Travel and Transportation

Uber is a direct to consumer transportation app and service with ride sharing and food delivery services in 670 cities worldwide (and counting!). Based in San Francisco, Uber was the early leader in ride sharing services and has permanently disrupted the middleman-heavy traditional taxi industry with lower prices and higher value. The brand is now completing...

Lyft is a leading provider of direct to consumer transportation services. Along with their rival Uber, Lyft has eliminated costly middlemen in the traditional taxi industry to provide more value to ridesharing drivers and riders in over 600 cities.

HipCamp is a direct to consumer camp lodging service that connects you with the best camping grounds out there. The creation of HipCamp is a cool story of a woman who set out with the desire to get people outside and connect with nature. HipCamp offers over 300,000 campsites, ranches, vineyards, public parks and much...

The Airside Mobile passport app is a time-saving, identity-protecting tool to reduce wait time at customs checkpoints for international travelers. The app eliminates the paper-based questions and allows passengers to go into a different, shorter line at the airports that use the service (see their site or download the app for an updated list). While...

Outdoorsy is a direct to consumer RV rental service and community, connecting RV owners directly with RV renters. A true innovator and industry disrupter, Outdoorsy has set out to mobilize “the 18+ million underutilized, idle RVs around the world,” as part of their mission to give everyone “the access, choice and opportunity to get outdoors.”...

Bird is a direct to consumer scooter rental company marketing directly to consumers through their smartphone apps. Users of the app can locate a nearby scooter, rent it by the minute, and drop it off anywhere. The electric scooter company was founded by a former exec of Uber and Lyft, and skyrocketed to a $2...

Spin Scooters is a direct to consumer scooter sharing service based in San Francisco. Spin’s electric scooters are dockless, and their collaborative approach with communities and their governments helps Spin’s ongoing expansion into new markets.