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Uber sells air taxi business Elevate to Joby Aviation, shedding its last moonshot

TechCrunch

Last year, Uber and Joby, which is developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft, signed on as a vehicle partner for Uber’s Elevate initiative. In the spring, Uber led a $170 million funding round in micromobility startup Lime. As part of the deal, Lime acquired Uber’s micromobility subsidiary Jump.

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Zoomo raises $12 million to expand e-bike subscription offerings

TechCrunch

Zoomo also wants to build up its consumer model, which mainly serves couriers but is extending to commuters, and will invest in the development of its next generation of vehicle offerings. “We It also launched a new subsidiary to finance the vehicles, along with its software, to shared micromobility providers.

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Nigerian mobility-tech startup MAX bags $31 million in Series B round, set to expand across Africa, build EV infrastructure

TechCrunch

The funds will also be used to extend vehicle financing credit to over 100,000 drivers in the next two years. The startup introduced vehicle financing in 2018, and in just over two years, CFO Guy-Bertrand Njoya told TechCrunch, the churn rate by drivers affiliated to them has crashed to “close to zero.”. “We

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UrbanTech News Roundup

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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. Bowery Valuation raised a $12M Series A for their tech-enabled real estate appraisal platform. Laser scans & spatial maps will be critical to restoring Notre Dame.

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Leoparda Electric is bringing battery swapping for two-wheelers to LatAm

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While LatAm is the second largest two-wheeler market after Southeast Asia, electrification in the region has been slow to develop. So if we build the infrastructure, we enable them to access these huge potential savings.” Swobbee , a Berlin competitor, is doing something similar in Europe with smaller micromobility vehicles.).

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The Station: Uber seals a deal with NYC taxis, Aurora rolls into ride-hailing and LG Energy invests in North America

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Finally, i f you, like me, are curious about how micromobility platforms are unlocking profits, and what tech is enabling this, you’re going to want to pay attention to this one. Voi says it has just reached 100 million micromobility rides across 80 cities in less than four years. . Other deals that got my attention….

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

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SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. JoyTunes, led by Yuval Kaminka has developed a music-learning platform that has skyrocketed in 2020. Led by CEO Pavel Gurevich the company is seeing excellent traction.

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