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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Monday, February 02, 2015
Plum Market launches product sales on WeDeliver's Locally app
Plum Market launches product sales on WeDeliver's Locally app
Locally, an app from Chicago-based delivery service WeDeliver, announced Friday its most complete grocery partnership to date.
Specialty grocery store Plum Market, located at 1233 North Wells St., has launched a storefront on the free app.
Locally enables local businesses to sell products via its mobile app and deliver them on the same day. Through Plum Market’s Locally storefront, users can select from more than 350 items including baked goods, wine, produce and skincare items for purchase and delivery.
WeDeliver co-founder and CEO Jimmy Odom said his company has offered delivery services to Plum Market customers since his company launched in 2013.
Prior to signing on for Locally’s free storefront service, Plum Market took delivery orders by phone. Now the grocer can accept payments digitally and schedule deliveries right away.
“For Locally, this is that first grocery partner that has made a commitment of enabling near-full inventory lists, the same offering you’d get walking into the store you’ll have the opportunity to experience that in a digital means,” Odom said.
Odom said other merchants using the Locally platform, such as The Goddess and Grocer and Plenty Grocery and Deli, do not offer all the items they sell in-store via the app.
Odom said he is excited to offer grocery delivery but that Locally’s goal is to give local merchants an easy way to sell and schedule deliveries digitally.
“Grocery partners are a part of that and there’s so many more we have not even begun to explore,” Odom said.
For Plum Market, choosing to sell through Locally is a response to customer demand.
“We have seen strong growth in demand for grocery delivery options, so adding an additional option based on the WeDeliver platform, a service which we’ve been using successfully for some time, was a no-brainer,” said Plum Market marketing coordinator Todd Belden in an email to Blue Sky. “We are thrilled to partner with the Chicago-based Locally and offer this service to Plum Market guests and people all around the city.”
Locally merchant partners can list their products for free on the iOS app. Odom said his company charges for delivery and makes a small commission on purchases made through the app.
Thursday, April 03, 2014
Two Chicago startups win at Google demo day
Two Chicago startups win at Google demo day
Steve Case
Two Chicago startups that traveled to Silicon Valley yesterday to pitch to investors at Google Inc.'s demo day already are $100,000 richer for it, thanks to AOL Inc. founder Steve Case.
Mr. Case, who heads Washington-based venture fund Revolution Ventures, agreed to invest $100,000 in each of the 10 companies that pitched at the Google For Entrepreneurs event. Among them were Chicago-based MarkITx, an online exchange for used computer gear, and WeDeliver, an online-delivery service that uses an on-demand workforce. It remains to be seen if Google or others from demo day decide to invest.
Both companies got their starts at 1871, the tech incubator at the Merchandise Mart. MarkITx already has raised $3.3 million; WeDeliver has taken in $800,000.
Steve Case Announces $1M Investment in “Rise of the Rest” Companies
Steve Case Announces $1M Investment in “Rise of the Rest” Companies
Case to Invest $100K in 10 Companies Participating in Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day
WASHINGTON & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yesterday, at the first ever Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day, Steve Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution and co-founder of AOL, surprised the ten participating entrepreneurs with an announcement that he intends to invest $100K in each of their companies during their next fundraising rounds.
“I was so inspired by the consistent quality of each of the pitches that I made an on-the-spot decision to support each company.”
The Demo Day brought together ten selected startups from Google’s seven-city North American Tech Hub Network to pitch their companies to an audience of more than 60 investors, and receive feedback from panelists, which included Case, Steph Palmeri (SoftTech VC), and MG Siegler (Google Ventures).
“I’ve long known that great startups can be found everywhere, and not just in Silicon Valley,” said Case. “I was so inspired by the consistent quality of each of the pitches that I made an on-the-spot decision to support each company.”
“Each of the seven regions represented by the companies who participated yesterday show huge promise as part of a ‘rise of the rest’ in growing entrepreneurial ecosystems in North America. I hope my investment will be just the start of a growing flow of venture capital dollars to new regions,” Case went on to say.
"This generous funding exceeded our expectations for our first-ever Google for Entrepreneurs demo day. We believe innovation happens everywhere, and this vote of confidence proves that great teams are building strong companies across the continent. We are extremely proud of our Tech Hub Network and all the participating startups, we know this is just the beginning," said Mary Grove, Director of Google for Entrepreneurs.
The companies participating in the Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day include:
Automated Insights (Durham, N.C.) – Automated Insights’ patented Wordsmith platform transforms Big Data into narrative reports by spotting patterns, correlations and key insights in the data and then describing them plain English.
Docalytics (Minneapolis, Minn.) – The Docalytics platform lets sales and marketing professionals track how individual prospects and groups of prospective customers interact with their company's downloadable content. Understanding and acting on this information helps businesses capture more leads, convert those leads into sales, and create better, more engaging content.
GoSpotCheck (Denver, Colo.) – GoSpotCheck is a B2B SaaS product that allows field teams to collect, structure and analyze retail intelligence. The company’s native Android and iOS apps enable field team members to capture data quickly, while their web app instantly aggregates data for management in easy to understand charts and visuals.
Kidizen (Minneapolis, Minn.) – Kidizen is a mobile marketplace for parents to buy and sell pre-owned children's clothing, accessories, and more. The app lets users set up filters for different types of merchandise and get updates on listings from other parents they follow. They can also take pictures of clothes, add product details, name their price and keep track of all transactions from a personalized shop.
InvisionHeart (Nasvhille, Tenn.) – InvisionHeart is a mobile hardware and cloud system that allows networks of physicians, nurses, technicians, and billing specialists to securely access and annotate patient ECG tracings via a smartphone or tablet.
iRule (Detroit, Mich.) – iRule is the award winning cloud and mobile based control and automation platform that runs on iOS and Android devices and controls audio/video, lights, shades, and more in the home and the business. The drag-and-drop cloud-based setup and configuration means no “programming”, and no expensive or proprietary hardware is necessary.
MarkITx (Chicago, Ill.) – MarkITx is the first online exchange for trading enterprise IT hardware. Using predictive algorithms to establish fair-market value and an intelligent matching system that connects buyers and sellers in real time, MarkITx helps businesses determine the optimal time to refresh their equipment and recoup as much as 40 percent of their original IT investment.
MOJIO (Waterloo, Canada) – MOJIO is enabling the Internet of Cars, with the world’s first open platform for drivers and automotive service providers to become intimately connected to the needs and wants of drivers in real-time. Partnered with major wireless carriers, MOJIO offers a 3G cellular device and an open API so anyone can write apps for nearly every car on the road today, unlocking a whole new world of possibilities for drivers.
WeDeliver (Chicago, Ill.) – WeDeliver connects businesses to their customers by providing same-day delivery of goods, real-time tracking and customer feedback. Using a fleet of curated, on-demand drivers powered by algorithmic dispatching, the company ensures the quickest delivery of any product from any business to any customer at any time.
Windsor Circle (Durham, N.C.) – Windsor Circle’s Retention Automation Platform makes it push-button-simple for retail marketers to get more from their existing customers by extracting purchase history from any commerce platform and transforming it into actionable data to power personalized marketing that increases retention and customer lifetime value.
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