These female founders involved in startups geared toward improving urban living are well worth keeping an eye on. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Living in a bustling city can be amazing, but it can also have its annoyances from traffic snarls and lunatic parking rules to crummy, distant supermarkets and less than fresh air. [...]
Posts Tagged "Getaround"
Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee Leads Panel On Disruptive Women-Led Startups At Women 2.0 Conference 2013
February 14, 2013 – 3:52 pm
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) “We were told by the smartest people in the Valley that this was a good idea but it wasn’t going to work,” said Jessica Scorpio, co-founder of Getaround. [...]
Getaround Founder Jessica Scorpio Taking The Stage At Women 2.0 Conference 2013 To Talk About Disrupting A Billion Lives
February 8, 2013 – 8:00 am
Get your ticket now to join us on Valentine’s Day and learn from successful women entrepreneurs including Jessica Scorpio at the 2013 Women 2.0 Conference! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Carsharing marketplace Getaround raised $13.9M in Series A funding last August (investors include Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer). Founded by 24-year old Jessica [...]
Getaround, Founded By Jessica Scorpio, Raises $13.9M Series A
August 2, 2012 – 3:44 pm
Jessica Scorpio’s cleantech startup raises funding to solve car overpopulation and change the world. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) “Like Airbnb for cars” – social carsharing marketplace Getaround announced raising $13.9M in Series A funding today led by Menlo Ventures. In the list of investors includes Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. Getaround was [...]
What Drives A Startup To Succeed (The Getaround Story)
May 30, 2012 – 9:00 am
“Instead of adding new cars into the world, we decided to maximize what is already available.” By Jessica Scorpio (Founder & Director of Marketing, Getaround) Just three years ago, I was given the biggest challenge of my life: positively impact one billion people in 10 years. Myself, along with 39 other students in Singularity University’s [...]
The Women Behind Hot Silicon Valley Startups, Named by Business Insider
July 27, 2011 – 6:30 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Jessica Scorpio, one of the co-founders of Getaround is missing from the list of Getaround co-founders on Business Insider’s “20 Hot Silicon Valley Startups You Need To Watch”. Getaround lets you rent cars from each other. Follow her on Twitter at @jessicascorpio. StyleSeat co-founder Melody McCloskey made [...]
