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Sidecar

A B2B on-demand delivery service.

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Car Sharing, Rideshare, Consumer Services, Transportation, Mobile Apps,

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Reasons for Shutdown

Poor Marketing

No marketing strategy

Sidecar had the top-notch technology but no marketing strategy.
Car-hailing services depended on the traction present in the market and the network of drivers and passengers that they built.

Strong Competition

Their competitors invested more to market their product to gain customers.

Sidecar could only become useful and profitable if there was always a high density of drivers and users.
Unlike their giant competitors, Sidecar did not invest enough to market their product and to gain customers.

Failed Acquisition (Takeover)

Sidecar was acquired by GM

Instead of focusing on its powerful technology and the empowerment their app gave to ita users, Sidecar tried to place themselves as an affordable alternative to Uber, which did not work for them.
Weeks after Sidecar shut down in December 2015, they were acquired by GM.

Direct Competitors and Similar Companies

Note: Direct competitors are defined by similarity score of more than 40%, while similar companies are defined by similarity score of less than 40%

No.	Name	Similarity score	Description	Industry	Categories	Location	Ownership status	Entity type	Stage of development	Transactional model type	Defensibility moats	Last financing round	Total raised	Post-money valuation	Last financing date	No. of funding round(s)	No. of investors	Investors	Total revenue	Market capitalization	No. of investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	Competition	Management	No. of employees	Company reputation	Contact info	Operational status	Operational duration	Shutdown date	Founded date	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Ticker
1.	Outbox	39.1%	A startup that provided digital mail management services.	Internet	Consumer Services	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
2.	Sheprd	39.0%	Transportation for students in its fleet of safe, fully-insured, and licensed SUVs.	Internet	Child Transportation Service, Transportation, Applications, Children, Ride Sharing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
3.	Carpooling.com	35.4%	A ride-sharing network.	Internet	Transportation, Ride Sharing, Ride Sharing	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
4.	Vatler	32.3%	An online application that enabled users to access on-demand valet services.	Internet	Applications, Mobile Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
5.	Hey Bob	31.4%	An on-demand bike taxi.	Internet	Transportation, Applications, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
6.	AUTOnCAB	28.7%	An auto-hailing mobile app focused on making daily commute a breeze.	Internet	Transportation, Mobile Applications, Car Service, Ride Sharing	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
7.	GoMyWay	28.1%	A ride-sharing service that connected private car owners with empty seats to passengers going the same way across Nigeria.	Internet	Ride Sharing, Ride Sharing, Public Transportation	Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
8.	Levoma	27.1%	Provided peer-to-peer location-based dating services that are powered by Facebook.	Internet	P2P, Consumer Services, Dating, Location Based Services	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
9.	VetPronto	26.5%	House call veterinary service and care.	Internet	Health, Consumer Services, Pet, Pet, On-Demand Service, Veterinary, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
10.	Kwiry	25.7%	An online reminder service.	Internet	SMS based services, Messaging, Mobile Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
11.	Cate App	24.7%	A privacy app that hides calls and messages from selected contacts (i.e. a messaging app for cheating)	Internet	Mobile Applications, Messaging	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
12.	Shuddle	23.4%	A company that designed and developed mobile application which allows parents to hire transportation service for their children.	Internet	Child Transportation Service, Applications, Software, Transportation	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
13.	Trevo	22.4%	Uber for 'Intra-City Bus-Pooling'.	Internet	Public Transportation, Travel and tourism, Ride Sharing, Applications	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
14.	Shaukk	22.1%	An online platform that connected like-minded people in a locality.	Internet	Communities, Mobile Applications, Social Network, Social Media, Location Based Services	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
15.	Job Spotter	21.9%	App to bring crowd-sourcing to local jobs.	Internet	Professional Services, Crowdsourcing, Mobile Applications, Applications	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
16.	Homejoy	21.7%	An online platform for hiring independent home cleaners.	Internet	Consumer Services, Housekeeping Service, Maintenance, Cleaning	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
17.	LazyLad	19.8%	An application that enabled its users to shop, and get groceries, stationeries, and more, delivered from local stores.	Internet	Applications, Shopping, E-Commerce, Delivery, Consumer Services	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
18.	Quixey	19.5%	A mobile technology company that provided better access and engagement with apps.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Web, Search Engine	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Late Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
19.	Everyday.Me	19.5%	An automatic journal that offered to record people's life and store it forever.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
20.	Squad	19.5%	A video-chat app.	Internet	Video Chat, Communities, Mobile Applications, Social	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
21.	Ditto	19.5%	A social activity app that connected people with shared activities on demand.	Internet	Social, Applications, Mobile Applications, On-Demand Service	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
22.	Tapzo	19.4%	An app aggregator which allowed users to access more than 35 apps through a single platform.	Internet	Applications, Consumer Services, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media	India	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
23.	Roamz	19.1%	A location-based application that informed users about the happenings in their cities.	Internet	Location Based Services, Mobile Applications, Machine Learning, Software, Travel and tourism	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
24.	Summly	18.8%	News aggregation app.	Internet	News, Publishing, Mobile Applications	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
25.	Bkam	18.4%	The leading price comparison website and mobile application in the MENA region.	Internet	Websites, Applications, Mobile Applications, Information Technology	Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
26.	Ousta	18.0%	Ride-hailing startup.	Internet	Car Service, Ride Sharing, Transportation	Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
27.	Flowtab	17.9%	A mobile app that offered ordering and payments platform designed to enhance users nightlife experience.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Food & Beverages, Transaction Processing, Payments, Nightlife	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
28.	HelloParking	17.8%	Enabled people to share parking spaces with other people in demand of it.	Internet	Parking, Applications, Consumer Services	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
29.	WeFit	17.7%	A fitness app that offered workout memberships at hundreds of fitness facilities.	Internet	Fitness, Mobile Applications, Wellness	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
30.	Zippon	17.5%	An online platform that offered moving services.	Internet	Transportation, Truck Aggregator	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
31.	TaxiMonger	17.4%	Let customers book taxis with an app.	Internet	Applications, Mobile Applications, Transportation	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
32.	Spreadable	17.1%	An app that allowed business owners to harness the power of word of mouth generated by their happy customers.	Internet	Applications, Technology, Mobile Applications, Marketing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
33.	Livetext	16.0%	An audio-free video messaging app built by Yahoo.	Internet	Messaging, Mobile Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
34.	Club Ovahi	15.6%	A tech company that develops customer loyalty apps and programs for mobile devices.	Internet	Software, Mobile Applications, Loyalty Programs, Mobile	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
35.	SplitKart	15.2%	A mobile app that allowed users to split bills and plan outings.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Payments, Financial Services	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
36.	Peeple	15.2%	A mobile application that allowed people to leave recommendations for other people.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Developer APIs, Applications, Reviews, Software, Social Rating	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
37.	Emoj.li	14.9%	A social network where users could only chat using emojis.	Internet	Social, Social Network, Mobile Applications, Applications	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
38.	Go90	14.6%	An American video streaming service.	Internet	Media & Entertainment, Video Streaming, Mobile Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
39.	Ezytruk Solutions	14.2%	A data driven aggregation platform for the goods transportation market place.	Internet	Logistics, Real Time, Software, Transportation, On-Demand Service	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
40.	tbh	14.0%	An app for giving anonymous, positive feedback to friends.	Internet	iOS, Mobile Applications, Social Media, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
41.	Luxe	13.7%	An on-demand valet parking and car services app.	Internet	Logistics, Parking, Transportation, Consumer Services	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
42.	PepperTap	13.5%	A mobile application that provided grocery delivery service.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Delivery, E-Commerce, On-Demand Service	India	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1000-5000	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
43.	Notifo	12.8%	A mobile application that allowed websites and services to create mobile notifications.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Software, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
44.	Circa	12.5%	A mobile news app that provided users with up-to-date news on diverse topics.	Internet	Mobile Applications, News	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
45.	Flytenow	12.5%	Connected people with pilots so they can get off the ground easily.	Internet	Travel and tourism, Transportation, Collaborative Consumption	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
46.	Social.fm	12.3%	A free social networking service for music fans ran by Mercora.	Internet	Social Music, Mobile Applications, Web Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2003	-	-	-
47.	HeyKuya	12.1%	A text-based personal concierge service.	Internet	Virtualization, Service Industry, Consumer Services	Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
48.	Doodhwala	11.9%	A hyperlocal delivery platform that offered milk and household products.	Internet	E-Commerce, Delivery, Consumer Services	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
49.	TaxiForSure	11.7%	An aggregator of car rentals and taxis.	Internet	Public Transportation, Transportation, Leisure, Taxi Aggregator	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
50.	LoveByte	11.5%	A mobile app providing loving couples a private space for two to communicate.	Internet	Applications, Mobile Applications, Social Media	Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
51.	MovinCart	11.4%	A hyperlocal grocery delivery app that offered farm fresh produce, dairy products.	Internet	Applications, E-Commerce, Shopping, Delivery, Consumer Services	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
52.	Chikka	10.7%	A free SMS service.	Internet	Messaging, Instant Messaging, Mobile Applications, Wireless, Mobile	Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1999	-	-	-
53.	Google Allo	9.9%	An instant messaging mobile app by Google.	Internet	Messaging, Mobile Applications, Instant Messaging, Social Network, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
54.	Maven	9.8%	Car-sharing service.	Internet	Ride Sharing, Marketplace, Software, Transportation	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
55.	Meituan Open Services	9.7%	The public cloud platform.	Internet	Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Consumer Services	China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
56.	BabyBerry	9.5%	A pregnancy & parenting app that offered its users advice from real experts.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Parenting, E-Commerce	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
57.	Tulungin	9.4%	A platform for service providers.	Internet	Consumer Services, Marketplace, Websites	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
58.	Airizu	9.3%	Short-term accommodations O2O booking platform.	Internet	O2O, Rental, Consumer Services, Hospitality	China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
59.	SpoonJoy	9.2%	A subscription-based online platform that allowed office goers and other consumers to order meal packs.	Internet	Delivery, Mobile Applications, Food & Beverages, Subscription, Foodtech	India	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
60.	eXiche	8.0%	Online to offline car wash services.	Internet	Car Service, Consumer Services	China	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
61.	Chicisimo	8.0%	A virtual closet app.	Internet	Virtualization, Fashion, Applications, Mobile Applications, Lifestyle, E-Commerce, Big Data	Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
62.	LYKE	7.7%	A fashion discovery app.	Internet	Fashion, Applications, Mobile Applications, Lifestyle, E-Commerce	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
63.	Addressbin	7.0%	An easy way to collect email addresses	Internet	Web Applications, Technology, Consumer Services	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
64.	Gigalocal	6.8%	Marketplace for household tasks and errand services.	Internet	Marketplace, Home Services, Consumer Services	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
65.	Truckmandi	6.7%	An online truck booking solution, which simplified the task of handling bulk transport with the help of technology.	Internet	Truck Aggregator, Logistics, Applications, Transportation, Supply Chain	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
66.	ParkFlyRent	6.5%	An airport carsharing platform.	Internet	Automotive, Ride Sharing	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
67.	Stoqo	5.7%	An online platform that supplied fresh ingredients to food outlets.	Internet	Manufacturing, Mobile Applications, Shopping	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2017	-	-	-
68.	Buddy Beers	5.3%	Travel app for buying beers from abroad.	Internet	B2C, Social, Food & Beverages, Mobile Applications, Applications	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
69.	Meerkat	5.2%	A mobile livestreaming app that enabled users to broadcast real-time video.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Real Time, Video Streaming, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
70.	FAWOZ	4.0%	An app that allowed car service and taxi owners to offer additional services to the end customer.	Internet	Information Technology, Mobile, Mobile Applications, Applications, Software	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
71.	Onepagetrip	2.4%	A travel community combined with trip planning tools.	Internet	Transportation, Travel and tourism	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-

Investors

No.	Image	Name	Investor type	Description	Location	Preferred investment stage(s)	Stages invested in	Assets under management (AUM)	Investment range	Investment sweet spot	Preferred investment focus	Preferred investment geography	No. of investments	No. of lead investments	No. of follow-on investments	No. of co-investments	Portfolio companies	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of failed investments	Loss on investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	No. of funds	Limited partners	Co-investors	No. of partners	Partners	No. of employees	Management	Board members	Founders	Investor reputation	Contact info	Entity type	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Founded date	Ticker
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Leadership

No.	Image	Name	Previous designation	Previous company	Previous biography	Previous profile type	Previous location	Experience	Education	Reputation	Current company	Current designation	Current biography	Current profile type	Current location	No. of investments	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of board seats taken	Contact info
1.		Sunil Paul	Partner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Spring Ventures	-	Partner at Spring Ventures .	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.		Jahan Khanna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Jahan leads Sidecar’s technology vision. As a University of Michigan Student, Jahan was the lead programmer on the “Magic Bus Project,” a transit application that tells passengers how long they’ll wait for the next bus. This school project became Shepherd Intelligent Systems, a transportation software company for public transit, taxi, limo, school, and shuttle bus fleets that is still used by the University of Michigan today. In 2011, Jahan, Sunil and Nick came together to create Sidecar. Under Jahan’s leadership, the engineering team has developed a dynamic, intuitive and scalable platform that has matched more than 250,000 shared rides to date. In the winter of 2011 Jahan found himself stranded when he left a party in the Marina District of San Francisco and couldn’t find a cab. He grabbed a ride home with a pizza delivery guy and gave him $20 for helping him out. Just like that, an idea was born.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Funding

No.	Financing date	Financing round	Total amount raised	Post-money valuation	Financial viability	Fundraising target amount	Remaining target amount	Financing type	No. of investors	Board seats	Lead investors	Entity type	Financing status
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