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Veo CEO Candice Xie has a plan for building a sustainable scooter company, and it’s working

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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. In your Medium post titled “Sorry, Boys. That was pretty bold. .

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Extra Crunch roundup: influencer marketing 101, spotting future unicorns, Apple AirTags teardown

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“While all startups are certainly not focused on being disruptive, they often rely on cutting-edge technology and processes to give their customers something truly new,” Zeile writes. Investors Clara Brenner, Quin Garcia and Rachel Holt on SPACs, micromobility and how COVID-19 shaped VC. Image Credits: TechCrunch.

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Cruise and Waymo score a win and a surprising deal between electric aircraft rivals

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It’s the shared micromobility operator that has gained a rep for growing at a steady, sustainable pace, rather than moving fast and breaking things? NABSA ’s fourth annual state of shared micromobility report shows that ridership in North America has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Micromobbin’ You remember Veo , right?

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

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The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. In Norway, sustainability-focused companies. Its attractiveness was obviously declining pre-COVID as well, but the crisis has only made the sustainable shift stronger.