Overview About Boldare

With a heavy reliance on phone calls and messaging apps, the market for bulk materials shipping has faced limitations in terms of accessibility to information and conducting transactions. In response to this, our client is determined to disrupt the industry by introducing a digital marketplace for buyers and sellers. Together we have developed a platform that simplifies operations and mitigates risks, resulting in a more efficient and user-friendly business experience for hundreds of companies. The app is now available to users, providing them with a streamlined process for conducting their business and strengthening our client’s revenue streams. The client The company is a European startup operating in the Mediterranean and African bulk shipping industry. Despite being a startup, the company benefits from the expertise and support of experienced stakeholders and a leading global business consultancy firm, ensuring a strong foundation. The challenge The bulk cargo shipping industry faces multiple challenges: It relies solely on peer-to-peer contacts. Business deals are conducted through phone calls and messaging apps. Many of the documents necessary for completing deals are manually signed by the involved parties. Smaller companies face challenges accessing critical information, impeding their business operations. Bulk shipping entails a complex process, including quality assurance, loading supervision, customs management, shipment tracking, and clearance handling. The industry is heavily influenced by the geopolitical situation in port-operating countries. Moreover, many businesses that operate within the industry are used to the traditional ways of doing business. MORE: https://www.boldare.com/work/case-study-bulk-shipping-platform/

The Client A global conglomerate comprising over 300 companies, this client is renowned for its extensive expertise in motor manufacturing, covering a wide range of applications from small to large. As one of the world’s leading suppliers of complete electrical packages, their specialized division focuses on electrical power and control systems, electric motors, and high-quality power components. Already established in the U.S. market, this company recently decided to enter a new segment by introducing high-powered electric chargers, an ambitious project that required solid technological support. To achieve this, they hired Boldare, which carried out the project under the guidance of a specialized division based in Germany. The Challenge The client faced a significant challenge: developing a reliable system for managing a fleet of high-powered electric vehicle (EV) chargers. This system needed to be capable of monitoring alerts, charger statuses, and energy consumption, all while ensuring compliance with U.S. laws and regulations. Furthermore, the system required efficient management of the chargers’ firmware to facilitate seamless operations. With these needs, the client sought a partner who could not only provide the technical expertise but also ensure everything was delivered within a specific timeline, as the competition wasn’t sitting idly by. The client aimed to align with its strategic goals of rapid deployment and compliance in a highly regulated market. The Solution Boldare partnered with a leading technology company to co-develop a specialized app, an application designed to oversee the administration of charger fleets for B2B clients, such as charger fleet administrators. In parallel, Boldare also implemented the user-friendly front end of the charger panel aimed at end users. To summarize, our collaboration involved two areas of work on the high-powered electric charger system: B2B: Co-developing the app for charger fleet administration (for B2B clients, such as technicians and operators installing and maintaining chargers). B2C: Designing the frontend of the charger panel for the end user (B2C) — the person who charges their electric vehicle and uses the charger panel. Key features of the fleet management app include: Real-time Monitoring: The app allows partners to view the locations of the chargers and monitor their parameters live. This feature is crucial for ensuring the chargers are operational and that any issues are promptly addressed. Regulatory Compliance: The app ensures that all operations align with U.S. regulations, a critical component for avoiding legal pitfalls and ensuring the safety and reliability of the charging stations. Firmware Management: The app facilitates easy updates and management of the charger firmware, enabling the fleet to remain up-to-date with the latest features and security measures. MORE: https://www.boldare.com/work/ev-charger-app/

BlaBlaCar, a leading French unicorn with 24 million active users, teamed up with Boldare to accelerate its global expansion into 27 international markets within just one year. This strategic partnership aimed to solidify BlaBlaCar’s competitive edge in the rapidly growing carpooling sector. Boldare contributed by assembling two agile, high-performing development teams, skilled in swift app localization, UX enhancements, and bolstering payment security to meet diverse market demands. The collaboration emphasized shared values, trust, and seamless communication, leveraging tools like Slack and Jira, alongside regular in-person workshops, to align on goals and streamline processes. This partnership exemplifies the effectiveness of Boldare’s agile development methodology and augmented team model in delivering scalable, user-centric solutions. Over the course of 18 months, the teams successfully customized and expanded BlaBlaCar’s platform, enabling rapid market entry and boosting user engagement. The project not only enhanced the platform’s usability but also positioned BlaBlaCar as a dominant player in 27 regions, setting a benchmark for agile-driven product development in the mobility industry.

Sonnen Electric Car Charger

Problem Sonnen (recently aquired by Shell) is a quickly growing company operating in the renewable energy and technology sector. They are highly innovative and always look for new products, which can help their customers utilise solar energy. They came up with an idea for a car charger powered by solar energy but needed a software partner who can help them realise their dream and create an IoT device that could be controlled remotely via mobile application. Solution Sonnen has already delivered a succesful poject with Boldare so when it came to choosing the vendor they decided to turn to Boldare again. Boldare was approached with a task of delivering an MVP in three months just in time for an offcial pre-launch to investors and press. Boldare provided sonnen with a fully self-organizing and agile software development team, which collaborated with sonnen's inhouse backend team. The bigest challenge was creating a smart charging functionality, which varied the level of charging depending on the time of day and weather. Results The app was delivered in time to meet sonnen's deadlines and KPIs. The pre-launch has peaked interest among EV owners and ensured future sales success. The app allows users to control the charger remotely, check the battery level as well as switch and adjust various charging modes. Boldare continued to work on the project after the launch and currently we are scaling the app to accomadete the exponential user growth and optimize costs.   

When SABCO Media turned to Boldare, they had only four weeks to develop a web app and two mobile apps for Virgin Radio Oman, a brand new radio station targeting the country’s young, hip demographic. The Boldare team proposed a lean startup approach, an ideal framework when launching brand new products to the market that minimizes risks and maximizes learning based on real data. During the product workshop, the client and the team got to know the product requirements inside out and selected the core features for the MVP. In order to meet the tight deadline, each development team member worked simultaneously from day one and the product was tested daily. The Boldare designers who created the apps’ UX and UI from scratch had to take special care to let Virgin’s strong visual identity lead their designs. Apart from the lean startup approach the development was delivered within the Scrum framework. Working increments of the product were released every week, allowing the Boldare team to deliver on time without compromising on the quality of the solution. Currently, the apps have been tested live and data gathered from real users. The analysis will serve as the basis of the second phase of development, due to start soon.