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How to Objectively Measure the "Fundability" of Your Startup

This is going to be BIG.

Yet, everyone’s got an opinion about how a company measures up, especially the founder. ( The other day, I had a difficult conversation with a founder who clearly felt like VCs were the problem in her fundraising process. I don’t need to remind such a founder how the world is stacked against them. Then, there are nuances.

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Berlin-based Swobbee wants to bring micromobility battery swapping to Europe

TechCrunch

Swobbee, a Berlin-based startup that’s working on commercializing battery swapping for micromobility vehicles, has raised a $6.5 The company recently launched a battery-swapping network in China and has plans to do the same in India. Our role model is Gogoro,” Duscha told TechCrunch.

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Magna enters the micromobility and battery swapping market

TechCrunch

Magna International, a Canadian mobility technology company that builds sensor-based systems for cars like driver monitoring systems and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is entering the micromobility market. Magna enters the micromobility and battery swapping market by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch.

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5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021

TechCrunch

Travis VanderZanden is the founder and CEO of Bird. Up until this point, the micromobility industry consisted almost entirely of docked and dockless bike sharing systems that were averaging approximately 35 million trips across the United States every year — more than half of them in New York City alone. Travis VanderZanden.

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Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

TechCrunch

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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Meet your co-founder or find your next gig at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

This two-day deep dive — dedicated to mobility tech, early-stage startups and the investors who fund them — is a prime networking opportunity you don’t want to miss. Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? Either way, we’ve got your back with CrunchMatch, our AI-powered networking platform.

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Extra Crunch roundup: finding GTM, China’s edtech clampdown and how to define growth

TechCrunch

“You have to consider three metrics: gross churn rate, the magic number and gross margin ,” says Tae Hea Nahm, co-founder and managing director of Storm Ventures. “I firmly believe that every founder should try their hand at growth,” said Su. Startups and investors are turning to micromobility subscriptions.