Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

So, you’re probably thinking, what on earth is this guy going on about in the title of this paper that I am about to venture into. I currently work for a large global organization that deals with container shipping as well as transport and logistics. Honestly, I prefer the latter. Honestly, I prefer the latter.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Founder The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Spring (SPRING) consolidates various startup assistance programs. The initiative aims to provide Singapore-based startups access to diverse funding sources and mentorship programs, nurturing innovative concepts into prosperous companies.

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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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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

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.,

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We found that new ventures require radically different talents and skills. Ideas are the critical spark in the first stages of a startup: Ideas for a new product, for a disruptive service or engaging customer experience. Every venture needs Collaborators. Take Airbnb and Uber, for example. Remember Kara Goldin ? Key takeaways.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The seed funding round was led by Bessemer Ventures Partners and saw participation from Shine Capital, Basecamp Fund and Converge. “We are excited to partner with Zenskar on their journey to fundamentally disrupt the quote-to-cash tooling for SaaS companies. Zenskar plans to use its fund to expand the team of its engineers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Alternative capital has pros and cons, just like venture capital has pros and cons. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 07: Coinbase Co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong speaks onstage during Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Mobility-as-a-service. What will we do?

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HPA

AUGUST 12, 2019

In the future, when we analyze moments in time when true innovation transformed an industry, we’ll remember an event that happened just a couple of weeks ago: Livongo’s IPO. Home to some of the best hospitals in the country, the Midwest is a prime location for continued healthcare innovation. Precision Medicine. Mental Health.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

BioNTech (the company behind Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine), Chimera Abu Dhabi, Deutsche Bahn’s DB Digital Ventures, Google, G42 and Synergie participated in the round. Two years ago, InstaDeep formed a multi-year strategic collaboration with BioNTech to launch a joint AI innovation lab. The rail operator is the largest in Europe. .

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers. Among these, Smart Port is a port model helping cargo and inland transportation companies cut expenses and increase their competitiveness. In 2021, BusMap received a capital injection of $US1.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. million in a Series A2 round led by Blue Bear Capital and HSBC Asset Management with participation from Riverstone Holdings and Capnamic Ventures. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Vroom vroom!

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

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. When starting in Nigeria, most two-wheel ride-hailing startups begin from Lagos, the nation’s hotbed of commerce and transport. Chinese and Japanese investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

“Our default rate is about three times better than the industry average — which is the payday lending industry that we’re looking to disrupt,” Holoway said. And they’re able to help individuals out who otherwise would not be able to pay for groceries, paying rent or taking care of their transportation expenses.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. Allbirds is not alone in this vision or innovation — Tesla’s job is far greater than simply getting a driver from one place to another; Impossible Meats’ job is more than just feeding a hungry customer. through comfort, style or performance? — ?and

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Sequoia Capital India, Insight Partners and Insignia Ventures Partners co-led the Series B round. It gives us the resources we need to fuel and accelerate our mission to build innovative solutions that simplify money movement in Indonesia,” said Rafi Putra Arriyan , co-founder and CEO of Flip. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

IRP Systems , a maker of innovative electric powertrains for electric vehicles, has raised a $31 million Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to $57 million. With the new investment, we will continue to create disruptive solutions as well as penetrate new EV segments.”. IRP Systems is in the epicenter of this revolution.

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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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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. Led by charismatic chairman Dr Kira Radinsky, the company is described by the Israel Innovation Authority as “the most prominent company in the Israeli healthcare ecosystem.” Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. “We Introductions. Top Tech News.

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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.”. But Simon argues that the companies that sell such cards were founded decades ago with very little innovation since.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Image Credits: Wellthy Jurist-Rosner founded Wellthy in 2015 (the startup actually launched as a Battlefield contestant at TechCrunch Disrupt that year ) to help others like herself who were juggling work and caregiving. During that time, she also held a full-time job as a marketing manager at Microsoft.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

When consumers started buying cars, many predicted the transportation revolution would lead to air pollution, traffic and life-threatening collisions. As part of an ongoing series of interviews with transportation startup founders, ??Rebecca Three trends he’s identified: Moving beyond demand-side innovation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

InstaDeep utilizes advanced machine learning techniques, including deep reinforcement learning in applications within an enterprise environment that cuts across various industries such as biotech, transportation, electronics manufacturing and logistics. As such, most startups have had to domicile abroad to access funding.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

The fresh funds, led by SoftBank Ventures Asia , bring Seadronix’s the total round up to $8.3 The company just secured a $5.8 million Series A extension to scale its AI-based ship berthing monitoring and navigation systems to help cargo ships navigate safely and assist port operators anchoring their vehicles at harbor.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

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. Pony.ai, the Chinese autonomous vehicle startup and relative newcomer to the industry, is now valued at $5.3

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Scott Friend, partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Vin Lingathoti, a partner at Cambridge Innovation Capital, says entrepreneurs operating in this space face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing growth and risk.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

million in a Series A round led by Khosla Ventures, with additional participation from Uber, 8VC, Radical Ventures, OMERS Ventures, BDC and Aurora Innovation, as well as leading AI researchers Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, Pieter Abbeel, Sanja Fidler and others. Waabi has raised $83.5

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OurCrowd

JUNE 16, 2019

After months of planning and presenting, we are proud to share that Tnuva, OurCrowd, Finistere Ventures, and Tempo Beverages have together been chosen by the Israel Innovation Authority to operate the new FoodTech incubator in the north of Israel ! Mobility… RTA and skyTran to develop driverless transportation system in Dubai.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Roger Lee is a general partner at Battery Ventures, based in Menlo Park, CA, who focuses on investments in software and consumer tech, including online marketplaces. Justin Da Rosa is a vice president with Battery Ventures in San Francisco. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

The internationally funded Series C was led by Moore Strategic Ventures with participation from PTT, a Thai state-owned oil and gas company, and Disruptive Innovation Fund. This latest nine-figure funding round is a sign that investors are paying attention. Hassounah said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Startups, tapping into new manufacturing techniques, new batter technology, and new energy infrastructure, see a ripe opportunity to build new vehicles to disrupt the current status quo with safer and cleaner alternatives. That is the theory, at least. “The

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Kovi today is announcing it has raised $104 million in a Series B round of funding co-led by Valor Capital Group and Prosus Ventures. Quona, GFC, Monashees, UVC Investimentos and Globo Ventures also participated in the financing, in addition to Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel through his family office.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Check out some of the Ann Arbor companies with the biggest growth, best funding and most innovative products to watch into 2022. EverActive has won multiple awards, including a recent 2021 IDEA Innovation Award. They have been recognized for this innovation in FreightDocs, FreightWaves, and Venture Michigan. DocNetwork.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Friendly, smart, innovative, and ready to lend a helping hand. In December 2020, the company announced that they are the autonomous shuttle provider for Autono-MaaS , which is a transportation project in Hiroshima, Japan. Founded in 2016, Groundspeed Analytics is disrupting the $300 billion insurance industry. Groundspeed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2019

Fixing a car is complicated; fixing a city’s transportation infrastructure is complex. We understand that without innovation, nobody keeps up or stays ahead. Contrast that with a complicated challenge, where someone with expertise (you or someone you hire) can reliably and repeatedly solve it no matter the situation.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 3, 2020

of the world’s greenhouse gases — more than all forms of global transportation combined. The time has never been better for new technology to disrupt these alarming trends. In addition to increasing consumer concerns about health and personalization, FoodTech innovations reflect a growing desire for convenience.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Plantish aims to produce 3D-printed fish from soy, seaweed and other vegetable proteins, but unlike other offerings of fish flakes or chunks, “the company is working on an innovative technology that enables the creation of whole cut fish fillets,” Forbes reports. Learn More. AEYE Health: Strong signs for eye disease detection.

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