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, Socure, Betterment, HomeLight
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
prnewswire - Oct, 16 2023
Zum Recognizes National School Bus Safety Weeknews - Jun, 26 2023
How Early Zoom Investor TSVC Finds ‘Defensible’ Seed Startups To Backaithority - Dec, 18 2021
Zum Raises The Bar On Student Transportation Safetynews - Oct, 8 2021
The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Healthtech, Selling Cars And Securing The Cloudfinsmes - Oct, 7 2021
Zum Raises $130M in Series D Fundingbizjournals - Oct, 6 2021
Redwood City-based student transport startup Zum nears unicorn value with $130M fundingwristwatchreview - Oct, 20 2020
ZUM, the watch with a face a robot could love, on Kickstarterdlvr - Oct, 6 2020
ZUM R1 regulator complication automatic driver watchsfchronicle - Jul, 2 2020
Uber and Lyft say regulator can’t make drivers employeesaxios - 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 - Nov, 10 2019
Lyft Wants To Reward Consumers Who Sell Their Carspymnts - Sep, 3 2019
Back To School Carpools Go Ridesharingventurebeat - May, 16 2019
Fastest Growing Companies in California Cities awarded by Growjo: San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, etc.pehub - Feb, 28 2019
Zūm pulls in $40 mln Series Cprnewswire - Feb, 28 2019
Zūm Raises $19 Million in Series B Funding, Grew 340% in 2017TechCrunch - Feb, 28 2019
Zūm, a ridesharing service for kids, raises $40 millionnews - Feb, 28 2019
Zūm Raises $40M To Help Schools Save Money On TransportationTechCrunch - 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 schooleconomist - Jan, 15 2017
A handful of startups are launching ride-hailing for childrenbizjournals - Jun, 8 2016
Zum aims to conquer on-demand care for kidsmashable - Jun, 8 2016
12 apps to help find reliable childcaretechinsider - Jun, 8 2016
The 'Uber for childcare' lets parents order a nanny through an appsiliconbeat - May, 2 2016
Zum picks up customers and drivers after Shuddle’s closingNew 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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