TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Subscribe to access all of our investor surveys, company profiles and other inside tech coverage for startups everywhere. Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Nigerian mobility tech startup Metro Africa Xpress Inc. ( The startup told TechCrunch that it will use the funding to enter Ghana and Egypt by the end of the first quarter of 2022, and other additional markets in Francophone, East and Southern Africa by the close of the same year. Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

And yes, it absolutely has affected the the transportation sector, specifically the hundreds of startups within the sector. A number of automakers ( Porsche , VW , Mercedes-Benz ), startups (where do I begin?) French startup Upway has launched its online marketplace that sells refurbished e-bikes in the U.S. Envisics , a U.K.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. How to Land Early-Stage Funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-20 is one of the fastest ways to discover new opportunities and accelerate your growth potential. Along with demo space, a $725 Early-Stage Startup Demo Package includes: Four event passes to help your team maximize time and opportunities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

One bright light amidst the gloom: Startups that generate enough revenue to drive steady growth will find many investors willing to take their calls. One bright light amidst the gloom: Startups that generate enough revenue to drive steady growth will find many investors willing to take their calls.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. How to Land Early-Stage Funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The early-stage Dutch startup, which recently revealed the final design of its quadricycle, is now assembling working prototypes in Breda, the Netherlands. In June, the company raised an undisclosed amount from Bloomit Ventures. foot package to meet the needs of city drivers. million ($4.1

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Amsterdam-based startup VanMoof has raised a $128 million Series C funding round. Some existing investors also put some more money on the table, such as Norwest Venture Partners, Felix Capital, Balderton Capital and TriplePoint Capital. Overall, if you add it all up, the startup has raised $182 million in total.

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

Micromobility scooter docking startup Charge is betting that a boom in e-scooters and electric bikes will increase the need for charging stations around cities. Self-driving car startup Optimus Ride will deploy self-driving vehicles in the enclosed campus of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. seed round.

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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. The startup has just announced a $60 million Series B fundraise, money it aims to use to transform the way companies look at last-mile delivery.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. How to Land Early-Stage Funding.

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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. valuation.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

Startup of the Week: GoDaddy bets on Tailor Brands. The Startup Nation’s startup government. Startup of the Week: GoDaddy bets on Tailor Brands. Join us on Sunday to meet the CEO of Tailor Brands , a fast-growing startup backed by GoDaddy and other top-drawer investors, as noted in TechCrunch. Introductions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, has reached an agreement with Uber to buy the ride-hailing firm’s self-driving unit in a complex deal that will value the combined company at $10 billion. Aurora is not paying cash for Uber ATG, a company that was valued at $7.25

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Bolt Mobility , the Miami-based micromobility startup co-founded by Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, is expanding to 48 new markets after acquiring the assets of Last Mile Holdings. ” The acquisition was funded in part by Fuel Venture Capital, an existing Bolt investor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You want to make the most of your time at this one-day virtual intensive featuring interactive presentations with the mobility industry’s top movers, shakers and startup dream makers, amirite? Mobility mavens, June 9 will be here before you know it, and that means it’s time to get your strategy ducks in a row for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021.

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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 Part 4: Drama and quirk aren’t necessary for startup success. Micromobility’s next big business is software, not vehicles.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

A number of startups such as Coord and curbflow have popped up in recent years, all aiming to solve this supply and demand problem. One entrant, the three-year-old startup Automotus , is beginning to rack up deployments in zones within cities like Santa Monica, Pittsburgh, Bellevue, Washington and Turin, Italy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Aria writes that it’s not a given, “but the high capital demands of aviation could mean more startups are still looking for a huge injection of cash via the public markets.” Crystal ball says… More e-bikes will hit the shared micromobility space. Better integration of micromobility offerings with public transit.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In this instance, African web3 startup Nestcoin said it had to lay off employees as a result of not having that access. 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. Big Tech Inc.

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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.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Startups and VC. 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. million Series A in July.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Are founders in fundraising mode short-sighted when it comes to working with Chinese venture funds ? “Chinese investors can bring value to foreign startups, but you need to study their expertise and how it can be useful for you.” ” Is it so bad to take money from Chinese venture funds? funds and 12.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

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? TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 goes big, live and in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi. Attending a remote startup accelerator is absolutely worth it. NuPort Robotics. Image Credits: NuPort Robotics Inc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Startups are the embodiment of frenetic action. 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. That has been truer for the mobility landscape than most other industries. In your Medium post titled “Sorry, Boys.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Startups, tapping into new manufacturing techniques, new batter technology, and new energy infrastructure, see a ripe opportunity to build new vehicles to disrupt the current status quo with safer and cleaner alternatives.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Now, surging demand for delivery — and the pressure it places on curb space — is helping the transportation data startup attract new capital and expand to more cities. Populus has contracts with more than 80 cities, including Oakland, San Diego and Tel Aviv, and works with more than 25 micromobility operators.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Shared electric moped startup Revel said Friday that it will shut down its service in Austin later this month. The equity round included newcomer Toyota AI Ventures and further investments from Blue Collective, Launch Capital and Maniv Mobility. Electric moped startup Revel raises $27.6 million as it eyes new markets.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

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? TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 goes big, live and in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Startup Battlefield 200 applications are closing soon. 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

MARCH 1, 2023

The new round boosts the one-year-old startup’s total financing to $12 million. The startup, which makes premium electric bicycles for commutes and off-road adventures for less than $2,000, didn’t come from nowhere. Zhang’s co-founders at Lime are also vouching for the young startup. Off the back of its $7.4

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

That app also included micromobility and ride-hailing information, allowing customers to not just look up bus schedules, but see how they might get to and from stops — or ignore the bus altogether. Amid the swarm of new startups there are a few giants. It’s the underpinning before we choose any tools we use.”

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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. Money flowing to LatAm : Kaszek earmarks nearly $1 billion in new funds for Latin American startups , reports Mary Ann. Alex writes this icon is sending dogecoin to the moon. Lesson one?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

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? TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 goes big, live and in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

million (€15 million) Series A funding round led by one of the larger European VCs, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. Rainer Märkle, general partner at HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, said in a statement: “The mobility market is seeing a huge shift towards bikes, strongly fueled by the paradigm shift of vehicles going electric.

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