Get Driven

Overview

Get Driven offers on-demand private chauffeur services for personal use (commuting, airport transport, events, medical transport) and business purposes (corporate transport, employee services, fleet management). The service operates in the user's own vehicle with vetted drivers, and guarantees driver availability when booked 24 hours in advance.

Key People

• M MCountry Manager I Managing Director
• Bert WaltnielChief Technology Officer / Chief Product Officer

Media & appearances

• Ben's MentorsYouTube2026-02-11
  De Realiteit van Serie-Ondernemen: Miljoenenideeën, Successen & Opnieuw StartenGunther's first company (driver service platform); he stepped back as CEO, remains a strategic sounding board, and credits its brand and network for Tinrate's fast fundraise and launch buzz.
• The HarbourYouTube2025-05-29
  Arne Vandendriessche over de weg naar marktleider met Signpost in West-Europa.Kortrijk chauffeur startup where Arne sits on the four-person board and is helping explore acquisitions in the Netherlands.
• Ben's MentorsYouTube2024-11-20
  Creëer de Beste Versie van Jezelf en Je Bedrijf | Ellen Persijn (#38)Where the host Ben worked as a personal driver in a student job and once drove Jasmine to an event.
• Ben's MentorsYouTube2023-11-20
  Wie Is Topondernemer Gunther Ghysels?Chauffeur service founded by Gunther Ghysels, run with a trust-based culture of remote work, no badge system, flexible leave, and accountability via weekly/monthly target meetings.
• BlackBird Business EventsYouTube2022-08-18
  BlackBird Podcast aflevering 4: Gunther GhyselsOn-demand private chauffeur platform founded by Gunther Ghysels straight out of school, active in four countries with ~1,000 drivers in Belgium and 15,000+ driven hours in peak months.

Stated facts & numbers

• He wrote down 40–50 startup ideas after announcing his departure as Get Driven CEO; the Tinrate idea dates to 15 December 2024 and he started working on it 15 January 2025.Ben's Mentors 2026-02-110:08:04
• For Get Driven's German expansion he lived 6 months in Berlin and spent about 50 nights in Munich in 2024; the expansion failed.Ben's Mentors 2026-02-110:59:23
• Ghysels is no longer heavily operational at Get Driven but still works on it seven days a week.Ben's Mentors 2023-11-200:03:08
• Gunther Ghysels is 29 years old and founded Get Driven straight out of school, launching the platform in April roughly eight years before the recording (started around age 16-21).BlackBird Business Events 2022-08-180:01:02
• Get Driven is active in four countries, with an effective presence in Belgium.BlackBird Business Events 2022-08-180:02:04
• Get Driven has around 1,000 on-demand drivers in Belgium; in the two peak months of 2022 they delivered more than 15,000 driven hours per month, equivalent to over 100 full-timers on the road, with an office team of about 10.BlackBird Business Events 2022-08-180:02:34
• A multinational made an early offer to Get Driven; that player later pursued its own plans with a budget roughly 15 times Get Driven's.BlackBird Business Events 2022-08-180:08:12
• During COVID, Get Driven's revenue dropped almost completely; the company laid off some external people and brought five people in-house, including developers, to rebuild the platform.BlackBird Business Events 2022-08-180:24:33