TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. “[The latest investment] is primarily going to be used for land-grab and expansion opportunities,” Komoni said.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 5, 2023

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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food and people around in cars, on scooters and ( most recently ) on bikes across developed and emerging markets in EMEA is announcing a major round of funding. billion ($4.3 billion). .

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Revolution

AUGUST 17, 2022

an initiative poised to strengthen American manufacturing, supply chains, and national security by investing in research and development, science and technology, and the workforce of the future?—?is is officially law. But what does that mean for startups?

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. GDP, the market opportunity is huge, especially as spending climbs — the U.S. What’s the most exciting development in construction tech right now? of the U.S. Its recently enacted $1.2

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Talent seeks opportunities, and opportunities can (and must) be created.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Space propulsion developer Accion Systems has closed its most significant funding round yet. This latest injection of capital will facilitate the development and manufacturing of the company’s fourth generation propulsion system, dubbed the tiled ionic liquid electrospray (TILE) system. “We

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 18, 2024

Our winning idea at the Entrepreneur’s Cup was to develop smaller, lighter, high-performance cold chain shipping containers for the safe transportation of temperature-sensitive biologics like blood, vaccines, and pharmaceuticals. Today, MaxQ is the largest blood packaging solutions provider in the U.S., healthcare system.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The company was one of the first to design and launch an exclusive system for transporting Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J vaccines over the last mile of distribution. Our team developed, validated and launched, a CDC-compliant vaccine transport solution with integrated monitoring, giving us relative control on our business goals,” Kumar said.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 23, 2023

The automotive startup is developing data transport and acceleration technology for automobile networks that support autonomous driving and electrical vehicles (EV). Advanced Driver-Assisted Systems (ADAS), autonomous driving (AD) and the ecosystem of customer software delivered Over the Air (OTA) require efficient data transport.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. The problem of housing affordability and supply is largely a political problem, and those policies (that prevent developers from building multi-family properties) are largely popular. Infrastructure touches everything.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The shipping business in Africa has for years been inefficient and costly due to the traditional ways of managing operations – traditional in the sense that a shipper has to physically look for a transporter, sometimes through a middle-man, and often, once goods are delivered, the trucks almost always make the return trip empty.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

A smaller portion of rail freight movement is referred to as intermodal activity, which essentially involves moving steel containers between a range of different modes of transportation, like boats and trucks. “When that becomes a problem is when you’re figuring out where to park that big train, and the answer is, not many places.”

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Jason Malki

MARCH 27, 2023

With an unwavering passion for innovation, Shawn has made his mark on the world by developing cutting-edge solutions and working with leading companies such as Apple, Fossil, and worked with various organizations within the Department of Defense. Embrace them as opportunities to learn and grow.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

While working in growth, operations, and marketing for Zipcar across North America, Robinson had the opportunity to launch the world’s largest car-sharing organization in Detroit — and she never left. After relocating to Detroit, Robinson joined Ford’s Smart Mobility team, where she led the development of next-generation mobility efforts.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

MoveinSync’s Strategic Funding Round This financing round is intended not only for growth but also to provide an opportunity for some of its early investors to partially exit. They aim to secure between $50 to $60 million.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Many people in emerging markets depend on informal public transport to move across cities. Google, Toyota Tsusho invest in WhereIsMyTransport to map transport in emerging cities. As a mobility startup, WhereIsMyTransport maps formal and informal public transport networks. Devin de Vries (CEO WhereIsMyTransport).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2023

I’ve spent the last four years starting a market entry business consulting company from scratch in the young and developing Southeast Asian market of Vietnam. Outside of traditional manufacturing, the IT and software development sector tends to operate under a similar model.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When Brian Schiff, Sam Krut and Jacob Cooper founded the company in 2015, they were still undergraduates at Cornell University and it was initially an Uber-like social transportation app to help people find rides on college campuses where the transportation giant wasn’t operating. The funding round he refers to is $6.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

Each founder showcased the innovative business ideas they developed and refined throughout the Bridge2 program. i2E’s E3 and Bridge2 programs give you, the entrepreneur, the tools to communicate the problem, solution, and market opportunity — in multiple formats.

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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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

The autonomous vehicle space is an exciting emerging market with plenty of opportunity. Experiencing first-hand the skill and dedication of the people I worked with, I have no doubt AVs (like Olli) are the future of transportation.” I made some great friends, both locally and globally, which makes it worthwhile.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2024

April 15, 2024) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the New Jersey Green Bank (NJGB), which will make investments in the clean energy sector that will help advance the state’s efforts to make an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy. TRENTON, N.J.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Bolt’s Africa regional director, Paddy Partridge, told TechCrunch that the ride-hailing firm has experienced a spike in on-demand transportation services, and that the current drivers — especially in Ghana and Nigeria where “there’s a real shortage of cars” — are not enough to meet this growth. Image Credits: Bolt.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

These companies will take part in a three-month-long virtual program (the details are not discussed in Apple’s announcement post) and then will have the opportunity to become suppliers for Apple’s carbon neutral supply chain goals. Mosaic Global Transportation (Founder: Maurice H.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The company, which runs an app matching truck drivers and merchants transporting cargo and provides financial services to truckers, was formed from a merger between rivals Yunmanman and Huochebang in 2017. For Permira, a European private equity fund, the Manbang investment marked the China debut of its Growth Opportunities Fund.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Against that backdrop of unsafe practices, I wanted to note an important departure over at the Department of Transportation. The UK’s Department of Transport reports weekday cycling rates have jumped 47% in the first half of 2022. Arrival , the U.K.-based

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

The air taxi developer began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday under the ticker symbol “JOBY,” after completing a merger with special purpose acquisition company Reinvent Technology Partners. It’s a sizable amount, but creating an entirely new form of transportation is a capital-intensive business.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Having had the opportunity to work at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, Thanh decided to turn it down and return to Vietnam to start a business, devoting himself to the development and betterment of Vietnamese society. Thanh has won over 100 national and international awards for his programming skills.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 28, 2023

Department of Transportation (USDOT), Department of Energy and new Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (JOET) was to set standards eliminating the differences in EV plugs styles and EV chargers—that vehicle owners complained were hampering EV use and enjoyment. In addition to funding, one key action taken by the U.S.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Business opportunities from this cohort ranged from a social distance training program for children, crowd-sourcing for authors, a professional podcasting service, transportation supply chain management, a “last-mile” delivery app, and the development of a service that facilitates group connections while on vacation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

We don’t tie investments to an immediate strategic opportunity but want to help accelerate development either as an advisor or capacity provider with the hope that there is eventually an opportunity to partner strategically or become a customer as they progress.” .

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

South Korea is considered a gateway to Asia due to its strategic location and well-developed infrastructure. South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia. It takes work to enter the Korean market.

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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

MARCH 8, 2021

This includes our emissions for transports, which is why we are now shifting to electrical vehicles, which reduces our climate footprint by 87% on these routes,” said Simon Broadbent, supply chain director at Oatly, in a statement at the time. Argo, a developer of self-driving technology, is now worth $7.5 billion valuation.

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