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EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025

TechCrunch

Zypp Electric will use the funds to expand its fleet from 10,000 to 200,000 bikes and widen its footprint to 30 Indian cities by December 2025. Gupta told TechCrunch that as part of Zypp Electric’s goal to reach 200,000 bikes by 2025, the company will deploy 50,000 this year and 100,000 next year. 6x from the last round.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Experts Predict Life in 2025 Will Be More Tech-Driven (Episode 188)

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On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares results from a new Pew Research survey , which asked tech experts what they believe life will be like in 2025. Some high-level expectations for our tech centric lives in 2025, well, information speeds are going to accelerate. Other expectations? A tech hungry market awaits you.

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Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment to diversity

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Today, at the helm of the Black Founders Matter venture fund, Michel has kept that mentality. The fund announced today the formation of the 25 by 25 Pledge , which encourages venture capitalists to commit to investing a quarter of their funds into BIPOC women founders by the year 2025. I just see it as the start.”

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Best Buy investing millions in Brown Venture Group, a firm exclusively backing BIPOC founders

TechCrunch

Brown Venture Group co-founder and managing partner Dr. Paul Campbell said that in the early days of forming the firm, he and co-founder Dr. Chris Brooks were told by “multiple people locally” that they should leave the Twin Cities metro area because “all the capital was on the coasts.”.

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GetVantage offers revenue-based financing to India’s founders

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For founders without the right network, it’s hard to find investors. Vasa said he and Srivastava’s background as founders give them an advantage, because they understand the needs of other founders. Many online entrepreneurs are underserved, he added, because “the VC model is somewhat broken and really based on who you know.”

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Revolution Ventures Invests in Oula, the Maternity Care Startup Combining the Best of Obstetrics…

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Co-founders Adrianne Nickerson, Elaine Purcell, and Joanne Schneider also bring decades of healthcare experience to the table, with backgrounds that include leading roles at Privia Health, Robin Care, CareMore Health, and Kindbody. With plans to open new clinics in 2025, the company is poised to become the largest U.S.

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Ample’s founder explains what it takes to scale EV battery swapping

TechCrunch

Since we last checked in with Ample’s co-founder and president John de Souza a year ago , the San Francisco-based startup has quietly grown, building new swapping stations and signing on additional fleet partners around the globe. Today there are 1,400. If they put our batteries in, it’s swappable. If they put their own, they’re not.

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