Embark

Details

city

San Francisco

cohort year

2013

country

United States

exited

true

industry

consumer

one liner

Public transit apps. Acquired by Apple in 2013.

status

acquired

team size

2

website

letsembark.com

investor → invested in6

• Apple Inc. (acquirer)
• BMW i Ventures
• Mark Stevens (USC alumnus)
• USC alumni and other prominent investors (unspecified)
• Y Combinator
• Y Combinator

competes with → company5

• Citymapper
• HopStop
• Loyal
• Lumatic
• Transit App

funding round → funded5

• embark Acquisition
• embark Seed (approx.; USC says ~1 year after YC)
• embark Seed (reported first institutional round date)
• embark Strategic investment
• embark Y Combinator (Summer 2011 batch)

raised → funding round5

• embark Acquisition
• embark Seed (approx.; USC says ~1 year after YC)
• embark Seed (reported first institutional round date)
• embark Strategic investment
• embark Y Combinator (Summer 2011 batch)

has headcount snapshot → headcount snapshot4

• embark headcount 2011-11
• embark headcount 2012-02
• embark headcount 2013-08
• embark headcount yc_listing

person → founded2

• Taylor Malloy
• Taylor Malloy

participated in → accelerator2

• Velocity (University of Waterloo)
• Y Combinator Summer 2011

acquisition → acquired1

• embark acquisition/exit

acquired by → company1

• Apple Inc.

based in → country1

• United States

has research profile → company research profile1

• embark research profile

member of → category1

• Consumer Goods