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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

As drivers we look out for them, as pedestrians we might be annoyed if they steer in our way but the riders themselves have developed better norms as happens in all forms of transportation. In the meantime we think we can build a globally complex, economically viable business that will be hard to disrupt. They’re not new.

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FourKites Raises $100M in Series D

HPA

This latest funding round, following a year of record growth for FourKites, validates our vision of breaking down the barriers across today’s supply chains — between transportation, warehouses, stores and siloed technology systems,” said Mathew Elenjicka l, founder and CEO of FourKites. “We

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Why regulators love Nuro’s self-driving delivery vehicles

TechCrunch

They built an AV that spared no room in the narrow chassis for a driver’s seat, and had no need for an accelerator, windshield or brake pedals. ” The National Society of Professional Engineers similarly complained that Nuro’s request lacked information about the detection of moving objects.

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Everstream, which applies big data to supply chain management, raises $50M

TechCrunch

Inflation accelerated. According to a recent survey from Capgemini, companies see disruption in the supply chain as the top risk to their business growth, ahead of rising raw material prices and the energy crisis. The Ukrainian-Russian war continued unabated.

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Freight Tech Startup GoodShip Raises $5M Seed Round Co-Led by Ironspring Ventures and Chicago Ventures to Bring Enriched Analytics and Actionability to Transportation Procurement

American Entrepreneurship

NASHVILLE— GoodShip , a collaborative cloud-based analytics and transportation procurement platform for shippers, announced a $5M seed round today. Human relationships are the most crucial links in any supply chain,” said Kristy Brutsman, Director at Armstrong Transport. The raise brings GoodShip’s total funding to $7.4M

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Extra Crunch roundup: Metromile CEO interview, Oscar Health’s IPO plans, our 2-year anniversary, more

TechCrunch

Both of us would prefer to show the results of our work than make a list of future-looking statements, so I’ll sum up: I’m proud of the work we’re doing because people around the world use the information they find on Extra Crunch to build and grow companies. That’s big! Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zendesk rejects $17B offer, sidewalk robots, recruiting survey

TechCrunch

When consumers started buying cars, many predicted the transportation revolution would lead to air pollution, traffic and life-threatening collisions. If this describes you — or someone you know — please use the form to share a link to their professional profile and their contact information before March 4, 2022.