Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Cheezeburger's Ben Huh Backs Honk, An Uber For Roadside Assistance

Ben Huh, the head of Seattle-based Cheezburger Ntework, is one of the investors backing a new service, HONK, an Uber-like smartphone powered, on-demand service for roadside assistance. Honk said this morning that it has raised $1.8M in a seed funding, which included Ben Huh, along with Aaron Batalion (founder of Amazon-backed LivingSocial), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Paige Craig, Jillian Manus, Mike Walsh, and Structure Capital, along with Double M Capital, Venture51, Expansion, and Karlin Ventures. Honk is based down in Los Angeles. More information »