Share rides, save money. Bandwagon offers an affordable, sustainable way to split taxis in NYC, at events and at airports.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $425K
Founded date: 2013
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | New York V... | nyvp.com |
| - | New York A... | newyorkang... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 12.11.2014 | - | $425K | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.01.2017 | NYU Tandon’s Future Labs just released a list of 2016 successes and yowza, go Brooklyn! | In a year chock full of moves in Brooklyn tech, nothing stands out quite so much as the number of successes the NYU Tandon Future Labs produced in 2016. The organization, run by NYU Tandon School of Engineering, offers promising startups a ... |
| 12.11.2014 | Bandwagon raises $425,000 for its cab-hailing app [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money? Weeels, Inc. raised $425,000 on an offered $1.5 million equity-only round, according to an SEC filing. Weeels, Inc. is the name that Bandwagon, the app for hailing cabs (or seats in cabs), is incorporated under. Bandwag... |
| 01.10.2014 | Food righteousness app raises $2 million [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money? Greenpoint’s HowGood, an iOS and Android app that rates foods based on a number of attributes, such as sustainability and social impact, has raised a $2 million seed round, backed by FirstMark Ventures and Highline Capi... |
| 16.09.2014 | Cleantech Incubator Program Energy Excelerator Selects Its 2015 Class | Energy Excelerator, an accelerator program for cleantech startups based in Hawaii, has picked its 2015 class of 17 companies, which will receive a total of $5 million in funding. The program says its new cohort was selected from hundreds of... |
| 03.09.2014 | VICE Media valuation hits $2.2 billion [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money? VICE Media is in the final days of a deal with A&E that will value the company at $2.2 billion, according to The New York Times. Last year, around this time, it closed a deal with Fox that valued it at $1.4 billion.... |
| 19.06.2014 | Energy-Tech Startup Competition Won By Another Taxi App | Dozens of startups were present, but only nine had the pleasure of fighting it out for cash prizes. (Photo by Jack Smith IV) For most utility companies, the most “disruption” they ever deal with is when a power grid is overloaded by everyon... |
| 19.03.2014 | Startup ecosystems need an outward looking university: Micah Kotch | Silicon Valley has Stanford and Boston has MIT. A mature startup ecosystem needs some major institution working hard to turn research into products, and investors in those places learn that those institutions are fountains of profitable ide... |
| 24.01.2014 | Rideshare App Bandwagon Gets Around Legally in the NYC Battleground | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Getting a taxi in a busy city is a problem plenty of startups have been trying to solve. There are potholes, though, that developers of ridesharing and car-hailing apps may ru... |
| 27.11.2013 | Bandwagon can save you 40% on your Brooklyn airport ride | Bandwagon is offering Brooklynites shared limo rides at a significant discount over taxi rides or traditional car service this Thanksgiving. By sharing rides with your neighbors, you can cut down on traffic for everyone and get a lift for $... |