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13.03.2025 | Redbrick Acquires Paved | Redbrick, a Victoria, BC, Canada-based company that builds, acquires, and supports innovative businesses, acquired Paved, a NYC-based newsletter advertising platform connecting publishers and advertisers.
The amount of the deal was not disc... |
11.03.2025 | +++ FreewayCamper +++ Movinga +++ waterdrop +++ US-Zölle +++ Resilienz +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 11. März). #STARTUPLAND
SAVE THE DATE: Am 5. November findet unsere zweite STARTUPLAND statt. Es e... |
12.12.2024 | Amazon Autos: The Future of Car Buying or Just a Fad? | Amazon is at it again. The retail giant has stepped into the automotive arena with its new service, Amazon Autos. It’s a bold move, aiming to revolutionize how we buy cars. But is it a game-changer or just another gimmick? Let’s dive into t... |
10.12.2024 | I Tried Buying a Car on Amazon. Here Are the Pros and Cons. Amazon Autos just launched, and users can buy a new car online. Here's how it works and what needs to improve. | Amazon is putting its own spin on car sales — without a trip to the dealer or even a test drive.
The retail giant announced on Tuesday that shoppers could buy their next car through Amazon if they lived in one of 48 major U.S. cities, inclu... |
05.09.2024 | Blackstone's Bold Move: A $16 Billion Bet on AirTrunk and the Future of Australian Startups | In a world where data is the new oil, Blackstone has struck gold. The private equity giant is set to acquire AirTrunk, an Australian data center powerhouse, for a staggering A$24 billion (approximately $16.1 billion). This deal marks Blacks... |
05.09.2024 | The Power of Git Hooks: Streamlining Development and Enhancing Code Quality | In the world of software development, efficiency is king. Every developer seeks tools that streamline processes and enhance productivity. Enter Git hooks, the unsung heroes of version control. These scripts, triggered by specific events in ... |
04.09.2024 | Why Nvidia’s stock tumbled overnight despite a strong year | Source: Elias Gamez article-article-body
Nvidia’s stock took a historic nosedive overnight, shedding 9.5% and wiping out an eye-watering US$279 billion in market value. This makes it the largest single-day loss ever recorded, thanks to a pe... |
04.09.2024 | “System is broken”: Why Melbourne-based startup After is focused on diverting textile waste | After co-founders Yesha Patel and Nehal Jain pose in front of a couch designed by Carl Broesen who made it using the textile waste collected by the startup. Source: Supplied. article-article-body
A Melbourne-based startup that has diverted ... |
04.09.2024 | AirTrunk’s $23 billion sale buoys the South Asian Australian startup community | Airtrunk founder Robin Khuda. Source: AirTrunk article-article-body
Data centre business AirTrunk is set to change hands after a $23 billion-plus deal was finalised between the Sydney-based business and US private equity group Blackstone an... |
03.09.2024 | Is Canva pricing out small businesses with its Teams subscription hike? | Source: Supplied article-article-body
Long-time Canva Teams customers are rallying against a significant price increase to the product that has left small businesses questioning whether they can still afford the platform.
The price hike wil... |
02.09.2024 | Payment pain on display as more businesses ask ASBFEO for insolvency help | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
Pleas for assistance with business insolvency matters have jumped 50%, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) says, showing the extent and severity of the cash flow cr... |
02.09.2024 | NSW startups to expand into South-East Asia with new government-backed program | NSW Minister for Industry and Trade Anoulack Chanthivong. Source: supplied article-article-body
A new pilot program by the NSW government will give local startups the opportunity to expand their businesses into South-East Asia, leveraging l... |
02.09.2024 | $10 million in four years: How Whatsie is tapping into the open-play trend | Whatsie founder Lisa Nourbehesht with her family. Source: Supplied. article-article-body
A Sydney-based business that has sold more than 25,000 of its modular play couches that can turn into couches, slides and forts has made more than $10 ... |
30.08.2024 | Four Aussie startups that raised $44.6 million this week | L-R: WhyHive cofounders Matt Cohen and T Guthrie. Source: supplied article-article-body
This week’s funding round-up features startups building fintech, agtech and data analytics solutions.
Keep reading to learn more about four Australian s... |
28.08.2024 | The Dance of Innovation: Chang’an and Huawei’s Strategic Partnership | In the fast-paced world of automotive technology, alliances can be as crucial as the vehicles themselves. Chang’an Automobile’s recent investment in Huawei’s subsidiary, Yinwang, exemplifies this dynamic. The deal, valued at RMB 11.5 billio... |
26.08.2024 | Deals in brief: Earth VC invests in Aalo Atomics, Sarana AI secures pre-seed funding, five China deals, and more | Earth Venture Capital invests in Aalo Atomics’ USD 27 million Series A round
Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a climate tech venture capital firm based in Vietnam, has invested in the USD 27 million Series A funding round of Aalo Atomics. ... |
19.08.2024 | How Shift transformed Chromium into a browser for power users | Shift’s interface looks clean, fresh and simple — but under the hood, it’s a powerful Chromium browser that’s the first of its kind. Shift’s browser merges web apps and search into a single interface, eliminating window-switching and making... |
26.06.2024 | Shift: The app-integrated power browser that’s reimagining your entire online life | Presented by Shift
Work or play, modern lives are entirely, irrevocably online, and getting more complicated by the day. The number of online tools developed to contain and tame them, at the office and throughout all the facets of our perso... |
10.10.2023 | What drove online used car marketplace Shift to file for bankruptcy | Shift Technologies, the San Francisco-based online used car startup turned publicly traded company, filed this week for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The short story, according to recent filings, is that the company’s deteriorating cash position a... |
16.11.2022 | RunBuggy Launches Hitch™ Transportation Management Solution | Hitch gives us a single pane of glass to manage everything from vehicle get-ready to last mile deliveries and live updates to customers.
PHOENIX (PRWEB) November 16, 2022
RunBuggy OMI Inc., the leading technology platform that connects car ... |
27.07.2022 | First impressions of the Nimbus 3-wheeled urban transportation pod | It describes itself as the “future of urban mobility.” With a 93-mile range, and a 50 mph top speed, the futuristic-looking electric three-wheeler from Nimbus costs $10,000-ish and wants to position itself as a green alternative to cars, sa... |
03.02.2022 | The truth about management in Silicon Valley: It doesn’t exist | George Arison Contributor
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21.01.2022 | Shift to Host Its First-Ever Pop Up, Car to Cash, in Los Angeles | SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shift (Nasdaq: SFT), a leading end-to-end auto ecommerce platform transforming the used car industry with a technology-driven, hassle-free customer experience, will host its first-ever branded po... |
15.11.2021 | 16 Strategies For Finding And Recruiting The Best Tech Talent | getty |
19.07.2021 | With prices of used vehicles soaring, now is the best time to sell your car – if you have one you don’t need | Prices for used vehicles increased 10.5% in June, and some models are worth more used than new.
“If you have a car to sell, there’s never been a better time,” the CEO of a car-shopping service said.
Getting multiple offers could be worth th... |
01.06.2021 | Car sellers are suddenly earning a profit on vehicles with broken engines and frames, as tight auto supply sends prices soaring to record levels | Car dealership. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
A lack of supply of new vehicles pushed used car prices to record highs in May.
The CEO of an online marketplace told Forbes he’s paying a premium price for damaged cars.
“We’re making money on the... |
04.05.2021 | Shift Begins Buying Cars from Consumers in Las Vegas | |
03.02.2021 | Jeff Bezos: The Lessons For Entrepreneurs | Dennis Van Tine/MediaPunch/IPx |
02.12.2020 | Cash-Strapped Car Buyers Are Snapping Up Extremely Used Vehicles | Older used cars have become attractive to cash-strapped consumers. Ed Garsten |
17.11.2020 | Shift Announces Second Seller Market in Texas | |
09.11.2020 | Shift Brings its Car Marketplace to Texas | |
28.10.2020 | Used car marketplace Shift expands into Seattle region with end-to-end digital services | (Shift Image)
The online used car marketplace Shift is moving into the Seattle region, expanding the 6-year-old company’s coverage area the length of the West Coast.
Shoppers within a 60-mile radius of central Seattle will be able to book a... |
14.09.2020 | Shift Technologies to Attend SPACInsider Webinar on Monday September 14th at 1:00pm EDT | |
10.09.2020 | Shift to Add Three Senior Executives with Finance, Product, and Marketing Experience at leading companies to its Board of Directors | |
09.09.2020 | Shift’s George Arison shares 6 tips for taking your company public via a SPAC | George Arison Contributor
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31.08.2020 | Shift Raises Third Quarter Outlook for Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit per Unit ("GPU"), as Second Quarter GPU Increases 57% YoY | |
10.06.2020 | Are you ready for the coming wave of VC down rounds? | Nathan Beckord Contributor
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15.05.2020 | No-Contact Test Drive Gives Shift’s Online Buying Effort Kickstart | Shift.com is shaking up the way used cars have traditionally been sold. (Photo by Uli Deck/picture ... [+] alliance via Getty Images)picture alliance via Getty Images |
01.12.2019 | Стартапы недели: маркетплейс спикеров, доставка еды из Саранска, реклама на экране блокировки смартфонов и другие... | А также обзор проектов из прошлогодних выпусков.
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Индийский Glance использует экран блокировки телефона для бесконечной ленты развлекател... |
23.07.2019 | From liberal arts PhD to pre-IPO startup CEO with Shift’s Toby Russell | Transitioning between different types of professional roles can be challenging — new expectations arise, and fresh ways of seeing the world are required to be successful. A few weeks ago, I interviewed Anjul Bhambhri of Adobe about how she ... |
10.04.2019 | Daily funding roundup - April 10th, 2019 | Cullgen received $16M; CleverTap raised $26M; Shift secured $40M; ShopBack landed $45M
Bump: Bump is a streetwear iOS marketplace app. Bump has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding led by e.ventures, with participation from Kleiner Perki... |
05.03.2019 | Minnie Ingersoll, co-founder of the fast-growing car marketplace Shift, just became a VC in LA | Minnie Ingersoll has already had an enviable career. After 12 years at Google, working as product manager and later principal with Google.org, she co-founded the venture-backed online car marketplace Shift in 2013, then she left to join the... |
20.12.2018 | SoftBank leads $385 million investment in Fair to expand its car-leasing Uber partnership globally | Fair, a car-leasing firm that bought out Uber’s leasing portfolio of vehicles earlier this year, has raised a whopping $385 million in a series B round of funding led by SoftBank. Additional participants in the round include Exponential Ven... |
20.12.2018 | SoftBank leads $385 million investment in Fair to expand its car-leasing Uber partnership globally | 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!
Fair, a car-leasing firm that bought out Uber’s l... |
11.12.2018 | Used car marketplace Vroom raises $146 million | Used car marketplace Vroom has closed a whopping $146 million series G round of funding led by automotive retail giant AutoNation, with participation from “funds and accounts” advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, L Catterton, General Cataly... |
30.11.2018 | Стартап дня: онлайн-дилер подержанных автомобилей Shift | Скупает машины и позже продаёт сам.
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Директор по стратегии и анализу Mail.Ru Group Александр Горный каждый день рассказывает о примечательных проектах.
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14.09.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, September 14 | BORING IS THE NEW BLACK
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13.09.2018 | Shift Raises $140M in Debt and Equity Financing | Shift Technologies, a San Francisco-based platform to buy and sell used cars, raised more than $140 million in Series D equity and debt financing.
The round, which brought Shift’s total financing of equity and debt to $265m, was led by Lith... |
01.09.2018 | Used car site Vroom is raising $70M six months after a big round of layoffs | After cutting a big portion of its staff in March, Vroom is back pitching investors. Yesterday, the site for buying and selling used cars filed to raise $70 million in new equity funding.
Vroom has already secured $30 million of that $70 mi... |
01.02.2018 | Prodigy raises $5.4M to unify the in-store and online car-buying experience | If you’ve ever tried to buy a car, there’s a good chance that a lot of your research has shifted online as it’s become easier and easier to figure out exactly the kind of car you want — and less of it is about going to a dealership.
At leas... |
19.12.2017 | Used car marketplace Shift appoints a co-CEO alongside George Arison | Toby Russell was one of the first people to get Shift founder George Arison into used cars — and now he’s going to be running his company alongside him as Shift said today it is appointing Russell co-CEO of the company.
Arison said he was n... |
20.07.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, July 20 | BRAIN → STORMED
Good morning from New York. Yesterday was the third and final day of Brainstorm Tech. I interviewed Mike Cagney, CEO and founder of online lending and personal finance startup SoFi. My first question was about the company’s ... |
19.07.2017 |
Shift Gets $37M More To Ramp Online Used Auto Sales
| Online used car marketplace Shift, which has two offices in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today. The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, D... |
19.07.2017 | BMW leads $38 million investment in used car marketplace Shift | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Shift, an online secondhand car marketplace that lets potential buyers arrange test drives direct to their home, has raised $38 million... |
19.07.2017 | The virtual used car dealership Shift raises $38 million | Shift, the online used car reseller that takes the crappy dealership out of the sales experience, has raised $38 million in its latest round of funding.
The company, which is wildly popular among millennials that still buy cars, managed to ... |
19.07.2017 | BMW leads $38 million investment in used car marketplace Shift | Shift, an online secondhand car marketplace that lets potential buyers arrange test drives direct to their home, has raised $38 million in a series C round of funding led by BMW’s venture capital (VC) arm, iVentures, with participation from... |
19.07.2017 | Shift Raises $38M in Series C Funding | Shift, a San Francisco, CA-based platform for selling pre-owned cars, raised a $38M Series C financing.
The round was led by BMW iVentures, with participation from new major investors DCM Ventures and G2VP, as well as continued participatio... |
22.05.2017 | Auto1 Group, a young used-car marketplace serving Europe, is now worth $2.8 billion | Auto1 Group, a nearly five-year-old, Berlin-based used-car marketplace, just announced a huge round — €360 million ($404 million) in debt and equity financing that includes €75 million ($84.2 million) from Princeville Global, itself a Hong ... |
25.01.2017 | P2P car marketplace Shift pauses DC operations, lays off 10% of staff | After Beepi shut down its service and transferred its operations to stealth Fair.com, its closest competitor Shift is facing some downsizing, too — a measure of the challenges of the peer-to-peer car selling business model that both had bee... |
17.01.2017 | Deliver My Ride delivers another car buying service | Deliver My Ride, a new car buying site from the new firm MadDog Technology, is the latest to offer a car buying service without the buyer having to visit the dreaded dealership.
Deliver My Ride made the interesting choice to be website only... |
07.12.2016 | Used-car marketplace Beepi shuts down outside of CA, merges with stealth Fair.com | After going through nearly $150 million in funding, peer-to-peer used-car marketplace Beepi.com is shifting gears. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the startup is shutting down its operations outside of California, laying off 180 s... |
27.08.2016 | What this month’s Jet.com sale means for the future of retail | Toby Russell Contributor
Toby Russell is head of business and product at SHIFT Technologies, Inc., an online automobile marketplace based in San Francisco.
One in ten retail sales in the United States –- a projected $373 billion in 2016 -– ... |
07.07.2016 | If you’re waiting for a self-driving car revolution, keep waiting | George Arison Contributor
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19.05.2016 | Insurtech, Shift Technologies Raises $10M in Series A Venture Capital Funding | Shift Technologies, a Paris, France-based insurtech startup, raised $10m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to hi... |
27.01.2016 | An Inside Look At Car Marketplace Shift And Its Plans For Major Growth, Starting With D.C. | If you’ve ever tried to sell a used car you know it’s a process. You either haggle low-ball offers at the dealership or wade through Craigslist emails with the hope that a possible buyer actually shows up, wants your car and has cash.
Start... |
17.11.2015 | Yes, Millennials Do Buy Cars | George Arison Contributor
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01.09.2015 | Shift Technologies Raises $50M in Series B Financing | Shift Technologies, a San Francisco-based people-powered marketplace for buying and selling a car, raised a $50M Series B financing.
The round was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), with participation from existing investors D... |
01.09.2015 |
Shift Technologies Gets $50M More
| Shift Technologies, the online marketplace for used cars which has major operations in Los Angeles, has raised $50M in new funding for the startup, the company said today. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), and... |
14.05.2015 | Brand Networks Acquires Social Ad Platform Shift For $50M | Social marketing company Brand Networks continues to gobble up the competition — it just announced that it’s acquiring Shift in a $50 million cash-and-stock deal.
Back in 2013, it acquired Optimal, another social media advertising company. ... |
07.04.2014 | Veteran Euro Tech Exec Kate Burns Shifts To SHIFT To Help Its Expansion | Last time we checked in with Kate Burns, the former Director of Google UK and AOL EU, she’d been hired by Drawbridge, a cross-device ad targeting startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia. Now one of Europe’s most experienced ‘scaling u... |
11.12.2013 | Shift Raises $6M in Series B Funding | Shift, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a real-time marketing platform, raised $6m in Series B funding.
The round, which brought total financing to $14m to date, was led by DN Capital.
The company intends to use the funds for internation... |
10.12.2013 | Funding Daily: Jingle beacons & big data investments all the way | 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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10.12.2013 |
SHIFT Gets $6M For Real Time Marketing Tools
| Santa Monica-based SHIFT, which develops real time, online advertising and marketing tools, announced this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding came from DN Capital, and will go towards in... |
10.12.2013 | Marketing Startup Shift Raises $6M For European Expansion | Marketing startup Shift is announcing that it has raised $6 million in new funding.
The round was led by European firm DN Capital, with DN managing partner Nenad Marovac joining Shift’s board of directors. Shift CEO James Borow said this fu... |
10.12.2013 | Funding Daily: Jingle beacons & big data investments all the way | Come for the adorable puppy photo, stay for all the gloriously compiled funding news announced today.
That’s right, it’s time for yet another classic VentureBeat Funding Daily!
vIPtela raises $33M to drop network costs between data centers
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08.08.2013 | Social Ad Startup Shift Hires Former Facebook VP Paul Ollinger As President | Shift, a company that offers tools for running social advertising campaigns and for collaborating within a marketing team, has hired Paul Ollinger as president.
Ollinger was previously vice president of sales for Facebook’s west region, joi... |
09.04.2013 | Shift attacks Salesforce, Adobe with ‘open marketing cloud,’ an app store for digital marketing tools | 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!
Salesforce says it has the world’s only unified s... |
09.04.2013 | Shift attacks Salesforce, Adobe with ‘open marketing cloud,’ an app store for digital marketing tools | Salesforce says it has the world’s only unified social marketing suite. Adobe says its marketing cloud is a single service that includes everything digital marketers need to get ahead.
Shift begs to differ.
“We’re bringing the market altern... |
18.10.2012 | Shift.com: Social Ad Startup GraphEffect Tries To Create A More Productive LinkedIn | GraphEffect, a startup that until now has focused on social media advertising, is launching a new collaboration platform today called Shift.com.
CEO James Borow said Shift.com emerged from the GraphEffect team’s frustrating experiences tryi... |
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- | Why you should buy your next car online. Humans interact better, technology does the rest | -Hey dude, I’m gonna buy a car today.
-Really? Where you gonna go?.
-Where? I’ll do it from my couch.
-Really?
This might seem like a dumb conversation between two mates, but it is pretty much what we can expect to hear from now on. On ... |
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