NeighborFavor, the parent company of Favor, Wednesday announced it has hired Steven Pho as its new Chief Financial Officer. Pho previously worked as senior vice president of corporate development at RetailMeNot. He was responsible for mergers and acquisition. At Favor, he will manage the company’s finance, legal, facilities and human resource teams. Pho is the […]
Favor Names New CEO
September 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
NeighborFavor, which operates Favor, Wednesday announced Jag Bath as its new Chief Executive Officer and President. The Austin-based startup has been expanding quickly and recently entered the Canadian market. Bath has served on Favor’s board since May. Bath previously worked as senior vice president of product at RetailMeNot, an Austin-based coupon retailing site. Before that […]
Favor Launches Internationally with Service in Canada
August 25, 2015 by 1 Comment
Favor, an app-based delivery service, is going international with its first delivery service set to launch in Toronto, Canada on Thursday. And the Austin-based startup will rename itself Favour in Canada to adapt to the local culture and customs. It offers delivery daily from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. in most of the Toronto metro […]
Favor Adds New VP of Engineering and Plans Further Expansion
July 23, 2015 by 4 Comments
Favor, a personal delivery service, landed in Austin in the summer of 2013 and has quickly grown. Founders Zac Maurais and Ben Doherty moved here from California and launched a grocery and food delivery service. It quickly gained visibility for its runners who wore bright blue T-shirts with a faux tuxedo front. The service, which […]
Austin-based Favor Lands $2 Million in Seed Stage Funding
September 4, 2014 by 1 Comment
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Favor, a food delivery service for central Austin, has received $2 million in seed funding. Favor launched in Austin in June of 2013. It’s also available in Boston and San Luis Obispo. Zac Maurais and Ben Doherty, graduates from California Polytechnic State University or Cal Poly, founded the […]
Postmates Launches in Austin and Wants to be the Fedex of Home Delivery
June 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The self-proclaimed “Uber” of on demand delivery, Postmates, has launched in Austin. The San Francisco-based company wants to be the “FedEx” of home delivery, said Bastian Lehmann, CEO of Postmates. Postmates chose Austin for its expansion because of high demand and a hungry consumer base wanting more […]
Want Something? Favor Delivers to Central Austin Residents
July 11, 2013 by 3 Comments
By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Ever want something from the store – a sandwich, milk, batteries – but didn’t have time to get it? If you’re in central Austin, you can now use Favor. Favor is an app based delivery service that gets customers food, drinks, or whatever else they need delivered […]
