TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

It’s a two-day deep dive featuring the best, brightest and most intriguing founders, engineers, investors, regulators and technologists dedicated to transforming the way we move people and packages around the globe! Lend us a helping hand, and we’ll hand you a free Disrupt pass. Here’s where you come into the picture.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

It’s a two-day deep dive featuring the best, brightest and most intriguing founders, engineers, investors, regulators and technologists dedicated to transforming the way we move people and packages around the globe! Lend us a helping hand, and we’ll hand you a free Disrupt pass. Here’s where you come into the picture.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Falck, now the CEO and founder of Swedish autonomous freight company Einride, also worked as the director of manufacturing engineering assembly at Volvo GTO Powertrain. The following interview, part of an ongoing series with founders who are building transportation companies, has been edited for length and clarity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Topics range from accessible product design and fighting algorithmic bias to the justice system, workplace organizing and support for underrepresented founders — and that’s just for starters. Don’t miss your chance to meet some founders currently participating in TechCrunch’s Include program. Founded by Denise Umubyeyi.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

To use natural gas as a transportation fuel, it must be compressed so that it has the same energy density as gasoline or diesel liquid fuel. The award money was dedicated to addressing the obstacles and barriers associated with adopting natural gas as a transportation fuel. In total, Onboard Dynamics has raised approximately $9.35

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Financially, the world is a little bit wobbly right now, so investors want to see decks that show that founders know how to optimize for break-even, then profitability. Apropos Tesla, our transportation team has been kept hella busy with the EV manufacturer this week. Now the average is 16. Do more with less, get to the point.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just upend the transportation industry. Here’s who we interviewed: Clara Brenner , co-founder and managing partner, Urban Innovation Fund. Rachel Holt , co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. David Lawee , founder and general partner, CapitalG.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

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. We’re excited to host another day dedicated to the people — and the technology they’re developing — that’s changing transportation. Yes, you can!

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HPA

MARCH 24, 2021

“This latest funding round, following a year of record growth for FourKites, validates our vision of breaking down the barriers across today’s supply chains — between transportation, warehouses, stores and siloed technology systems,” said Mathew Elenjicka l, founder and CEO of FourKites. “We

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of digital freight company Convoy , didn’t start his company because he had a deep and abiding passion for trucking. Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Convoy. So YC viewed this as a major disruptive play. At least, not at first. What do you think made Convoy stand out? Is that still a good method?

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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. “We really see ourselves disrupting Rivian,” Mina Nada, CEO and co-founder of Zoomo, told TechCrunch. ” Companies like URB-E in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Co-founder and CEO Cody Candee admits business “completely froze” for the first three months of the pandemic. “We basically just chased the opportunity wherever it was,” he tells TechCrunch, summing up how Bounce tackled the last two years of pandemic disruption.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

VC firms Algebra Ventures, Nuwa Capital, 1984 Ventures, and Global Founders Capital participated, with several regional and global angel investors taking part as well. According to the founders, Sylndr also plans on providing seven-day money back guarantee, warranty and availing flexible financing options to users.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry. And for decades, until the entire industry was disrupted, that attraction established a virtuous cycle.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

And good news, btw, we’re offering 15% off Disrupt tickets (excluding online or expo tickets) for you, our trusty Daily Crunch readers. This week, Haje went deep with a founder who’s building digital license plates. It’s a really good read from the TechCrunch transportation desk with an undertone of “the power of great pivots.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Shared transportation in Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by population, is a thriving business, at least when done the conventional way: offline. While most mobility tech in the country is centred around two-wheelers and car-hailing, there’s been hardly any deliberate disruption in the bus-sharing and mass transit space.

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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. Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation. Infrastructure touches everything. Cultivate a super team, not a superstar.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Listen up founders! 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.

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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. We are focusing on investments where we believe that Google could add value.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 24, 2022

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks about sectors undergoing sustained disruption and what it means for entrepreneurs. This morning on the Business Beat, we’re focused on an industry sector predicted to see continuing disruption well after the pandemic is finally behind us. for the WJR Business Beat.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Optibus , which uses AI to help public transportation bodies and their mass transit partners plan and operate their networks, has raised $100 million, funding that it will be using to continue expanding its product set and wider business footprint, CEO and co-founder Amos Haggiag said in an interview in London this week.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

The company’s founders Dave Ferguson (president) and Jiajun Zhu’s (CEO) vision of a driverless delivery vehicle sought to do away with a lot of the stuff that is essential for a normal car to have, like doors and airbags and even a steering wheel. So when the company petitioned the U.S. They were wrong. Regulate for success.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

So he teamed up with former Lyft exec Andrew Woolf to found Coast , a company that is aiming to meet those needs with the mission of becoming “the financial platform for the future of transportation.”. Coast co-founders Daniel Simon and Andrew Woolf.

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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. TC Ventures invites founders around the world who are seeking to disrupt and reimagine the maritime and aviation industries to connect.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Also, if you want to speak at Disrupt later this summer, you can apply now. Oh, and sustainability is getting a whole stage all to itself at Disrupt. Securities and Exchange Commission and Charlie Javice, the founder of student financial aid startup Frank. Today, there’s a ton of fun events-based updates for you. See you there?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted a lot in the world, and supply chains are no exception. . But getting real-time access to information from transportation providers has remained somewhat elusive for shippers and logistics companies alike. . A number of applications that aim to solve workflow challenges across the supply chain exist.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

The rush to grow, outrun, and disrupt runs in the lifeblood of today’s entrepreneurs, driving their fervor and enabling them to capture markets from giants of industries too big to maneuver in a quickly changing landscape. Startups are the embodiment of frenetic action.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

CEO and founder Nitin Jayakrishnan says that the new capital will be put toward expanding Pando’s global sales, marketing and delivery capabilities. Everstream , another Pando rival, offers its own dashboards for data analysis, integrated with existing ERP, transportation management and supplier relationship management systems.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This year at TechCrunch Disrupt (happening just next week), there is more to explore than ever before. From the scores of Startup Alley companies to the Startup Battlefield presentations to the Disrupt Stage, Extra Crunch Stage and beyond. But the Disrupt Desk is making its grand return after debuting in 2020.

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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., Gideon Brothers founders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, General Catalyst’s Niko Bonatsos said that venture firms have to go through natural selection cycles and that it will be “survival of the fittest.”. For example, Initialized Capital’s co-founder Garry Tan is leaving the firm to join Y Combinator as president. Clubhouse and the bird app.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Good news, TechCrunch family, Techstars’ Saba Karim is coming to Disrupt (September 21-23) this year. We’re excited to have him aboard to help save our founder-heavy audience time and effort. In case you need a refresher, Karim is joining what could be our strongest-ever Disrupt speaking cohort.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

According to Venti Technologies Founder and CEO Heidi Wyle, the funding will enable the firm to deploy its autonomous logistics solutions more broadly to power safer and more efficient global supply chains and industrial yards.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Digitally led subscription services have the potential to disrupt the traditional car sales model, and new startups are entering the market all the time. Plus, there are branded services which include Audi on Demand, BMW, Citroën, DS, Jaguar Carpe, Land Rover Carpe, Mini, Volkswagen and Care by Volvo.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Our mission is to go the distance by innovating at the heart of cement production and operating as a complement to other technological developments in the cement space,” explains Gurinder Nagra, Furno founder and chief executive officer. seed funding round and introduced its revolutionary, end-to-end cement production unit, the Furno Brick.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

As a Co-founder & CEO of Phenikaa MaaS (formerly BusMap), Le Yen Thanh is one of the prominent and inspirational names in the Vietnamese startup community. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers. In 2021, BusMap received a capital injection of $US1.5

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