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The Station: Arrival slashes EV targets, more Tesla FSD controversy and NHTSA loses its captain

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I don’t have much to say about this since anyone who follows the most basic tenets of society and uses logic understands it is wrong and ridiculous. My one thought: perhaps, it’s time for us all to put our grown-up pants on and stop normalizing this kind of behavior. billion into shared micromobility companies.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Klaviyo EC-1, micromobility’s second wave, UiPath CFO interview, more

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This week, we published a four-part series about how Klaviyo co-founders Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen bootstrapped their startup into an e-commerce marketing automation platform now valued at $4.15 Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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

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Use discount code HALLO to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? What are the biggest worries of the founders in your portfolio? So for our founders, it’s mostly about keeping churn-and-burn rates low to survive. and Nomono.

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Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

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Founded originally as Taxify and slowly growing the business just around ride-hailing for a number of years in less-scrutinized emerging markets, the company rebranded in 2019 as it kicked its strategy into a higher gear, with launches in cities like London and a move into micromobility, primarily around electric scooters.

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Daily Crunch: US dangles reward up to $10M for info on 6 elite Russian military hackers

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million, to deepen its micromobility presence in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K. “Our teams that rely on trying to hire outsourced engineers or consultants or whatever to build their product tend to move much slower than folks with a technical founder,” he added. and Canada. “They tend to get ripped off.”

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Advanced rider assistance systems: Tech spawned by the politics of micromobility

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The desire to achieve something as simple as keeping shared electric scooters off sidewalks has driven the development of some advanced technology in the micromobility industry. Scooter ADAS is probably the most doable and cost-effective method that cities can use to prevent unwanted rider behavior.