Dovu (DOV) (Founded in 2017) is a global rewards platform for smart travel, powered by Cryptocurrency. It creates a new value exchange between people and global mobility providers.^[1]

The platform allows users to earn DOV tokens for sharing and improving the way that they travel, allows mobility companies to get closer to their customers, and ultimately helps cities get smarter.  ^[1]

Company

Dovu is a London-based company established in 2016. The company is driven by CEO Irfon Watkins (Founder), CMO Arwen Smit (Founder), COO Krasina Mileva (Founder), and Head of Product Alex Morris.^[2]

Watkins is a serial business person who has established and sold organizations over the API range. Prior to founding Dovu, Watkins was the organizer and CEO of Coull, an automatic video advertising company processing more than 15 billion demands every month from more than 118 nations. He has 20 long periods of experience as an official.^[1]

The company has gotten investments from InMotion Ventures (the investment arm of Jaguar Land Rover) and Creative England (a government-sponsored fund from the UK).  ^[2]

Overview

DOVU is a global rewards platform for smart travel, powered by Cryptocurrency. It creates a new value exchange between people and global mobility providers.^[1]

The platform allows users to earn DOV tokens for sharing and improving the way that they travel, allows mobility companies to get closer to their customers, and ultimately helps cities get smarter. Until now, the tools to reward and incentivize travelers have been limited to points and loyalty programs focused on spend and locking the customer in. The widespread adoption of connected devices and the rise of Cryptocurrency present a new opportunity for value exchange in mobility - one that is instant, global, and open.^[1]

With a token and a rewards API that can be added to any website, mobile app, dashboard, or IoT interface, DOVU provides a scalable way for mobility companies to get closer to their customers and for consumers to earn globally spendable crypto tokens for sharing data and switching to smart mobility services. It also lays the foundation for future token-based payments in mobility.^[3]

It was founded in 2017 by Irfon Watkins, Krasina Mileva, and Arwen Smit, in Bristol, England. 

Making travel smarter, the Dov token presents a new value exchange between people and the transportation industry. The platform allows users to be rewarded for sharing and improving the way that they travel, and helps cities get smarter. ^[2]

Dovu Features

Circular Economy

Dovu makes various notices of its “circular economy”. Essentially, that implies Dovu is applying Blockchain technology that will change our thinking about data and portability. The Blockchain can be used to verify esteem contributed independently whether for an enterprise or an individual, which implies everyone will be reasonably rewarded for their contribution to the portability ecosystem.^[1]

The Dovu Ecosystem

There are four critical parts of the Dovu platform, including the Protocol (which will govern how data is exchanged and how esteem is attributed to data), the Dov token (which allows for payments within the platform), and the Dovu API marketplace (which is the first DApp created by Dovu). The Dovu protocol itself is open source. It encourages the development of portability-related DApps. The Dov token, in the meantime, depends on Ethereum and is used for transactions within these decentralized apps.^[1]

Getting Data Moving

Dovu imagines a future where each company is a data company. For instance, ride-sharing organizations like Uber (company) gather data like climate and request data to ascertain pricing. They likewise get to mapping data for routing and geolocation data for planning. Dovu imagines an ecosystem where this data is shared and sold between organizations and users, helping to make a more productive data-driven world.^[3]

Democratizing Data

More noteworthy access to data quickens innovation over the economy. Using Blockchain
technology, everybody can partake in the versatility ecosystem and get rewards for their contributions. Members get rewards in the type of Dov tokens.^[2]

The World’s First Mobility Cryptocurrency

The Dov token can be spent in decentralized applications (DApps) based on the Dovu protocol. Transactions are encouraged with consistent payments crosswise over versatility services. For instance, the same secure worldwide token can be used whether riding the transport or train, renting a bicycle or auto, or sharing a vehicle or vehicle data.^[3]

Dovu API Marketplace

The Dovu API marketplace is the first decentralized application based on the Dovu protocol. This marketplace means to simplify access to transport-related data. The marketplace will be open to three gatherings, including data proprietors (an individual or association that claims a few data); data suppliers (an individual or association that takes possessed data and supplies it through some sort of reported API), and data consumers (an individual or association that interacts with the Dovu platform to consume data from data suppliers – these individuals would in all likelihood be designers). ^[2]

Dovu Token ($dov)

The DOV token is an ERC20 utility token, fulfilling a core role in our ecosystem. The Dov token acts as a reward (incentivizing data sharing), as a service token (in exchange for use of mobility services, e.g. a bus ride, or car insurance), or users can exchange it for other tokens or Fiat money. In short, users can earn, sell, or use the Dov token. ^[2]

Where To Buy Dovu Token

Dov can be Purchased on Exchanges like

• HitBTC

• LAToken (cryptocurrency)

Dovu Investors and Partners

Investors

• InMotion Ventures (An Investment arm of Jaguar Land Rover)

• Creative England (Government-backed fund, United Kingdom)

Partners

• KPMG (Accounting)

• Token Market (Blockchain)

• Ramparts (Legal)

Team Members

Name	Position
IrfonWatkins	CEO/Founder
Krasina Mileva	COO & Legal Counsel/Founder
Arwen Smit	Chief Technology Officer
LarsKlawitter	Executive Director Strategic Business at inmotion Ventures. Ex-General Manager, Bespoke at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Former board of directors Ethereum
RobJones	EVP, Design & Customer Experience and Co-founder at FanDuel.com
AndrewHodgson	Senior Partner, KPMG Bristol