Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

I currently work for a large global organization that deals with container shipping as well as transport and logistics. The proposal forms around how our organisation can either be completely disrupted by or take full advantage of this massive opportunity that this technology presents. Honestly, I prefer the latter.

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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

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

MAY 28, 2022

The executive has a background in strategy and management consulting that progressed into a career in product development for top tech companies like Google and Amazon. The following interview, which has been edited for brevity and clarity, is part of an ongoing series that focuses on founders in the transportation sector.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

And unlike in developed countries where systems are set in place to help people with vehicle financing, it is almost non-existent in developing markets such as Egypt, where only about 5% of used cars are financed. . “So We’re looking to develop that as we go,” he noted. Popular car models in Egypt cost about $15,000 on average.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2021

If Nuro is to become the generation-defining company its founders desire, it will be due as much to innovation in regulation as advances in the technology it develops. There are multibillion dollar industries that can be disrupted if autonomous vehicles become successful.” In a 2019 letter to the U.S. Regulate for success.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. The problem of housing affordability and supply is largely a political problem, and those policies (that prevent developers from building multi-family properties) are largely popular. Infrastructure touches everything.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

At the end of the year, it became clear that it would be focusing new efforts on the cold chain — specifically medical transportation. CEO Clay Alexander spoke to TechCrunch about Ember’s plans to adopt its temperature regulating technology for non-consumer applications. A month later, it unveiled the Ember Cube shipping device.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. In a few months, TC Disrupt will kick off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Apply today to join Startup Battlefield 200 for the chance to exhibit your startup for free at TechCrunch Disrupt this October and win the $100K equity-free prize.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

As drivers we look out for them, as pedestrians we might be annoyed if they steer in our way but the riders themselves have developed better norms as happens in all forms of transportation. In the meantime we think we can build a globally complex, economically viable business that will be hard to disrupt. They’re not new.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

We partnered with various founder organizations — who in turn nominated promising early-stage startup founders — and collectively provide educational resources and mentorship to help these young founders develop and succeed over the course of the year. Founded by Denise Umubyeyi. Go Together, Inc. : Founded by Kimberly Moore.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

Founded in 2018, Venti Technologies develops highly flexible and industrial-grade precision technology that enables rapid deployment and best-in-class safety and operational efficiency for customers. The company has spent three years developing fleets that can navigate complex environments and heavy traffic with unmatched precision.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Having had the opportunity to work at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, Thanh decided to turn it down and return to Vietnam to start a business, devoting himself to the development and betterment of Vietnamese society. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers.

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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. Chinese and Japanese investors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

Signaling that investments in the supply chain sector remain robust, Pando , a startup developing fulfillment management technologies, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round, bringing its total raised to $45 million. The result of those major disruptions? billion in 2019.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of hardware engineering matched with software, Gideon Brothers (GB), a Zagreb, Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries Inc., Nenad Baki? and Luca Ascani.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 28, 2023

Department of Transportation (USDOT), Department of Energy and new Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (JOET) was to set standards eliminating the differences in EV plugs styles and EV chargers—that vehicle owners complained were hampering EV use and enjoyment. In addition to funding, one key action taken by the U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Our mission is to go the distance by innovating at the heart of cement production and operating as a complement to other technological developments in the cement space,” explains Gurinder Nagra, Furno founder and chief executive officer. The demand for cement has grown exponentially over the last few decades as global development expands.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Grab a red Sharpie, circle September 20 on your calendar (ooh, how old-school) and get ready to jumpstart your TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 networking experience. Sure, Disrupt’s “official” run is September 21-23, but why wait to meet other movers and shakers in your specific tech category? Make the most out of your TC Disrupt experience!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Description: “4pi Lab is developing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation providing real-time, wildfire detection, monitoring and reporting. Description: “Starfish Space aims to create an on-demand, in-space transportation and maintenance service for orbiting satellites. ” Clutch Space Systems.

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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. Borus told TechCrunch that he believes trucking will be among the first sectors to be disrupted by autonomous vehicle technology. ”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

They can range from a large shipping company finding ways to efficiently transport thousands of containers to a railway station, with more than 30,000 kilometres of railway, trying to automate scheduling for 10,000 trains. The lab’s mandate was to deploy the latest advances in AI and ML to develop novel immunotherapies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

. “We can improve both outcomes and costs by moving care from the hospital back to the place it started — at home,” they write in a post that explores five innovations enabling at-home care and identifies investment opportunities like acute care and infrastructure development. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. Ritu Narayan founded Z?m

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Channel19 , a startup that developed software for refrigerated trucking companies, raised $2.7 Channel19 , a startup that developed software for refrigerated trucking companies, raised $2.7 Subscribe for free. Vroom vroom!

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This grant is crucial in supporting the early-stage development and commercialization of proprietary technology solutions, encouraging innovation and sustainable business models. The grant facilitates advancing innovative technology solutions, driving startups toward market disruption or creating entirely new markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

They were developing specific technology that could impact many sectors,” noted Jilani on InstaDeep’s pioneering tech. We often see AI as a technology and a competition between developed countries. With BioNTech, we have developed a partnership over the years and completed many successful projects together.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

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. It was such an effective means for transport for him that he built a large contact list of “go-to” boda boda riders he would call for rides when need be.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Put simply, Melon is developing tech and fulfillment infrastructure — or the backend — to enable small and medium e-commerce merchants to “easily” sell and grow across multiple channels such as Shopify, Instagram and Amazon, and then deliver almost anywhere in the region.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2018

Like the EO members who are making an #EOImpact in their support of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , Alice believes that business leaders are in a position to solve the greatest problems facing our world today: climate change, resource scarcity and social dynamism.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2022

As far as weeks go, this one was as disruptive as they come. TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 has officially come to a close after an iconic three days of interviews, startup pitches and “Oh my god I know you from Twitter” moments. Overheard at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. But only if you want.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

“Basically, it’s a beautiful product, but done in a way that disrupts and transforms the way homes are built,” said Leung. The single module shelter that the company has developed can be transported and put on site in one day. “You cannot construct today cheaper than existing assets,” Bechtel said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But while the company does hope to sell as many of these as possible to the Monaco and Dubai crowd, the bigger opportunity may be in public transport, of all things. With a predicted 60 mile range per charge, the P-30 should be able to make multiple trips without stopping and plug in to a fast charger at terminals without too much disruption.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

With the new investment, we will continue to create disruptive solutions as well as penetrate new EV segments.”. IRP Systems will use the new case to scale the development of its systems for EVs and reduce the path to mass production, expand R&D, operations and customer support and make a push on global sales and marketing.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. OncoHost is developing a blood test that tells doctors which cancer treatments are most likely to help specific immunotherapy patients. Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. “We SALT Talks: Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation. Introductions.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2022

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality is disrupting the current approach by deploying AI with a new system architecture that reduces the cost and energy consumption of AI systems by an order of magnitude.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2022

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality is disrupting the current approach by deploying AI with a new system architecture that reduces the cost and energy consumption of AI systems by an order of magnitude.

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