Urgent.ly


Urgent.ly
Private
Industry Auto
Headquarters Vienna, Virginia, United States
Number of employees
 18
Website Urgent.ly

Urgent.ly is a roadside assistance and towing service available nationwide via website or app, or through its integration in a broad range of mapping and connected car platforms. The company is based in Vienna, Virginia and was founded by Ric Fleisher, Surendra Goel, Luke Kathol, Lokesh Kumar, Rick Robinson, and Chris Spanos. Urgent.ly has been featured in The Wall Street Journal [1] ,[2] USA Today [3] ,[4] CNET,[5] The International Business Times;[6] TIME Magazine;,[7][8] Fortune;[9] PC Magazine.[10] Urgent.ly lets users pay for roadside assistance on demand.

Product Offerings

Urgent.ly is known as the Uber of roadside assistance.[11] The app connects users with roadside assistance providers. Urgent.ly does not collect a membership fee – users instead pay a flat-rate, per-use fee for the service.[12] Users pay the service providers directly through the app.[13] The app is available on Android and iOS. The app was also recently chosen to be added to the AT&T Drive platform for connected cars.[13][14] In addition to connecting users with roadside assistance, Urgent.ly also automatically detects when a driver may have been in an accident. If the user does not respond to the app’s prompt within a certain period of time, the app then notifies those the user has designated for follow-up.[3][15] Urgent.ly partnered with MapQuest in November 2014.[16] [17]

Funding

In April 2014, CIT Gap Funds and Blu Venture invested $525,000 seed funding into Urgent.ly.[18] [19] [20] In October 2014, Select Venture Partners invested $1.2 million pre-Series A funding with contributions from CIT Gap Funds and Blu Venture.[21] [22] [23] In September 2015 Allianz Digital Corporate Ventures, Verizon Ventures and Forte Ventures invested a $7 million Series A round [24]

References

  1. ↑ "Urgent.ly Raises $7 Million for On-Demand Roadside Assistance". WSJ. 9 Sep 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Connecting Your Car to Your Smartphone Can Make Auto Data Work for You". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Cars get tech to monitor teen driving habits". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Need help? Travel industry gets more responsive". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Flat tire? MapQuest iPhone app now offers roadside assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Travel App Tuesday: Urgent.ly Wants To Replace Your AAA Membership For Roadside Assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Road Service gets an on demand makeover". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "There’s an App for the Next Time Your Car Breaks Down". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Term Sheet -- Tuesday, September 29". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "MapQuest App Gets Roadside Help Option". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Urgently on demand roadside assistance app". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Nine Best Mobile Apps For Your Memorial Day Road Trip". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Urgent.ly is like Uber for roadside assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "WJLA - Washington Business Report". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Urgent.ly raises 7 million for on deman". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "MapQuest, Urgent.ly use Uber’s model to create app for roadside assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Dulles-based Urgent.ly, MapQuest team for roadside assistance service". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "MapQuest, Urgent.ly use Uber’s model to create app for roadside assistance". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "The Download: LiveSafe partners with Blackboard to sell campus safety software". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Street Fight Daily: Facebook’s ‘Nearby Friends,’ Twitter Debuts App Promo Suite". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "InTheCapital Beat 10/15: Google Doctors, Urgent.ly raise, HBO standing alone". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "DC’s Urgent.ly Raises $1.2M Pre-Series A Round for Roadside Assistance Service". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "District-based roadside assistance start-up Urgent.ly raises $1.2M from investors". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Urgent.ly Raises $7 Million for On-Demand Roadside Assistance". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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