About Lyft
Lyft, Inc. is a transportation network company (TNC) based in San Francisco, California and operating in 640 cities in the United States and 9 cities in Canada. It develops, markets, and operates the Lyft mobile app, offering car rides, scooters, and a bicycle-sharing system.
Lyft is the second-largest TNC with a 30% market share in the United States, according to Second Measure.
Most jurisdictions regulate TNCs and TNCs are banned from operating in some jurisdictions. For more information, see Legality of TNCs by jurisdiction.
Lyft Details
Operating Status: Active
Business Type: Private
Founded: 2012
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
CEO: Logan Green
Founders: Logan Green, John Zimmer
Lyft News
September 13th, 2019
The Libra Association director granted an interview with a French news firm where he gave a bit more insight into the progress made so far including that the Libra will launch by the second half of 2020 with many members as well.
September 13th, 2019
Self-driving car company, Voyage, has pulled in additional funding in a Series B round. The CEO has said that the funds will be directed not only at increasing the company’s staff strength, but also the quality of its service.
September 9th, 2019
Uber recently sent out an in-app survey to some drivers that indicated the company is starting to build a “new financial product” designed to help Uber drivers “in a time of need.”
September 4th, 2019
California’s state Senate is set to vote on Assembly Bill 5 that, if passed, could be financially ruinous for Uber and Lyft, which stock is already experiencing hard times.
August 10th, 2019
Rakuten Inc. reported an unexpected quarterly loss, hit by the depressed value of its investment in ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. and heavy spending on a new wireless service.
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September 17th, 2019
For Binance, Mars Finance is the first strategic investment in China since 2017, when Beijing banned digital coin trading and the exchange withdrew from this market.
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By Christopher Hamman on September 17th, 2019
Plaid revealed that Mastercard and Visa have strategic investments made during a series C funding last December. While this raises prospects for greater innovation in the financial ecosystem, do we want another tech giant with access to too much data?
By Tolu Ajiboye on September 17th, 2019
After two successful IEOs, the Roobee Blockchain and Artificial Investment Platform have announced a new IEO in a few days. Using the Liquid platform, Roobee aims at financial and investment inclusion worldwide.
By Janis Rijnieks on September 16th, 2019
Nissan previewed its new EV to the car industry that is said to have a 300-mile range. Experts say that this puts other car manufacturers on thin ice, especially Tesla.
By Janis Rijnieks on September 16th, 2019
Northmill, a Swedish fintech company, has received an SFSA (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) approval to receive a banking license. Experts are speculating that other competitors in this field such as Revolut and N26 should be worried.
By Bhushan Akolkar on September 16th, 2019
In some relief to the Libra Association, officials from 26 central banks will be quizzing Facebook on the scope, scale, and implementation of the Libra project.
