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Lyft

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Your friend with a car™

Lyft is a friendly, safe, and affordable transportation option. Just tap a button and in minutes you’ll be riding in the front seat with a new friend. Our Lyft community drivers have been background checked and personality screened to offer the best ride experience in the city! Lyft is currently available in San Francisco, LA, Seattle and Chicago.

Recent Milestones

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  Lyft received $60M in Series C funding. (5/23/13)
  Posted 5/23/13 at 9:09am via techcrunch.com
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  Lyft received $15M in Series B funding. (1/30/13)
  Posted 1/30/13 at 7:04pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lyft added Tamas Kalman as Senior Software Engineer. (11/1/11)
  Posted 1/26/12 at 4:28pm
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  Lyft received $6M in Series A funding. (9/21/11)
  Posted 9/21/11 at 7:40pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lyft — Carpooling Startup Zimride Hits 100 Million Miles Served [Infographic] (7/1/11)
  Posted 7/3/11 at 6:15pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lyft received $1.2M in Seed funding. (8/23/10)
  Posted 8/23/10 at 1:19pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lyft received $300k in Seed funding. (6/1/09)
  Posted 12/5/09 at 11:25pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lyft added Jeremy Phillips as Product and Partnership Evangelist. (10/1/07)
  Posted 9/17/12 at 1:47pm
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  Lyft added Logan Green as Co-Founder & CEO.
  Posted 9/9/08 at 8:56pm
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  Lyft added John Zimmer as Co-Founder & President.
  Posted 9/9/08 at 8:56pm
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  Lyft added Ann Miura-Ko as Board Member.
  Posted 7/29/11 at 1:25pm
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  Lyft added Marcus Cohn as Co-founder.
  Posted 12/9/12 at 5:01pm
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  Lyft added Troy Carter as Investor.
  Posted 5/15/13 at 5:51am

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Lyft - Home screen
Uploaded: 5/28/13

Above: Lyft for Android
Uploaded: 5/29/13

Products

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Lyft

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Website	lyft.me
Blog	blog.lyft.me
Tags	ridesharing, on-demand, collaborative-consumption, sharing-economy, zimride, rides, carpooling, carpool

Lyft is a friendly, safe, and affordable transportation option. Just tap a button and in minutes you’ll be riding in the front seat with a new friend. Our Lyft community drivers have been background checked and personality screened to offer the best ride experience in the city! Lyft is currently available in San Francisco, LA, Seattle and Chicago.

Zimride

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Above: Zimride Home
Uploaded: 5/29/13

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Sources

1. techcrunch.com [edit]
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3. Ride-Sharing Platform Zimride Raises $6 Million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Ahead Of Expansion, Lyft Parent Zimride Closed $15M In New Funding From Founders Fund And Existing Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Lyft Lifts $60 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, Gives 30,000 Rides A Week A Year After Launch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Carpooling Startup Zimride Hits 100 Million Miles Served [Infographic] (techcrunch.com) [edit]