VUGO

We help rideshare drivers make more money while riders get interactive entertainment

https://wefunder.com/vugo

Total raised on Wefunder: 118025

Total investors: 117

Quick facts

  • Ridesharing Companies & Drivers Are hungry for incremental sources of income. $200B+ Market Size.
  • Partnerships with Disney & VIA Ridesharing
  • Time Magazine named “Ad Dollars for Uber Drivers” one of the best inventions of 2019
  • Over 20,000 rideshare have applied to our waiting list to work with us.
  • Startups.com Named VUGO as one of the top 10 startups to watch in 2018
  • We won the nation’s largest statewide startup competition for high-tech startups in 2016, at the U of M
  • We won the 2016 Eureka Innovation Award for Advertising and Marketing
  • The State of Florida has legalized rideshare advertising statewide as of 06/23/2020

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VUGO

We help rideshare drivers make more money while riders get interactive entertainment

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Last Funded August 2021

$118,025

raised from 117 investors
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Brian interviewed VUGO on March 1, 2021. Play Video
Brian Belley
Brian Belley
CTO @Kingscrowd. Former Venture Partner, Founder, Startup Advisor, and recovering Rocket Scientist. Investor in 240+ startups.
Strengths
says, "Bold vision for the future of in-ride entertainment in autonomous vehicles with a near-term path to get there."
Advice
says, "As experienced during COVID, numerous risks exist that are outside of the control of the team, including fierce competition. I would like to see more of a concrete plan towards their goal of obtaining a portion of this overall market, and then how they plan to reach a sustainable competitive advantage in the long run."

What Investors Say

Chief Investment Officer
LEAD INVESTOR
Invested $1,000 this round + $600,000 previously
Rideshare is a global trend not going away that will be amplified by autonomous vehicles in the future.  In order to drive down costs, and support increasing wages for rideshare drivers and fleet operators.  I believe Vugo's business model, contracts, and content can be the game changer to the fleet operator business model and will allow for higher wages to drivers. The multi-pronged revenue stream between in vehicle, exterior advertising is a huge incremental revenue stream that goes straight to the bottom line for fleet operators.  Vugo's founders are the most experienced operators in the rideshare advertising industry, are tenacious having fought through several outdated & obsolete regulatory obstacles and a pandemic to get Vugo to where it is, now poised to capitalize on an expected massive market opportunity .  
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