Shuttl

TechCrunch über das Investment von unter anderem Amazon in das indische Startup Shuttl:

Shuttl, a service that lets Indian city dwellers find seats on multiple bus routes through one app, announced today that it has raised a $11 million Series B led by Amazon India, Amazon Alexa Fund and Dentsu Ventures. Returning investors Sequoia Capital, Times Internet and Lightspeed Ventures also participated.

The Gurgaon-based startup’s last round of funding was a $20 million Series A announced in December 2015, just eight months after it launched.

Amazon Alexa Fund? Damit will Amazon doch Geräte mit Alexa-Funktionalität unterstützen und dadurch das Alexa-Ökosystem stärken. Was hat das mit Shuttl zu tun?

TechCrunch:

The Amazon Alexa Fund was created in 2016 to fund new voice technology. One of Shuttl’s most interesting features is “Chirp,” which verifies passengers by sending a sound from their mobile phones to the driver’s version of its app.