Tech Company Financing Transactions

RideCell Funding Round

Activate Venture Partners, private investors and Ally Financial invested in a $31.4 million Series B funding round for RideCell. The financing was announced on 11/14/2018.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/14/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$31,390,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
The new funds raised will be used for the continued development of Ridecell's mobility and operations platform that supports use cases ranging from carsharing to completely autonomous ridehailing.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Transportation
Mailing Address
514 Bryant St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Email Address
Overview
Founded in 2009, in a dispatch room at Georgia Tech, two friends Aarjav and Arun began with a vision to run the world better by making transportation simpler for everyone. They wanted to build a platform that would be easy to use and efficient.
Profile
RideCell LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
RideCell Company Twitter Account
Company News
RideCell News
Facebook
RideCell on Facebook
YouTube
RideCell on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Aarjav Trivedi
  Aarjav Trivedi LinkedIn Profile  Aarjav Trivedi Twitter Account  Aarjav Trivedi News  Aarjav Trivedi on Facebook
Co-Founder
Arun Elangovan
  Arun Elangovan LinkedIn Profile  Arun Elangovan Twitter Account  Arun Elangovan News  Arun Elangovan on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Philippe Huysmans
  Philippe Huysmans LinkedIn Profile  Philippe Huysmans Twitter Account  Philippe Huysmans News  Philippe Huysmans on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Fernando Ruarte
  Fernando Ruarte LinkedIn Profile  Fernando Ruarte Twitter Account  Fernando Ruarte News  Fernando Ruarte on Facebook
VP - Finance
Shiva Kumar
  Shiva Kumar LinkedIn Profile  Shiva Kumar Twitter Account  Shiva Kumar News  Shiva Kumar on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Mark Thomas
  Mark Thomas LinkedIn Profile  Mark Thomas Twitter Account  Mark Thomas News  Mark Thomas on Facebook
VP - Operations
Samyak Pandya
  Samyak Pandya LinkedIn Profile  Samyak Pandya Twitter Account  Samyak Pandya News  Samyak Pandya on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Lana Schuler
  Lana Schuler LinkedIn Profile  Lana Schuler Twitter Account  Lana Schuler News  Lana Schuler on Facebook
VP - Sales
Daniel McGehee
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