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Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech

TechCrunch

In sub-Saharan Africa, only 33% of the urban population has access to public transportation, compared to 75% in Europe and North America, according to UN statistics. This lack of access to transportation is in stark contrast to other upward metrics on the African continent, like its growing access to equitable education and healthcare.

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

TechCrunch

on gross merchandise value (GMV: the total figure transacted on Bolt’s platform), à la the recently listed DoorDash, than it is closer to “others” in the transport space that are seeing valuations closer to 0.5x billion ($4.3 Uber sells air taxi business Elevate to Joby Aviation, shedding its last moonshot.

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EV Shuttle and School Bus Manufacturer Endera Gains $49 Million to Support Growth

American Entrepreneurship

Endera, a rapidly growing leader in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, has secured $49 million to propel its mission to revolutionize the American transportation sector. This holistic approach to electric transportation helps make Enderas vehicles some of the most reliable and cost-effective solutions.

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The Tech Issue that Matters Most in NYC

This is going to be BIG.

Perhaps if tech suddenly made housing, healthcare, transportation, combating opioids AND fixing climate change super cheap, AND enabled underemployed and displaced workers to survive on a living wage, AND provided childcare and education, I’m sure @aoc would give you a refund. link] — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) February 18, 2019.

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Facilitating AccelVT Energy 2019 Cohort

Paul G. Silva

This accelerator focuses on “ startup and/or seed stage ventures who offer new technologies, or novel applications of existing technologies, aimed at reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions in the heating and/or transportation sector. My thanks to my first mentor, Joseph Steig , for bringing me into this program!

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Canadian startup Rose Rocket raises Series A to scale its transport software business

TechCrunch

Freight transportation-focused Rose Rocket recently raised a $25 million round. TMS stands for transportation management software , which you can think of as a wide array of products that help truckers and brokers and other players in the freight transport game get work done on a digital basis. What’s a TMS?

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2019’s Top 10 Business Leaders in Sustainability

Impact Hub

The companies listed below scored high on the Corporate Knights’ 2019 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list. Neste develops renewable, low-emission, and circular solutions for the marine, transportation, aviation, and chemical and plastics industries to urge its consumers to reduce their crude oil dependency and climate emissions.