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Japan’s Five-Year Development Strategy unveils KANSAI Startup Night Vol. 4

AsiaTechDaily

Register Japan unveiled its latest development on its “Startup Development Five-year Plan” started in November 2022. The plan aims to boost the Japanese startup ecosystem by investing 10 trillion yen, creating 100,000 new startups, and nurturing 100 unicorns by 2027.

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Korean micromobility startup Swing grabs $24M for growth, expands to Japan 

TechCrunch

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. . Last year, the startup set up a subsidiary in Japan, aiming to launch its service in Tokyo in the first half of 2022. . No one doubted the market potential.

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Acton’s latest acquisition hints at the future of docked micromobility

TechCrunch

The term “shared micromobility” often calls to mind that Lime e-bike on the nearest street corner or the Voi e-scooter parked next to the bus stop, either of which could on any given day be standing upright or knocked over onto the pavement. That might be changing. Acton , a U.S.

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Singapore’s Neuron is taking the slow and steady approach to micromobility

TechCrunch

The shared micromobility company with a presence in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K. While Neuron doesn’t quite have the scale of competitors like Lime, Bird and Tier, Wang said Neuron’s expansion strategy is not based on putting scooters on the ground everywhere.

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Unagi launches its own more exclusive version of shared micromobility

TechCrunch

Hunting down a beat-up-looking shared electric scooter that has the germs of goodness-knows-who all over the handlebars is not Unagi’s idea of sexy shared micromobility. The move signals a shift in Unagi’s current business model, which has mainly focused on sales and subscriptions of its e-scooters.

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Startup founded by ‘Survivor’ champ debuts airless bike tires based on NASA rover tech

TechCrunch

As NASA is quick to remind people, the investments it funnels toward space exploration often wind up improving life on Earth — and it’s now in the business of speeding up some of that work through startups. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. Image Credits: SMART Tire Company.

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Uber sells air taxi business Elevate to Joby Aviation, shedding its last moonshot

TechCrunch

Uber has invested a total of $125 million into the startup. ” One year ago, Uber’s business model could be categorized as an “all of the above approach,” a strategy to generate revenue from all forms of transportation, including ride-hailing, micromobility, logistics and package and food delivery. .”