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

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The round was led by Inven Capital, a growth fund out of the Czech Republic. Additional investment came from Iris Capital, with strong participation from current investors, including Rider Global, Northzone, Cherry Ventures and the Italian venture fund H14. It’s now raised $103 million since its launch in 2016.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., Despite 2022’s heel turn, the ten-year funding trend line still points to VCs concentrating less capital in the major coastal hubs and more in the rest of the country, a collective area of focus for attendees.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. The fourth round of the Transit Tech Lab has launched and is looking for technologists to submit ideas on ways to restore customer confidence in public transportation, improve resilience to weather extremes, and further reduce the region’s carbon footprint.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 It will also use the funding for global expansion, Kimura said. since December 2020, as per its statement.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. As part of our global environmental strategy, Impact Hub is dedicated to supporting green ventures in scaling their solutions rapidly. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Already, BasiGo has set up a charging and servicing depot adjacent to the country’s main airport, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in the capital, Nairobi. The support and knowledge of this investor group will catalyze BasiGo in its mission to make East Africa a leader in inclusive, sustainable bus transport,” he said.

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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. At Impact Hub, we are dedicated to supporting green ventures in scaling their solutions rapidly.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX ) is planning to enter more markets across Africa as it races towards formalizing the continent’s transportation sector after securing $31 million in Series B funding. It is another milestone in our journey to make mobility safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable by deploying high-performance technologies and operators.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Companies like electric scooter providers Lime and Bird have raised tons of capital to change how the urban population gets around, but that growth has come at the cost of a bottom line still in the red. So it’s striking to see electric scooter company Veo take a different approach to the business.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The program has two distinct courses: The “Train” Track: Tailored for entrepreneurs prepared to launch with viable business plans, this track involves a 3-month venture-building program where participants receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 SGD.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Swedish autonomous electric vehicle startup Einride is aiming to continue the momentum sparked by partnerships with Oatly and Lidl by seeking additional capital, TechCrunch has learned. . capital markets by storm led, in part, by startups focused on the electrification of mobility. Daimler, Paccar, and Volvo all have plans as well.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Electric vehicle startup BasiGo has today announced the launch of its operations in Nairobi, bringing clean energy options to Kenya’s public transport industry, currently dominated by fossil-fuel buses. . BasiGo’s COO, Alex Mwaura, said they will tap the country’s renewable energy resource to fuel public transportation. .

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Capital requirements for new cement plants approach $1 billion for a single facility. Furno’s oversubscribed round was led by Energy Capital Ventures (ECV) and joined by O’Shaughnessy Ventures, Cantos and Neotribe. Breakthrough Energy participated in earlier, non-dilutive funding of the company.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. A message from reporter Aria Alamalhodaei: “For the time being, your favorite mini-roundup of transportation policy news will be taking an extended hiatus. Tthe transportation world lost one of its leaders this week. A few items before jumping in.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

While technological progress has been on an encouraging trajectory in energy and in transportation thus far, we are nowhere near done, especially in real estate and critical infrastructure. That’s where growth capital and eventually infrastructure investments come in. I know it is a capital-intensive sector.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Research included in the report demonstrates that “regions and local economies with strong entrepreneurship bases achieve faster and more sustainable economic growth.”. New and enduring challenges in accessing capital. Anyone who has started a business knows that access to capital is essential. Distance and transportation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. We wanted to make the shrimp business more sustainable and more efficient without destroying the environment,” Russek said. “We million in Series A dollars, and a new U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The deal could pave the way for a new business that would offer carbon capture and sequestration services to commercial enterprises around the world, if the joint venture between Climeworks and the newly formed Northern Lights company is successful. Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

-based online university platform Nexford University has raised $8 million in a Series A round co-led by New Markets Venture Partners and Learn Capital, two prominent edtech venture capital firms in the U.S. that have invested in Pathstream, Udemy and Coursera. The West African country is the only market where the U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Carbon Direct Capital Management led the round, with participation from Toyota Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures and Parley for the Oceans. Air Company plans to utilize this new growth capital to rapidly ramp up its CO 2 -derived alcohol production with the construction of the company’s third facility.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 4, 2023

Moreover, both companies plan to deploy joint renewable energy infrastructure for sustainable mobility endeavors. Through this fruitful partnership, Gentari and BMW are exploring various possibilities to advance the adoption of EVs in Malaysia , facilitating convenient and eco-friendly transportation options for consumers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

As a greater share of the transportation market becomes electrified, companies have started to grapple with how to dispose of the thousands of tons of used electric vehicle batteries that are expected to come off the roads by the end of the decade. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Systemiq Capital , a backer of early-stage climate tech startups, says it has secured $70 million to kick off its second fund. As far as putting that money to use, Systemiq says it is out to fund founders who are focused on making large industries and cities “more efficient and sustainable.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We spoke with: Alex Bondar , partner, Acre Venture Partners. Carolin Funk , partner, Blue Bear Capital. Joshua Posamentier , co-founder and managing partner, Congruent Ventures. Maryanna Saenko , co-founder and partner, Future Ventures. Valerie Shen , partner and COO, G2 Venture Partners. Robert Downey Jr. ,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Fez Delivery , a Lagos-based last-mile logistics startup with hubs across Nigeria, has raised $1 million led by pan-African investor Ventures Platform with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures and other angel investors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

In a sign that the market for logistics and transportation tech isn’t cooling (economic downturn be damned), HyperTrack , a startup offering APIs for freight order planning, assignment and tracking, today closed a $25 million Series A funding round. The stakes can be high. In 2021, a Florida trucking contractor contended that the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. Yoon Choi — Muirwoods Ventures. Alright, alright. .”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The following interview, part of an ongoing series with founders who are building transportation companies, has been edited for length and clarity. I mean, the heavy freight transport industry stands for between 7% to 8% of global CO2 emissions, and the engines that I helped to produce contribute roughly 1% of global CO2 emissions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Customers expect fast deliveries with visibility into each step, but costs — including transportation and raw materials costs — are rising thanks to inflation and other factors. Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks. Overhaul’s monitoring dashboard.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

99 Counties coordinates all of the processing, transportation and marketing so that farmers can focus on raising livestock and consumers can order meat from local farms within a day’s drive. million of pre-seed funding in a round led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from Union Labs, GV and Supply Change Capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Things like carbon nanotubes and fiber optic cables, organs and novel materials are all potential targets for a space manufacturing company, because they can conceivably justify the high cost of material transportation. Varda’s backers, which put $9 million into the company, were led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Less than a year after taking its first funding , Latin American local on-demand delivery and transportation super app Yummy is back with an upsized round of $47 million. The round was led by Anthos Capital, with the participation of JAM Fund, Soma Capital, WIND Ventures, Ethos Capital and YC Continuity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

She initially thought she’d focus on transportation, but her mind kept returning to consumer consumption habits and the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by targeting consumer behavior. Sequoia Capital has internal crash courses for its founders — here’s how they work. to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Deal of the week The battery business keeps attracting capital. million in a Series A2 round led by Blue Bear Capital and HSBC Asset Management with participation from Riverstone Holdings and Capnamic Ventures. Subscribe for free.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

We cover a lot of venture capital, naturally, but we have also been covering the rise of alternative fundraising over the years, including revenue-based investing, crowdfunding, social and beyond. But the hopes of today, from personal well-being to the prosperity of cities to a sustainable planet, often feel out of reach.

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