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Extra Crunch roundup: influencer marketing 101, spotting future unicorns, Apple AirTags teardown

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Investors Clara Brenner, Quin Garcia and Rachel Holt on SPACs, micromobility and how COVID-19 shaped VC. They’re paying close attention to what startups and tech companies are doing to develop and commercialize autonomous vehicle technology, electrification, micromobility, robotics and so much more. Image Credits: TechCrunch.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi. In six months, you’re going to pitch on stage at demo day, to an institutional investor in your industry,” Executive Director Caroline Winnett tells TechCrunch. As far as elevator pitches go, Publica may have the best one of the show.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

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Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Veo CEO Candice Xie has a plan for building a sustainable scooter company, and it’s working. for nearly two years.

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Daily Crunch: London-based SumUp pins $8.5B valuation with $624M debt-equity round 

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billion valuation, reflecting its sustained growth. MasterClass , the platform that sells subscriptions to celebrity-led classes, cut 20% of its team — roughly 120 people — to “get to self-sustainability faster.” Micromobility ain’t looking so hot these days, either, unfortunately.

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Nimbus launches tiny EV prototype that’s like a motorbike with a roof

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As shared e-scooter companies have infiltrated cities and e-bike sales have soared, micromobility has been offered up as a panacea to save us all from the ill humors and packed streets caused by gas-guzzling cars. You turn left and it pitches to the left.” “Our vehicle does the same thing, but it takes the skill out of it.

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EcoCart raises $3 million for a Honey-like browser extension to offset shoppers’ carbon emissions

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EcoCart , a company pitching consumers on ways to offset their carbon emissions for free at select merchants ( with a browser extension! ) We realized it was incredibly difficult to maintain this sustainability ethos,” Baker said. . Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups.