Turicleta

turicleta.com ↗ ·Ciudad Real ·Seed

Turicleta operates Spain's first autonomous, self-service electric bike rental network aimed at rural tourism, using smart stations built from repurposed shipping containers that are energy self-sufficient (solar-supported) and unlocked via a mobile app that also suggests curated routes. Founded in 2022 in Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha) and operating since 2023, it is present in 50+ rural destinations with a 100% electric fleet, has surpassed 50,000 platform users, and won a 'Best Sustainable Tourism Startup' award. In April 2025 it closed its first round, a €500,000 seed capital increase led by impact fund Fondo Bolsa Social, with plans to exceed 100 stations and expand to Portugal and France.

Founded

2022

Founders

Total funds raised

€500K

SectorsTravel & Hospitality, Mobility & Logistics, Sustainability & Impact, Rural Tourism, Marketplace & E-commerce Start-up MapTravel & Hospitality › Tours, activities & experiences

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Founders

Alberto Gómez-Chacón Villalba

Co-founder & CEO

Mariana Boadella Caminal

Co-founder & Chief Sustainability Officer

Global models 5

Hellobike

China · www.hellobike.com ↗

Runs a large network of app-unlocked shared bikes and e-bikes and charges per ride, which is Turicleta's self-service rental model at mass scale.

$3B+Comparable

ofo

China

Rented bikes unlocked through a mobile app with pay-per-use pricing, the same self-service model without staffed rental points (the company is now defunct).

$2.2BComparable

Lime

United States · www.li.me ↗

Rents electric bikes and scooters unlocked through an app and charges per minute, the same unstaffed e-bike rental model Turicleta uses.

$1.5BComparable

Mobike

China

Ran smart-lock bikes rented through an app with no staff and paid per ride, the same self-service model (acquired by Meituan in 2018).

$930MComparable

Bird

United States · www.bird.co ↗

Runs an app-based fleet of electric micromobility vehicles rented per ride, a close match to Turicleta's unstaffed electric rental network.

$880MComparable

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Civitatis

Madrid

No stage disclosed · €100M

Buendía

Oviedo

No stage disclosed · €8M

Notes: Most funded first

Investors 1

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Fondo Bolsa Social

www.bolsasocial.fund

Led Seed 2025 Spain

Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2025-04-08	Seed (estimated)	€500K	Fondo Bolsa Social

News 8

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Published	Article
2026-05-07	La startup más prometedora de Castilla-La Mancha es Turicleta, un proyecto liderado por Mariana Boadella ↗ El Español / El Digital de Castilla-La Mancha 2026-05-07
2026-03-14	Los 24 pueblos de la comarca Gúdar-Javalambre estrenan las estaciones de bicis eléctricas para alquilar ↗ Diario de Teruel 2026-03-14
2025-11-19	El Touristech Startup Fest 2025 premia a seis startups del sector turístico ↗ MuyPymes 2025-11-19
2025-04-11	Across Legal advises Fondo Bolsa Social in its investment in Turicleta ↗ Iberian Lawyer 2025-04-11
2025-04-08	Turicleta de Ciudad Real cierra una ronda de 500.000 euros liderada por Fondo Bolsa Social ↗ Lanza Digital 2025-04-08
2025-03-01	Descubrir el mundo rural en bicicleta eléctrica: Turicleta, un fenómeno en expansión ↗ eldiario.es Castilla-La Mancha 2025-03-01
2024-12-09	Turicleta, de Ciudad Real, seleccionada como finalista de la I edición de los Rural Startup Awards ↗ Lanza Digital 2024-12-09
2021-04-10	Mariana Boadella, responsable del proyecto Turicleta: "Con Turicleta buscamos que el usuario pague por el servicio y cubra así el mantenimiento" ↗ Diario de Teruel 2021-04-10