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

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. With the industry representing about 6.3% of the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. We love the productivity and independence that comes from oil powering our machinery & transportation but we hate enriching producers that we feel sometimes act against our best interests as consumers.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

She has worked with companies from all sectors, including Transportation, Telecom, and Manufacturing companies to guide their Supply Chain and Inventory strategies. I saw an opportunity to innovate and bring a unique solution that wasnt being fully addressed by existing players. How can our readers follow you on socialmedia?

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

But when he was struck by the urge to start a company, he researched the money-attracting industries of the world, and then, using AngelList, saw how many companies were trying to disrupt those industries. “I saw a massive opportunity and few people going after it,” Lewis told TechCrunch. Is that still a good method?

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 5, 2023

NASHVILLE— GoodShip , a collaborative cloud-based analytics and transportation procurement platform for shippers, announced a $5M seed round today. Human relationships are the most crucial links in any supply chain,” said Kristy Brutsman, Director at Armstrong Transport. The raise brings GoodShip’s total funding to $7.4M

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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. “[The latest investment] is primarily going to be used for land-grab and expansion opportunities,” Komoni said.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Ideas are the critical spark in the first stages of a startup: Ideas for a new product, for a disruptive service or engaging customer experience. They actively seek out businesses in markets they know nothing about, because they sense a huge opportunity for innovation or improvement. Take Airbnb and Uber, for example.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

“We basically just chased the opportunity wherever it was,” he tells TechCrunch, summing up how Bounce tackled the last two years of pandemic disruption. But by summer 2020 there was a temporary unlocking as parts of Europe reopened to tourism — so Bounce focused its efforts on markets like Croatia at that point.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The genuine progress in IT from the 1970s up to the 2000s masked the relative stagnation of energy, transportation, space, materials, agriculture and medicine. Blue ocean opportunities like asteroid mining and commercial space travel will attract a certain type of personality. Transportation. When Plodders Change the World.

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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 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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

He thinks the market opportunity for his company, an in-stealth remote HQ, is in the trillions because it has the potential to disrupt real estate, transportation and, in a macro sense, urban cities. “I I tell my former colleagues at Uber that I’m still working on transportation,” he said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Description: “Starfish Space aims to create an on-demand, in-space transportation and maintenance service for orbiting satellites. This addresses Counter-space and Mission opportunities.” ” Starfish Space. Raised so far: Undisclosed amount / seed, 1 December 2019. Sust Global. Raised so far: N/A.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. This is a huge opportunity for founders to build a purpose-native company that will have generational impact on the community, for employees and investors alike.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 24, 2022

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks about sectors undergoing sustained disruption and what it means for entrepreneurs. This morning on the Business Beat, we’re focused on an industry sector predicted to see continuing disruption well after the pandemic is finally behind us. for the WJR Business Beat.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

The firm is already successfully using its autonomous vehicles in everyday operating environments and has the potential to revolutionize goods transportation, Wyle added. Safar Partners invests in seed- to growth-stage technology companies in the cleantech and advanced materials, AI/IT and robotics, and life sciences/medical device areas.

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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., That is our superpower.

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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

JULY 28, 2021

The trio started the company as a bus-hailing service in Egypt and other ride-sharing services in emerging markets with fragmented public transportation. ” “Having established a leadership position in key emerging markets, we believe Swvl is ready to capitalize on a truly global market opportunity,” she added.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Wall Street Journal: OurCrowd chases the ‘trillion-dollar opportunity’. Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. Job opportunities. . Wall Street Journal: OurCrowd chases the ‘trillion-dollar opportunity’. This is a trillion-dollar opportunity.” Virgin Hyperloop gathers speed. Introductions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. Mario Schlosser (Oscar Health) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017.

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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. But, there’s an opportunity to infill housing. The single module shelter that the company has developed can be transported and put on site in one day.

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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. I believe that AI is a huge opportunity for Africa and I’ve been vocal about it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Additionally, Melonn works with a range of transportation providers, including incumbents such as FedEx or DHL and last-mile startups, to reduce shipping times and costs. . Melonn then takes care of the picking, packing and delivery, so that end-consumers receive their orders on the same or next day, also taking care of returns.

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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

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Perterson said further inquiry revealed to PEV that the industry in Africa was ripe for disruption, especially because the sector is among the fastest growing in the world. “I And I quickly came to the conclusion that there wasn’t just one business opportunity to modernize the tourism sector.

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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. Ferries are crucial infrastructure to cities around the world, but are often old, diesel-powered things that pollute the air and water around them.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The grant facilitates advancing innovative technology solutions, driving startups toward market disruption or creating entirely new markets. This intricate strategy amplifies opportunities for startups, providing not just capital but also expert guidance.

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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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Feedough

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Transportation and Warehousing : a maximum of 500 to 1,500 employees. It provides job opportunities for local people. Opportunities to New Entrepreneurs. This helps SMEs to identify any kind of opportunity that arises in the market before any competitors. Innovation: A unique feature of a startup is disruptive innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2019

Fixing a car is complicated; fixing a city’s transportation infrastructure is complex. In this way, they collectively progress from debate and story-telling around issues and opportunities, to ideas and finally to answers. You have a formula for solving complex problems. In the book, we devote an appendix to “Where Else?”

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 28, 2023

Xpressbees CEO Amitava Saha stated that there’s a massive opportunity for tech-led disruption in logistics, and the company aims to become a dominant end-to-end logistics player leveraging any strategic opportunities. “We have established a leading brand but are still early in our growth story.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

So he teamed up with former Lyft exec Andrew Woolf to found Coast , a company that is aiming to meet those needs with the mission of becoming “the financial platform for the future of transportation.”. It’s the perfect recipe for a startup to come in and disrupt it with a much better experience,” Mohnot told TechCrunch via e-mail.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Electric bike sales boomed in 2020, a phenomenon driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it delivered consumers’ daily lives. Now, Rad Power Bikes is reaping those rewards and using them to double its workforce and scale globally. To date, Rad Power has raised $175 million — the vast majority of which came in this new round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Along with Mike Adkins, they started 99 Counties to disrupt the $100 billion U.S. 99 Counties coordinates all of the processing, transportation and marketing so that farmers can focus on raising livestock and consumers can order meat from local farms within a day’s drive.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Seadronix says some smart ports across the globe have adopted innovative technologies ; for example, Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Port of Hamburg in Germany and Port of Singapore, but that generally, the traditional shipping industry is conservative and resistant to change, meaning it’s therefore ripe for disruption.

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