FlixBus is a mobility provider offering daily intercity bus service all over Europe. Launched in 2013 after the deregulation of the German mobility market, FlixBus aimed to establish a new means of transport as "reliable and green alternative" to carpooling and the German railway Deutsche Bahn.[1] In 2015, after the merger with the competing startup MeinFernbus, FlixBus became Germany's undisputed market leader,[2] operating 71% of the German market (measured in kilometres driven by the company).[3] FlixBus is now rapidly expanding across Europe. The company's expansion is financially backed by the global growth equity firm General Atlantic[4] and investors like Holtzbrinck Ventures.