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. In June, the company raised an undisclosed amount from Bloomit Ventures. Shared micromobility companies are beginning to add electric mopeds to their fleets of e-scooters and e-bikes. million ($4.1

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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. How to Land Early-Stage Funding.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? Join more than 2,000 attendees — representing the mobility community’s leading visionaries, founders and builders (like you) — and make essential connections that can move your professional aspirations forward.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some existing investors also put some more money on the table, such as Norwest Venture Partners, Felix Capital, Balderton Capital and TriplePoint Capital. 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, VanMoof raised a $40 million Series B.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? Join more than 2,000 attendees — representing the mobility community’s leading visionaries, founders and builders (like you) — and make essential connections that can move your professional aspirations forward.

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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 traditional world of vehicle insurance is not built for newer mobility models, like peer-to-peer, which is currently DigiSure’s bread and butter, or shared micromobility, which the company sees a lot of potential in. DigiSure is still new, so there’s room to grow, says Shim. valuation.

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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. Lyft has ended its bikeshare service in Minneapolis.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

You’ll also have time to explore the show and hear speakers from game-changing companies share trends and insights on air mobility, micromobility, investing, cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles and more. You might just find the co-founder or engineer who can help you put the proverbial pedal to the metal.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 will feature an incredible lineup of speakers, presentations, fireside chats and breakouts all focused on the current and future state of mobility — like EVs, micromobility and smart cities for starters — and the investment trends that influence them all.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Aurora has attracted attention and investment from high-profile venture firms, management firms and corporations such as Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, Amazon and T. 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.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Further evidence of this is the news that today British e-bike manufacturer FuroSystems has closed its first institutional venture funding round of £750,000 with participation by TSP Ventures and European impact investment bank ClearlySo , as well as a number of angel investors. universities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX started out in 2015 as a delivery startup using motorcycles to fulfil customer orders before venturing into ride-hailing, and later into vehicle subscription and financing services – solutions it came up with based on the data from its first services. Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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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. Will once-bootstrapped startups turn to venture during a watershed moment? Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Some of Aria’s predictions are : “The main story of 2022, it’s definitely going to be certification,” Sergio Cecutta, founder and partner at SMG Consulting, said. Micromobbin’ Since we’re making predictions, I’d be remiss if I didn’t share some thoughts about what 2022 may hold for the world of micromobility.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Rather than raising venture capital and scaling quickly, the company does business the old-fashioned way: Proving the model works in one market before moving to the next. After some market research, Xie and her co-founder, Yanke (Edwin) Tan, a bike engineer, discovered the gap in last-mile transportation in the United States.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

This week, we published a four-part series about how Klaviyo co-founders Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen bootstrapped their startup into an e-commerce marketing automation platform now valued at $4.15 Several micromobility companies once operated in my city, but consolidation has reduced that to a small handful. European VC soars in Q1.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Are founders in fundraising mode short-sighted when it comes to working with Chinese venture funds ? ” Is it so bad to take money from Chinese venture funds? Every founder who launches an enterprise software startup has to figure out the “right” pricing model for their products. funds and 12.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures. Inbal Perlman , partner, TAU Ventures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Haje has been running around at Micromobility America. They insist on using the MMA acronym, so he’s expecting a fist to the face any moment, but so far the only risk of injury has been from neck-breaking micromobility in the form of electric rollerblades. Ivan has more. Startups and VC. Series A deck. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Populus, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2017, has raised $5 million from new investors Storm Ventures and contract manufacturing and supplier company Magna along with existing backers Precursor, Relay Ventures and Ulu Ventures. Why micromobility may emerge from the pandemic stronger than before.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The startup’s CEO and co-founder Frank Reig didn’t place the entire blame on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused ridership to fall across shared micromobility services as well as public transit, for the company’s decision. ” A statement from our CEO & Co-Founder: pic.twitter.com/Cl5LSgGv5C.

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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 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

APRIL 7, 2021

Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi. Applicants must be affiliated with either one of the 10 UC schools or their national laboratories in Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos. In 2020, SkyDeck — along with much of the rest of the world — went virtual.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Three months on since the former founders of SoundCloud launched their e-bike subscription service, Dance today is announcing the close of a $17.7 million (€15 million) Series A funding round led by one of the larger European VCs, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Startups and VC In a major blow to shared micromobility companies, Paris has voted to ban rental e-scooters from its streets, Rebecca reports. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz appeared onstage with WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann to talk about their firm’s $350 million investment in Flow, Neumann’s new residential real estate company.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If you’re itching to get your game-changing product out of the garage, onto the streets or into customers’ driveways, we not-so-humbly suggest that you do whatever it takes to attend TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-19.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

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. New investors include Ben Bear, Derrick Ko, and Zaizhuang Cheng of micromobility company Spin. The startup is still small, with just 11 full-time employees.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

“Every time a recurring meeting is added to a calendar, a kitten dies,” says Chuck Phillips, co-founder of MeetWell. It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital / Wonderschool.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Over in software, Alex writes that software startups have some things to be happy about , even in this venture capital slowdown. . It stings even more when you know you have a superior product,” writes Sachin Gupta, the CEO and co-founder of HackerEarth. Would you like some more? Double down on your product. You can sign up here.).

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

However, Revel founder and CEO Frank Reig has set his sights far beyond building a shared moped service. In fact, since the beginning of 2021, Revel has launched an e-bike subscription service , an EV charging station venture and an all-electric rideshare service driven by a fleet of 50 Teslas. Revel secured another $33.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

If you’re itching to get your game-changing product out of the garage, onto the streets or into customers’ driveways, we not-so-humbly suggest that you do whatever it takes to attend TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-19.

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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. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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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. Veo, which was founded in 2017, has sought venture funding a bit later in the game than other micromobility companies. Bird, Lime and Veo selected for NYC e-scooter pilot.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

We’re hosting a webinar/conference call on Sunday, July 25th, at 7PM Israel/ 12PM New York/ 9AM San Francisco for investors to meet CEO and Co-founder Yali Saar and learn more (if you cannot attend, register and we will send you the video). Learn More. Wall Street Journal: Gallium nitride is “the future”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

When Ford micromobility subsidiary Spin first launched a fleet of electric scooters in my hometown of Pittsburgh last summer, my immediate instinct was very old-man-yells-at-cloud. Founders of micromobility startups made plenty of good arguments for why fleets of electric scooters and bikes make sense.

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