TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

We initially built our products to service the demands of gig workers in the food delivery industry,” Mina Nada, Zoomo CEO and co-founder, said in a statement. It’s a tall order, and Zoomo’s strategy could be leading a new trend in micromobility of being a one-stop shop that promises quick scalability.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Companies like electric scooter providers Lime and Bird have raised tons of capital to change how the urban population gets around, but that growth has come at the cost of a bottom line still in the red. So it’s striking to see electric scooter company Veo take a different approach to the business. That was pretty bold. . Thank you!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Startups and VC Greycroft, the self-styled “seed-to-growth” venture capital firm, today announced the closing of over $1 billion in capital commitments across new funds, Kyle reports. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

When Ford micromobility subsidiary Spin first launched a fleet of electric scooters in my hometown of Pittsburgh last summer, my immediate instinct was very old-man-yells-at-cloud. Founders of micromobility startups made plenty of good arguments for why fleets of electric scooters and bikes make sense.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

You’ll also have time to explore the show and hear speakers from game-changing companies share trends and insights on air mobility, micromobility, investing, cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles and more. You might just find the co-founder or engineer who can help you put the proverbial pedal to the metal.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Shared micromobility operator Veo has raised $16 million in new funding as the company ramps up its expansion plans in the United States. Veo, which was founded in 2017, has sought venture funding a bit later in the game than other micromobility companies. Bird, Lime and Veo selected for NYC e-scooter pilot.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

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 Several micromobility companies once operated in my city, but consolidation has reduced that to a small handful. European VC soars in Q1.

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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., That’s real money.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Serve Robotics, a name taken from the autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and piloted by Postmates X, has raised seed funding in a round led by venture capital firm Neo. Serve Robotics didn’t share specifics of the funding except to confirm that the round, which will be a Series A, has not been completed yet.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

The deal announced Thursday confirms TechCrunch’s reporting in June that the startup was in final talks with the SPAC launched by LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and managing partner Michael Thompson. Venture capital at scale. billion in cash at closing, including up to $977.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Haje has been running around at Micromobility America. They insist on using the MMA acronym, so he’s expecting a fist to the face any moment, but so far the only risk of injury has been from neck-breaking micromobility in the form of electric rollerblades. Ivan has more. Startups and VC. Series A deck. You can sign up here.

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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.” “Capital is more expensive now than it’s been in years,” he writes in TC+. Aria has more. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Another company conjuring up some capital is Magical, which is out to prove that robotic process automation isn’t ready for consolidation , and there are still a few rabbits left to pull out of its hat. Over in software, Alex writes that software startups have some things to be happy about , even in this venture capital slowdown. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Brrr, it’s cold in here : Manish writes that a “venture capital winter” will last a little longer, according to SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son. 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. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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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. It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital / Wonderschool.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If you’re itching to get your game-changing product out of the garage, onto the streets or into customers’ driveways, we not-so-humbly suggest that you do whatever it takes to attend TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-19.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam , a Singaporean shared micromobility operator, announced today that it has raised $93 million in a Series B round to accelerate growth into new countries in Asia. The Series B brings Beam’s valuation up into the triple digits, says CEO and co-founder of Beam Alan Jiang who declined to provide exact numbers. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Startups and VC In a major blow to shared micromobility companies, Paris has voted to ban rental e-scooters from its streets, Rebecca reports. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz appeared onstage with WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann to talk about their firm’s $350 million investment in Flow, Neumann’s new residential real estate company.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

If you’re itching to get your game-changing product out of the garage, onto the streets or into customers’ driveways, we not-so-humbly suggest that you do whatever it takes to attend TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-19.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The investment will enable us to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of drivers across the continent, accelerate international expansion, and continue our pioneering initiatives in the mobility space,” said MAX co-founder and CEO Adetayo Bamiduro. Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

When you think about shared micromobility, Veo isn’t exactly the first company that comes to mind. It’s not as widespread as competitors like Voi, Tier and Lime, and it hasn’t raised nearly as much in venture capital. That is, if CEO and co-founder Candice Xie is to be believed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

million Series B round, bringing its total capital investment to $77.7 million, to deepen its micromobility presence in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K. ” (TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. . and Canada. “They tend to get ripped off.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

EDT, we’re talking with M13 partner Anna Barber about what today’s founders can learn from the dot-com bubble bursting. Here, have a fresh battery : Magna enters the micromobility and battery swapping market with a $77 million investment in Yulu, Rebecca reports. PDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT / 3:00 p.m. The TechCrunch Top 3. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi. Applicants must be affiliated with either one of the 10 UC schools or their national laboratories in Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos. In 2020, SkyDeck — along with much of the rest of the world — went virtual.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Amid the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic and the murky path to profitability for shared electric micromobility, an increasing number of companies have turned to subscriptions. But will this new playbook push the unit economics of micromobility in a positive direction? And what will determine which companies win at the subscription game?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Oops : Bird, a micromobility company, told the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had included unpaid customer rides in its revenue, thus having overstated that particular number for two years. : That’s what Becca discusses in her latest piece that looks at all the dry powder in the VC world , and why it’s not yet being deployed.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Micromobility ain’t looking so hot these days, either, unfortunately. Carv, which came to venture capital by way of Kickstarter, claims its product can be retrofitted to any boot. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. You can sign up here.). Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The round included Cathexis Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Taurus Ventures, Capital X and Sketchnote Partners. Shipmates founders David Marquez and Josh Supan. The next big market opportunity for micromobility is commercial, not consumer. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The final retail price will be around $300 to $400, and the first batch of mass produced systems is expected for delivery by the end of 2022, according to Jonathan Denby, CEO and founder of Streetlogic. Streetlogic isn’t the first to come up with a micromobility ADAS system. The number of preventable cyclist deaths in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

and the conference was an excellent opportunity to gain a solid grasp of the micromobility space. Get your ticket and get hands-on with the latest and greatest in mobility tech and who knows, maybe you’ll end the week by meeting your next co-founder. We were planning to launch Nito Bikes in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Clara is in the first camp, making its revenues today from interchange incomes, according to Gerry Giacomán Colyer and Diego Iván García Escobedo , the company’s co-founders. The startup’s potential has caught the eye of more than General Catalyst, a well-known venture capital firm. What sort of tweaking was needed?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Down rounds : Mary Ann spoke with GGV’s Hans Tung and Robin Li about the firm’s position in a challenging venture environment. Redefining ‘founder-friendly’ capital in the post-FTX era. ” Redefining ‘founder-friendly’ capital in the post-FTX era. Recall this : Catherine writes that Recall.ai Not enough?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

You’ll hear and learn from mobility’s leading founders, CEOs, VCs and policymakers as TechCrunch editors shove the hype aside to ask tough, thought-provoking questions during one-on-one interviews, panel discussions and fireside chats. “We and the conference was an excellent opportunity to gain a solid grasp of the micromobility space.

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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

MARCH 24, 2022

This prime networking real estate can beget ample opportunity — discover a unicorn-in-the-making, find that co-founder or the engineer you’ve been searching for. You’ll find dozens of exciting new early-stage mobility startups in the expo area. Connect, network and collaborate to drive your business to the next level.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. We’ve got your ticket to ride an e-scooter : Lyft wants to reshape shared micromobility with dockable e-scooter. You can sign up here. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! Big Tech Inc. Rebecca has more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

We’ll also sit down with Wisk Aero CEO Gary Gysin and Cyrus Sigari, the co-founder and managing partner at UP.Partner — plus one more yet-to-be announced guest — to talk about urban air mobility and cities. . Voi says it has just reached 100 million micromobility rides across 80 cities in less than four years. .

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