SideCar and Hailo CEOs slug it out over taxis, ride-sharing, & more

Transportation startups are a hot thing now, but the space is a battleground, and the tension was clear to see onstage today at TechCrunch Disrupt.

Funding Daily: Startup Grind

Venture capital gives startups runway to develop, launch, and grow. Here are the companies putting funding through their grinders.

Hailo confirms its $30M round from Richard Branson, Union Square Ventures

Hailo, a mobile cab-hailing app, raised $30 million in its second round of funding and plans on opening its services in New York this month. It ill have fierce competition, however, from Uber.

Taxi app Hailo is raising $30M to take on Uber in NYC

Watch out Uber, the cab hailing app Hailo is hot on your heels in New York City.

New York City approves controversial taxi e-hail pilot program

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) today decided the temporary fate of forward-thinking startups such as Uber, Hailo, and GetTaxi looking to modernize the city’s taxi system.

At a meeting in New York this morning, the commission …

Put your hand down! Hailo, yet another cab app, gets $17M from Accel Partners

There are many mobile applications that help tired city-dwellers flag down cabs. But Hailo, a London-based cab-app company, is picking up passengers by focusing on giving the drivers a great product. Accel Partners took notice and has given the company …