As Co-founder and CEO of Moovit,an Intel-owned leading Mobility as a Service (MaaS) solutions provider and maker of the #1 urban mobility app, Nir Erez believes data companies will become the operating system – the brains and heart – of smart cities.
Erez co-founded Moovit with Roy Bick and Yaron Evron in February 2012 with the goal of simplifying urban mobility around the world. The company grew quickly with four rounds of funding totaling $133 million, and was acquired by Intel in May 2020 to join forces with Mobileye.
Erez has become a thought leader with opinion pieces and interviews published in Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and LinkedIn, among others.
Nir is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences like Web Summit, NOAH Berlin, Mondial de l’Automobile auto show in Paris, New Mobility World, and others.
Erez is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience leading technology startups. Prior to Moovit, Nir was also the founder and CEO of both ActionBase and Optimal Plus. He is also co-owner and co-founder of Eyron Group which invests in early-stage software companies. Erez graduated from the IDF computer academy (Mamram) and holds a Bsc. in Physics.