AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

Founded in 2018, Venti Technologies develops highly flexible and industrial-grade precision technology that enables rapid deployment and best-in-class safety and operational efficiency for customers. The company has spent three years developing fleets that can navigate complex environments and heavy traffic with unmatched precision.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Zoomo, the Australian startup that builds e-bikes and offers micromobility subscriptions to gig workers and couriers, wants to be the next disruptive electric vehicle company. The startup has just announced a $60 million Series B fundraise, money it aims to use to transform the way companies look at last-mile delivery.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

This January, Germany’s largest vaccine maker BioNTech announced that it had agreed to acquire Tunisian-born and London-headquartered AI startup InstaDeep for up to £562 million, including a performance-tied £200 million tranche investment. First, when completed (at $682 million, adjusted in U.S. In 2019, InstaDeep raised an $8.5

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

I currently work for a large global organization that deals with container shipping as well as transport and logistics. The proposal forms around how our organisation can either be completely disrupted by or take full advantage of this massive opportunity that this technology presents. Honestly, I prefer the latter.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

The executive has a background in strategy and management consulting that progressed into a career in product development for top tech companies like Google and Amazon. Billions of dollars were going into trucking each year but fewer than 30 startups showed an interest in the field. So YC viewed this as a major disruptive play.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. The lab’s mandate was to deploy the latest advances in AI and ML to develop novel immunotherapies.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

And while this May’s economic backdrop was markedly different from last’s , enthusiasm was high and outlooks remained positive for the startup momentum building between the coasts. Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. Infrastructure touches everything.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Buckle up, startup and tech fans. Save the date and get ready to rub virtual elbows with mobility’s best and brightest minds — the movers, shakers and policy makers that are shaping the future of transportation. Shin-pei Tsay, director of policy, cities and transportation, Uber. Can you say mobility three-peat? Yes, you can!

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Recently, there’s been rapid digitization of this market , with several startups upending incumbents such as classifieds and hoping to define the new era of used-car-sale platforms. million–the largest of its kind in MENA and sub-Saharan Africa, besting what Rabbit, a 20-minute convenience delivery startup , pulled in last November. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Lori Systems , an African on-demand logistics and trucking company digitizing haulage and providing shippers with solutions to manage their cargo and transporters, has raised a pre-Series B round in which Google participated along with other existing investors. Image Credits: Lori Systems.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. In a few months, TC Disrupt will kick off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Startup Battlefield 200 applications are closing soon.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Melonn , a Colombian startup that provides fulfillment and software services to small and medium-sized e-commerce companies in Latin America, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. It also plans to soon offer embedded finance products.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

We partnered with various founder organizations — who in turn nominated promising early-stage startup founders — and collectively provide educational resources and mentorship to help these young founders develop and succeed over the course of the year. Founded by Denise Umubyeyi. Go Together, Inc. : Go Together, Inc. :

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

The Southern Californian startup first hit our (and most folks’) radar as a mug company. At the end of the year, it became clear that it would be focusing new efforts on the cold chain — specifically medical transportation. Ember’s first decade has been a journey. Mostly unnecessary? One could certainly make the case.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

If Nuro is to become the generation-defining company its founders desire, it will be due as much to innovation in regulation as advances in the technology it develops. There are multibillion dollar industries that can be disrupted if autonomous vehicles become successful.” In a 2019 letter to the U.S. Regulate for success.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Register Le Yen Thanh, the 28-year-old CEO of Vietnam’s smart mobility startup Phenikaa Maas , is among the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honorees in the Industry, Manufacturing & Energy category. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. This was a year like no other for Ann Arbor startups, so we’ve spent lots of time keeping up with all the news from Ann Arbor tech companies. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. DocNetwork.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

T his might not seem spectacular from a global perspective because it took the startup a year and two months to achieve but it’s a noteworthy feat in African markets. The company, which first launched in Uganda, is disrupting the offline market of local motorcycles referred to as boda-bodas in Uganda and okadas in Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Pony.ai, the Chinese autonomous vehicle startup and relative newcomer to the industry, is now valued at $5.3 The round was led by TIP, an innovation fund within the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board that focuses on late-stage venture and growth equity investments in companies that deliver disruptive technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

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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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of hardware engineering matched with software, Gideon Brothers (GB), a Zagreb, Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries Inc., Nenad Baki?

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

startup that has attracted funding from an influential set of investors. based Mindtech Global has developed what it describes as an end-to-end synthetic data-creation platform. In-Q-Tel invests in startups that support U.S. That’s the tantalizing prospect of a new U.K. It’s now closed a $3.25 That last investor is significant.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Raquel Urtasun, the AI pioneer who was the chief scientist at Uber ATG , has launched a new startup called Waabi that is taking what she describes as an “AI-first approach” to speed up the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles, starting with long-haul trucks. Finally, deep nets require an immense amount of data to learn.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

It’s home to a world-class university, developing cutting edge research as well as top tech talent. So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. Founded by two of the top female founders in the Midwest , Workit Health is a health startup that’s providing digital tools for people recovering from addiction.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Other deals that caught my attention … Accure , a startup that uses AI to predict lithium-ion battery failures, raised $7.8 Other deals that caught my attention … Accure , a startup that uses AI to predict lithium-ion battery failures, raised $7.8

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Description: “4pi Lab is developing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation providing real-time, wildfire detection, monitoring and reporting. Description: “Starfish Space aims to create an on-demand, in-space transportation and maintenance service for orbiting satellites. ” Clutch Space Systems. Sust Global.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Grab a red Sharpie, circle September 20 on your calendar (ooh, how old-school) and get ready to jumpstart your TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 networking experience. Sure, Disrupt’s “official” run is September 21-23, but why wait to meet other movers and shakers in your specific tech category? Make the most out of your TC Disrupt experience!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly. If you’re going to slap AI/ML on a deck, it had better be because leaning on new technologies gives you a real, measurable advantage for your startup, not because it is the newest, hottest thing. Lemme put my little soapbox away and look at what else has been alive in the land of startups this week!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Between 2006 and 2010, CEO Wilkerson, then a journalist and researcher, spent a great deal of time using motorcycles ( Boda bodas ) for quick and flexible transport. It was such an effective means for transport for him that he built a large contact list of “go-to” boda boda riders he would call for rides when need be.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Russia invaded Ukraine last week, which, in addition to being a human rights tragedy, is going to affect industries far and wide as supply chains become even further disrupted than they were before war broke out. First thing’s first. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Companies in other industries are on a hiring spree, but startups like Robinhood, Better.com and Peloton are laying off thousands as FAANG companies slow down their recruiting and look for places to save money. Many traditional valuation methods, such as discounted cash flow, aren’t as useful for valuing early-stage startups,” she writes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Having reliable transportation is at the top of any gig worker’s list, but in Latin America, that’s not always easy to secure. Other startups, like Graviti in Mexico City, are also providing financial tools — in Graviti’s case buy now, pay later — so that people can purchase home appliances if they don’t have much upfront capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

San Francisco-based Ample has raised a $160 million Series C to scale its battery swapping service, the largest round yet for the 8-year-old startup that wants to completely rethink how we use electric vehicles. This latest nine-figure funding round is a sign that investors are paying attention. Hassounah said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Outrider, a startup aiming to bring its autonomous technology to the nerve center of the supply chain, has raised $65 million in funding just eight months after coming out of stealth. The Series B round was led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and brings its total funding raised to $118 million. Image Credits: Outrider.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But while the company does hope to sell as many of these as possible to the Monaco and Dubai crowd, the bigger opportunity may be in public transport, of all things. With a predicted 60 mile range per charge, the P-30 should be able to make multiple trips without stopping and plug in to a fast charger at terminals without too much disruption.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Electric bike sales boomed in 2020, a phenomenon driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it delivered consumers’ daily lives. electric bike startup — is a validation of Rad Power’s business model and its ability to expand beyond the $100 million in sales it generated in 2019. Rowe Price Associates.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Today, I’m appropriating the term to describe this roundup by Greg Kumparak, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm and Jonathan Shieber that recaps their favorite startups from Techstars accelerators. ” says Lingathoti.

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