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FlashParking Corporate Office

FlashParking was founded by current CEO Juan Rodriguez, in 2011. Watching workers load up electric scooters to take them home to recharge them, it occurred to Mr. Rodriguez that an empty or half-occupied parking structure could be used for the same purpose.

FlashParking uses an integrated suite of hardware and subscription solutions for parking operators and asset owners to manage their gated, parking lot, and valet operations.

FlashParking has doubled in size every year, according to company statistics. Mr. Rodriguez has plans to create more useful parking garages or parking lots than mere places to put a car or motorcycle, including resting spots for Uber drivers, charge electric cars and scooters, drones could deliver packages to cars as they sit parked, and more.

In January 2020, the company raised $60 million from private equity firm L. Catterton.

FlashParking expanded beyond Texas in March 2020, offering Uber drivers free WiFi, a place to wait or rest, food trucks, restrooms, and security officers in Las Vegas, Nevada.

FlashParking maintains headquarters in Austin, Texas.

FlashParking

FlashParking uses an integrated suite of hardware and subscription solutions for parking operators and asset owners to manage their gated, parking lot, and valet operations.

History

In January 2020, the company raised $60 million from private equity firm L. Catterton.

FlashParking expanded beyond Texas in March 2020, offering Uber drivers free WiFi, a place to wait or rest, food trucks, restrooms, and security officers in Las Vegas, Nevada.

FlashParking maintains headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Lunds & Byerlys Supermarket Corporate Office

Lunds & Byerlys are upscale supermarkets operating in the metro St. Paul, Minnesota, area. These once were two stores, Lunds Supermarket and Byerlys Supermarket, until 1997, when Lunds acquired Byerlys.

As of 2017, there are 27 locations. Online delivery service was added in 2006, with customers offering a choice of home delivery or in-store pickup.

Lunds was originally founded in 1922 at Hove’s Market. Russell Lund Sr. purchased a few shares in the store’s cheese and cracker department. He later founded his own popcorn, which he added to his store department and purchased even more shares in the supermarket. In 1964, Lund owned the supermarket chain and changed to name to Lunds.

In February 2020, it was discovered that four Lunds & Byerlys locations that skimmers had been added to the credit/debit card machines. The police informed the company that these skimmers only worked with “swipe” transactions and did not work for cards that contained a chip.

Worries in the early part of 2020 about the coronavirus caused Lunds & Byerlys to step up their cleaning and sanitation efforts.

Lunds and Byerlys maintain a corporate office in Edina, Minnesota.

Lunds & Byerlys

As of 2017, there are 27 locations. Online delivery service was added in 2006, with customers offering a choice of home delivery or in-store pickup.

History

Worries in the early part of 2020 about the coronavirus caused Lunds & Byerlys to step up their cleaning and sanitation efforts.

Lunds and Byerlys maintain a corporate office in Edina, Minnesota.

VistaPrint Corporate Office

Current CEO Robert Keane began VistaPrint in Paris, France, originally naming it Bonne Impression. The company was a direct marketer of desktop publishing software and pre-printed laser-printer-compatible specialty papers that helped small businesses produce printing brochures, stationery, and business cards.

In 1999, the company changed its strategy and moved to internet printing. The name was changed at this time to VistaPrint.

Cimpress acquired the company in 2014. The parent company is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CMPR.

VistaPrint has expanded tremendously since 2014. Today there are more than 13 printing facilities around the globe. The company also has more than 5,100 employees.

The company holds more than 100 patents and was one of the first internet companies to maintain an in-house lawyer.

In 2016, Forbes reported that VistaPrint was shattering records of loading time on mobile phones, with some as fast as 2.6 seconds.

A survey conducted by VistaPrint and published by Inc. found that entrepreneurs feel more empowered by being able to work from home.

VistaPrint’s main office is in Venlo, Netherlands, but the North American corporate office can be located in Lexington, Massachusetts.

VistaPrint

In 1999, the company changed its strategy and moved to internet printing. The name was changed at this time to VistaPrint.

Cimpress acquired the company in 2014. The parent company is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CMPR.

History

VistaPrint has expanded tremendously since 2014. Today there are more than 13 printing facilities around the globe. The company also has more than 5,100 employees.

The company holds more than 100 patents and was one of the first internet companies to maintain an in-house lawyer.

In 2016, Forbes reported that VistaPrint was shattering records of loading time on mobile phones, with some as fast as 2.6 seconds.

A survey conducted by VistaPrint and published by Inc. found that entrepreneurs feel more empowered by being able to work from home.

VistaPrint’s main office is in Venlo, Netherlands, but the North American corporate office can be located in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Flywire Corporate Office

International student, Iker Marcaide, was trying to pay for his college classes in another country. He found the entire process difficult, time-consuming, and challenging. He could find no information about when the payment would be processed, what exchange rate it would be based on, or even when the payment would arrive.

Marcaide was confident that he could find a better way. He created peerTransfer in 2010, later changing the name to Flywire.

The company is a payment facilitator which makes international payments fast and easy. Most people can pay in their own currency, and the company accepts debit cards, credit cards, bank transfers, e-payments, and e-wallet transfers often with no additional fees.

In early February 2020, Flywire raised $120 million in Goldman Sachs LED Series E. This brings its valuation to $1 billion. Also in February 2020, the company acquired Simplee, a software provider for the healthcare industry.

Forbes listed Flywire on its 2019 list of Billion Dollar Startup Companies.

Headquarters for Flywire are in Boston, Massachusetts.

Flywire

Marcaide was confident that he could find a better way. He created peerTransfer in 2010, later changing the name to Flywire.

History

Forbes listed Flywire on its 2019 list of Billion Dollar Startup Companies.

Headquarters for Flywire are in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rivian Corporate Office

Rivian was founded in 2009 by MIT graduate and CEO Robert Scaringe. Originally named Avera, the name was changed shortly after to Rivian. The company began focusing on autonomous, electric vehicles in 2011.

The company relocated to Liviona, Michigan, to be closer to suppliers. Rivian began working exclusively on electric, autonomous vehicles.

In 2016, it was rumored that the company was considering purchasing a manufacturing plant previously owned by Mitsubishi in Illinois. In 2017, Rivian did purchase both the plant and the contents for $16 million. This plant in Normal, Illinois, has become Rivian’s primary North American manufacturing facility.

In February 2019, Amazon announced that it was investing in the company for delivery vans, as well as Ford Motor Company, which invested $500 million.

As of late 2019, the company employed more than 1,000 persons. Rivian says it will not use franchised dealers to sell their vehicles. Rather, the company has hinted that it will instead rely on a subscription service.

The company maintains headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan.

Rivian

The company relocated to Liviona, Michigan, to be closer to suppliers. Rivian began working exclusively on electric, autonomous vehicles.

History

In February 2019, Amazon announced that it was investing in the company for delivery vans, as well as Ford Motor Company, which invested $500 million.

The company maintains headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan.