Sidecar (company)

Sidecar was a US-based transportation network company that provided ride-sharing services and business-to-business delivery services. It was founded in 2011 in San Francisco and closed on December 31, 2015. Sidecar was the first transportation network company in the real-time ridesharing industry, which was later popularized by companies like Uber and Didi Chuxing.

Sidecar was founded in September 2011 by Sunil Paul, CEO, Jahan Khanna, CTO, and Adrian Fortino. The company expanded its operations into Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Austin. At the South By Southwest festival in 2013, Sidecar made all rides during the conference free. In 2013 the company started operating in Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Chicago, San Diego, Long Beach and Oakland.

Sidecar was backed by a number of wealthy investors including Union Square Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and Sir Richard Branson. The company raised US$10 million in series A funding from Google Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners in 2012.

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