| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.08.2023 | Autio Chief Executive Officer Woody Sears Talks Accessible Sightseeing, Autonomous Vehicle Tech, More In Interview | Autio uses GPS to tell drivers of the sights around them as they drive. Autio |
| 25.05.2023 | Connecting Auto Insurers And Consumer Apps: Helping Make Roads Safer Through Embedded Experiences | Dennis is president of Zendrive. He began his career as a nonprofit leader, then went to Google[x] & LiveRamp after earning a Stanford MBA. |
| 08.01.2021 | New Auto Insurance Options For A Post-Pandemic World | Founder and CEO of Zendrive, a mission-driven company making roads safer with data and AI. |
| 19.11.2020 | AXA XL launches Construction Ecosystem Tech Library, and announces 20 new tech solution partnerships | |
| 20.08.2019 | Zendrive Raises $37M in Series B Funding | Zendrive, a San Francisco, CA-based data and analytics platform to make roads safer, raised $37m in Series B funding.
The round was led by XL Innovate with participation from Hearst Ventures and existing investors ACME Capital, BMW iVenture... |
| 20.08.2019 | Zendrive raises $37 million to encourage good driving behaviors with AI | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Why should defensive drivers settle for roughly the same monthly insurance premiums as their less responsible, more aggressive peers? T... |
| 20.08.2019 | Top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 20, 2019.
Facebook, Twitter accuse China of running disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters. Facebook and Twitter suspended numerous accounts they said wer... |
| 20.08.2019 | Zendrive Raises $37M | Zendrive, “a mission-driven company making roads safer with data and analytics,” announced it has raised $37m in a Series B round led by XL Innovate with participation by Hearst Ventures and existing investors, including ACME Capital, BMW i... |
| 20.08.2019 | Zendrive raises $37 million to encourage good driving behaviors with AI | Why should defensive drivers settle for roughly the same monthly insurance premiums as their less responsible, more aggressive peers? That niggling question motivated Google and Facebook veteran Jonathan Matus to found Zendrive, a service t... |
| 04.12.2018 | Commercial insurtech is like an exclusive club — and Google and Amazon aren’t invited | Chris Downer Contributor
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Chris Downer is a principal at XL Innovate, focusing on insurtech investments in North America, Europe and Asia.
Tech companies and VCs in the insurance space have probably read many of the news art... |
| 08.11.2018 | Zendrive, Lyft, Uber, and Lime partner to award $50,000 for traffic safety plan | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
More than 60 percent of drivers — roughly 69 million — use their phones at least once a day while behind the wheel. In 2018, distracted... |
| 09.03.2016 | Drive Spotter secures largest investment for GIA graduate | Global Insurance Accelerator graduate offers video analytics platform for commercial fleets
Drive Spotter, a video analytics platform for commercial fleets, today announced that it has secured $750,000 in seed financing led by Grinnell Mutu... |
| 25.02.2016 | The University of Michigan explores driverless innovation with launch of TechLab at Mcity | The University of Michigan is taking on the challenge of driverless innovation. The institution’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) has teamed up with its Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) to launch TechLab at Mcity, which will foster co... |
| 06.02.2016 | Zendrive, a driving analytics start-up, raises $13.5 million | Zendrive’s technology can be used by a broad list of industries including on-demand services, commercial fleets, taxi aggregators, insurance companies, and for city planning, mapping, driving instruction and roadside assistance, among other... |
| 05.02.2016 | Road safety tech firm Zendrive raises $13.5m in Series A funding round | Premium
Zendrive, a road safety mobile technology firm, has raised $13.5 million in its Series A round by Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital with participation from Nyca Partners, Thomvest Ventures (Peter J. Thomson).
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| 04.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 4, 2016 | Lamudi raised $31.4M; Sonatype completed $30M funding round; Zendrive secured $13.5M funding
Zendrive raised $13.5 million in funding for its service to make transportation safer. The investment was led by Sherpa Capital and will be used to... |
| 04.02.2016 | Driving Analytics Startup Zendrive Circles $13.5 Million Series A | Zendrive, a startup that uses smartphone sensors to measure drivers’ behavior, has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding led by Sherpa Capital, with participation from Nyca Partners, Thomvest Ventures, and earlier backers First Round Cap... |
| 04.02.2016 | Zendrive raises $13.5M to make roads safer by tracking your driving behaviors | Zendrive today announced that it has raised $13.5 million in funding for its technology to make transportation safer. The investment was led by Sherpa Capital and will be used to improve technology and add more talent to the team.
A mission... |
| 04.02.2016 | Zendrive raises $13.5M Series A for driving analytics | Hoping to help power the future of transportation, Zendrive picks up funds from Sherpa Capital
Zendrive, provider of a driving analytics platform, today announced that it has raised a $13.5 million Series A round of funding led by Shervin P... |
| 04.02.2016 | Zendrive Raises $13.5M in Series A Funding | Zendrive, a San Francisco, CA-based mobile technology company that collects data and analytics on drivers’ behavior, raised $13.5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital with participation from Nyca Par... |
| 08.08.2015 | Understanding The Future Of Mobility | Jonathan Matus Contributor
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Uber Ruling Is A Harbinger Of The Need For Employment Law Change
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| 24.07.2015 | Money, Mergers & Expansions For Booktrack, Other SF Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
While big tech companies like Google filed their quarterly reports this week, a number of their smaller brethren in San Francisco caught my eye as they recorded their own benc... |
| 28.06.2015 | Uber Ruling Is A Harbinger Of The Need For Employment Law Change | Jonathan Matus Contributor
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Uber Ruling Is A Harbinger Of The Need For Employment Law Change
The recent ruling by a hearing officer with the California Labor Commission in a c... |
| 22.05.2015 | Zendrive Uses Mobile Phones as Sensors To Reinvent The Accuracy of Auto Insurance In Partnership With Guild | If you look across the space of consumer Internet services and physical sensors, people are producing more data than ever before, which is being used to make all kinds of insurance more granular and accurate according to individual risk.
Ze... |
| 28.11.2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 11/28/14 | Yik Yak, Elance-oDesk, Mobilize, Tiger Pistol, Appear Here, Jumia, SimilarWeb, Geenapp, Rete+Pay
Seed stage
Mobilize, a cloud-based community management solution startup, raised $1.2M in seed funding in a round led by Hillsven Capital, with... |
| 25.11.2014 | Attention, unsafe drivers of on-demand car services: ZenFleets will be watching you | 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!
If an app created those fleets of Uber and Lyft d... |
| 25.11.2014 | Attention, unsafe drivers of on-demand car services: ZenFleets will be watching you | If an app created those fleets of Uber and Lyft drivers, why can’t an app check to see if they’re driving safely?
That’s the central idea behind ZenFleets, being launched today by a company called Zendrive. The service tracks smartphone-bas... |
| 25.11.2014 | Zendrive Lets Ridesharing And Delivery Companies Know If Their Drivers Are Distracted | Zendrive, a startup that uses smartphone sensors to measure drivers’ behavior, today announced ZenFleets, its first paid service. As the name implies, ZenFleets is meant for companies that have a large number of cars on the road at any give... |
| 25.11.2014 | Zendrive Closes Strategic Funding | Zendrive, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a data and analytics platform to make driving better, safer, and efficient for everyone, closed a strategic round of funding of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by BMW i Ventures, Bill Fo... |
| 29.08.2013 | Zendrive raises $1.5M to monitor driving habits | Zendrive lets you earn rewards for safe driving
There are plenty of punishments dished out for bad driving, but of course they’re all contingent on whether or not you get caught. Speeding, tailgating, rolling through stop signs—you can get ... |
| 29.08.2013 | Zendrive Raises $1.5M From First Round, Jerry Yang, Max Levchin, Tim Ferris And Others To Use Big Data To Fix Driving | Zendrive, a startup that aims to make driving better by using data from smartphone sensors, today announced that it has raised $1.5 million from a group of backers including First Round Capital, Max Levchin, Jerry Yang, Tim Ferriss and “man... |
| 29.08.2013 | Funding Daily: Pandas are glorious creatures | Anyone who knows me also knows about my love of pandas. I have a panda tee-shirts, panda slippers, a panda hat, a panda wallet, a panda keychain, and a panda pillow. Qualms about revealing that information to you readers aside, you can imag... |
| 29.08.2013 | Zendrive fuels up with $1.5M to quantify your driving skills | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Jonathan Matus realized just how unpleasant commuting can be after leaving back-to-back positions at Google and Facebook. Once he no lo... |
| 29.08.2013 | Zendrive Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding | Zendrive, a San Francisco, CA-based company aims to make “roads smarter, commutes shorter, and your ride safer, greener and more fun and affordable“, raised $1.5m in seed funding.
Backers included First Round Capital, Max Levchin, Jerry Yan... |
