TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

million in Series A funding led by East Ventures. Its software and smart tracker, called Vehicle Smart Management System, has been adopted by users like passenger buses, freight forwarding services and refrigerated vehicles used to transport pharmaceuticals, meat, seafood, dairy and frozen foods. McEasy wants to change that.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Freight transportation-focused Rose Rocket recently raised a $25 million round. The Toronto-based startup calls the round a Series A, with Addition Capital and Shine Capital leading the deal. The country is also on pace to hit a record number of discrete venture rounds this year. What’s a TMS?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Mass transportation is a critical part of how metropolitan areas keep moving, and today a startup that has built an AI-based platform to help mass transportation work more efficiently is announcing a huge round of funding to grow its business and tackle a new set of opportunities and challenges in the modern city. market overall.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Interstate System : Atlanta is a nexus for major interstates like I-20, I-75, and I-85, allowing for efficient road transport. Rail Network : Atlanta offers access to both Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation. Inland Ports : The availability of inland ports like the Appalachian Regional Port provides intermodal transfer options.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures led the round, which also featured participation from F-Prime and ADM Capital, who joined existing investors Radicle Growth and ffVC. The company (which used to go by the decidedly less fun name Augean) appears to be moving up in the world, announcing a $10.9 million Series A raise this week.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Clime Capital , a Singapore-based fund manager focusing on accelerating the low carbon transition, is helping Vietnam address this concern through its partnership with EBOOST , the first mover open network electric vehicle (EV) charging operator in the country. This could in turn support further the deployment of EV charging infrastructure.

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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. It was a great place to live and work, and I believed that over time, it would be a growing venture opportunity.”.

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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

MARCH 22, 2023

AtoB’s integrated financial platform is like Stripe for transportation, says Harshita Arora, co-founder of AtoB. Two years later, she founded the app Crypto Price Tracker, which became an App Store hit and was acquired by Redwood City Ventures in 2018. Tarcyznski says Contrary’s ethos is to invest in people, not businesses.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The round was led by Inven Capital, a growth fund out of the Czech Republic. Additional investment came from Iris Capital, with strong participation from current investors, including Rider Global, Northzone, Cherry Ventures and the Italian venture fund H14. It’s now raised $103 million since its launch in 2016.

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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

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The introduction of these two new funds, each worth $150 million, brings Toyota Ventures’ total assets under management to over $500 million.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. InstaDeep was founded by Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim in 2014. Advancing its computing infrastructure, expanding into the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector. The venture studio is currently looking for co-founders and CEOs for the two startups.

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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. since December 2020, as per its 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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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 8, 2020

When it comes to metrics, the customer growth story from SendaRide, a young Oklahoma company that provides customized, concierge, non-emergency medical transportation, packs a punch. “All of them need help with transportation in some way — from required doctor visits, to lab visits for diabetes, to drug testing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

The round was co-led by pan-African venture capital firm 4DX Ventures and regional telecom operator Orange. Participating investors include existing funds Uma Ventures and Saviu Ventures and new investors Yamaha Motor, LoftyInc Capital, Proparco, Google Ventures, To.org, Kepple Ventures and Enza Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Already, BasiGo has set up a charging and servicing depot adjacent to the country’s main airport, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in the capital, Nairobi. The support and knowledge of this investor group will catalyze BasiGo in its mission to make East Africa a leader in inclusive, sustainable bus transport,” he 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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

With inflation rates at record highs, a recession on the horizon and threats of a long winter by venture capital giants like SoftBank , VC money is becoming harder to come by. “The fundamentals of venture investing have not changed, only the pace.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital. Fintech startups and those from Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and South Africa get looked at the most by venture capitalists. Google also recently launched Black Founders Fund, a non-dilutive $3 million fund allocated to 50 startups yearly. .

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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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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 11, 2021

McFarland also said HopSkipDrive plans to use the new cash injection, which came from Energy Impact Partners, Keyframe Capital, FirstMark Capital and 1776 Ventures, to invest in electrification initiatives that will spur the company’s goal of helping its CareDrivers transition to electric vehicles affordably via partnerships with OEMs.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 23, 2023

The funding round was led by Ortus Star, with participation from existing investors Cocoon Capital and YCAB Ventures and new investors, including Goldbell Investment, NP Consulting, Damson Capital, and several angel investors. Register The Indonesia-based fleet-tracking startup, TransTRACK, has successfully raised US$2.1

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. As part of our global environmental strategy, Impact Hub is dedicated to supporting green ventures in scaling their solutions rapidly. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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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. This is an extraordinary place, and you shouldn’t let anyone tell you otherwise.”

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Among the interested investors is Bessemer Venture Partners. Their offerings include MoveinSync Ion, a SaaS-based platform designed to manage employee transportation, and MoveinSync One, a comprehensive solution for accessing various commute modes like cabs, shuttles, and buses. million trips each month.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

million Series A , was completed by five investors: Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, and existing investors Owl Ventures, TLcom Capital and Founder Collective. Early this year, uLesson brought on Owl Ventures as a strategic investor in its second round of funding. The investment, which comes 11 months after uLesson raised a $7.5

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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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Parallel Systems also intends to use the new investment — which was led by Anthos Capital and includes investments from Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures, Embark Ventures and others — to hire about 60 engineers, most of whom will deal with software, says Soule.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Indian electric mobility startup Magenta Mobility has closed a $22 million Series A1 round, backed by $11 million each from Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure and BP Ventures. The investment from BP Ventures is more than just a financial partnership. The firm has a team of 200 members that sit in its offices across four cities.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 23, 2023

Vehicle networks to drive down cost and complexity while improving power efficiency in next-generation architectures Capital continues to flow to technologies that are driving the future of the automotive industry, as seen in the recent announcement made by startup Ethernovia, Inc. having recently completed a $64 million A-round.

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