Garrett Camp

Camp at the 2008 The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam

Camp co-founded StumbleUpon in 2002. It was the first web-discovery platform[8][9][3][10] and personalized recommendation engine.[11][12] The service enabled users to discover web content with a single click, during the Web 2.0 era.[13] In 2006, StumbleUpon relocated to San Francisco, after receiving its first round of funding from Silicon Valley angel investors. In 2007, StumbleUpon was included on the Time magazine's "50 Best Websites" list,[14] and on its 2013 "50 Must-Have iPad Apps" list.[15]

StumbleUpon was acquired by eBay for $75M[16][17] in 2007 and spun-out in 2009,[18][19][20][21] becoming an independent company again.[22][23] Following its spin-off, Camp worked to expand its offerings to include mobile phone app discovery and social networking.[21] He grew the company to over one hundred employees and over 25 million registered users[24] as its founding CEO before stepping down in mid 2012 to work on other ventures.[25] In August 2015, he acquired it again, after resetting all previous shareholders at $0/share.[26] The platform continued to have standalone web and mobile apps until mid 2018, when its users were transitioned to the Mix.com, a venture built in part through Camp's studio startup company, Expa.[27][28]

Camp founded Uber as UberCab[4][29] in early 2009 while he was CEO of StumbleUpon, and self-funded the seed round of $250K.

Uber launched in San Francisco in mid 2010 with just a few cars on the road and, in late 2010, raised $1.25M in venture capital.[30] In 2011, the company continued to expand across the United States and abroad, including major markets such as New York City and Paris.[31][32] Uber's motto is "Everyone's Private Driver"[33] and, in mid-2012, launched UberX[34][35] and Uber SUV[36] to offer customers low cost options and more vehicle choices. In late 2012, Uber launched UberTAXI,[37][38] allowing taxi drivers to use the application with taxi-like fares for customers, and, in early 2013, CEO Travis Kalanick announced that Uber would begin offering a ride-sharing service,[39][40][41] allowing community drivers to use the application.

Uber was listed in Forbes's Top 10 Companies of 2012,[42] and was ranked number 6 in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2013.[43] Uber is based in San Francisco, and has expanded in the US and abroad, offering service in over 600 cities worldwide.[44]

In 2020, Camp announced that he was exiting the board of directors but would remain a board observer at the company.[45]

Camp is portrayed by actor Jon Bass in Super Pumped, a 2022 drama series based on Uber.[46]

Camp formed Expa in 2013,[5][47] integrating his ten years of start-up experience into a system for building new companies. Expa is a startup studio to create and launch new companies by providing early-stage startups with starting capital, a workspace, and technical advice.[48][49] Companies that partner with Expa work from offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver or, most recently, London.[50]

In March 2014, Expa raised its first $50 million from investors[51][52] to fund the design and development of new companies. In March 2016, Expa raised an additional $100 million to fund the creation of new startups. Expa has helped to build and launch a number of companies, including Mix.com, Haus.com and Cmd.com, among others.[53][54][55]

Camp is currently working on a cryptocurrency he calls Eco. Camp is striving to make it a digital global currency that facilitates daily transactions between business as a form of payment in order to improve commonly occurring issues with digital currencies.[56] Eco also aims to be the most energy efficient currency in terms of transaction verification and token generation.[56]

Previously, Camp invested in Prism Skylabs;[57] SoundTracking; WillCall; PSDept; and BlackJet, an on-demand private aviation service.[58]