Our aim is to take the on-demand mobile car wash and detailing company to the next level of technology empowerment.
We wanted to share a few updates and spread the news of the exciting things developing in our penguin land.
Media Mention: WRAL TechWire by Laura Baverman
Title of the article: Investor Scot Wingo takes over as CEO of Spiffy in $5M round
Co founder Scot Wingo is spoken about in glowing terms by reporter Laura Baverman, Exit Event Editor of WRAL Techwire. Bull City Venture Partners shows faith in Scot Wingo once again, by investing $5m in his new venture, enabling Spiffy to expand in Los Angeles in the West Coast. Fund partners, Jason Caplain and David Jones, made a successful bet on Wingo’s previous company ChannelAdvisor in the mid-2000s when they ran BCVP predecessor Southern Capitol Ventures. Here is a link to the article for the full story:
http://wraltechwire.com/investor-scot-wingo-takes-over-as-ceo-of-spiffy-in-5m-round/16531242/
Media Mention: Fortune Term Sheet by Erin Griffith
Title of the article: The Bold and the Disciplined
Summary: Erin Griffith is a senior writer for Fortune. In her article she mentions about the North Carolina based, Get Spiffy, maker of an app for on-demand car wash and detailing has raised $5m, in Series A funding. They are funded by BCVP as well as Development 72, IDEA Fund Partners, and Industry Ventures. Here is the link to the article:
http://fortune.com/2017/02/15/term-sheet-wednesday-february-15/?iid=sr-link7
Media Mention: The News Observer by David Ranii
Title of the article: A Scot Wingo Exclusive
Co founder and entrepreneur, Scot Wingo has been featured in this online technical publication and the writer mentions about his successful run in ChannelAdvisor. This mentions about the teaming up of Scott Wingo and BCVP, who have worked together previously and were early investors in ChannelAdvisor. The article speaks about Spiffy’s strategic expansion from Raleigh to Charlotte as well Atlanta and now post Series A funding to LA. The acquisition of Squeegy and adding more employees to the workpool shows a promise of scaling up. Meanwhile the business is doing very well in the tech hub of RTP Businesses like Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Netsertive, and Quintiles are using their services on a weekly basis. This is a win win situation for both the company and its employees. The happy customers are asking for services including mobile oil changes and on-demand fueling etc. Here is a link to the full article:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article132865364.html
Media Mention: Triangle Business Journal by Lauren K. Ohnesorge
Title of the article: RTP-based car care app acquires competitor, expands to L.A. with new funder
Scot Wingo is in the news once again. Scot and Karl Murphy co founded Spiffy, the RTP based startup, and post the Series A funding, are expanding to the West Coast, LA specifically, and taking over competitor Squeegy’s existing 4,000 strong customer database. It speaks of the 20 city roadmap expansion Scott Wingo plans, including cities that are similar sized or a tad bigger than Raleigh. Ever since its inception in 2014, the company has unprecedented success and there are customer testimonials to prove that.
Here is a link to the full article:
Media Mention: L.A. Biz- Written by Lauren K. Ohnesorge
Title of the article: L.A. based mobile car wash company is sold
The article covers the acquisition of Squeegy’s operation by Spiffy and the footing it will give them in West Coast and specifically, LA. The venture capital firm, BCVP, funded a Series A $5m, and part of the proceeds were used in the expansion. Customer feedback is also propelling the founders to think through the possibilities of including services like on-demand fueling to oil change services, in the parking lot while people are at work. Here is a link to the full article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2017/02/15/spiffy-buys-squeegy.html
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