Urgent.ly

Urgent.ly
Private
Industry Auto
Headquarters Vienna, Virginia, United States
Number of employees
 70
Website www.geturgently.com

Urgent.ly is a roadside assistance technology company. The company is based in Vienna, Virginia and was founded by Ric Fleisher, Surendra Goel, Luke Kathol, Lokesh Kumar, Rick Robinson, and Chris Spanos.

Mobile app

The app connects users with roadside assistance providers. Users pay the service providers directly through the app.[1] The app is available on Android and iOS. The app was chosen to be added to the AT&T Drive platform for connected cars.[1][2] Urgent.ly partnered with MapQuest in November 2014.[3] [4]

Funding

In April 2014, CIT Gap Funds and Blu Venture invested $525,000 seed funding into Urgent.ly.[5] [6] [7] In October 2014, Select Venture Partners invested $1.2 million pre-Series A funding with contributions from CIT Gap Funds and Blu Venture.[8] [9] [10] In September 2015 Allianz Digital Corporate Ventures, Verizon Ventures and Forte Ventures invested a $7 million Series A round [11]In October 2017 American Tire Distributors, Verizon Ventures and Forté Ventures invested $10 million in Series B round. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Urgent.ly is like Uber for roadside assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "WJLA - Washington Business Report". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "MapQuest, Urgent.ly use Uber's model to create app for roadside assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dulles-based Urgent.ly, MapQuest team for roadside assistance service". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "MapQuest, Urgent.ly use Uber's model to create app for roadside assistance". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Download: LiveSafe partners with Blackboard to sell campus safety software". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Street Fight Daily: Facebook's 'Nearby Friends,' Twitter Debuts App Promo Suite". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "InTheCapital Beat 10/15: Google Doctors, Urgent.ly raise, HBO standing alone". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "DC's Urgent.ly Raises $1.2M Pre-Series A Round for Roadside Assistance Service". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "District-based roadside assistance start-up Urgent.ly raises $1.2M from investors". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Urgent.ly Raises $7 Million for On-Demand Roadside Assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Urgent.ly, The Leading Global Digital Roadside Assistance Platform, Picks Up Series B Round: American Tire Distributors Joins as Strategic Investor and Partner". PRWeb. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
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