Yummy, a provider of an on-demand delivery and transportation app in Venezuela and Bolivia, raised $47 million in its latest financing. The round was led by Anthos Capital, with the participation of JAM Fund, Soma Capital, WIND Ventures, Ethos Capital, and YC Continuity. In connection with this financing, Barney Harford, former COO of Uber Technologies and CEO of Orbitz Worldwide, has been appointed to the… Continue reading Yummy Raises $47 Million in Funding
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Insights on the Car E-hailing Global Market to 2031 – Players Include Uber Technologies, Gett, Lyft and Grab
DUBLIN, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “Car E-hailing Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2021-2031” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This recent report on the car e-hailing market, with the help of a comprehensive outlook, provides readers with an assessment of the global market landscape. This study on… Continue reading Insights on the Car E-hailing Global Market to 2031 – Players Include Uber Technologies, Gett, Lyft and Grab
Constrafor Raises $100M+ in Funding
Constrafor, a New York-based provider of a SaaS construction procurement platform with embedded financing, raised $100M+ in Seed funding. The round was led by Fintech Collective with participation from Village Global, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Commerce Venture, Ramp, Uber, and Paxos. The company also received a credit facility from CoVenture. The company intends to use the… Continue reading Constrafor Raises $100M+ in Funding
Yummy’s super-sized round helps grow its delivery, ride-sharing super app in LatAm
Less than a year after taking its first funding, Latin American local on-demand delivery and transportation super app Yummy is back with an upsized round of $47 million. The round was led by Anthos Capital, with the participation of JAM Fund, Soma Capital, WIND Ventures, Ethos Capital and YC Continuity. The new investment gives Yummy… Continue reading Yummy’s super-sized round helps grow its delivery, ride-sharing super app in LatAm
Uber: Unpacking congestion: causes, impacts, and solutions
Uber’s mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. But the world moves a lot more slowly when high levels of traffic congestion make travel times long and unpredictable. For decades, city planners, policymakers, and academics have endeavored to understand the nature of congestion and debated how best to address it.… Continue reading Uber: Unpacking congestion: causes, impacts, and solutions
Yummy Secures $47 Million in Funding To Meet Growing Consumer Demand
Founded in 2020 by Venezuelan native and former Postmates and Getaround Director of User Acquisition Vicente Zavarce, Yummy is the dominant provider of on-demand delivery and transportation in Venezuela and Bolivia, allowing users to order anything and go anywhere at the click of a button. After gaining quick traction, Yummy expanded and is seeing strong… Continue reading Yummy Secures $47 Million in Funding To Meet Growing Consumer Demand
This Wireless Surround System Is the Future of Home Audio
If you want discrete speakers to go with your brand new flatscreen, you’d probably start by measuring speaker cables and prepping a utility knife for your drywall. Soundbars with rear surround speakers and wireless subwoofers make installing a complete system a little easier, but they don’t offer the same fidelity you get from separate speakers… Continue reading This Wireless Surround System Is the Future of Home Audio
The question of the private car in autonomous driving
The question keeps coming up as to whether there are still private cars with autonomous driving or not? The question of private cars initially has two components. On the one hand, it is a question of economics and environmental compatibility, because the private car is a driver of CO2 emissions and a factor in the… Continue reading The question of the private car in autonomous driving
Exploited gig workers need industry reform claims new Flinders University study
Gig workers are exploited through promises of a flexible algorithm according to a new study published by Flinders University, contending that an out-of-court settled case involving an Uber Eats driver epitomised the problems still facing Australia’s digital platform economy. An absence of definitions over employment in gig economy work and the vulnerabilities of temporary migrants and… Continue reading Exploited gig workers need industry reform claims new Flinders University study
PayPal has been laying off workers to reduce costs
PayPal has laid off workers in risk management and operations this week, according to Bloomberg. It’s the latest in a series of layoffs within the company — and it also won’t be the last. The publication says the payment processor also recently reduced its employee numbers in Chicago, Omaha, Nebraska and Chandler, Arizona. Further, it… Continue reading PayPal has been laying off workers to reduce costs