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| 07.08.2025 | How mounting losses and an ageing fleet could have sparked BlueSG's 'strategic pause' | Listen
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| 01.02.2025 | Business | 10 tips to help you recover from holiday spending | Last, take note of any debt that you accrued over the holidays. Once you know what you owe, you can work on a debt payoff strategy.2. Create a Budget
If you don’t have one yet, making a budget is a great step toward sorting out the aftermat... |
| 03.01.2025 | Car-Rental Startup Turo’s Safety Team Cuts Vacations Short After Deadly Attacks | (Bloomberg) -- Some workers on car-rental startup Turo Inc.’s trust and safety team have interrupted vacations to monitor and respond to the aftermath of deadly attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans, according to a person familiar with the m... |
| 15.10.2024 | 1,547 attendees pack Sydney’s State Theatre to see pitches at record Startmate Demo Day | Source: SmartCompany article-article-body
Sydney’s iconic State Theatre was packed to the gills last night for the latest iteration of startup accelerator Startmate’s Demo Day, with more than 1,500 people seated – and sometimes on their fee... |
| 05.09.2024 | StreamAlive Selected To Participate in Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 | StreamAlive
Company is one of 200 startups selected from a review of thousands of applicants to pitch in front of investors and TechCrunch editors
NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- StreamAlive, the leading audience engagement pl... |
| 19.06.2024 | Paris-based VC Wind closes first €90 million to ensure startups can thrive in a climate-challenged world | Wind, an emerging European VC built and backed by successful entrepreneurs, announced the launch of a new Article 9 fund. The €130 million fund has exceeded expectations, reaching €90 million at its first closing. The fund will finance pion... |
| 08.05.2024 | A Conversation with Trent Gifford | A Conversation with Trent Gifford
May 8th, 2024 | by Angela Simoes, Communications Director | Posted in: Insight on Things
In a recent interview with Trent Gifford, founder and president of the International Car Rental Association (ICRA), I... |
| 08.03.2024 | Profitable car rental service Turo is still ready for an IPO, but its growth cratered in 2023 | Turo, the venture-backed, peer-to-peer car rental service, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year financial performance this week in an updated IPO filing. The company first filed an S-1 to go public in early 2022, later updating the doc... |
| 01.06.2023 | Daily AI Roundup: Biggest Machine Learning, Robotic And Automation Updates 1st June 2023 | This is our AI Daily Roundup . We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Fintech, and human-s... |
| 31.05.2023 | Getaround Launches AI Based TrustScore v2.0 to Enhance Profitability and Carsharing Marketplace Safety | Continuing its path to profitability, a new AI risk engine expected to yield up to 50% cost savings in insurance and claims
Getaround, the world’s first connected carsharing marketplace, announced Getaround TrustScore v2.0, a proprietary ne... |
| 12.05.2023 | Getaround Acquires HyreCar Assets to Accelerate Profitability Path and Fortify Worldwide Gig Carsharing Leadership Position | Getaround anticipates that the acquisition will contribute up to $75 million of run-rate annualized Gross Booking Value and positive Adjusted EBITDA, accelerating its path to profitability Transaction is expected to be synergistic as Getaro... |
| 12.05.2023 | Getaround Acquires HyreCar Assets | Getaround (NYSE: GETR), a San Francisco, CA-based connected carsharing marketplace, is acquiring substantially all of the assets of HyreCar (OTC: HYRE), a Los Angeles, CA-based premier gig carsharing marketplace, for an aggregate purchase p... |
| 03.02.2023 | Getaround Announces Restructuring Plan to Reduce Costs and Streamline Operations | Proactive actions will optimize Getaround’s cost structure in response to near-term macroeconomic uncertainty, while maintaining focus on innovation and sustainable, profitable growth
Getaround, the world’s first connected carsharing market... |
| 02.02.2023 | Superlayer raises $1.3 million to "supercharge" sales pipelines using AI | London-based startup Superlayer has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funds to perfect its AI-driven sales workflow platform that enables deal pipelines to be qualified and deciphered in "seconds".
The round is co-led by Triple Poin... |
| 09.12.2022 | Getaround braves chilly public markets with SPAC combination | This column would like to apologize for somehow missing the buildup to Getaround‘s SPAC combination, which was voted on yesterday and began trading this morning. I don’t know how we managed to get so far behind on this particular news item,... |
| 01.11.2022 | Getaround Launches Get2ThePolls Voting Promotion | Getaround, the world’s leading digital peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace, announced the launch of the Get2ThePolls initiative to help ensure that voters have access to transportation to go to the polls or drop off a ballot for the 2022 ge... |
| 18.10.2022 | Getaround and KAYAK Enter Strategic Partnership, Bring Contactless Carsharing To Travelers | Getaround, the world’s leading digital peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace, and KAYAK, the world’s leading travel search engine and the first and only travel metasearch to offer peer-to-peer car sharing options in the US, announced a new st... |
| 12.05.2022 | Inside SoftBank’s side letter with Better CEO Vishal Garg | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
On Nov. 30, a single day before the digital mortgage company would lay off 900 staffers, Kevin Ry... |
| 03.12.2021 | Peer-to-peer carshare Getaround arrives in Hawaii | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Getaround, a peer-to-peer carsharing service that allows hosts to rent their cars by the hour, continued its aggressive expansion this week with entry into Hawaii, the 1... |
| 25.08.2021 | Softbank-backed car-sharing startup Getaround to go public in a $1.7 billion SPAC deal | SPAC has grown in popularity in the last two years. There are at least 400 SPAC IPOs of the 500 IPOs, a 75 percent increase, according to data from the SPAC analytics firm, SPACAnalytics.com. Softbank-backed car-sharing startup Getaround be... |
| 29.07.2021 | Car rentals are still hard to come by. Here are 9 alternatives to traditional companies you should consider. | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| 07.07.2021 | Getaround Launches Strategic Collaboration with TotalEnergies to Accelerate Carsharing Adoption and Reduce Carbon Emissions Globally | |
| 17.12.2020 | The venture firm SOSV has hired former TechCrunch COO Ned Desmond to help grow its startups | Ned Desmond, a longtime publishing executive who spent more than half a dozen years at Time Inc. before becoming the chief operating officer of both TechCrunch and Engadget for more than eight years, has joined the investment firm SOSV as a... |
| 13.11.2020 | Getaround tops up $25M debt financing to its $140M Series E | Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from investors, including So... |
| 13.11.2020 | Getaround Receives $25M Venture Loan Facility From Horizon Technology Finance | Getaround, a San Francisco-based car sharing provider, received a $25 million venture loan facility from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN).
The company will use the loan proceeds for general working capital purposes.
Led... |
| 14.10.2020 | Getaround raises a $140 million Series E amid rebound in short-distance travel | Amid a rebound in short-distance travel, Getaround, a Silicon Valley car rental startup, has raised some new money to meet demand. The startup, which allows customers to instantly rent cars near them in more than 100 cities, announced today... |
| 14.10.2020 | Getaround Raises $140M in Series E Financing | Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based carsharing platform that empowers users to instantly access and drive cars nearby, raised $140m in Series E financing, bringing its total amount raised to nearly $600m.
The round was led by PeopleFund wi... |
| 14.10.2020 | Getaround Raises $140 Million Series E Financing | |
| 06.07.2020 | Here’s a list of tech companies that the SBA says took PPP money | The U.S. Treasury Department released Monday a highly anticipated trove of data identifying every company that has received a loan of more than $150,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) — a list that includes some of the hottest n... |
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| 10.01.2020 | Layoffs at Lime and Getaround herald rise of profit-hungry unicorns | Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.
A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Positive adjusted EBITDA, or something close to it.
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| 07.01.2020 | Getaround is latest SoftBank portfolio company to announce layoffs | Silicon Valley’s top valued car rental startup, Getaround, announced layoffs today, making it the latest SoftBank-backed entity of late to pare down its workforce.
The Information, which first reported the news, pegs the layoffs at 150 empl... |
| 01.10.2019 | Drivy rebrands to Getaround six months after acquisition | European peer-to-peer car rental service Drivy has a new name. It is now called Getaround, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has been following Drivy’s recent news. Back in April, Getaround announced the acquisition of Drivy for $300 mill... |
| 10.09.2019 | Getaround is raising $200M | According to a report by TechCrunch, SoftBank-backed Getaround is raising $200 million at a $1.7 billion valuation.
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| 06.09.2019 | Carsharing Startup Getaround Reportedly Raising $200M At $1.7B Valuation
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Getaround, a peer-to-peer carsharing company, is reportedly raising $200 million at a $1.7 billion post-money valuation, as first reported by TechCrunch.
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| 05.09.2019 | SoftBank-backed Getaround is raising $200M at a $1.5B+ valuation | Getaround, a car-sharing platform and winner of TechCrunch Disrupt New York Battlefield 2011, will enter the unicorn club with a roughly $200 million equity financing.
The deal values Getaround, founded in 2009, at $1.7 billion, according t... |
| 31.07.2019 | What happened to the sharing economy? | A few years ago, Silicon Valley couldn’t stop using a trendy buzzword — the sharing economy. The good old top-down economic model with a clear separation between service providers and clients was falling apart. And huge tech companies disru... |
| 25.04.2019 | Top startup news for today, Thursday, April 25, 2019 | Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, April 25.
Getaround acquires Drivy, for $300 million. Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based carsharing company that lets you rent cars from people nearby... |
| 25.04.2019 | Getaround acquires European car rental platform Drivy for $300 million | Getaround, a carsharing startup that lets you rent cars from people nearby, has acquired Drivy, a Paris, France-based carsharing platform, for $300 million. With this acquisition, Getaround now becomes the largest and fastest-growing carsha... |
| 25.04.2019 | Getaround Acquires Drivy, for $300M | Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based carsharing company, acquired Drivy, a Paris, France-based carsharing platform, for $300M.
The combined company now spans 300 cities in the U.S. and Europe, adding international presence in six European c... |
| 25.04.2019 | The venture firm SOSV has already raised its biggest fund to date, and it isn’t quite closed | SOSV, a multi-stage venture firm that was founded as the personal investing vehicle of entrepreneur Sean O’Sullivan after his company went public in 1994, then re-launched as a traditional venture firm with outside backers in 2015, has rais... |
| 24.04.2019 | France’s Drivy gets acquired by Getaround for $300 million | The US-based car-sharing company Getaround has acquired Drivy, one of Europe’s largest car-sharing platforms for $300 million. Getaround claims that the acquisition makes it “the world’s leading car-sharing marketplace” with a total of 5 mi... |
| 17.12.2018 | Getaround co-founder Jessica Scorpio leaves day-to-day role | Since launching Getaround at TechCrunch Disrupt New York in 2011, the car-sharing startup has expanded to more than 90 cities and, more recently, raised a massive $325 million round of funding led by SoftBank. With the company in a good pla... |
| 21.08.2018 | Carsharing Leader Getaround Raises $300M in Series D | Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based carsharing platform that allows users to rent and drive cars shared by people in their city, raised $300m in Series D financing.
The round was led by SoftBank, with participation from Toyota Motor Corpor... |
| 02.08.2018 | Rent your neighbor’s car: Venture-backed Getaround launches in Philly | San Francisco-based Getaround has two pretty simple pitches at the buzzy intersection of cars and tech:
Do you own a car? Rent it to strangers via the Getaround app and make money.
Do you want a car? Get on the app and rent other people’s i... |
| 01.08.2018 | A Dive into the Design and Features of Marketplaces | Marketplaces command a lot of focus from venture capitalists, which is unsurprising given some of the most well-known “unicorns” (e.g. Airbnb, Uber) are bonafide marketplaces. The attractiveness of these companies stems from the idea that m... |
| 11.04.2018 | App do Uber terá integração com transporte público e aluguel de carro nos EUA | O Uber está, pouco a pouco, se tornando uma plataforma de mobilidade urbana. Após adquirir uma startup de compartilhamento de bicicletas, a empresa está entrando nos ramos de aluguel de carros e transporte público.
Não se trata de operar li... |
| 20.04.2017 | Car-sharing service Getaround raises $45 million to help people get around (without car keys) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) carsharing company Getaround has raised $45 million in a round of funding led by Braemar Energy Ventures, with parti... |
| 20.04.2017 | Car-sharing service Getaround raises $45 million to help people get around (without car keys) | Peer-to-peer (P2P) carsharing company Getaround has raised $45 million in a round of funding led by Braemar Energy Ventures, with participation from Toyota, Shanghai Automotive’s VC arm, Menlo Ventures, and Triangle Peak Partners.
Founded i... |
| 20.04.2017 | Braemar Leads $45M Series C for Getaround | Getaround, Inc. the leading peer-to-peer carsharing platform, today announced the company has raised $45M in new capital. The Series C equity round was led by Braemar Energy Ventures, a firm known for its investments in automotive and energ... |
| 20.04.2017 | Getaround Raises $45M in Series C Financing | Getaround Founder and CEO, Sam Zaid
Getaround, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based peer-to-peer carsharing platform, raised $45M in Series C equity funding.
The round was led by Braemar Energy Ventures, with participation from Toyota Motor Corp... |
| 31.03.2017 | Here are the frontier startups that presented at Singularity University’s third demo day | The nine startups participating in Singularity University’s accelerator program presented this afternoon at Moffett Federal Airfield just outside Mountain View, CA. Singularity University, founded in 2008 by Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil... |
| 11.01.2017 | 8 Norwegian startups to keep your eye on | Norway has only recent emerged as a startup hub, with it now leading the Nordics as the fastest grower in number of investments. However the Norwegian scene is often not acknowledged beyond Opera, and we think it’s time that changed.
1. nL... |
| 09.11.2016 | Getaround Receives Strategic Investment from Toyota Motor Corporation | Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based car sharing company, received a strategic investment from Toyota Motor Corporation.
Toyota made the investment though its investment fund, Mirai Creation Investment Limited Partnership.
The two companies... |
| 31.10.2016 | Toyota partners with Getaround on car-sharing | Carmakers continue to look at the future of transportation and invest in alternatives to individual ownership: Toyota is the latest to make a bet on a mobility model espoused by a startup, with a strategic investment in SF-based car sharing... |
| 31.10.2016 | Toyota is testing a Smart Key Box that makes it easier to share your car with strangers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Toyota is the latest car manufacturer looking into the sharing economy, thanks to its development of what it calls a “mobility services... |
| 02.06.2016 | Dear auto entrepreneurs, please think outside the gearbox | David Frankel Contributor
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| 26.04.2016 | Are we experiencing transportation’s Instagram moment? | Zach Barasz Contributor
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| 17.03.2016 | How the ‘wonks’ of public policy and the ‘geeks’ of tech can get together | Lillian Ablon Contributor
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| 10.02.2016 | The 32 tools this Aussie founder uses to build her Silicon Valley startup | Pixc founder Holly Cardew.
By Holly Cardew
Over the past year I have used hundreds of tools while building Pixc.
Here are some of the best ones that helped me to create my startup: Productivity
Trello
This is the latest software that I have... |
| 03.11.2015 | RelayRides Rebrands As Turo, Raises $47 Million Led By Kleiner | RelayRides, the six-year-old, San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car rental service, has just rebranded itself as Turo. The company is also announcing $47 million in Series C funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
The combined a... |
| 28.09.2015 | Getaround’s Revenue Has Doubled To “Tens Of Millions” In The Last Six Months | Getaround, the peer-to-peer car rental startup that launched on the Disrupt NY stage in 2011, recently hit revenues in the tens of millions of dollars, Jessica Scorpio told TechCrunch. And in the last six months, Getaround’s revenue has dou... |
| 14.09.2015 | 81 Sites To Find Side Gigs To Earn More Money Now | Who doesn't need more money? If you're not up for forex trading, selling an organ on the black market or dabbling in illicit activity, income on the side is easier to find than ever before, thanks to the burgeoning freelance economy and the... |
| 19.05.2015 | Getaround, an ‘Airbnb for cars,’ expands to DC | It may be our unreliable metro system, or it may be our monster traffic jams.
After the recent District launches of “real ridesharing app” Tripda and valet app Zirx, another alternative car solution is opening up here.
Getaround is a peer-t... |
| 18.05.2015 | Car Sharing Service Getaround Launches in DC | The peer-to-peer car sharing community Getaround has had a lot of success on the west coast, since they first launched in San Francisco in 2011. Now they're coming to DC where they predict that they will surpass Zipcar in DC in the next yea... |
| 06.03.2015 | Getaround — сервис для аренды автомобилей поблизости Статьи редакции | Каждый день редакция ЦП выбирает один свежий зарубежный стартап, вызвавший резонанс в профессиональном сообществе, и рассказывает о нём читателям. Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — приложение Getaround, которое помогает найти поблизости автом... |
| 21.11.2014 | Getaround Inks $24M in Series B |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Leading peer-to-peer carsharing community, has raised $24 million in Series B financing.
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| 20.11.2014 | Getaround Closes $24M Series B Financing | Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based peer-to-peer carsharing community, raised $24m in Series B financing.
The round was led by Cox Automotive—owner of AutoTrader, Kelley Blue Book and Manheim Auctions with participation from Menlo Ventures... |
| 20.11.2014 | Getaround Gets $24M In Strategic Funding To Bring Peer-To-Peer Car Rentals To New Markets | After several years of building its business in San Francisco, peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround is ready to make its marketplace available in more cities around the U.S. In preparation for that expansion, the company has raised $24... |
| 20.11.2014 | Airbnb for Cars, Getaround, Raises $24M in New Funding | San Francisco-based car-sharing startup, Getaround, announced today they have raised $24M in funding.
Getaround app allows users to reserve cars from people nearby their location. Basically. Airbnb for your car. If someone is looking for a ... |
| 15.09.2014 | Startups get a boost with $100,000 in Google Cloud Platform Credit | Google is giving startups $100,000 in Google Cloud Platform Credit and 24/7 support to help them take advantage of resources in the cloud, and use those resources to quickly launch and scale their ideas.
Google senior vice president Urs Höl... |
| 12.03.2014 | Bike-sharing goes international thanks to Spinlister | If you’re planning to travel to (or already live in) certain European and Asian countries and like to get around on a bike, Spinlister now has you covered.
After ride-sharing and home-sharing made a splash, people are now moving into sharin... |
| 04.03.2014 | How Modern Marketplaces Like Uber And Airbnb Build Trust To Achieve Liquidity | Anand Iyer Contributor
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| 20.12.2013 | Getaround Strikes Deal To Offer Discounted Leases For Smart Cars Listed On Its Rental Platform | Peer-to-peer car rental startup (and TechCrunch Disrupt winner!) Getaround wants to reduce the number of cars on the road, by enabling its users to rent out those owned by regular folks around them. But to get more cars off the road, first ... |
| 20.03.2013 | Pinterest Acquires Livestar, The Mobile Recommendations Startup Founded By Fritz Lanman | Pinterest said today it’s acquired Livestar, the mobile recommendations app founded by Microsoft alum Fritz Lanman, who is also a noted angel investor who has backed the likes of Square, Getaround, and, as it happens, Pinterest.
Terms of th... |
| 28.02.2013 | Getaround Launches A New iPhone App To Simplify Peer-To-Peer Car Rentals | Peer-to-peer car rental startup (and TechCrunch Disrupt winner) Getaround is built around the idea of helping customers to make use of cars they own, which are sitting around not being driven most of the time. Also, to help those without ca... |
| 28.02.2013 | Getaround’s new iPhone app lets you take a spin in a stranger’s Tesla Model S | Getaround, the peer-to-peer car sharing service backed by investors like Marissa Mayer and Google’s Eric Schmidt, hopes its new iPhone app will prompt you to consider an alternative to car ownership.
Launching today, the redesigned app make... |
| 28.02.2013 | Getaround’s new iPhone app lets you take a spin in a stranger’s Tesla Model S | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Getaround, the peer-to-peer car sharing service b... |
| 27.02.2013 | Menlo Ventures Steps into the Spotlight With Deals Like Uber and Poshmark | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Venky Ganesan, the newest managing director at Menlo Ventures, likes to tell a story about one of his business idols, Sidney Weinberg. When Weinberg was building Goldman Sachs... |
| 20.02.2013 | Introducing ‘Boatbound’, The Airbnb For Boats | Average boat owners only use their vessel 14 days a year. That’s why Boatbound is brilliant. It’s a peer-to-peer boat-renting startup that lets you book everything from kayaks to catamarans to yachts for a day at a time with a $1 million Ll... |
| 16.02.2013 | Will Davies – founder of Car Next Door | Will Davies is a greenie, entrepreneur and long-time member of another car-sharing service. Will’s mission is to reduce the amount of CO2 emitted by humans and help preserve the environment.
Before starting Car Next Door, Will founded and m... |
| 21.01.2013 | Will you leave your job to join the sharing economy? | This is a guest post by entrepreneur Justin Elof Johnson.
I hop in a car from Lyft, the on-call ride-sharing startup in San Francisco, and I start talking with the driver. She’s a 26-year-old with a Master’s degree and has worked for startu... |
| 03.01.2013 | Why pundits are wrong to trash the Zipcar deal | Hats off to Avis Budget Group for closing one of the most opportunistic deals in recent years. The company’s $500 million acquisition of Zipcar represents a 180-degree shift in strategy, and may put the company a step ahead in the fiercely ... |
| 03.01.2013 | Why pundits are wrong to trash the Zipcar deal | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Hats off to Avis Budget Group for closing one of ... |
| 19.10.2012 | 16 Sharing Startups That Save Money and Reduce Your Consumption | “Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living.” -Peace Pilgrim
A whole host of tech startups today want to rid us of unnecessary possessions... |
| 28.09.2012 | Transportation innovation: How Lyft and SideCar are changing commuting | Lyft drivers sport "carstaches" on their vehicles while on duty.
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| 20.09.2012 | With the support of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Getaround gets to Chicago | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Getaround has some high-profile supporters. The p... |
| 11.09.2012 | TechCrunch Disrupt: Where Are They Now? | With TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 in full swing this week, it’s only a matter of days before a new winner is crowned. We decided to check in with previous Disrupt winners to see how they’ve fared since their victories – and try to determine h... |
| 16.08.2012 | Ridejoy launches mobile app to keep people on-the-go, on-the-go | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Ah, the road trip. How I love to cruise down open roads with the top down or a trunk filled with camping equipment, belting out America... |
| 02.08.2012 | Former NASA exec says he has a bigger fish to fry: parking | Barney Pell, a serial entrepreneur who once built robots for NASA and sold a machine-learning based search engine to Microsoft at a reported $100 million, has taken on a new challenge: parking.
QuickPay, a Bay Area-based startup, is a mobil... |
| 02.08.2012 | Getaround Raises $13.9M Series A Led By Menlo Ventures, Launches Getaway For Managed Car Rentals | Peer-to-peer car sharing service — and former TechCrunch Disrupt winner — Getaround just raised $13.9 million in new funding to expand into new markets and improve its product. It’s also rolling out a new product called Getaway that will le... |
| 02.08.2012 | Getaround Closes $13.9M Series A Financing | Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based peer-to-peer car sharing service, has closed a $13.9m Series A financing.
The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with additional participation from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, A-Grade Investments, Innovation ... |
| 02.08.2012 | With Competition Looming, Zipcar’s Q2 2012 Revenue And Earnings Disappoint | Zipcar is seeing increased competition in the car-sharing market, which is one reason that it might not be growing as quickly as it, or analysts, like. Zipcar reported second-quarter loss of $422,000 today, or $0.01 a share, compared to a n... |
| 17.07.2012 | GM wants in: P2P car-sharing startup expands to 6M OnStar subscribers | reader comments 16 with 15 posters participating
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| 17.07.2012 | RelayRides and GM team up, now you can rent a stranger’s car via smartphone | General Motors’ OnStar subscribers, all 6 million of them, can now rent out their cars to RelayRides users for a couple of hours from their smartphone and pocket a few hundred dollars in the process.
RelayRides, a car-sharing service that l... |
| 16.07.2012 | RelayRides Teams Up With OnStar, Makes Car Sharing Easier For Millions Of GM Owners | Car sharing is suddenly a hot topic and a number of startups like Getaround, Wheelz and JustShareIt are trying to capture a slice of this nascent market. San Francisco-based RelayRides just leapfrogged quite a few of these by partnering wit... |
| 26.06.2012 | Hail A Fellow Human, Not A Taxi With “SideCar” – The New P2P Uber | You need a ride, someone else has a car and could use the cash, SideCar is the app that will bring you together. New instant peer-to-peer rideshare-finding app SideCar turns anyone into a taxi / Uber driver, and it’s supposedly legal becaus... |
| 07.06.2012 | Getaround Aims to Tackle “Car Overpopulation” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Car-sharing service Getaround burst on the scene a year ago a when it emerged as the big winner at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York, capturing the $50,000 prize. The San Francis... |
| 21.05.2012 | TechCrunch Disrupt NYC LIVE: Day One! #TCDisrupt | After months of prepping, countless run-throughs and all nighters, it’s time to get this party started. Welcome to TechCrunch Disrupt New York City 2012. I have a feeling this is going to be the best one to date.
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| 09.05.2012 | Disrupt NYC 2012: The Agenda | Good morning everybody! It’s beginning to look a lot like NYC Disrupt time (seriously, Disrupt is a force of nature in more ways than one). For those of you wondering why we haven’t been returning email/phone calls/telegrams/carrier pigeons... |
