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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.

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

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Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well known on the capital markets side. Its Getaround Connect device now operates in the United States, as well as in seven European countries: Norway, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the U.K.

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

PYMNTS

Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well-known on the capital markets side. Its Getaround Connect device now operates in the United States, as well as in seven European countries: Norway, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the U.K.

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As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role

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Those controversies have notably played out in San Francisco , though other cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, are going through them at their own pace. And investors are still pouring capital into companies operating in the sector.

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Uber of X: Kango is The Uber of Ride Share For Kids

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There is a small handful of other app-based kids’ ridesharing services which operate in CA (HopSkipDrive, Zum) or in Boston (Zemcar). We will seek additional funds to expand outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. Other risesharing or shuttle services focused on kids. All are early stage companies. They were real troopers!

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A First Look at What’s Coming to the FinDEVr Stage this October

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The event will take place October 6 & 7 at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco ( check out our event brochure ). Here’s a preview of what you’ll experience at the event. Lleida.net, as a telecom operator, acts as a trusted third party.

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AppsFlyer Unifies Mobile Marketing Attribution, Sees $56M Series C

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The remaining triple-digit deal in the period came as Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria invested in Atom Bank with as much as $101 million, part of continued capital raising since the latter months of the last year. Looking at the regional breakdown, the U.S. held sway with 83 percent of the investments for the week.

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