Velca Motors is a 100% electric motorcycles brand with removable batteries that can be charged by any domestic socket. This start-up was founded with previous employees, today the partners Sergio Soler, Cesar Flores, Marta Rosell and David Cepeda. The team founded Velca in the middle of the pandemic and the company is already considered one of the main Spanish companies regarding new mobility.
At present, Velca Motors have engaged a community of users and fans. It is the most followed electric moped brand in Europe and has more than 1200 investors which are brand ambassadors around the globe.
Unique Services Offered
100% electric urban vehicles with an intelligent system designed to improve the sustainability of the planet and mobility in our cities.
Removable battery to enable charging at home. The company integrates Geolocation and route planning. Besides that Velca monitorize:
- Fall and theft alert. Alerts if the motorcycle moves without authorization or if it receives any impact
- Battery status. Charging level and lifespan
- Carbon footprint. Statistics on the amount of CO2 not emitted.
The CEO of Velca believes that they are super close to customers and don’t want satisfied customers but the happiest customers.
The company allocates its community members in the center of the product development strategy and also considers its customers as a key partner to build the brand.
The Leading Light of Velca Motors
Emilio Frojan born in 1991. He is from a small town on the northwest coast in Spain. He studied Political Science and several postgraduates in Business Schools like IESE, ICADE or University of Salamanca.
Emilio Froján was selected in Forbes list as 21 changemakers and 100 most creative people in business. As well Emilio Froján was awarded as best pitcher in Startup Ole Congress and finalist in the Startup World Cup. His Startup Velca was selected as the best electric motorcycle in Europe in 2021.
Challenges Confronted & Paved Ways
Velca launched the company 2 weeks before the pandemic in 2020. The senior management had to motivate the team during these months and raise capital in an uncertain market. Finally, they got it. In its first financial round, Velca got 750.000$ in less than 4 hours.
On asking the CEO what was the turning point for the company, he asserts, ” The first sale. When we sold our first electric motorbike we thought: Hey! People are paying for our value proposition. That moment was one of the happiest highlights of the company.”
Brilliant Strategies Bringing Best Results
Velca has postsale service personalized in all Europe. Its spare parts logistic hub is provided in less than 48 hours in all Europe. ” If Post Sales centers are happy, customers are happiest“, says Emilio.
At Velca, they keep doing a lot of experiments which allow them to be an innovative and disruptive company. The team knows if they want different results they have to make different things. It has a risky mindset and its employees are solution oriented.
Piece of Valuable Advice
While advising the budding entrepreneurs in the industry, Emilio says, ” Entrepreneurship is not a matter of luck. Like the work of a surgeon in a surgical operation, the appropriate knowledge, experience and tools are needed.”
