Zum Stock
Child transportation for school districts
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Zūm is a provider of safe, efficient, and reliable child transportation for school districts and busy families. Zūm saves schools money and parents time by providing flexible transportation options through its network of highly vetted drivers and advanced scheduling, routing, and tracking technology. The company currently provide children’s transportation service in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. Zūm was founded in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California.
Investors
AngelPad
BMW i Ventures
Fair, Graphcore, Carbon, ChargePoint, Proterra, Turntide Technologies, Trifacta, Nauto, Shift, Kodiak Robotics
Citi Ventures
Udaan, DriveWealth, Square, Roofstock, C2FO, HoneyBook, Cart.com, Harness, Socure, Betterment
Clearvision Ventures
FiscalNote, Tomorrow.io, Orbital Insight, PubNub, Autogrid, Zum, Claroty
NGP Capital
Quikr, Xiaomi, Lime, ZoomCar, SecurityScorecard, Immuta, WorkFusion, Kaltura, Scoop Technologies, Zum
Sequoia Capital
Market Kurly, Robinhood, Airbnb, Instacart, Tokopedia, Stripe, DoorDash, Rappi, CoinSwitch Kuber, UiPath
Spark Capital
Anduril Industries, Slack, Affirm, MessageBird, Discord, Rapyd, Plaid, Cybereason, Plume Design, Deel
Funding History
| February 2016 | $2.5M |
|---|---|
| August 2017 | $5.5M |
| March 2018 | $19.0M |
| February 2019 | $44.0M |
Management
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Ritu Narayan
Chief Financial Officer
Roie Chizik
Chief Technology Officer
Abhishek Garg
Chief Operating Officer
Vivek Garg
Press
axios - Mar, 4 2020
Schools turn to ride-hailing services to transport studentsfoxbusiness - Nov, 21 2019
Uber challenger Zum offers ride hailing for kids with 'nannies on wheels'pymnts - Sep, 3 2019
Back To School Carpools Go RidesharingTechCrunch - Feb, 28 2019
Zūm, a ridesharing service for kids, raises $40 millionTechCrunch - Jun, 29 2018
These 50 founders and VCs suggest 2018 may be a tipping point for women: Part 1vator - Apr, 3 2018
How Zum's marketplace focused on schools and took offTechCrunch - Aug, 29 2017
Zūm raises $5.5 million to pick your kids up from schoolNew York Times - Apr, 13 2016
Ride-Hailing Start-Ups Compete in ‘Uber for Children’ NicheMercurynews - Jan, 21 2016
Magid: A ride-share service geared at kidsfastcompany - Jan, 21 2016
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