Tech Company Financing Transactions

Yellow Funding Round

Yellow closed a $63 million Series A funding round on 9/14/2018. Backers included GGV Capital, Base10 Partners and Class 5.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/14/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$63,000,000
Round
Series A
Proceeds Purpose
With the investment, the startup plans to expand to Mexico City, Colombia, Chile and Argentina, as well as add e-bikes to its portfolio of micro-mobility options.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Transportation
Mailing Address
Rua Lourenco Marques 297 Vila Olimpia
Sao Paulo, 04547-100
Brazil
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Founded by a group of passionate entrepreneurs, Ariel and Renato, founders of 99 and Eduardo Musa, former owner and CEO of Caloi, Yellow is the first brazilian dockless bicycle-sharing platform that is operated via an online mobile app. We will enable users to hire a bicycle anytime and anywhere.
Profile
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Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Eduardo Musa
  Eduardo Musa LinkedIn Profile  Eduardo Musa Twitter Account  Eduardo Musa News  Eduardo Musa on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Ricardo Oliveira
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Co-Founder
Renato Freitas
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Founder
Ariel Lambrecht
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VP - Operations
Leila von Dreifus
  Leila von Dreifus LinkedIn Profile  Leila von Dreifus Twitter Account  Leila von Dreifus News  Leila von Dreifus on Facebook


 

 

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