🦄 CharterUP: Marketplace to privately reserve buses

CharterUP makes it easy to privately reserve (also known as chartering) a bus. Its live marketplace automatically calculates pricing details for your desired trip and generates the best quotes from different providers in your area. The platform offers options for both regular, one-off charter services and for more frequently running shuttles. Aside from a steady stream of customers, operators that work with CharterUP get additional benefits, like cheaper insurance and better financing options.
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Marketplace to privately reserve buses
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CharterUP makes it easy to privately reserve (also known as chartering) a bus. Its live marketplace automatically calculates pricing details for your desired trip and generates the best quotes from different providers in your area. The platform offers options for both regular, one-off charter services and for more frequently running shuttles. Aside from a steady stream of customers, operators that work with CharterUP get additional benefits, like cheaper insurance and better financing options.
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šŸ’° Business Model
CharterUP makes a percentage on each booking made through its platform. The fees it takes are individually negotiated with each operator service.
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šŸ“ˆ Traction and Fundraising
  • Raised $60 million Series A from Tritium Partners
  • 3000+ buses across 500 operator companies currently available for reservation
  • Used by 1000+ companies for bus charters, including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and more
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  • Armir Harris, CEO: Previously Economics @ UCLA, Economics @ Boston University (transferred)
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Armir Harris described learning about his familyā€™s moving and transport company ā€œat the dinner table.ā€ After launching and successfully scaling a national bus business, he saw the pain points in the bus industry and founded CharterUP. CharterUPā€™s live marketplace for buses makes it simple for consumers to find a bus online by essentially modernizing an industry reminiscent of over-the-phone quotes. At the same time, itā€™s providing benefits to bus operators too. Importantly, itā€™s giving operators a new destination to find customers, helping to mobilize buses that would have otherwise stayed stuck on the lot. As a company that became profitable early on, CharterUP has demonstrated its ability to build a marketplace of operators and consumers. According to Harris, itā€™s the first-mover advantage and the data it brings that set CharterUP apart from rivals. It plans to eventually expand its productā€™s reach and build new products to help operators with business. Given its current traction, weā€™re here for the ride.
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