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From scaling Waze to 50 million users ahead of its $1.15B Google acquisition to building Bond's robotic handwriting platform for enterprise gifting, Ellwood has made a career out of turning network-driven consumer tech into businesses with real exits and recurring revenue.
Andy Ellwood is a serial entrepreneur and operator who is currently Founder and CEO of Stretch, a smarter shopping platform helping households save on grocery costs.
He previously co-founded Basket, a shopper-powered grocery price comparison platform, and served as President of Bond, a technology-powered handwritten note company. Before that, Ellwood was Director of Business Development at Waze, where he helped grow the community-driven navigation app before its acquisition by Google for $1.15 billion. He is also an active angel investor and startup advisor focused on consumer technology and commerce.
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