Pollen Y Combinator · Winter 2026

Mobility · PT

Universal battery-swapping network and battery pack for electric mopeds and motorcycles across Europe.

AI agents that automate customer success

Founders

Rui Bento (Portugal · ♂) — After launching and running Uber and Uber Eats in Southern Europe and founding cloud-kitchen startup Kitch (acquired by Glovo), he started Pollen to build a universal battery-swap network for electric mopeds and motorcycles.
Miguel Morgado (Portugal · ♂) — He co-founded Pollen with Rui Bento to build a battery-swapping network for light electric vehicles in Europe.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
May 2026	Seed Pollen (Portugal) raised 3.2M euros in a seed co-led by Pale Blue Dot and Mustard Seed Maze to build a universal battery-swap network for electric motorbikes and scooters.	$3.7M
Jun 2023	Seed US freelancer-network startup Pollen raised a 4M dollar seed from Animo VC, Founder Collective and Precursor Ventures.	$4M
May 2022	Series C London experience marketplace Pollen raised a 150M dollar Series C from Kindred, Lansdowne Partners, Northzone and Molten Ventures.	$138.3M

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