Saskatoon is in recovery mode after heavy rainfall on Monday turned city streets into urban lakes. Brent Gudelot, who has lived on Grosvenor Crescent .
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Founded in Saskatoon in 2017 by Co-Founders Alex Cruder and Brent Gudelot, the service aims to return time to the shoppers, who, in common car shopping experiences, often have to visit multiple dealerships, haggle with finance departments, or deal with sometimes unreliable back-and-forth conversations with sellers on private marketplace sites.
“The experience felt archaic,” says Curbie CEO Alex Cruder of the traditional method of car shopping. “We’ve seen so many industries disrupted for the better by removing the salesperson and empowering the customer to shop in their own way, on their own time. It makes sense vehicles are the next frontier.”
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Curbie Cars closes $7 million seed round
Curbie Cars, a Saskatoon-based online vehicle retail startup, has completed a $7 million CAD seed round of financing.
The round was led by Conexus Venture Capital, with participation from SaskWorks and Broad Street Bulls. Curbie Cars will use the new funding to expand in its current markets, increase its inventory of vehicles and grow its team.