TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. The fourth round of the Transit Tech Lab has launched and is looking for technologists to submit ideas on ways to restore customer confidence in public transportation, improve resilience to weather extremes, and further reduce the region’s carbon footprint.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 It will also use the funding for global expansion, Kimura said.

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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., Despite 2022’s heel turn, the ten-year funding trend line still points to VCs concentrating less capital in the major coastal hubs and more in the rest of the country, a collective area of focus for attendees.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital. SafeBoda welcomes Google to their community and are excited to continue to drive innovation in informal transportation and payments in the boda boda (East Africa) or okada (West Africa) industry,” said co-founder Ricky Rapa Thomson in a statement.

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HPA

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Series A Round , which was led by High Alpha, and includes co-investors Grand Ventures, Springtime Ventures, Las Olas Venture Capital, Tech Square Ventures, and Royal Street Ventures. Brands and 3PLs are saving up to 15% on transportation costs and reducing their carbon footprints.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

But venture capital keeps on flowing even as COVID-19 wanes, recent news shows. Examples like this abound as investors have shown bullishness for freight forwarding all over the world. The pandemic played a role in boosting logistics startups, shining a light on how essential supply chains are.

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

Second, the gathering came on the heels of a pivotal year in venture capital. One in which the proportion of seed and early-stage capital invested in Bay Area startups fell below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. The soundbite: “ Underfunded founders don’t need advice; they need capital.”?—?Samara

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HPA

MARCH 24, 2021

Lee Partners (THL), with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital AB and Zebra Technologies, as well as existing investors Hyde Park Angels , August Capital, CEAS Investments, Hyde Park Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total capital raised to over $200 million.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. We know what the racial and gender wealth disparity looks like: This is a lesson taught to be by Jewel from Collab Capital.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

Before this program, I had the desire to pursue venture capital funding but lacked the clarity on what steps to take. The learning sessions were game changers that provided me with all the necessary details on how to approach and attract venture capitalists. “The

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today, Cairo-based B2B e-commerce startup Capiter continues that trend by raising a $33 million Series A round. The investment was co-led by Quona Capital and MSA Capital. Other participating investors include Savola, Shorooq Partners, Foundation Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, and Derayah Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

stake in the three-year-old startup, whereas 42dot’s co-founder and chief executive Chang-Hyeon Song, who interestingly also leads the transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) team at Hyundai Motor, held a 36.19% stake as of December 2021, according to 42dot’s regulatory filing. Hyundai currently owns a 20.4%

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When Brian Schiff, Sam Krut and Jacob Cooper founded the company in 2015, they were still undergraduates at Cornell University and it was initially an Uber-like social transportation app to help people find rides on college campuses where the transportation giant wasn’t operating. The funding round he refers to is $6.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

What role should it play — in existing cities and when designing future urban transportation systems? Sigari is co-founder and managing partner of UP.Partners, an early-stage venture firm investing in technology companies that support a multi-dimensional future. What are the costs and benefits?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX ) is planning to enter more markets across Africa as it races towards formalizing the continent’s transportation sector after securing $31 million in Series B funding. Njoya said the startup is working towards becoming the go-to vehicle subscription and financial services platform for millions of transport operators across the continent.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

’s venture capital fund CapitalG. The company, which runs an app matching truck drivers and merchants transporting cargo and provides financial services to truckers, was formed from a merger between rivals Yunmanman and Huochebang in 2017. The Chinese Uber for trucks Manbang announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.7

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Launched in 1987, the company provides hundreds of transportation and hospitality providers with inventory management and booking services. If you can map every oasis in a desert, you’ve created a transportation network. venture capital activity,” he writes. Image Credits: Gogoro (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

The startup ecosystem in Africa has until now been dominated by Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt (‘the Big 4’), countries that continue to receive the bulk of venture capital and other forms of investment. In December, Tugende, an asset financier with operations in Kenya secured $17 million debt investment after closing a $3.6

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. What is different is that with a larger fund, they can deploy the capital faster than in previous funds, Plauche said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners , a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, environmental and economic returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Nancy Pfund. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Now, it’s agriculture’s turn.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Tokio Marine , a Tokyo-headquartered insurance corporation, said Tuesday it has launched its $42 million corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, dubbed Tokio Marine Future Fund, to invest in early-stage startups around the world. . Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It plans to use the fresh capital to scale its fast charge-capable anode technologies that might enable the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles. Alongside lead investor Lotte Chemical and investment company KTB Network, General Motors’ corporate venture capital arm, GM Ventures, signed on as a strategic investor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, became WeRide’s strategic investor in 2018 following the completion of the startup’s Series A round, which was partially funded by the Chinese facial recognition giant SenseTime.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

women-led blank check company Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Teklas Ventures, Chimera, Agility, and Luxor Capital Group are some of its other investors. In February, one of its investors, Atalaya Capital, pulled out of the transaction.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Electric vehicle startup BasiGo has today announced the launch of its operations in Nairobi, bringing clean energy options to Kenya’s public transport industry, currently dominated by fossil-fuel buses. . BasiGo’s COO, Alex Mwaura, said they will tap the country’s renewable energy resource to fuel public transportation. .

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Portcast, a Singapore-based transportation technology startup, has raised US$6.5 million in its Series A funding round, which Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital led. The round also saw participation from new investors, […]

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

All Raise hires new CEO : A nonprofit focused on “increasing diversity within venture capital deals and decision-makers” per our reporting, All Raise now has a new boss. The venture result : The tough market is starting to show up in venture capital results, early data indicates. I, for one, cannot wait.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Today the company officially announced its most recent round of capital ?—?having Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors. having raised $300 million?—?less There is nothing viral!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Transportation startup DeltaX is accelerating its plans to digitize the trucking industry in its native Bolivia and beyond thanks to a recent $1 million seed round. ” Why Latin America’s freight-forwarding opportunity is still attracting capital. . It will be interesting to watch.

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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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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. Hill Street Studios/Getty Images There was never a guarantee that Detroit would become the Motor City.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The report first highlights the growth of venture capital on the continent over the past six years; within this period, investments in African startups have grown 18x. There are five main sectors in Africa’s startup landscape: financial services, commerce, transport, healthcare and education. The continent’s investment story.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The startup had targeted to raise $100 million last year but only got a fraction of the funding from MOL PLUS, the corporate venture capital of Japanese transport company Mitsui O.S.K. But that hasn’t come easy. But that hasn’t come easy. Sendy was co-founded in 2015 by Alloys, Evanson Biwott, Don Okoth and Malaika Judd.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. As a venture capital investor in B2B e-commerce companies, I’m carefully watching the industry and have seen several forward-thinking business models emerge for B2B marketplaces. Merritt Hummer.

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