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Getaround Car Sharing Platform Raises $200M At $1.7B Valuation

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Founded in 2009, the San Francisco-based company has already received more than $400 million in total venture capital funding from investors including GV, Madrona Venture Group and actor Ashton Kutcher. In April, Getaround announced its acquisition of Drivy , a Paris-headquartered car sharing startup that operates in 170 European cities.

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Even with Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward

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Founded in 2009, the San Francisco-based company has already received more than $400 million in total venture capital funding from investors including GV, Madrona Venture Group and actor Ashton Kutcher. In September, for instance, car sharing marketplace Getaround reportedly said it was looking to raise up to $201.5 That’s hardly all.

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Even With Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward

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Founded in 2009, the San Francisco-based company has already received more than $400 million in total venture capital funding from investors including GV, Madrona Venture Group and actor Ashton Kutcher. The funding round brings the company’s total amount raised to $450 million since its inception in 2009, when it was called Relay Rides.

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WePay Earns Honors at Citi Mobile Challenge Finals

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Seventy-two working prototypes from developers in 15 different countries in the Asia Pacific region were presented to judges at Citi’s Demo Days last month. Entries were evaluated based on impact, viability, user experience, and functionality. Founded in August 2009, WePay is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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Who Will Disintermediate The Intermediaries?

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For the first time, local and regional DVD rental stores aside, people across the U.S. That was until Amazon branched out of books and niche players like Etsy provided a different and better product selection with a cleaner user experience less than a decade later.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

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Working with the lab, the Eyevido team was able to conduct eye-tracking studies of Deutsche Bank’s retail banking websites to help improve the user experience for customers. Founded: 2009. Its also expanding its regional focus too, with a recent announcement that the labs will invest more into R&D in India.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

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Alibaba first invested soon afterward, participating in the company’s $12M Series B in 2009. In 2017, Delivery Hero has seen growth across all regions, with revenue in Europe growing 44% in Q1’17. You may have higher odds bringing together many smaller companies with tight, regional network effects.

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