It was during this time that V-Link collaborated with venture capital firm True North, formerly known as India Value Fund (IVF), to form Meru.

In a short time, Meru scaled up its services to the top 4 cities of India with a fleet of 5000 cabs by 2010.

[citation needed] By 2015, with a fleet of 9000 cabs, Meru provided its services in most of the Metros, Tier-2 & Tier-3 cities of India including – Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Vadodara, Surat, Pune, and Kolkata.

[4] With this merger, Meru expanded its product offerings and added electric vehicles in its fleet.

[7] By 2020, Meru grew to become the second-largest ride-hailing service to include electric vehicles (EV) in its fleet.