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Jayride Announces Its Official U.S. Launch
[May 26, 2015]

Jayride Announces Its Official U.S. Launch


Jayride, an award-winning transportation booking platform, announced today its official U.S. launch, powered by a successful $1.5m capital raise. The startup covers nearly 100 U.S. airports and is expanding rapidly. Current major ground transport companies available to book on the platform include SuperShuttle, Blacklane and Execucar.

Since its initial launch of booking systems in Sydney in 2013, Jayride has established offices in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, and now works with 700 travel agents and 500 transportation companies globally.

"In January 2015 Jayride raised $1.5 million in capital which has allowed us to take things to the next level internationally," said Rod Bishop, co-founder and chief executive officer of Jayride. "We're proud to have so much support from existing shareholders who bak the traction in the business, and also to welcome great new professional and travel industry investors in this round."



Jayride is trusted by thousands of travellers each month. The platform enables its users to book transportation between airports and any hotel or residential address. Transportation options include coaches, private cars, executive limousines and other premium vehicles. Benefits of the platform include its best price guarantee, secure online pre-payment, instant confirmations and the ability to compare multiple quotes.

"Jayride guarantees the best coverage for ground transportation to our travel agency partners, to other online booking sites and direct to passengers online," said Bishop. "We can deliver on this promise like no one else because we have developed processes and technology that are simply the best in the industry. So we're very excited to be delivering on this promise now in the US and growing into this new region going forward."


Jayride is the winner of TravelTech Sydney 2014 Startup Awards, Finalist of WIT Singapore 2014 Startup Awards, Winner of the Fishburners "Quiet Achiever" award, and Winner of the SeedStarsWorld's award for "Best Startup Business in Sydney."

For more information about Jayride, partnerships, and to book transportation, visit www.jayride.com or contact directly Ionut Nicolae (Head of Marketing) on +61 487 497897 - [email protected].


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