Zum was founded in 2015 by Ritu Narayan and Vivek Garg. The company has not publicly endorsed plans to participate in an IPO.

Zum helps school districts optimize their student transportation services. The company uses an integrated platform to schedule pickups, share route changes, and allow parents to track the status of their child's bus. The company announced plans to transition to a completely electric bus fleet by 2025. In 2022, Zum earned a place on CNBC's Disruptor 50 list. The company has raised more than $200 million in venture capital funding from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund II, Sequoia, BMW, Spark Capital, and Sand Hill Angels. Zum was valued at $937 million after a $130 million fundraising round in 2021.

These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.

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Who are Zum's major investors?

Spark Capital
Sequoia Capital
SoftBank Vision Fund
Citi Ventures
Sand Hill Angels
BMW i Ventures
NGP Capital

Zum Funding Rounds and IPO Valuation

Date Funding Round Funding Raised Price per Share IPO Valuation
10/6/2021 Series D and D-1 $127.83MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
2/28/2019 Series C $43.86MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
3/13/2018 Series B $19.05MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
8/29/2017 Series A $5.51MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
2/10/2016 Series AA-1, AA-2, AA-3, and AA-4 $2.16MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
Based on primary financings
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What is Zum funding to date?

Zum has raised $198.4MM with the following series:
$2.16MM raised for Series AA-1, AA-2, AA-3, and AA-4,$5.51MM raised for Series A,$19.05MM raised for Series B,$43.86MM raised for Series C,$127.83MM raised for Series D and D-1.
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When was Zum founded?

Zum was founded in 2015.
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