TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Mass transportation is a critical part of how metropolitan areas keep moving, and today a startup that has built an AI-based platform to help mass transportation work more efficiently is announcing a huge round of funding to grow its business and tackle a new set of opportunities and challenges in the modern city. market overall.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The company recently secured funding in a Series A round, which was led by TRIVE Venture Capital , a Singapore-based firm specializing in early-stage high-growth technology companies. Charge+ holds an existing contract with the Singapore Land Transport Authority to supply approximately 4,000 EV charging points in housing estate car parks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Alongside lead investor Lotte Chemical and investment company KTB Network, General Motors’ corporate venture capital arm, GM Ventures, signed on as a strategic investor. ” Soelect is not the only battery company that the VC invested in recently. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

Onomondo , a startup offering a dedicated wireless network for internet of things (IoT) devices, today announced that it raised $21 million in a funding round led by Verdane with participation from Maersk Growth, People Ventures, and The Danish Growth Fund. A network reserved for IoT devices isn’t a novel concept.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Transport Capital’s core expertise is in Real Assets and Private Capital Markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Motional, the Aptiv-Hyundai joint venture that’s working to commercialize autonomous driving technology, has launched its new all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxi for driverless ride-hail operations on the Lyft network in Las Vegas. The news follows years of collaboration between the two companies in Las Vegas.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. It was a great place to live and work, and I believed that over time, it would be a growing venture opportunity.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Toyota Ventures, an existing investor, also participated in the round, along with Goodyear Ventures, Shell Ventures, Broadscale Group, the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund and an account managed by Knighthead Capital Management.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

million seed round, is working to create a more efficient, decarbonized freight network that flows on top of existing railway infrastructure. rail network accounts for 28% of all freight movement , but most of that is bulk movement activity — large trains that move primary resources like coal and lumber. million Series A raise.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry. Where will they be able to tap into a supportive entrepreneurial network?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Indian electric mobility startup Magenta Mobility has closed a $22 million Series A1 round, backed by $11 million each from Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure and BP Ventures. The investment from BP Ventures is more than just a financial partnership. The firm has a team of 200 members that sit in its offices across four cities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The introduction of these two new funds, each worth $150 million, brings Toyota Ventures’ total assets under management to over $500 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Vic Patil thinks the solution lies in a “mesh” — specifically what he calls a “supply mesh,” inspired by the way wireless mesh networks function. Backbone today announced that it raised $14 million in seed funding from Nautilus Ventures, 12/12 Ventures, and individual investors to prove out its technology. .

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

As part of our global environmental strategy, Impact Hub is dedicated to supporting green ventures in scaling their solutions rapidly. Our aim is to provide the necessary support for green ventures in our pipeline to succeed. On November 30th, Impact Hub Accra unveiled their Net Zero Electric Mobility Platform.

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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from a number of existing and new Silicon Valley investors, including Moxxie Ventures, Nimble Partners, Spring Ventures, Climate Capital and Third Derivative. It has also imported two electric buses for the pilot program. Image Credits: BasiGo.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

The round was co-led by pan-African venture capital firm 4DX Ventures and regional telecom operator Orange. Participating investors include existing funds Uma Ventures and Saviu Ventures and new investors Yamaha Motor, LoftyInc Capital, Proparco, Google Ventures, To.org, Kepple Ventures and Enza Capital.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Through our work with affiliates that include IASourceLink , SourceLink Nebraska , NetWork Kansas , MOSourceLink , Launch Network and more, we’ve learned first-hand the struggles rural business owners in America experience and how building a network of entrepreneurial support can solve for those challenges.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Convoy, a digital freight network that connects shippers with carriers , has raised $260 million in fresh funding to scale up initiatives that will push the trucking tech industry into new ground. billion, and a $100 million venture-debt investment from Hercules Capital. Rowe Price that brings Convoy’s valuation up to $3.8

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action In a world echoing with the urgent call for environmental change, the Impact Hub Network is committed to supporting innovative green ventures for a brighter tomorrow. Our aim is to provide the necessary support for green ventures in our pipeline to succeed.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

“By reducing overall fleet size, we play a significant role in the overall acceleration of the electrification of the entire yellow bus network.”. Currently, hybrid or electric vehicles make up 19% of the startup’s CareDriver network vehicles, which are owned by gig economy workers similar to Uber or Lyft.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

After selling their hospitality tech startup, Teranga, in 2018, Senegalese brothers Moustapha and Alioune Ndoye ventured into the trucking business as they pondered their next move. Chargel, which came out of stealth last year, matches shippers with transporters, digitizing processes that were previously largely offline.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. Others do not have provisions for seat reservation.

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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. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S. This has been costly.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Optibus , which uses AI to help public transportation bodies and their mass transit partners plan and operate their networks, has raised $100 million, funding that it will be using to continue expanding its product set and wider business footprint, CEO and co-founder Amos Haggiag said in an interview in London this week.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

, she joined the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, where she developed a first-of-its-kind EV Network Technician Training Curriculum. Shortly after, Terry and Ellis were accepted into Elemental Excelerator’s startup incubator and have landed contracts with major EV charging network providers like EV Connect and SparkCharge.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Clime Capital , a Singapore-based fund manager focusing on accelerating the low carbon transition, is helping Vietnam address this concern through its partnership with EBOOST , the first mover open network electric vehicle (EV) charging operator in the country.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

What role should it play — in existing cities and when designing future urban transportation systems? Other companies where Gysin held CEO and EVP positions include Asempra, McData Corporation, Novell/Volera, PGSoft and Silver Spring Networks. What are the costs and benefits? Will the public widely accept and use it?

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

Second, the gathering came on the heels of a pivotal year in venture capital. a decade-long commitment to closing the funding gap between coastal tech hubs and rising cities, creating a more inclusive entrepreneurial future. This is an extraordinary place, and you shouldn’t let anyone tell you otherwise.”

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I built a 3,000 person tech networking organization in NYC back in 2006 and was one of the first 100 members of the NY Tech Meetup back in 2005 so I’ve participated in a lot of these conversations. In 2005, it was a risky bet to join Union Square Ventures and plant my VC career here in NYC. Those two things aren’t really the same.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2022

million in initial funding, led by East Ventures and backed by PT Prasetya Dwidarma, Number Capital, Trihill Capital, Indogen Capital, Saratoga Investama Sedaya TBK, Y Combinator, and angel investors. in East Ventures-led funding first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

TC Sessions: Mobility, which takes place on June 9, features the top minds and makers, draws thousands of attendees, fosters collaborative community and creates a networking environment ripe with opportunities. Network with CrunchMatch, our AI-powered platform, to find and connect with the people who can help move your business forward.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. What we do not know is how many people are deciding to seek out venture capital from each group. That adds risk.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Save the date and get ready to rub virtual elbows with mobility’s best and brightest minds — the movers, shakers and policy makers that are shaping the future of transportation. We’re excited to host another day dedicated to the people — and the technology they’re developing — that’s changing transportation. Yes, you can!

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

Iron Pillar and Uncorrelated Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Chiratae Ventures and Next47. CEO and founder Nitin Jayakrishnan says that the new capital will be put toward expanding Pando’s global sales, marketing and delivery capabilities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

AtoB’s integrated financial platform is like Stripe for transportation, says Harshita Arora, co-founder of AtoB. Two years later, she founded the app Crypto Price Tracker, which became an App Store hit and was acquired by Redwood City Ventures in 2018. PDT for networking and the interview starts at 12:00 p.m.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Transportation startup DeltaX is accelerating its plans to digitize the trucking industry in its native Bolivia and beyond thanks to a recent $1 million seed round. Millions of tons of cargo are transported each year via the Pan-American Highway and its branches across Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay.

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