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| 10.09.2026 | Sadiq Khan urged to end London’s e-bike ‘patchwork’ | Sadiq Khan has been urged to speed up plans for a London-wide e-bike licence, as Forest warned spiralling council fees and a regulatory “patchwork” risk forcing operators from the capital.
In a letter to the mayor seen by City AM, the Londo... |
| 11.08.2026 | Premier Legal Marketing Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies | Premier Legal Marketing (PLM), a full-service legal marketing agency serving law firms nationwide, has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000, the prestigious annual ranking of America's fastest-growing private companies. The recognition highligh... |
| 28.07.2026 | Councils accused of turning e-bike operators into ‘revenue stream’ as fees surge | Cash-strapped London boroughs are squeezing e-bike operators with steep fee rises and growing enforcement charges, as the industry’s heavyweights warn councils are increasingly treating them as a cash cow.
One London borough increased annua... |
| 10.07.2026 | Bolt eyes former Zipcar customers with London car-sharing push | Bolt is expanding into UK car sharing through a new partnership with Hiyacar, as the ride-hailing giant looks to fill the gap left by Zipcar’s withdrawal from London.
From autumn, Londoners will be able to book Hiyacar vehicles directly thr... |
| 01.12.2025 | Zipcar UK to shut operations ahead of new London EV Congestion Charge | Zipcar has reached the end of the road in the UK after its US owner pulled the plug on operations in the run up to the introduction of fresh London Congestion Charges for electric vehicles.
The car hire business has begun a formal consultat... |
| 14.07.2025 | ServiceUp Secures $55M to Revolutionize Vehicle Repair Management | ServiceUp, a pioneering tech platform, has closed a $55 million Series B funding round. This significant capital injection, led by PeakSpan Capital, brings its total funding to $70 million. The company targets the complex world of vehicle r... |
| 13.07.2025 | ServiceUp: $55 Million Series B Secured For Vehicle Repair Management Platform | ServiceUp is a company transforming vehicle repair management for fleets and insurance companies. The company recently raised $55 million in Series B funding, led by PeakSpan Capital, bringing its total funding to $70 million.
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| 09.07.2025 | Vehicle repair management startup ServiceUp raises $55M
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| 28.06.2025 | Smart Mobility Trends: How Tech Is Reshaping the Rental Industry | Share
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Modern travel has evolved significantly and is now at the pinnacle of on-demand scooter rentals and AI-powered rideshare services. Technology is transforming the rental industry with IoT sensors, predictive mai... |
| 23.06.2025 | Carsharing in Moldova: A Smart and Flexible Travel Solution with Getmancar | Share
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In these days’s speedy-paced international, flexibility is key with regards to transportation. One developing fashion in many countries is carsharing a cutting-edge service that lets in humans to lease vehicles... |
| 08.02.2025 | Hertz's Legal Victory: A Win for Stability Amidst Financial Turbulence | In a significant legal development, Hertz Global Holdings has emerged victorious in a lawsuit that could have shaken its financial foundations. The Delaware Chancery Court dismissed a claim from warrant holders that threatened to impose a h... |
| 07.02.2025 | Presto: $15 Million (Seed) Raised For EV Charging Platform | Presto – an all-in-one EV charging platform – announced that it has raised $15 million in seed funding from Union Square Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Powerhouse Ventures, and Jetstream. And through Presto’s app and APIs, fleets can find, c... |
| 06.02.2025 | Presto Raises $15M in Seed Funding | Presto, an Oakland, CA-based provider of an EV charging platform, raised $15M in Seed funding.
Backers included Union Square Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Powerhouse Ventures, and Jetstream.
The company intends to use the funds to scale up ... |
| 09.12.2024 | Security Week 2450: бэкдор в SDK для блокчейн-платформы Solana | На прошлой неделе разработчики JavaScript-библиотеки solana/web3.js сообщили об обнаружении бэкдора, который позволял злоумышленникам красть средства у пользователей. Библиотека входит в набор SDK для блокчейн-платформы Solana и может испол... |
| 28.08.2024 | Maximizing Growth: The Role of Fractional CMOs in the MarTech Ecosystem | There is a growing need for Marketing Technology (MarTech) knowledge. Without that, how else can you fully leverage the latest advancements in MarTech? I propose that tech savvy fractional CMOs can help maximize growth in the MarTech ecosys... |
| 02.05.2024 | Петербург открыл сезон слежки за самокатчиками | - |
| 16.04.2024 | Carings Appoints Tech Executive Tracey Zhen as Chief Executive Officer | Caring Appoints Tracey Zhen as Chief Executive Officer
Veteran technology executive to lead Caring's next phase of growth
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Caring, a leading senior living referral service and top site fo... |
| 15.01.2024 | 20 Financial Life Hacks for Budget-Conscious River Hawks | 01/15/2024
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UMass Lowell students know a good deal when they see one. In fact, many of them say they chose UML because it’s a great value.
And while most college students are on tight budgets, those who are resourceful can s... |
| 21.04.2021 | Zipcar Expands Partnership with the City of Philadelphia to Increase Access to Car Sharing | |
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Zipcar : Expands Partnership with the City of Philadelphia to Increase Access to Car Sharing | BOSTON, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zipcar, the world's leading car-sharing network, is building on its partnership with the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Parking Authority with the addition of nearly 50 Zipcar vehicle... |
| 24.09.2020 | What Are Zipcar Up to in 2020? | 0 shares
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2020 has been a challenging year for many businesses, including the transport sector. Our focus has been about continuing to provide our members (consumers and businesses) with access to ... |
| 18.02.2020 | When Retail Startups Get Valued Like Tech Companies, Trouble Follows | Vara Pikor wearing some of the items she rents from Rent The Runway, including her dress and ... [+] earrings. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| 27.11.2019 | Cars-as-a-Service likely to drive auto usage by 2030 | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190905-Veronica-Karen.mp4
Car owners will be among the minority in 10 years, according to 68% of respondents in a new mobility survey of people in Europe and Asia by Avis Bu... |
| 03.11.2018 | How Uber, Lyft, Lime, and Zipcar will get voters to the polls on Election Day | On November 6, millions of Americans will cast ballots for municipal, state, and national candidates at physical polling places across the country. But voting site closures — the result of budget cuts, the shrinking of available venues, and... |
| 03.11.2018 | How Uber, Lyft, Lime, and Zipcar will get voters to the polls on Election Day | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
On November 6, millions of Americans will cast ballots for municipal, state, and national candidates at physical polling places across ... |
| 11.09.2018 | Zero emission vehicles: how reality can match the ambitions | Zero emission vehicles: how reality can match the ambitions
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What will speed up the transition to zero emission vehicles? The CBI asked businesses what they already doing - and what they need to happen next...
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| 06.09.2018 | Разделяй и радуйся: как шеринг-экономика меняет мир | Инвестировать в недвижимость или купить дорогой автомобиль? Дом мне может надоесть, и я захочу переехать, а дорогой автомобиль через год перестанет быть самым новым. Зачем тратиться на них, если можно взять в прокат? Так я гарантирую, что в... |
| 29.05.2018 | Zipcar plans all-electric fleet of over 300 Volkswagens in London | Zipcar is rolling out a fleet of 300 Volkswagen e-Golfs in London this year — in what the company is touting as the largest rollout of electric cars in a single English city.
Details from the company are still sketchy, but Zipcar said the f... |
| 12.05.2017 | Automobile Barcelona – A Look At The City’s Urban Transport Tech Landscape | With the car exhibition Automobile Barcelona arriving in town, Cabify closing a $100M investment round a few days ago, and Uber awaiting it’s EU fate this week, it’s a good moment to step back and take a look at the major urban transport te... |
| 16.02.2017 | LA ride sharing gets a charge as Maven brings a fleet of Chevy Bolts into service | Planting its first flag in the effort to make autonmous electrified vehicles accessible nationwide, GM’s car sharing business, Maven, is giving Los Angeles drivers an electric new way to get around the city.
GM is making 100 new fully elect... |
| 04.11.2016 | Uber and Lyft try to get out the vote | Sure, for many of us next Wednesday can’t get here soon enough to finally put an end to this multi-year election cycle, but before that day arrives, it’s time for some civic duty. Uber and Lyft, for their part, are taking steps to remove a ... |
| 13.10.2016 | GM’s car sharing company Maven hits the streets of San Francisco | Maven, a car sharing company out of General Motors, is driving its way into San Francisco today. The announcement made late Thursday evening is one part of a continued roll-out in several cities throughout the U.S., which started at the beg... |
| 07.10.2016 | Hardware to human: An interview with the CEO of Turo | Andre Haddad, formerly of eBay and Shopping.com, talks P2P marketplaces and self-driving cars
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Mark Cuba... |
| 06.07.2016 | How Hardware-as-a-Service will save IoT | Ajay Kulkarni Contributor
Ajay Kulkarni is co-founder and CEO at iobeam, and curates the new Minimum Reliable Product hardware blog.
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| 24.04.2016 | How to quit your job the right way | James Altucher Contributor
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When I was at a corporate IT job, I kept wondering: What are all these p... |
| 01.04.2016 | We sort through the April Fools’ Day products so you don’t have to! | 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!
The tidal wave of April Fools’ Day gags has arriv... |
| 01.04.2016 | We sort through the April Fools’ Day products so you don’t have to! | The tidal wave of April Fools’ Day gags has arrived. And rather than let myself be drowned in a sea of misery, I have decided to grab my board and surf the inanity in the hopes that I can get into the spirit of the day.
After all, some peop... |
| 29.08.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 8/29/15 | BlackRock bought FutureAdvisor; AOL purchased Ashe Avenue; Zipcar acquired Local Motion
Global investment management company BlackRock entered into an agreement to purchase FutureAdvisor, an automated investment advisory platform for “mass-... |
| 05.06.2015 | Lease-tracking agency LeaseAccelerator raises $4.7M [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S MAKING MOVES?
Evolent Health, the Arlington-based outpatient care platform that went public in early May, has increased its offering price from $100 million to a maximum $184 million.
The Web Development Group, a creative agency headq... |
| 04.05.2015 | Learn how Zipcar drives explosive growth | Zipcar is doing something right.
Since parent company Avis acquired Zipcar just three years ago, the company’s market value has exploded, tripling to a market value of $6 billion. Zipcar is “an engine of growth for us, and we expect that to... |
| 04.05.2015 | Learn how Zipcar drives explosive growth | 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!
Zipcar is doing something right.
Since parent com... |
| 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... |
| 14.01.2015 | Bridj is Raising Up To $15M in Series A Funding at a $60M Valuation | Pop-up bus service Bridj is raising a Series A round of $10 million to $15 million, according to a source close to the matter, who also told BostInno that the round is expected to value Bridj at a cool $60 million.
We're hearing that five o... |
| 11.12.2014 | Ford, Magna, Verizon Help Launch Techstars Program in Detroit | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
If you’re looking for further validation that Detroit’s tech ecosystem is gaining respect in the eyes of the world, here it is: Ford, in partnership with global auto supplier ... |
| 20.06.2014 | 6 takeaways from ‘Disrupting Transportation’ | Taxi drivers are doomed.
That was one of the big takeaways from a Northside Innovation Festival session on “Disrupting Transportation” led by Transportation Nation’s Alex Goldmark (who is also a contributor to WNYC’s tech podcast, New Tech ... |
| 11.03.2014 | Lanier Parking Solutions Closes Equity Investment from Antarctica Capital | Lanier Parking Solutions, an Atlanta-based parking and transportation management company, closed an equity investment of undisclosed amount from Antarctica Capital.
The company will use the proceeds to accelerate its acquisition growth plan... |
| 05.03.2014 | How To Survive SXSW | Nothing can inspire such a volatile cocktail of dread and excitement in an otherwise technology-loving human quite like South By Southwest.
South By Southwest Interactive—“SXSWi” to acronym-loving geeks—is tech’s premier celebration of itse... |
| 19.02.2014 | Car sharing revving up in Germany | BERLIN - Germans, once a nation of ardent automobile enthusiasts, are not buying cars as much as they used to. Instead, they're sharing them.
The country has become the world's biggest user of one-way car sharing plans, where people can fin... |
| 04.01.2014 | How Technology Simplified My Move To A Big City | Uprooting your life to start anew can be daunting. I came to San Francisco without a plan or place to live, and, after traveling to the city just once before I made a decision to move, the unfamiliarity was mildly uncomfortable. Which is wh... |
| 07.10.2013 | The Collaborative Economy Can Help Save the Planet | By LAURA LOREK
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| 01.09.2013 | Finding success as a business in the sharing economy | 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!
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| 01.09.2013 | Finding success as a business in the sharing economy | Peter Coffee is VP and Head of Platform Research at Salesforce.com.
“I have a large seashell collection,” said comedian Steven Wright in a 1985 routine, “which I keep scattered on the beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen it.” We la... |
| 05.06.2013 | Meet Breather: bespoke room-letting at $20 an hour [LeWeb] | If Airbnb ever had a sibling it would be Julian Smith’s new startup Breather. Launched today at Le Web London, Smith along with CTO Alex Payne (ex-Twitter and former CTO of Simple), launched what they call a “Zipcar for rooms”. Not just any... |
| 05.06.2013 | Meet Breather: bespoke room-letting at $20 an hour [LeWeb] | If Airbnb ever had a sibling it would be Julian Smith’s new startup Breather. Launched today at Le Web London, Smith along with CTO Alex Payne (ex-Twitter and former CTO of Simple), launched what they call a “Zipcar for rooms”. Not just any... |
| 03.04.2013 | Disownership is the new normal: the rise of the shared economy (infographic) | 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!
“You don’t own me” is not just an idea for 1960s ... |
| 03.04.2013 | Disownership is the new normal: the rise of the shared economy (infographic) | “You don’t own me” is not just an idea for 1960s ballads. “Disownership” is a national trend in America right now, as Internet startups transform the way people consume goods and services.
Consumer attitudes and behaviors surrounding rentin... |
| 20.03.2013 | First glimmers of Avis-Zipcar acquisition appear at NYC airports | Avis wasted no time putting its new fleet of Zipcars to use.
Just five days after the $500 million deal closed, Zipcars are showing up at New York regional airports. Skift reported this morning that the Avis Car Rental pick-up facilities at... |
| 20.03.2013 | Boston Roundup: Zipcar, HubSpot, Hack/Reduce, QPID, Billaway | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
People getting new jobs leads this roundup of news bits from around the Boston-area innovation sector, with a few small fundraising deals thrown in for good measure:
—Scott Gr... |
| 20.03.2013 | First glimmers of Avis-Zipcar acquisition appear at NYC airports | 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!
Avis wasted no time putting its new fleet of Zipc... |
| 15.03.2013 | Zipcar CEO steps down a few hours after the Avis acquisition | Just a few hours after its $500 million sale to Avis Budget Group became official, Zipcar‘s CEO has resigned.
Today, Scott Griffith (pictured, above) told employees that chief operating officer Mark Norman will assume the top job. The news ... |
| 12.03.2013 | 10 Things Google Could Have Bought With The $12.5 Billion It Spent on Motorola Mobility [Gallery] | Last week, Google’s Motorola Mobility division axed 1,200 jobs – about 10% of its workforce. These latest cuts were in addition to the 4,000 job reductions Motorola announced last August. In a statement released to the press, Motorola gluml... |
| 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 ... |
| 02.01.2013 | Car Rental Company Avis To Buy Zipcar For $500 Million | Car rental company Avis has announced its intent to scoop up car-sharing company Zipcar for $500 million, with the acquisition expected to close in the Spring of 2013, according to a press release. Zipcar itself went public in April 2011.
“... |
| 02.01.2013 | Car rental biz Avis to acquire Zipcar for $500M cash | 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!
Rental car giant Avis Budget Group has agreed to ... |
| 02.01.2013 | Car rental biz Avis to acquire Zipcar for $500M cash | Rental car giant Avis Budget Group has agreed to buy car-sharing network Zipcar for $500 million in cash, the two companies announced today.
Avis will pay $12.25 per share for Zipcar, a premium of about 50 percent over Zipcar’s share price ... |
| 02.01.2013 | Zipcar Sells Out To Avis For $500 Million: A Bad Sign For Innovation | Zipcar is the Apple of car rental services. Like other nimble disruptors (think Square, Uber) Zipcar “just works” in a way that competitors are light years away from matching. But while Apple’s massive success has reinforced its winning for... |
| 05.11.2012 | Uber And Zipcar Offering Discounted Rides On Election Day | Get yourself to the voting booth in style: Uber is offering free black sedan services to the polls on Election Day (for first-time Uber users). Or, if you want to pick up some groceries after performing your civic duty, car rental startup Z... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 15.08.2012 | YC-Backed viaCycle Is A Zipcar For Bikes, Coming To San Francisco Soon | ViaCycle, a new Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to be to bike sharing what Zipcar has become for cars. While there are many cities around the world where bike sharing is a fact of daily life, only a few cities in the U.S. currently offer... |
| 15.08.2012 | ViaCycle (YC S12) launches Zipcar for bicycles, coming to SF | ViaCycle, a new Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to be to bike sharing what Zipcar has become for cars. While there are many cities around the world where bike sharing is a fact of daily life, only a few cities in the U.S. currently offer... |
| 12.08.2012 | Iterations: A New Era in Transportation Systems | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah (@semil) is currently an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners.
There was a time in the United States when federal and local governments could initiate and orchestrate big, sweeping infrastructure projects. One of the ... |
| 17.07.2012 | EMC Execs, iRobot Upgrades, and Zipcar & Denzel: Some Tech Tidbits | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A few Boston-area public tech companies we’re keeping an eye on this week…
—Some rumors coming out of Hopkinton, MA-based EMC (NYSE: EMC) and Palo Alto, CA-based VMware (NYSE:... |
| 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... |
| 01.04.2012 | Dirty Pillows: The Unsolved Problems Of Sharing Services | [Editor’s Note: Brenden Mulligan is an entrepreneur who created Onesheet, TipList, ArtistData, MorningPics, and PhotoPile. He’s a mentor for 500 Startups and several startups. You can find him on Twitter at @mulligan.]
When my wife and I tr... |
| 22.02.2012 | Wheelz Rides with $13.7M Series A Round |
PALO ALTO, CA, Peer-to-peer (P2P) car sharing company targeting college campus communities, announced today that Zipcar is the lead investor in a $13.7 million Series A round of funding for Wheelz.
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| 22.02.2012 | Wheelz Raises $13.7M in Series A Funding Round | Wheelz, Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based peer-to-peer (P2P) car sharing company targeting college campus communities, has raised $13.7m in its Series A round of funding.
The round was led by car sharing network Zipcar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIP)... |
| 22.02.2012 | Strategic Sharing: Zipcar Leads $13.7M Investment In Campus Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz | Well, you have to hand it to the strategy team over at Zipcar. Arguably the largest on-demand car-sharing network, Zipcar went public last year and not long after saw its market cap cross $1 billion. It’s since fallen back, and with collabo... |
| 30.01.2012 | Akamai to Zipcar: A Snapshot of 10 Public Tech Companies in Boston | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As we wind down the first month of 2012, I thought I’d take the pulse of some of the bigger technology companies around town. In addition to tracking startups and entrepreneur... |
| 22.11.2011 | CityRyde leaves for Cambridge: we “just did not fit the investment style of the investors in the region,” says CEO | This is Exit Interview, an occasional interview series with someone who has left Philadelphia, perhaps for another country or region or even just out of city limits and often taking talent, business and jobs with them. If you or someone you... |
| 19.10.2011 | Zipcar goes social with new Facebook reservations app | 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!
Zipcar launched a Facebook application today, for... |
| 18.10.2011 | Zipcar Members Can Now Reserve A Car On Facebook | Car sharing network company Zipcar this morning announced the release of a Facebook application that allows its members to ‘reserve their wheels’ on the popular social networking site without having to leave it.
The Nasdaq-listed car-sharin... |
| 18.10.2011 | Book a Zipcar directly on Facebook | Car-sharing service says 60,000 members are already on their Facebook fan page
Zipcar has brought its car sharing to the social network giant Facebook with the release of a beta reservation application.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company an... |
| 16.10.2011 | Reduce Friction, Increase Happiness | Editor’s Note: Brenden Mulligan is an entrepreneur who created Onesheet, ArtistData, MorningPics, and PhotoPile. He’s an mentor for 500 Startups, Advise.me and several startups. You can find him on Twitter at @bmull and blogging at Starting... |
| 05.10.2011 | Car-sharing Startup RelayRides Partners With GM | General Motors is partnering with a car-sharing startup called RelayRides on a new venture that will allow GM owners to rent out their idle vehicles via the OnStar service and their mobile phone. The program will launch first in California ... |
| 10.09.2011 | CrunchFund invests in Getaround’s $3.4M seed round | 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!
Car sharing website Getaround announced a large s... |
| 31.08.2011 | Ford And Zipcar Partner On Car-Sharing Program For Universities | Ford Motor Company and the leading car-sharing network Zipcar have just announced a partnership that establishes Ford as Zipcar’s largest auto source for Zipcar’s University program. The new, two-year alliance will reach students at over 25... |
| 17.08.2011 | Hi Gear lets you rent your dream car for a day (exclusive) | [Check out the discount offer at the end of the story]
House-sharing startup Airbnb has set off a bit of a craze in the market for renting out your cool stuff. Now everyone is emulating the hot new service, just as daily deal sites started ... |
| 11.08.2011 | Google Ventures funds RelayRides, again | 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!
Car sharing startup RelayRides has raised $3.6 mi... |
| 14.04.2011 | Zipcar’s $174M IPO and What It Means to the Boston Tech Scene: Some Reactions | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Zipcar, the Cambridge, MA-based car-sharing company, has raised $174.3 million in an initial public offering. The company sold about 9.7 million shares at $18 per share—an inc... |
| 14.04.2011 | ZipCar Shares Up Over 50%, Market Cap Surpasses $1 Billion After IPO | Carsharing service ZipCar began the morning of its IPO trading at $18 a share and is now up to $27.96, a rise of over 50%. Based on its 38.6M total shares this means that it is now a billion dollar company (Congrats ZipCar!). Zipcar has rai... |
| 17.12.2010 | Funding roundup - week ending 12/17/10 | Bonobos, Fab.com, Kapitall, RiseSmart, Shopify, Soladigm, SpotXchange, TekTrak, Twitter, Zipcar
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TekTrak, developer of phone-locating apps, raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from such notable investors as Cyan and Scott Banis... |
| 15.12.2010 | Zipcar Completes $21M Series G Financing | Zipcar Inc., a car-sharing service, has completed a $21m Series G financing.
The round was led by Meritech Capital Partners, which committed $20m, with participation from Pinnacle Ventures, which contributed an additional $1m.
Zipcar intend... |
| 15.12.2010 | Zipcar raises $21 million for car sharing | $20 million given by Meritech, $1 million from Pinnacle Ventures to expand its locations and fleet
Having a car can be a joy, and a pain. There's nothing quite like driving on an open stretch of highway, the windows down, on a warm summer d... |
| 15.12.2010 | Car-Sharing Service Zipcar Adds $21 Million To Its Coffers | Car-sharing service company Zipcar this morning announced that it has raised $21 million in Series G funding. Meritech Capital Partners led the round with a $20 million investment, while Pinnacle Ventures contributed the additional $1 milli... |
| 12.10.2010 | TC Teardown: 13 Ways To Get To $10 Million In Revenues (Part II) | Editor’s note: This post is the second part of an analysis of different consumer Internet business models by guest author Steven Carpenter. It is suggested that you first read Part I.
Most consumer Internet startups fall into a baker’s doze... |
