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Spare raises $18M to innovate the global transportation and mobility space

Spare raises $18M to innovate the global transportation and mobility space

The funding follows a $6 million seed round in 2019.

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William Johnson
Nov 30, 2021
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Spare raises $18M to innovate the global transportation and mobility space
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L to R: Josh Andrews, COO; Kristoffer Vik Hansen, CEO; Alexey Indeev, CTO

Back in 2016, a collection of UBC alums released an app called Spare Rides that was meant to “take carpooling into the 21st century.” Here’s how it worked: Potential passengers and drivers would input their destinations into the app, and then it would make matches so the motorists …

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