Geovelo

Geovelo is a French cycling navigation app operated by La Compagnie des Mobilités. The free, ad free app helps people plan everyday rides, commutes and leisure routes by bicycle. Its route planner gives priority to cycling facilities and quieter roads, and the app supports different kinds of trips, including leisure rides and tourism. Riders can follow routes, record journeys and take part in individual or community challenges. Geovelo also publishes cycling route information through its website.

Navigation designed for cycling

Geovelo focuses on route choices that account for cycling infrastructure instead of treating a bicycle as a slower car. Its own route calculator uses OpenStreetMap data and considers features such as cycle lanes, greenways, signed cycle routes, traffic levels and gradients. Riders can choose routes according to their needs and bicycle type. The service is intended to make route planning practical for both people who cycle every day and those who are new to a city or travelling for pleasure. The company describes the cyclist app as free and without advertising.

Tools for cities and mobility partners

The mobile app is one part of a wider mobility offering. Geovelo provides local authorities with a dashboard for studying cycling activity and infrastructure. After route information has been anonymised, partner territories can use aggregated patterns to understand cycling journeys and improve their networks. Its other services include a catalogue of cycling rides, tourism software, and an API or software development kit that lets partners integrate its route calculation into their own products. The company says its services work with more than 40 partner territories, and its mission page reports 1.5 million app downloads.

A French company founded in Tours

Geovelo's company history began in Tours in 2010. The current legal notice identifies La Compagnie des Mobilités as the operator, registered in Tours as a French simplified joint stock company, with a registered office at 1 Impasse du Palais. The company also has a Paris office for commercial, marketing and support teams, while its technical team remains based in Tours. Its 2022 funding announcement named French investor Seventure Partners as the lead investor and Banque des Territoires among the participating partners. These public sources describe a mature French mobility software company with an active consumer app and services for cities.