Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry. When Qualtrics was acquired by SAP for $8 billion, the city saw itself more authentically as a seedbed of innovation.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital. SafeBoda welcomes Google to their community and are excited to continue to drive innovation in informal transportation and payments in the boda boda (East Africa) or okada (West Africa) industry,” said co-founder Ricky Rapa Thomson in a statement.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2013

Companies that make people''s lives easier, should they run into entrenched Big Apple interests like housing and transport, aren''t finding that NYC is as easy a place to offer their services to NYC residents. Government served an incredibly important role regulating ground transportation in the past. Enter Airbnb.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners , a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, environmental and economic returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Nancy Pfund. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Now, it’s agriculture’s turn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. Similarly we backed another great team out of MIT called GroveLabs that is building a company to allow you to grow fresh vegetables, herbs and some fruits in your kitchen with no pesticides, no transportation and greatly reduced water consumption. Far from it.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Those that innovate now to introduce adjacent services will emerge as winners in the next few years, with some inevitably becoming billion-dollar companies. As a venture capital investor in B2B e-commerce companies, I’m carefully watching the industry and have seen several forward-thinking business models emerge for B2B marketplaces.

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

Second, the gathering came on the heels of a pivotal year in venture capital. One in which the proportion of seed and early-stage capital invested in Bay Area startups fell below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. Louis, the Heartland is brimming with innovative ideas and entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. Startups are experiments in the marketplace, and this is a way for us to understand and get comfortable with where innovations are coming from.” .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. Each founder showcased the innovative business ideas they developed and refined throughout the Bridge2 program.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The shipping business in Africa has for years been inefficient and costly due to the traditional ways of managing operations – traditional in the sense that a shipper has to physically look for a transporter, sometimes through a middle-man, and often, once goods are delivered, the trucks almost always make the return trip empty.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Will Venture Capital Drive the Future of Mobility? Clara Brenner, Quin Garcia and Rachel Holt will discuss how the pandemic changed their investment strategies, the hottest sectors within the mobility industry, the rise of SPACs as a financial instrument and where they plan to put their capital in 2021 and beyond.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Derek Xiao is an investor at Menlo Ventures focused on soon-to-be breakout companies at the inflection stage. For years, the prevailing narrative for innovation in supply chain has focused on the disruptors: Upstarts that enter the industry with new technologies and business models to displace incumbents. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Tokio Marine , a Tokyo-headquartered insurance corporation, said Tuesday it has launched its $42 million corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, dubbed Tokio Marine Future Fund, to invest in early-stage startups around the world. . Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators possess a unique driving force that pushes them to be the best version of themselves in order to elicit change in the world. Today, she’s cofounder and a partner in Assembly Ventures, the first transatlantic mobility-focused venture capital fund in the world.

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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Founder The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Spring (SPRING) consolidates various startup assistance programs. The initiative aims to provide Singapore-based startups access to diverse funding sources and mentorship programs, nurturing innovative concepts into prosperous companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

What role should it play — in existing cities and when designing future urban transportation systems? During his career, he has been recognized as an innovative executive with a reputation for transforming startups into global businesses. What are the costs and benefits? Will the public widely accept and use it?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Save the date and get ready to rub virtual elbows with mobility’s best and brightest minds — the movers, shakers and policy makers that are shaping the future of transportation. We’re excited to host another day dedicated to the people — and the technology they’re developing — that’s changing transportation. Yes, you can!

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

When I began investing a little over five years ago, it felt like the conventional wisdom was that one had to invest in the Bay Area to harvest venture-like returns. Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. They’re the ones innovating, so we believe that big trend is going to be the driver, more than anything.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup. Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Nowports raises $5.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Aclima , a decade-old startup founded by Davida Herzl, is looking to solve that problem and has raised $40 million in new funding from strategic and institutional venture capital investors to accelerate its growth. “We’ve built a platform that enables hyperlocal measurement.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries. ”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. Allbirds is not alone in this vision or innovation — Tesla’s job is far greater than simply getting a driver from one place to another; Impossible Meats’ job is more than just feeding a hungry customer. today and has chosen an apt ticker to do it: BIRD.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Construct Capital co-founders and general partners Dayna Grayson and Rachel Holt continue to dive into innovation that some investors may not think is so sexy, but actually runs behind the scenes so that our food gets to grocery stores every week and our packages arrive when they say they will.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

This move is expected to streamline the visa issuance procedure, making it more accessible for global talent and driving innovation in key industries. These efforts demonstrate Japan’s commitment to attracting global talent and positioning itself as a hub for innovation and cross-cultural exchange.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

Today, the company’s mission statement is “transportation as reliable as running water, everywhere for everyone.” In order for Uber to serve everyone it is critical that Uber not only achieve price leadership, but that the company continually search for new ways to deliver transportation at lower and lower price points. Jeff Bezos.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 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. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

2021 was a transformative year for Zoomo, as we saw enterprises and fleet managers, in addition to gig-workers, benefit from our innovative platform,” Nada said in a statement. The raise was led by Collaborative Fund, with strategic investors MUFG Innovation Partners, SG Fleet, Akuna Capital and Wind Ventures also joining the round.

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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. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. How to Unlock Profits in Micromobility.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 Based on that categorization, the fintech space ranked third behind food and transportation, respectively. Layoffs up in H1 2022. billion across 4,969 deals. of the total. Other News.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Get ready for two days of programming dedicated to taking a deeper dive into the future of transportation and to meet the people who are shaping it. It’s been three long years since our last in-person mobility event, but the day has finally come. Welcome to Day One of TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 !

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Dana Stalder, a partner at Matrix Partners and Afterpay’s only institutional investor, describes the deal as part of a recurring “critical innovation cycle” in fintech that “determines the winners and losers” for decades to come. How public markets can help address venture capital’s limitations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Vin Lingathoti, a partner at Cambridge Innovation Capital, says entrepreneurs operating in this space face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing growth and risk. “Utter confusion,” he replied.

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Revolution

JANUARY 10, 2019

Over the years, many of Revolution’s investments such as Zipcar, Sweetgreen, and Optoro have experienced explosive growth brought about by their ability to develop sustainable alternatives to problems consumers and businesses were facing in sectors like transportation, food, and e-commerce.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. “We are not only focusing on innovative entrepreneurship.

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