Fluid Truck closes $63M funding round, plans to hire up to 275 by end of year
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Fluid Truck’s big wheels keep on turnin’, as it closed a $63 million funding round this week, the company said.
The Denver-based peer-to-peer truck rental platform plans to use the capital to add to its engineering and operations teams, accelerate expansion both nationally and internationally and reinvest in its software, according to CEO James Eberhard.
“We’ve been growing aggressively, and we try to manage a very cash-efficient shop, and we’ve seen revenue grow pretty dramatically over the last couple of years,” Eberhard said. “We wanted to invest that capital into our tech and staff, so we can continue to grow fluidly.”
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Fluid Truck’s big wheels keep on turnin’, as it closed a $63 million funding round this week, the company said.
The Denver-based peer-to-peer truck rental platform plans to use the capital to add to its engineering and operations teams, accelerate expansion both nationally and internationally and reinvest in its software, according to CEO James Eberhard.
“We’ve been growing aggressively, and we try to manage a very cash-efficient shop, and we’ve seen revenue grow pretty dramatically over the last couple of years,” Eberhard said. “We wanted to invest that capital into our tech and staff, so we can continue to grow fluidly.”
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Fluid Truck Closes $63 Million Series A Round Led by Bison Capital - Joined by Ingka Investments & Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
March 2, 2021 GMT
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DENVER, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Fluid Truck, the truck sharing platform for businesses, today announced $63 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Bison Capital, with participation from Ingka Investments (part of Ingka Group, the main IKEA retailer), Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, and Fluid Vehicle Owners. Fluid Truck will use the new funding to continue investing in the platform, scale the engineering and operations teams, and accelerate launching dozens of new markets.
Fluid Truck has built an app-based platform that aims to take away the pain and cost of owning or leasing commercial vehicles, all while grabbing market share from established companies like Penske, Ryder and U-Haul. Now, it has the capital to help it get there. The Denver-based company said Tuesday it raised $63 million in […]