Funding

Investors go ‘ooh’ over Parcel Motel founder John Tuohy’s latest venture

The entrepreneur has raised additional financing for OOHPod, a parcel locker service used by carriers, consumers and merchants

John Tuohy: OOHPod intends to double the amount of parcel locker locations

John Tuohy, the entrepreneur who founded popular delivery locker service Parcel Motel, has raised €5.4 million in funding for his latest venture, OOHPod.

The businessman sold his previous business Nightline and its well-known click-and-collect parcel arm in a €30 million deal to delivery giant UPS seven years ago.

OOHPod, which gets its name from the “out of home” market it operates in, is similar to Parcel Motel in that it owns lockers across sites in ...