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Joco almost died at launch. Now, it's a lifeline for e-bike delivery riders — and a profitable business | TechCrunch

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Joco is a shared e-bike startup for delivery workers in New York City .

Founder Jonathan Cohen and co-founder Jonathan London co-founded the startup in 2021 .

Joco counts about 18 enterprise customers, including Grubhub, Reef, Fresh Direct , and other large logistics companies.

Joco is now almost open for business, with 1,000 new Segway e-bikes lined up.

Co-founders say they have managed to grow the company’s gig worker vertical by double digits every month mainly through word of mouth.

The Cohens say they don’t want to blow your money on marketing too early in an attempt to garner attention and raise capital.

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