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October 15, 2015

Uber, Airbnb Garner Majority of On-Demand Economy Funding

CB Insights Unless You're Uber or Airbnb, The Mobile On-Demand Funding Boom Has Cooled covers the fact that Uber and Airbnb have attracted large sums of venture capital - $6.6 YTD in 2015 alone.

The rest of the on-demand economy has also done pretty well - $1.67 billion YTD 2015. Key quote from the article on fund raises by companies who are not Uber or Airbnb:

Some of the largest non-Uber, AirBnB rounds in 2015 YTD include Lyft‘s $530M Series E, Munchery‘s $85M Series C, Postmates‘ $80M Series D, Shyp‘s $50M Series B and Sprig‘s $45M Series B.

The article chart below (click to enlarge) shows on-demand economy funding with and without Uber and Airbnb.

ODE VC funding

Posted by on October 15, 2015 at 01:00 AM in 1099 Economy, gig economy, on-demand economy |

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