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7 EO members share how to mitigate rising transportation costs and shipping delays

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Global supply chain issues, increased transportation costs and shipping delays are an ongoing post-pandemic problem. Our small business has absolutely been impacted by higher transportation costs and shipping delays. Utilized lesser-used ports, other modes of shipment (air, rail), or a mix—to diversify the risk. “As

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

TechCrunch

D1 has this year been a huge player in growth rounds for some of the very biggest startups: It has made investments in eyewear giant Warby Parker , gaming engine maker Unity , car sales portal Cazoo and fintech TransferWise , collectively with valuations into the multiple billions of dollars. “This shows the frugality of the company.

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FlixMobility raises $650M+ at a $3B valuation to double down on buses and other transport in the US

TechCrunch

As consumers around the world slowly start to get moving again — fingers crossed that new waves of COVID-19 cases do not set that back — one of the big players in on-demand mass transportation services is announcing a growth round to move with them. Where top VCs are investing in travel, tourism and hospitality tech.

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Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots

TechCrunch

The startup has received €50 million (just under $57 million at today’s rates) from the European Investment Bank, the funding arm of the European Union. Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. It has now made more than 2.5

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Builders and VCs explore the impact of air mobility on urban planning at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

And that investment trend shows no sign of slowing any time soon. What role should it play — in existing cities and when designing future urban transportation systems? Will the public widely accept and use it? And we’ll announce a third expert to the mix soon. . What are the costs and benefits?

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Shell invests in LanzaJet to speed up deliveries of its synthetic aviation fuel

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A spin-off from LanzaTech , one of the last surviving climate tech startups from the first cleantech boom that’s still privately held, LanzaJet is taking a phased investment approach with its corporate backers, enabling them to invest additional capital as the company scales to larger production facilities.

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Diamond Age picks up $50M to lay the foundation for the future of houses built by robots

TechCrunch

The side-effect of adding a slice of robotics to the mix is that homes that used to take nine months to build can now be instantiated into existence in a month or so. In particular, the investor gets excited about startups re-inventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation and agtech.