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Ember

Founded 2019 · 93 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors

Find your way into Ember

307 people in our graph share verified history with the Ember team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Deji Sasegbonunlockedknows Phil MacDonald · together at Imperial College London (overlapped)
×5knows the team · via Obama for America
×5knows the team · via The University of Sheffield
knows the team · via Imperial College London

Ember operates an all-electric intercity bus service in Scotland, running routes between cities including Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oban, Fort William and Inverness with airport connections. It offers passengers features such as live bus tracking, low fares, flexible tickets, Wi-Fi, and wheelchair and bike spaces.

CleantechClimate TechMobility & Transportation

Founders & leadership

Ember was founded in 2019 by Dave Jones and Phil MacDonald.

DJDave Jones
Dave JonesinFounderDave Jones spent 13 years in commodities and hedging at E.ON, then moved into energy analysis and policy research roles at Sandbag and Ember, focusing on the energy transition. He is the founder of Ember, which operates an all-electric intercity bus service in Scotland.
PMPhil MacDonald
Phil MacDonaldinFounderPhil MacDonald founded Ember, which operates an all-electric intercity bus service in Scotland. He has worked on UK electricity policy research and analysis.

Investors · 4

2150London
CarbonAmsterdam · $100K
Contrarian VenturesVilniusvia Rokas Peciulaitis · led
Inven CapitalPrague

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

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Competitors · 3

by search overlap
Busbud21 shared keywordsBusbud is a platform that aggregates and enables booking of intercity bus tickets from thousands of bus operators across 80+ countries. The service helps travelers discover, compare, and book bus trips in their local language and currency.
Moovit21 shared keywordsMoovit is a mobile application that provides real-time public transit information, including schedules, maps, and step-by-step directions for buses, trains, trams, and subways across multiple countries.
Ctrip (NASDAQ: TCOM）20 shared keywordsTrip.com is an international online travel service provider offering hotel and flight bookings across a network of over 1.7 million hotels and 600+ airlines, available in 24 languages and 35 currencies across 39 countries and regions. It provides multilingual customer support to travelers worldwide.

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In the news

The ASEAN Power Grid꞉ Why every year of delay matters | Emberember-energy.org · Aug 2026Spare Tire Raises $3 Million | WellBeam Closes $10 Million Series A | Ember Announces $4.3M Seed Funding Round | Healthcare IT Todayhealthcareittoday.com · Dec 2025Ember LifeSciences secures $16.5 million Series A funding to advance breakthrough cold chain solutions for global healthcareemberlifesciences.com · Dec 2025Ember LifeSciences Raises $16.5M in Series A Fundingfinsmes.com · Dec 2025Ember Raises $4.3M in Seed Fundingfinsmes.com · Nov 2025News & Ideas – Ember Infrastructureember-infra.com · Apr 2021

Frequently asked questions

What does Ember do?
Ember operates an all-electric intercity bus service in Scotland, running routes between cities including Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oban, Fort William and Inverness with airport connections. It offers passengers features such as live bus tracking, low fares, flexible tickets, Wi-Fi, and wheelchair and bike spaces.
Who founded Ember?
Ember was founded by Dave Jones, Phil MacDonald in 2019.
Who are Ember's investors?
Ember's investors include 2150, Carbon, Contrarian Ventures, Inven Capital.