TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Early-stage startups tend to claim that their go-to-market strategy is fully operational. “You have to consider three metrics: gross churn rate, the magic number and gross margin ,” says Tae Hea Nahm, co-founder and managing director of Storm Ventures. Startups and investors are turning to micromobility subscriptions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Tier Mobility, the Berlin-based micromobility operator that has been steadily taking over Europe, is making a sweeping entry into North America by acquiring Spin from automaker Ford. At the time, Bear said the move would help accelerate the company’s path to profitability via its strategy of pursuing exclusive or limited vendor markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

With today’s funding round, the startup plans to double-down on its current strategy. It will help us get 10 million people on our bikes in the next five years,” co-founder and CEO Taco Carlier said in a statement. How four European cities are embracing micromobility to drive out cars.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. Already, SMART has a partnership in place with Ford-owned Spin, the bike and scooter-sharing company focused on novel micromobility models. Following that, SMART intends to also pursue bringing SMA tires to the automotive and commercial vehicle industries, too.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Other investors included Uber as well as Lee Jacobs and Cyan Banister’s Long Journey Ventures, Western Technology Investment, Scott Banister, Farhad Mohit and Postmates co-founders Bastian Lehmann and Sean Plaice. Uber planning to spin out Postmates’ delivery robot arm.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Bolt had appeared to be on an upward trajectory last year after acquiring the assets of Last Mile Holdings, which opened up 48 new markets to the micromobility operator. However, there’s also space to push micromobility companies to provide more protections. . It’s all very mysterious. Rebecca Bellan. A little bird. Deal of the week.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Mobility mavens, June 9 will be here before you know it, and that means it’s time to get your strategy ducks in a row for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. They’ll have plenty of insight and advice to share, including the challenges that startup founders will face as they break into the transportation arena.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Success breeds IPO : Shared vehicle company Lime reported its first profitable year, with Rebecca writing that “Lime has figured out how to make shared micromobility a sustainable business.” TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. Aria has more. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

. “ If you’re a bootstrapped company who is not yet on the treadmill , you have that kind of optionality or that ability to choose when to get on,” says Cavan Klinsky, co-founder of payments processor Healthie. Priyanka Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of food tech startup Live Green Co.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

Co-founded in 2019 by ex-Uber executive Dmitry Shevelenko, the company began with a mission of being the operating system for micromobility vehicles , one that uses remote operators to reposition shared electric scooters to locations where prospective riders are or send them back to the warehouse for a charge.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Rebecca ’s transportation and mobility roundup, the Station, was particularly good too, breaking down what is happening in the land of micromobility and much more. Bitmain’s co-founder welcomes crypto regulation to help stabilize things, Rita reports. We loved today’s Equity podcast , “How to lose money, SoftBank edition.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

However, Revel founder and CEO Frank Reig has set his sights far beyond building a shared moped service. So we caught up with Reig to talk about what he learned from building the company, how Revel’s business strategy has evolved, and what lies ahead. Revel secured another $33.8 Miami, Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

“Every time a recurring meeting is added to a calendar, a kitten dies,” says Chuck Phillips, co-founder of MeetWell. Aimed at managers, this post offers several testable strategies that will help you boost productivity and say goodbye to poorly run, lazily planned meetings. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Micromobbin’ Before we dive in, I just wanted to spotlight a piece from TechCruncher Annie Saunders on why micromobility might only ever just be a fun way to get around , rather than something that can truly augment public transit. You also can send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. Check it out (TechCrunch+ subscription required).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Micromobility ain’t looking so hot these days, either, unfortunately. “This strategy sparks interest, attracts more subscribers to your site and improves the purchase potential of their products.” TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. You can sign up here.).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Freemium products are everywhere, but unless companies revisit and optimize their strategy, there’s no effective way to optimize conversions. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Travis VanderZanden is the founder and CEO of Bird. Up until this point, the micromobility industry consisted almost entirely of docked and dockless bike sharing systems that were averaging approximately 35 million trips across the United States every year — more than half of them in New York City alone. Travis VanderZanden.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Since Fenix’s founding as a shared e-scooter operator in 2020, the company has regularly added business lines, from 10-minute grocery delivery to micromobility subscriptions to, now, ride-hail. ” Dhanoa says piling on the products and services has been the strategy from the get-go. Image Credits: Fenix.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

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?

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Our micromobility enabler Superpedestrian launched its first fleet of seated LINK e-scooters in the city of Baltimore, WBAL reports. Entertainment’s VP of Emerging Technology and Innovation Strategy, has been appointed TetaVi’s Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer. executives to help lead the company, Variety reports.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

A few new announcements you might have missed includes an interview we’ll have with Sterling Anderson , co-founder and CPO of Aurora, and Rebecca Yeung , corporate VP of operations science and advanced technology at FedEx. Meanwhile in the land of shared micromobility. I think we put together a pretty sweet program.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? Do you expect to see a surge in more founders coming from geographies outside major cities in the years to come, with startup hubs losing people due to the pandemic and lingering concerns, plus the attraction of remote work? Norway does video tech well.

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