – and is achieved through integration of PARKGENE platform with existing remote access tools that are available in the market, or a specific device that PARKGENE will offer to the Parking Space owners at very low cost.

At the end of a successful transaction the parties conclude a smart contract on Ethereum, with the entry and its confirmation on the blockchain.

The parking space owners receive, from the depository to their wallet, 70-80% of smart contract in GENE tokens, when drivers check out of the parking space. The remaining: • 5% of the total amount is paid to the driver and parking space owner as they perform several actions that enhance the ecosystem (e.g. Ratings, Reviews). • 10-20% of the total amount is paid to PARKGENE to cover operational, development, cloud services and advertising costs.

At any time, the users of the platform can buy or sell GENE tokens for FIAT currency (USD, EUR, JPY, CNY, etc.) or other cryptocurrency (BTC, ETH, etc) by using several cryptocurrency exchange services that may trade the GENE token (if and once GENEs may be available at such exchanges).

Click HERE to participate in the PARKGENE ICO

February 9, 2018 PARKGENE No comments yet
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