TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Zoomo, the Australian startup that builds e-bikes and offers micromobility subscriptions to gig workers and couriers, wants to be the next disruptive electric vehicle company. “We really see ourselves disrupting Rivian,” Mina Nada, CEO and co-founder of Zoomo, told TechCrunch. ” Companies like URB-E in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch. billion this year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Saudi-based early-stage venture capital firm RAED Ventures led the round. VC firms Algebra Ventures, Nuwa Capital, 1984 Ventures, and Global Founders Capital participated, with several regional and global angel investors taking part as well. Almajdouie, the managing partner at RAED Ventures, in a statement.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Save the date and get ready to rub virtual elbows with mobility’s best and brightest minds — the movers, shakers and policy makers that are shaping the future of transportation. We’re excited to host another day dedicated to the people — and the technology they’re developing — that’s changing transportation. Yes, you can!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted a lot in the world, and supply chains are no exception. . But getting real-time access to information from transportation providers has remained somewhat elusive for shippers and logistics companies alike. . Looking ahead, project44 plans to use its new capital in part to continue its global expansion.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Transport Capital’s core expertise is in Real Assets and Private Capital Markets.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 20, 2022

The invisible hand and heart of capitalism supports Ukraine. Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. Join this $20M Series A round led by Cardumen Capital and Varana Capital. It forecasts initial sales of $2.5M

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry. And for decades, until the entire industry was disrupted, that attraction established a virtuous cycle.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Lori Systems , an African on-demand logistics and trucking company digitizing haulage and providing shippers with solutions to manage their cargo and transporters, has raised a pre-Series B round in which Google participated along with other existing investors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S. This has been costly.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The decarbonization of the planet will be the next major disruption of the 21st century, according to SOSV managing general partner Sean O’Sullivan and Carmichael Roberts of Breakthrough Energy Ventures. “Climate tech is not just one thing that needs to be changed. But that doesn’t mean success is guaranteed.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

CEO and founder Nitin Jayakrishnan says that the new capital will be put toward expanding Pando’s global sales, marketing and delivery capabilities. Everstream , another Pando rival, offers its own dashboards for data analysis, integrated with existing ERP, transportation management and supplier relationship management systems.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

He didn’t write back to me until I wrote this piece on backing disruption in the middle of the racial equity protests last June. “As This company is going to need far more capital than I’m able to shell out. He went off to go recruit a team of aviation experts—people who had consulted on and built serious vehicles and projects.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

The rush to grow, outrun, and disrupt runs in the lifeblood of today’s entrepreneurs, driving their fervor and enabling them to capture markets from giants of industries too big to maneuver in a quickly changing landscape. Startups are the embodiment of frenetic action.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This collaborative program also includes prominent VC organizations like Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures and Initialized Capital to develop lasting mentorships with the TC Include founder cohort. We’re disrupting boring, inefficient and outdated diversity training through real talk and interactive gaming.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Good news, TechCrunch family, Techstars’ Saba Karim is coming to Disrupt (September 21-23) this year. It’s a popular topic not only because of how important decks remain in today’s venture capital world, but also because what they should contain slowly changes over time — what not to include, as well.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

Led by LG Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of the LG Group, the round also saw participation from Safar Partners, UOB Venture Management, and existing investors Alpha JWC and LDV Partners. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? million in a Series A funding round.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The company, which first launched in Uganda, is disrupting the offline market of local motorcycles referred to as boda-bodas in Uganda and okadas in Nigeria. When starting in Nigeria, most two-wheel ride-hailing startups begin from Lagos, the nation’s hotbed of commerce and transport. “Lagos is the commercial capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers. In 2021, BusMap received a capital injection of $US1.5 Among these, Smart Port is a port model helping cargo and inland transportation companies cut expenses and increase their competitiveness.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The following interview, part of an ongoing series with founders who are building transportation companies, has been edited for length and clarity. I mean, the heavy freight transport industry stands for between 7% to 8% of global CO2 emissions, and the engines that I helped to produce contribute roughly 1% of global CO2 emissions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Enza Capital participated, alongside some unnamed angel investors. Between 2006 and 2010, CEO Wilkerson, then a journalist and researcher, spent a great deal of time using motorcycles ( Boda bodas ) for quick and flexible transport. Because of the nature of its business, Tugende needs a steady influx of debt capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Cairo and Dubai-based ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, Swvl said Tuesday. The trio started the company as a bus-hailing service in Egypt and other ride-sharing services in emerging markets with fragmented public transportation.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Capital requirements for new cement plants approach $1 billion for a single facility. After researching most of them, we believe Furno stands out as one that has the potential to scale most quickly and be most disruptive to traditional cement plants. We are excited to closely monitor their progress and be one of their early adopters.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

“Our default rate is about three times better than the industry average — which is the payday lending industry that we’re looking to disrupt,” Holoway said. “They’re looking to diversify their capital and deploy it to make returns.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The funding brings Flip’s total capital raised to $65million. . Sequoia Capital India, Insight Partners and Insignia Ventures Partners co-led the Series B round. Flip , an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

When Ibex Investors founder and CEO Justin Borus looks at the transportation industry — and the technological changes that are coming — he sees one of the biggest opportunities in a lifetime. Their structure is unlike the traditional venture capital firm. “I would equate it (our fund) to an internet fund in 1996 or 1997.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

There are thousands of startups in agriculture, FinTech, energy, and health — all the major sectors of the African economy, but very few in tourism, and only a handful have raised capital. Bookaway books $35M to scale up its ground transportation booking platform.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Deal of the week The battery business keeps attracting capital. million in a Series A2 round led by Blue Bear Capital and HSBC Asset Management with participation from Riverstone Holdings and Capnamic Ventures. Subscribe for free. NaaS Technology Inc. ,

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The “Start” Track: Geared towards entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas, this track offers a starting capital of $50,000 SGD by Enterprise Singapore and support from an Accredited Mentor Partner (AMP) of the entrepreneur’s choice. The applicant is required to possess a minimum of 30% shares in the company.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

’s Seraphim Capital , the country’s only space tech accelerator, has released details of its newest cohort as part of its Space Camp programme, timed with the end of World Space Week last week. Description: “Starfish Space aims to create an on-demand, in-space transportation and maintenance service for orbiting satellites.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The seed funding round was led by Bessemer Ventures Partners and saw participation from Shine Capital, Basecamp Fund and Converge. “We are excited to partner with Zenskar on their journey to fundamentally disrupt the quote-to-cash tooling for SaaS companies. Bansal said that they plan to open a physical office in Bengaluru.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

It also claims that a “lean manufacturing strategy” doesn’t require the capital outlay that a large central factory does. We’ve taken a ‘network’ approach to our expansion efforts — similar to what some major e-commerce companies have capitalized on with local distribution centers,” Haller said. “By

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Other backers include Global Founders Capital and a number of high-profile angel investors, such as GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung, ALLVP Partner Antonia Rojas and LaHaus founders Jeronimo Uribe and Tomas Uribe, among others.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. On any given day, you can find news on the funding of sustainable technology at the small end of towns (every large venture capital firm has at least one alternative meat company in their portfolio) or the ESG responsibility of large corporations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

InstaDeep utilizes advanced machine learning techniques, including deep reinforcement learning in applications within an enterprise environment that cuts across various industries such as biotech, transportation, electronics manufacturing and logistics. As such, most startups have had to domicile abroad to access funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. m CEO Ritu Narayan explains why equity and accessibility works for mobility services. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. Ritu Narayan founded Z?m

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Also participating was Samsung Ventures, Renault-Nissan importer Carasso Motors and Shlomo Group, as well as existing investors such as Entrée Capital, Fosun RZ Capital and JAL Ventures. With the new investment, we will continue to create disruptive solutions as well as penetrate new EV segments.”.

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