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The Founder Gazette
Startup news, held to newspaper standards

Filed under: automotive

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Startup news

Flai books 50,000 dealership appointments a month after $27m raise

A three-person team selling phone software to car dealers a year ago now says it handles 50,000 appointments a month and has grown revenue 20-fold. The round was led by Base10 Partners.

№ 311 · 8 October 2026
Startup news

Greenwich driver's glovebox problem becomes vehicle-history app

Revodo launched on 3 September 2026. Nine days later its founder counts 38 vehicles on the platform and more than 80 service records.

№ 304 · 6 October 2026
Startup news

Tariffs cut Ineos Automotive revenue 24% and left a €913m loss

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's carmaker sells two-thirds of its vehicles into America and builds them in France. The arithmetic no longer works, and production may follow the customers.

№ 303 · 5 October 2026
Funding

DRIVE35 hands £47m to 33 projects, with £26.9m to five

The government's zero-emission vehicle programme has made its latest awards. More than half the money goes to five scale-up projects, and the early-stage stream splits £2.7m sixteen ways.

№ 63 · 12 August 2026