Strategic Sharing: Zipcar Leads $13.7M Investment In Campus Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz
February 22, 2012 – 8:25 am | No Comment

Well, you have to hand it to the strategy team over at Zipcar . Arguably the largest on-demand car-sharing network, Zipcar went public last year and not long after saw its market cap cross $1 billion . It’s since fallen back, and with collaborative consumption and the market for car-sharing heating up, the big players have to make moves. Zipcar has since forged a partnership with Ford, making it the largest provider of cars for Zipcar’s University program , and, in December, the company took a controlling stake in Spain’s largest car-sharing network, Avancar . Today finds Zipcar making another strategic move to get its mitts in fellow car-sharing companies, again with a focus on universities, whose students are among the most eager adopters of car-sharing models. What do I mean? The company today announced that it is a lead investor in the $13.7 million series A financing of Wheelz , a junior, university-focused version of itself. The Detroit-based Fontinalis…

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By 2031, we’ll all be flying personal blimpjets

Submitted by admin on February 10, 2012 – 3:14 pmNo Comment

b148f9d84b83355.jpg By 2031, well all be flying personal blimpjets

I’ll bet you never knew that the gaping hole in your life was exactly the size of one of these conceptual personal blimpjets, did you? ‘Cause it is. I know, you’ve tried to cram flying cars and driveable planes in there to no avail, but by 2031, the blimpjet will be here to make everything complete.

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