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Wingz Raises $11M in Series B

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What does Wingz do?

Wingz, is a scheduled airport ride startup which leverages innovative scheduling technology for providing travelers a simple and hassle free experience of passenger booking and riding. This company allows the individuals to find and book customized door to door rides to and from airports. All the drivers of this company are handpicked, trained and DMV record checked. This company’s services are available in an increasing number of airports across the country and the local residents provide the rides with their own cars.

How much Wingz was funded?

Wingz raised $11M in Series B on January 25, 2016 from Marc Benioff, Expedia Inc and Altimeter Capital.

Previous funding

  • $125k on April 4, 2011 from Kima Ventures, Geoff Mathieux and Steven Schlickman
  • $600k on December, 2013 from Larry Marcus, Michael Prentice, Christopher DeSibert, Christof Baumbach,Geoff Mathieux and Ocotea Holdings
  • $2M on April 13, 2015 from Alison Xu, Jonathan Saunders, Benoit Augagneur, Bess Ho,David Chen, Sherry Yue and James Leszczenski, Jack Russo,Paul C. Jeffries and Blue Angels Ventures, Big Bloom Investment, Florence Ventues and Vincent Ma, Binux Capital, Kyle Lam and Han Lai,  Hilton Tam, Bin An, Larry Marcus, Florence Venture Partners, Bill Bohman, Chen Yu, Emily Li, Jason Trachewsky and Duki Hong

What is next for Wingz?

Wingz plans to use the latest funding for extending its footprint in the U.S. and for continuing its investment in its technology platform.

More about Wingz

Wingz was founded in 2014 by Christof Baumbach, Frederic Gomez, Jeremie Romand and Geoff Mathieux. The company has its headquarters in San Francisco, CA. This company allows the travelers to schedule private fixed price to and fro airport rides in advance of their planned travel date, which helps in eliminating the costs and unpredictability which is associated with the on demand transportation. The drivers have their background checked and are covered by a $1M per incident liability insurance policy furnished through the company.

 

 

 

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