TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

SMART’s METL tire is the first fruit of the startup’s work with NASA’s Glenn Research Center, where NASA engineers Dr. Santo Padula and Colin Creager first developed their so-called “shape memory alloy” (SMA) technology. Image Credits: NASA. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Shared micromobility company Tier Mobility said on Wednesday it has acquired Fantasmo , a U.S.-based Fantasmo has about 20 to 25 cities mapped out predominantly in Europe, and some in North America, according to Ryan Measel, co-founder and CEO of Fantasmo. Fantasmo has other micromobility operators in its portfolio, including Helbiz.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Squad plans to present the prototypes this fall, Robert Hoevers, CEO and co-founder of the company, said in a recent interview. The startup says it is in talks with a range of micromobility and car-sharing operators that might be interested in diversifying their fleets with a compact, smart vehicle.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. Vehicle Spotlight: Zoox. with Jesse Levinson (Zoox).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Serve Robotics, a name taken from the autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and piloted by Postmates X, has raised seed funding in a round led by venture capital firm Neo. It plans to ramp up research and development in the San Francisco Bay Area and expand its market reach through new partnerships.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Micromobbin’ The North American Bikeshare and Scooter Association released its 2021 shared micromobility state of the industry report — and it has some interesting findings. Trips on e-scooters accounted for 49% of total trips taken on shared micromobility. 63% of riders said they used micromobility to connect to public transit.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

It will help us get 10 million people on our bikes in the next five years,” co-founder and CEO Taco Carlier said in a statement. Last year, TechCrunch’s Natasha Lomas and I wrote a comprehensive overview of key policy developments in four major cities — Paris, Barcelona, London and Milan.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. Vehicle Spotlight: Zoox. with Jesse Levinson (Zoox).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Rowe Price, in part because of its founders Sterling Anderson, Drew Bagnell and Chris Urmson, all of whom are veterans of the autonomous vehicle industry. Anderson is best known for leading the development and launch of the Tesla Model X and the automaker’s Autopilot program. What Aurora values.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. Vehicle Spotlight: Zoox. with Jesse Levinson (Zoox).

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Graham Gullans, VP Business & Corporate Development, Superpedestrian. Gullans is hopeful that the pandemic will also push the sector to become more cost-efficient and develop in additional locations, including in smaller cities and towns. Michael Dick, CEO, C2A Security. Adi Pinhas, CEO, Brodmann17. Watch the full episode here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Tortoise started by equipping electric scooters with cameras, electronics and firmware that allow teleoperators in distant locales to drive the micromobility devices to a rider or deliver it back to its proper parking spot. The company still remains bullish on its initial application in micromobility.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2021

The startup will use the funds to hire more than 50 engineers, data scientists, business development, insurance and compliance specialists, as well as scale into new industry verticals and across into Europe. million pre-Series A funding round. DigiSure is still new, so there’s room to grow, says Shim.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

The deal announced Thursday confirms TechCrunch’s reporting in June that the startup was in final talks with the SPAC launched by LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and managing partner Michael Thompson. This story is developing. billion in cash at closing, including up to $977.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food and people around in cars, on scooters and ( most recently ) on bikes across developed and emerging markets in EMEA is announcing a major round of funding. France, South Africa and Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi. Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi. Image Credits: Humm.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

We’ll also sit down with Wisk Aero CEO Gary Gysin and Cyrus Sigari, the co-founder and managing partner at UP.Partner — plus one more yet-to-be announced guest — to talk about urban air mobility and cities. . Voi says it has just reached 100 million micromobility rides across 80 cities in less than four years. . Electric vehicles.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

I spoke to some founders who had moved over most or all of their funds; there are others who were not as successful. and execs ( Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt , GM CEO and Chair Mary Barra ) are here this week. You can find all of our coverage on the collapse of SVB here. March 14 in the Austin Convention Center.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

. “ If you’re a bootstrapped company who is not yet on the treadmill , you have that kind of optionality or that ability to choose when to get on,” says Cavan Klinsky, co-founder of payments processor Healthie. Priyanka Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of food tech startup Live Green Co.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Are founders in fundraising mode short-sighted when it comes to working with Chinese venture funds ? ET on Twitter Spaces , Managing Editor Danny Crichton and immigration law attorney Sophie Alcorn will discuss whether remote work is making H-1B visas less critical for international founders. Is India’s BNPL 2.0

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

It’s the new venture of Adam Zhang , the hardware co-founder of Lime, the shared e-scooter company that is gearing up for an IPO ; Xiao Xiaotao, who managed Lime’s hardware R&D; and Sun Zhen, former chief designer of Chinese ride hailing giant Didi’s shared-bike program.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The investment will enable us to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of drivers across the continent, accelerate international expansion, and continue our pioneering initiatives in the mobility space,” said MAX co-founder and CEO Adetayo Bamiduro. Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Listen up founders! This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Micromobility is feeling the pain as well. Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, co-founder and CEO of Polymath is a familiar to the AV industry ecosystem. So, here is a chance to participate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

The event is taking place in San Mateo on May 18-19, so join the mobility community’s greatest visionaries, founders, builders and investors to connect and go deep. For example, this year, we’ll have Jiajun Zhu, co-founder of Nuro , to explain how he drove the AV company to a $8.6 billion valuation. Deal of the week.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

The company, which developed video analytics technology to monitor and manage curbsides for cities, said in February it had raised $1.2 million in a seed round led by Quake Capital, Techstars Ventures, Kevin Uhlenhaker (the co-founder & CEO at NuPark, which was acquired by Passport) and Baron Davis.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Oops : Bird, a micromobility company, told the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had included unpaid customer rides in its revenue, thus having overstated that particular number for two years. Oh no, Quix is developing event-driven applications with Python. The real-time data startup grabbed $12.9 You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Shared micromobility operator Veo has raised $16 million in new funding as the company ramps up its expansion plans in the United States. The Series A funding round, which follows permit awards in Santa Monica, San Diego and New York, will be used to expand Veo’s fleet and focus on developing city and community partnerships.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

The new cash will be put toward acquisitions, more hiring and product development. Micromobility ain’t looking so hot these days, either, unfortunately. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. Now, Ingrid reports, the startup has raised $624 million at an $8.5 Big Tech Inc.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

“GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing all of the help and tools to succeed online,” says Andrew Morbitzer, vice president of corporate development at GoDaddy. “We We are excited to invest in Tailor Brands — and its team — as we believe in their vision. Learn More. hours of work), and lost about 1.6

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 29, 2021

OurCrowd’s Business Development team will host a virtual job fair on Monday, Jan. Our micromobility enabler Superpedestrian launched its first fleet of seated LINK e-scooters in the city of Baltimore, WBAL reports. CytoReason develops computational models of diseases based on proprietary and public data. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

CEO and co-founder Eliott Wertheimer said in a statement: “We’re currently experiencing a once-in-a-century shift in transport, thanks to increasing awareness of the impact we are having on our environment along with a renewed desire to make healthier personal choices. .” universities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

Co-founded in 2019 by ex-Uber executive Dmitry Shevelenko, the company began with a mission of being the operating system for micromobility vehicles , one that uses remote operators to reposition shared electric scooters to locations where prospective riders are or send them back to the warehouse for a charge.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

The usual priorities of a startup – securing venture funding, researching and developing new products, finding product-market fit – haven’t exactly been put on hold, but they are now much lower on Delfast’s to-do list. Delfast’s co-founders, Daniel Tonkopi and Serhiy Denysenko, say they have always believed in safeguarding the future.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Since Fenix’s founding as a shared e-scooter operator in 2020, the company has regularly added business lines, from 10-minute grocery delivery to micromobility subscriptions to, now, ride-hail. The CEO’s co-founder, IQ Sayed, was formerly the head of engineering at Careem, a Middle Eastern ride-hailing service that Uber acquired.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Indian crypto regulation : Under its G20 presidency, India has said it will look to prioritize the development of a framework for the global regulation of unbacked crypto assets, stablecoins and decentralized finance, writes Manish. Redefining ‘founder-friendly’ capital in the post-FTX era. Startups and VC. Requires TC+ subscription.).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

EcoCart also offers a carbon accounting tool for businesses and an offsetting offering for them as well, according to co-founders Peter Twomey and Dane Baker. EcoCart said it spent months developing a proprietary algorithm to calculate the carbon footprint of online orders. “We live this problem ourselves.

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