Comcast and SoftBank both contributed to a round that will support expansion for the airport-focused car sharing service.

FlightCar, a US-based peer-to-peer car sharing service aimed at the airport market, raised $13.5m in series A financing yesterday from investors including corporate venturing units SoftBank Capital and Comcast Ventures.

Telecommunications firm SoftBank and cable and web services provider Comcast invested alongside General Catalyst Partners, First Round Capital, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and GGV Capital, which led the round.

FlightCar has now raised about $20m in total funding, having secured $5.5m from a previous series A round in April 2013…

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