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Validated Expands Nationally Across 10 CitiesSEATTLE, April 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Validated is a free mobile app that lets shops and restaurants pay for your transportation. Since launching out of Techstars Seattle in 2016, the company is expanding today beyond Seattle and Portland and now available in 10 new cities, which include Boston, Chicago, the District of Columbia, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Monica. Currently, brick-and-mortar businesses face many challenges in an increasingly e-commerce dominated world. In addition, urban mobility is at a turning point due to rapid urbanization and technological advancement. How people get around and the increase in costs of transportation are making it harder for brick-and-mortar businesses to compete with e-commerce benefits such as free-shipping, for example. By applying the business mechanics of free-shipping to physical stores and expanding validation beyond parking to serve all modes of transportation, Validated levels the playing field and enables brick-and-mortar businesses to reclaim their inherent advantage: the in-person experience. "We started developing our IP in late 2015 with the mission to help cities work better," says Tov Arneson, CEO of Validated. "If mobility is the lifeblood of our cities, brick-and-mortar businesses are the backbone; and by connecting them, we make it easier and more affordable for people to explore -- and ultimately enable whole cities to thrive in full." Validted's network of brick-and-mortar businesses and transportation providers is unprecedented insofar as it's universally beneficial. Here's how Validated works:
"Our members want to support their local community – from going out and shopping local to using shared, sustainable mobility services like ReachNow. Validated helps ReachNow members do both," said Steve Banfield, ReachNow CEO. "We share a similar view that as urban transportation changes, services that increase urban mobility will be essential to the fabric of a modern, connected city." ABOUT VALIDATED
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