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“Winners Take None:” Coworking, Self Storage, Scooters Have Burned Billions of Investor Dollars and Maybe Were Never ‘Tech Companies’

Hunter Walk

Putting your money into one of these leading companies could produce incredible returns over time for venture, institutional, and retail investors. Micromobility Scooters. As a venture investor these are especially painful because they fail slow, burning a lot of capital and time and hope along the way. Self-storage on Demand.

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UrbanTech News Roundup

Dream It

Micromobility scooter docking startup Charge is betting that a boom in e-scooters and electric bikes will increase the need for charging stations around cities. Now, IWG is turning to franchising to beat back challenges from other coworking companies. Smart home security startup Kangaroo raised a $10M Series A from Greycroft Ventures.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures. Inbal Perlman , partner, TAU Ventures. Dror Nahumi , partner, Norwest Venture Partners. Sharin Fisher , partner, Fort Ross Ventures. Tal Slobodkin , partner, StageOne Ventures . Daniel Cohen, Viola Ventures.

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