Revelo Electric
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Revelo Electric (REvolutionary VELO; "vélo" is French for "bike") is a Canadian clean mobility company that designs, develops, sells and services Revelo's front pedaling chainless electric bicycles. The company was founded in Toronto in 2012 by CEO Henry Chong, as Revelo Bikes Inc., and the name was changed to Revelo Electric Corp. in 2014. Revelo's core design principles are ease of use and ease of maintenance, and have created their products to fit these principles.
As a Toronto, Canada startup, Revelo has received funding from OCE, VentureStart, and was launched via OCAD University's Imagination Catalyst incubator hub and MaRS Discovery District's entrepreneurship program. The company received backing from crowdfunding via Indiegogo in 2013 for their original LIFEbike concept,. In 2015, their foldable electric bike, the FLEX, was launched.
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LIFEbike
The LIFEbike (short for Lightweight, Intelligent, Flexible Electric bike) is an electric commuter bike designed from scratch by Henry Chong. The original LIFEbike concept was created by Chong for his Industrial Design thesis at OCAD University in 2011. The next year, it won Chong the MaRS Upstart competition.
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