TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Listen up founders! This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Micromobility is feeling the pain as well. Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, co-founder and CEO of Polymath is a familiar to the AV industry ecosystem. So, here is a chance to participate.

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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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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

We’re hosting a webinar/conference call on Sunday, July 25th, at 7PM Israel/ 12PM New York/ 9AM San Francisco for investors to meet CEO and Co-founder Yali Saar and learn more (if you cannot attend, register and we will send you the video). Learn More. Wall Street Journal: Gallium nitride is “the future”.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In late November, OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture capital fund, became the first to open up offices in the UAE for direct investment in Emirati companies,” Thomas Grove notes in the Wall Street Journal , reporting on the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s historic visit to Abu Dhabi this week. Invest Now.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Next week, Extra Crunch will feature stories on the state of holographic tech in vehicles, the second-life battery marketplace and software plays in the micromobility industry. Superpedestrian might not be a household name, but it is an up-and-coming player in the micromobility world. You can check out their investor presentation here.

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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

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

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. Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures. Inbal Perlman , partner, TAU Ventures.

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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. . million in a seed round led by Pi Ventures. It’s all very mysterious.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

” Here are four considerations for high-growth company founders building their post-pandemic team. How to identify unicorn founders when they’re still early-stage. Founders often tie themselves in knots as they try to project qualities they hope investors are seeking. What are investors looking for?

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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

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.” Manish writes that this investment marks the largest check Amazon’s Smbhav Venture Fund has written thus far. Aria has more. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

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? Not even a year after the struggling company fired its founder Travis VanderZanden and replaced him with Shane Torchiana, it appears the company is facing yet another executive shakeup.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. Espen Malmo , founding partner, Skyfall Ventures. Magne Uppman , managing partner, SNÖ Ventures. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders?

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

“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. “I firmly believe that every founder should try their hand at growth,” said Su. Javier Santiso, Mundi Ventures.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

“The entire way in which people and goods move around has changed,” Machluf said in the second episode of the Pandemic Venture Investment Series , co-sponsored by OurCrowd and Anthony Scaramucci’s SALT. When you can lower your costs, your market and the promise becomes so much bigger for micromobility,” he said.

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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

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some existing investors also put some more money on the table, such as Norwest Venture Partners, Felix Capital, Balderton Capital and TriplePoint Capital. 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. Last year, VanMoof raised a $40 million Series B.

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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. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Rowe Price Associates.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

The traditional world of vehicle insurance is not built for newer mobility models, like peer-to-peer, which is currently DigiSure’s bread and butter, or shared micromobility, which the company sees a lot of potential in. DigiSure is still new, so there’s room to grow, says Shim. valuation.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX started out in 2015 as a delivery startup using motorcycles to fulfil customer orders before venturing into ride-hailing, and later into vehicle subscription and financing services – solutions it came up with based on the data from its first services. Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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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. Will once-bootstrapped startups turn to venture during a watershed moment? Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

It’s fundraising season for venture funds, apparently! MassMutual Ventures closed a $300 million fund to back Asian and European startups. million, to deepen its micromobility presence in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K. The right-to-repair hackers that live somewhere deep within us are mighty pleased. and Canada.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

I’m interested in hearing what investors from Intel Capital , GM Ventures and Snow Bull Capital have to say about the industry and what strategic mobility investors are looking for in a startup. Voi says it has just reached 100 million micromobility rides across 80 cities in less than four years. .

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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 22, 2021

and New Zealand-based investors like Seven Peak Ventures, Nuance Capital, GD1, Snowball Effect and Enterprise Angels. Ubco 2X2 Adventure Bike review: Utility that shreds. TPK also invested in Ubco’s $10 million convertible note round in June , alongside a range of U.S. ”

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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 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

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

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

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

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Swing , a South Korean electric scooter and micromobility startup, announced today it has raised $24 million in a Series B round to spur its growth and expansion to Japan. . Why micromobility may emerge from the pandemic stronger than before.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The shared micromobility company with a presence in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K. Neuron isn’t the only micromobility company that is pursuing limited vendor permits and a slower, more organic growth plan. Correction: A previous version of this article stated Neuron has launched in 22 cities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? Join more than 2,000 attendees — representing the mobility community’s leading visionaries, founders and builders (like you) — and make essential connections that can move your professional aspirations forward.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Squad plans to present the prototypes this fall, Robert Hoevers, CEO and co-founder of the company, said in a recent interview. In June, the company raised an undisclosed amount from Bloomit Ventures. Shared micromobility companies are beginning to add electric mopeds to their fleets of e-scooters and e-bikes. million ($4.1

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