Tech Company Financing Transactions

RideCell Funding Round

RideCell, based in San Francisco, raised $11.7 million from BMW i Ventures, private investors and Khosla Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
RideCell
Announced On
4/11/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$11,700,000
Round
Series A
Investors

BMW i Ventures (Lead Investor)

private investors (Gokul Rajaram)

private investors (Mark Platshon)

private investors (Mehul Nariyawala)

private investors (Michael Granoff)

private investors (Navneet Dalal)

Khosla Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to grow its client roster and its core engineering, data science, product, marketing, and sales teams.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Transportation
Mailing Address
514 Bryant St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
(415) 429-3965
Website
www.ridecell.com
Email Address
[email protected]
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
  Daniel McGehee LinkedIn Profile  Daniel McGehee Twitter Account  Daniel McGehee News  Daniel McGehee on Facebook

 

 

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