Luxe Raises $5.5 Million From 11 Different Venture Capitalists for On-Demand Valet Parking

You know who really, really likes the idea of “Uber for valet parking”? Venture capitalists. Luxe, which goes live to the public today in San Francisco, has raised $5.5 million in what it is improbably calling a “seed round” from a whole bunch of venture capital firms: Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Foundation Capital, BoxGroup, Slow Ventures, Data Collective, Eniac Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures. Luxe is one of at least four brand-new on-demand valet parking apps, part of the larger trend of smartphone-enabled instant gratification.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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