| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.11.2021 | Ditch the dealership: Tred raises $25M to drive more car shoppers to its online marketplace | Tred CEO Grant Feek. (Tred Photo)
The news: Online peer-to-peer marketplace Tred has raised $25 million in new funding to further expand its platform aimed at making the entire process around buying and selling used cars faster and easier.
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| 08.11.2021 | Who would take venture dollars from Facebook right now? | 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.
If you’re a startup founder, there’s a laundry list of reasons why you don’t want social media co... |
| 08.11.2021 | Who would take venture dollars from Facebook right now? | 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.
If you’re a startup founder, there’s a laundry list of reasons why you don’t want social media co... |
| 18.06.2021 | After years of shifting gears, online car sales platform Tred settles on model and lands $3M | Grant Feek, CEO of Tred. (Tred Photo)
If making customers happy was the only secret to success, Grant Feek would have been an entrepreneurial winner years ago.
Since launching his Seattle-based startup Tred in 2012, Feek has been in the bus... |
| 30.03.2021 | GeekWire 200 update: Top Pacific Northwest tech startups hold their ground atop the list | (GeekWire Photo Illustration / Canva Pro)
Companies such as Big Fish Games, Cheezburger Network, and Tableau Software once sat atop the GeekWire 200, our ranking of the Pacific Northwest’s privately-held tech startups. They’ve since “gradua... |
| 15.01.2019 | Pre-owned car sales platform kicks Texas expansion into high gear | A Seattle-based online car marketplace has all engines revving for Texas as the company plans its Lone Star State expansion.
TRED announced plans to expand into major Texas cities including, Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio. The sta... |
| 05.02.2018 | Startup Spotlight: With a boost from Super Bowl ads, online auto seller Joydrive is ready to roll | Out of beta mode, Joydrive is trying to spread the word about its online auto sales. (Joydrive Photo)
The auto-sales startup Joydrive kicked into high gear this weekend with two ads running during Sunday’s Super Bowl game.
“Our traffic expl... |
| 22.08.2016 | Amazon’s Prime Now service starts delivering test drives from Hyundai | Amazon’s same-day delivery service Prime Now, which is today available in more than a couple of dozen U.S. metros, is experimenting with another type of service that goes beyond traditional purchases: it’s offering consumers the ability to ... |
| 14.07.2016 | Tred brings its mobile and automated car dealership service to Portland | The TRED team. Photo via TRED.
Tred is expanding to Portland.
The Seattle startup is now operating in The Rose City, offering its mobile dealership service to car owners looking to sell their vehicles.
Tred’s platform facilitates car sales.... |
| 03.06.2015 | Mobile dealership Tred raises another $1M to help used car owners make more money | Tred CEO Grant Feek.
It took a few pivots, but Tred appears to have settled on new business model that its investors feel optimistic about.
The Seattle startup has raised an additional $1 million from existing investors to help used car own... |
| 16.04.2015 | Startup Spotlight: Mowdo digitizes lawn care with on-demand pricing and service | Mowdo CEO Mike Fingado hard at work.
The home services market may be on the brink of disruption. Amazon recently made headlines with the official roll out of its own home services program, sparking questions of whether other tech giants wil... |
| 18.10.2014 | Disrupting dealerships: How Tred is creating a peer-to-peer marketplace for used cars | Tred is launching a new way for car owners to sell their vehicles.
Sometimes, new business ideas can come about when you least expect it — and that’s exactly what happened with Tred.
The original plan for the Techstars Seattle 2012 alum was... |
| 18.09.2014 | Online platform to book car test drives FirstRide gets angel funding | FirstRide Auto Pvt Ltd, a Bangalore-headquartered startup that offers FirstRide.in, an online portal for potential customers to book test drive with various car brands, has received an undisclosed amount in funding from Teja Govind, directo... |
| 12.05.2014 | Test drives from your home: Tred raises cash, expands with new trade-in program | Tred CEO Grant Feek.
Tred, the Seattle startup that’s looking to upend the car buying experience by allowing customers to conduct test drives from their homes, has raised $2.4 million in new funding, according to a SEC filing. Total funding... |
| 08.04.2014 | Zillow, Haiku Deck, Tred nominated for Webby Awards honoring top apps, websites | Haiku Deck co-founders Kevin Leneway and Adam Tratt were nominated for a 2014 Webby.
Nominations were released today for the 18th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other wacky stuff. As usual... |
| 14.12.2013 | New startup brings electric cars right to your door for free test drives | 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!
It’s been said before but bears repeating: One of... |
| 19.06.2013 | Tred looks to transform car shopping with at-home test drives | Is this the future of car shopping?
Tred today is taking the wraps off a new service in the Seattle area, which allows car shoppers to test drive a variety of vehicles — everything from Hondas to Jeeps to BMWs — at their homes or offices fo... |
| 19.06.2013 | Tred Brings Cars To Test Drive, But Dealers Still Close the Deal | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Buying a new car is a high-value transaction, one that is often time-consuming and stressful. Tred, a Seattle startup, is trying to ease at least part of the process by delive... |
| 19.06.2013 | Tred Launches Its On-Demand Test Drive Service In Seattle | Tred, which hopes to provide a service that’s like “Uber for car test drives,” is finally launching its service to the public. The company, which hopes to streamline the process of buying a car by bringing on-demand test drives to your home... |
| 07.06.2013 | Seattle groups launch coding scholarship for low-income women | 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!
A new scholarship is available for women who want... |
| 07.06.2013 | Seattle groups launch coding scholarship for low-income women | A new scholarship is available for women who want to learn to code but can’t afford to enroll in a hacker bootcamp.
ASeattle-based women in technology group called WiT. To support members from low-income backgrounds, local tech companies ag... |
| 20.02.2013 | A night of stunts and startups at the inaugural Seattle Tech Meetup (VIDEO) | Zumobi co-founder John SanGiovanni went great lengths to deliver his company’s demo. Photo via Twitter user @Zumobi.
They say you’re supposed to save the best for last, and Tuesday night at the first-ever Seattle Tech Meetup was no differen... |
| 17.01.2013 | Symform, Tred, LikeBright, UIEvolution, and More Seattle Tech Deals | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Washington attracted 4 percent of VC investment in the fourth quarter of 2012—up from 2 percent a year earlier—and new deals are continuing to roll out for Northwest tech comp... |
| 15.01.2013 | Tred Gets $1.7M To Be An Uber For Car Test Drives | Tred, a startup that allows you to order auto test drives to your home, is announcing a $1.7 million raise of seed funding today, from Fraser McCombs Capital, former Chairman and CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner, Maveron Capital, Chris Sa... |
| 23.10.2012 | TechStars Spotlight: Tred aims to help dealers, shoppers with test drives | [Editor’s note: GeekWire is running a series of profiles on the startups participating in this year’s class in the TechStars Seattle incubator program. Check back each day at 1:30 p.m. for a new profile, leading up to Demo Day on Nov. 1] CE... |
