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

But when he was struck by the urge to start a company, he researched the money-attracting industries of the world, and then, using AngelList, saw how many companies were trying to disrupt those industries. “I saw a massive opportunity and few people going after it,” Lewis told TechCrunch. Is that still a good method?

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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. “The investment from EQT Ventures will allow us to double down on our mission to speed up the transition to fossil fuel-free lakes and oceans.

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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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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? and Luca Ascani.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

The firm is already successfully using its autonomous vehicles in everyday operating environments and has the potential to revolutionize goods transportation, Wyle added. Safar Partners invests in seed- to growth-stage technology companies in the cleantech and advanced materials, AI/IT and robotics, and life sciences/medical device areas.

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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 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. Apply today to join Startup Battlefield 200 for the chance to exhibit your startup for free at TechCrunch Disrupt this October and win the $100K equity-free prize.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Ed Cowan is an investment team member at TDM Growth Partners , a global investment firm with offices currently in Sydney and New York. It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. To be invested in these businesses, you need to believe that the shift is not just to “sustainable.”

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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. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The grant facilitates advancing innovative technology solutions, driving startups toward market disruption or creating entirely new markets. Administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF), the fund channels a significant investment of $10 million on a matching basis.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The genuine progress in IT from the 1970s up to the 2000s masked the relative stagnation of energy, transportation, space, materials, agriculture and medicine. Blue ocean opportunities like asteroid mining and commercial space travel will attract a certain type of personality. Transportation. When Plodders Change the World.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 28, 2023

Register India’s top third-party logistics provider, Xpressbees , has secured a $40 million investment from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional Berhad , through a secondary purchase from an early investor. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Perterson said further inquiry revealed to PEV that the industry in Africa was ripe for disruption, especially because the sector is among the fastest growing in the world. “I And I quickly came to the conclusion that there wasn’t just one business opportunity to modernize the tourism sector.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

NFX and existing backers Pear and Mexico-based Wollef (formely known as Jaguar Ventures) doubled down on their investment, which values Melonn “in the neighborhood” of $100 million post-money and brings the Bogota-based startup’s total raised to $24 million since its November 2020 inception.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In recent years, this method of farming has been spotlighted as a major investment area, with some reports saying $320 billion was pumped into this space as of 2019 , with major brands like Whole Foods saying regenerative agriculture would be the No. Along with Mike Adkins, they started 99 Counties to disrupt the $100 billion U.S.

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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. We saw a huge opportunity to support immigrants,” Canals told TechCrunch. “We We both believe in the value of immigrants and how financial access empowers them to power opportunities.”.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 13, 2021

Our incredible growth so far is testament to our focus on delivering more value through technology — and this investment will provide us with the fuel to take Motorway to the next level.” And this is why we see such a massive opportunity to provide the rails to help both sides of the marketplace to move online.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. Mario Schlosser (Oscar Health) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them,” reports Tim De Chant. But when Uber rolled out service in San Francisco in 2011, it really transformed the way people got around.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The Series B round was led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and brings its total funding raised to $118 million. Other existing investors increased their investments, including NEA, 8VC and Prologis Ventures, according to the company. New investors included Henry Crown and Company and Evolv Ventures. Image Credits: Outrider.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Real estate investment firm Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström (like Volta, based in Stockholm), supply chain services giant Agility, and B-FLEXION (formerly Waypoint Capital) also participated. Volta’s wider business strategy will be based both on selling trucks as well as offering its vehicles on a trucking-as-a-service model.

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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. Now, Rad Power Bikes is reaping those rewards and using them to double its workforce and scale globally. Rowe Price Associates. The funding round — the largest of a U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

White Star Capital (which has also invested in Tier Mobility), and the Zalando co-CEOs Rubin Ritter, David Schneider and Robert Gentz, are new investors in this round. Digitally led subscription services have the potential to disrupt the traditional car sales model, and new startups are entering the market all the time.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. It’s an exciting time to investing in construction tech.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This, in turn, is disrupting the delicate balance of GHGs in the atmosphere, causing too much heat to be trapped. Three major emitters of GHGs are: The energy industry; The animal agriculture sector; And the transportation sector. Lastly, the transportation sector is also responsible for a significant amount of emissions.

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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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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Because they’re quickly growing, working at Blumira offers the opportunity for high growth and a fast-paced work environment. They plan to use these investments to help grow their team and scale their product. Founded in 2016, Groundspeed Analytics is disrupting the $300 billion insurance industry. million in 2020. Groundspeed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

“We basically just chased the opportunity wherever it was,” he tells TechCrunch, summing up how Bounce tackled the last two years of pandemic disruption. We’re also investing far more in local marketing,” says Candee of this program. Now almost half (45%) of its revenue comes from outside the U.S.,

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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. As a result, over the last five years investment in emerging FoodTech has tripled. Livestock accounts for 14.5%

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The week’s top investment deals from OurCrowd. Green light for cleantech investment. Wall Street Journal: OurCrowd chases the ‘trillion-dollar opportunity’. Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. Job opportunities. . Wall Street Journal: OurCrowd chases the ‘trillion-dollar opportunity’.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Besides my experience, I read and talk about diversity in tech every day, so when I was offered a chance to speak to three founders from underrepresented groups at TechCrunch Disrupt, I was eager for the opportunity. What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

He thinks the market opportunity for his company, an in-stealth remote HQ, is in the trillions because it has the potential to disrupt real estate, transportation and, in a macro sense, urban cities. “I I tell my former colleagues at Uber that I’m still working on transportation,” he said. It’s also much cheaper.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. Fortunately, the window of opportunity for change is open right now.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We’ve seen a big wave of proptech startups emerge to reimagine how houses and bought and sold, with some tapping into the opportunity with distressed property , and others exploring the “ iBuyer ” model where houses are bought, fixed up and resold by a single startup to homeowners who don’t want to invest in a fixer-upper.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

The trio started the company as a bus-hailing service in Egypt and other ride-sharing services in emerging markets with fragmented public transportation. ” “Having established a leadership position in key emerging markets, we believe Swvl is ready to capitalize on a truly global market opportunity,” she added.

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