Luxe (company)
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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Curtis Lee, Craig Martin |
| Headquarters | San Francisco (HQ) |
Number of locations | 6 cities |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Curtis Lee (CEO, founder) |
| Products | Parking spaces, Car services |
| Services | On-demand parking and car services marketplace |
| Website | www |
Luxe is a technology company that develops, markets and operates the Luxe mobile app, an on-demand parking and car services mobile application. Using Luxe, customers can submit a request to have their car parked, fueled, washed, charged, serviced or driven home by the company's valets eliminating the hassles of owning a car - a service the New York Times compared to Uber, Lyft and Amazon Prime for its ease of use and transformative impact on urban dwellers.[1][2]
Growth and expansion
Luxe was founded as Luxe Valet in 2013, by Curtis Lee and Craig Martin, former colleagues at Zynga. The app and service was launched the following October. Luxe was born out of Lee's frustration with finding a parking space where he lived in San Francisco. Luxe is credited with inventing the concept of on-demand parking inspiring a slew of similar companies. Luxe is headquartered in San Francisco, California.[3]
In the 12 months between the first two rounds of funding, the company grew to 6 business markets San Francisco, Seattle, New York City,[4] Austin, Chicago and Los Angeles. The company works with leading parking operators and has tie-ups with city parking garages. By April 2016, the company has expanded to the major cities in the United States.[5] The company has also entered a relationship with Tesla Motors whereby Luxe will have exclusive access to dedicated Tesla super charging stations for its customers.[6]
Funding
As of April 2016, Luxe had raised $75.5M in total venture funding.[7][8] Luxe received its seed round funding of $5.5 million in October 2014, Series A funding of $20 million in February 2015 and a round of $50 million in April 2016 led by The Hertz Corporation.[9][10]
Media coverage
Luxe has been featured in major publications, including the Techcrunch, Bloomberg,[11] Forbes, Business Insider,[12] Washington Post[13] and others.
See also
References
- ^ Manjoo, Farhad. "Luxe Valet App Eliminates the Headache of Finding a Parking Spot". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- ^ Ingrid Lunden (20 January 2016). "Luxe Is Partnering With Tesla, Will Charge Cars As It Valet Parks Them". Techcrunch. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Brian Solomon (23 October 2015). "Valets On Demand: Can Luxe Solve Our Parking Mess?". Forbes. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ John Bonazzo (14 August 2015). "Valet App Luxe Wants To Take The Pain Out Of New York City Parking". Observer. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Dan Norton (21 December 2015). "Valet app Luxe to cease Philadelphia operations... at least temporarily". Bizjournals. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Adnan Farooqui (20 January 2016). "On-Demand Valet Luxe Will Now Park And Charge Your Tesla". Ubergizmo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Luxe Overview". Crunchbase. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Doug Newcomb (22 April 2016). "Business Travelers Are Skipping Rental Cars For Ride-Sharing Services". Forbes. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Prateek Jose (11 April 2016). "Valet Parking App Luxe Lands $50 Million in Funding". Snapmunk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "The Daily Startup: Luxe Valet Parks $50 Million Round Led by Hertz". The Wall Street Journal. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Ellen Huet and Jing Cao. "On-Demand Valet Parking Seemed Like Such a Great Idea. It Wasn't". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Maya Kosoff (22 July 2015). "Luxe, a startup that fixes the worst thing about city driving, just launched in New York City". Business Insider. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Need parking? Oil change? Gas? There's an app for that". Washington Post. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.