# Founder Q&A with Freebird Rides | Freebird Rides

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- Published at: 2024-01-29 22:24:24 UTC
- Updated at: 2025-07-18 10:16:34 UTC

## Author
Tom Szabo

## Subject
Freebird Rides

## Content
Click here to register and join our live webinar with Freebird team members Thomas Szabo (CEO) and Ben Lappen (CMO)To our Freebird Supporters and Investors,We are delighted to announce the tremendous success of our Wefunder capital campaign, which has raised over $2.8 million from more than 1,900 new investors. Thank you all for your trust and support.We closed 2023 accomplishing our cornerstone objectives:The aggregation of critical intellectual property and assets into a single FreebirdRides, Inc. entity.Completed the assimilation of all prior shareholder classes into a single class of Common Stock with the same rights and responsibilities as new Wefunder shareholders.Established the Special Purpose Entity (SPV) structure with a prominent Lead Investor to represent all Wefunder Reg CF shareholders.Built the new features and benefits roadmap for 2024/25.Established regional launch criteria for 2024.Our next 30 days are focused on critical path objectives:Several new features and offerings from our technology partners including AWS and Google are helping us enhance our rapid scaling capabilities and mitigate costs, and will provide incremental benefits as we grow our deployment strategy.We are expanding our brand strategy to offer Safe Rides Home offers, in-app advertising, and cash back to rider programs that are both regional and national.Our venue and loyalty program is also expanding our reach to allow us to include the integration of venue loyalty software, partner with marketing agencies, and event-driven partnerships for major local events in addition to individual hospitality venues and restaurant groups. And we are continuing to expand our rider acquisition strategies from core marketing through traditional search engine and social media programs to include corporate clients, partner promotions, and influencer partnerships with local story and demographic interest.Join us for Freebird's Investor Town HallPlease join us for a webinar on Friday, Feb 2, at 2pm PST // 5pm EST hosted by our CEO Tom Szabo to learn more about our rollout and deployment strategy and learn about some of the new features we are introducing at Freebird Rides! Click here to register.