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. We’re still working that one out, but Alex Wilhelm and Annie Saunders have been pondering the effect that asset depreciation can have on startups like Bolt.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

With the right message, even a small startup can connect with established and emerging stars on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube who will promote your products and services — as long as your marketing team understands the influencer marketplace. As the economy reopens, startups are uniquely positioned to recruit talent. Walter Thompson.

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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. s TympaHealth sounds out $23 million to expand its hearing diagnostics startup, Ingrid reports. Jagmeet has more. You can sign up here.

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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.” 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

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. Local investors tend to invest 50% to 90% of their fund into local startups, “but we do look at deal flow in all Nordic countries,” said one. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? and Nomono. E-commerce.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Early-stage startups tend to claim that their go-to-market strategy is fully operational. Finding GTM fit is a milestone for any startup that includes everything from expanding the engineering team to launching your first media buy. These simple metrics will tell you if your startup is ready to scale. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Zoomo, the Australian startup with a mission to electrify delivery fleets through e-bike subscriptions, announced a $12 million interim capital raise on Monday. Now, the startup hopes to expand its service outward toward continental Europe and other states across the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Shared micromobility companies have been adopting startlingly advanced new tech to correct for the thing that cities hate most — sidewalk riding. Nesic said Drover also intends to hire a software engineer to help build out the data dashboards the company offers to micromobility partners. million Series A Wednesday.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup that acquired Uber’s self-driving unit in December, is going public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Reinvent Technology Partners Y. Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora in final talks to merge with Reid Hoffman’s newest SPAC. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The European e-scooter market is currently the main battleground for companies playing in the micromobility space, taking advantage as they are of Europe’s relatively compact cities and the desire of populations to move to more sustainable transportation. In 2021, players like Tier, Voi and Dott continued to raise VC backing.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

“The mobility sector is among the hardest hit due to Covid-19, seeing one of the greatest declines in history,” said Yakir Machluf, mobility lead for OurCrowd, whose portfolio includes dozens of mobility startups. When you can lower your costs, your market and the promise becomes so much bigger for micromobility,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Startups and VC. MassMutual Ventures closed a $300 million fund to back Asian and European startups. Dig deeper with oligochaeta for your data : Mozart data just orchestrated a $15 million round to help startups build a sensible data stack. The right-to-repair hackers that live somewhere deep within us are mighty pleased.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Cloud kitchens dissipate: Annie writes that Kune Food, a promising Kenya-based startup renting out kitchens to prepare ready-to-eat affordable meals, will shut down operations and lay off its roughly 90-person workforce. Now, Ingrid reports, the startup has raised $624 million at an $8.5 Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Micromobbin’ A range of 15-minute grocery delivery companies are cropping up around the world, and they’re fueled by gig workers on micromobility vehicles. In some less bleak news, Spin did some research on mode-shifts and found about 25% of trips on the company’s micromobility vehicles replaced private or rideshare car trips.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Meet Vianova , a French startup that is building a data platform for shared mobility companies as well as local governments. million (€6 million) Series A funding round led by Baloise VC with XAnge as well as existing investors RATP Capital Innovation and Ponooc also participating. It has raised a $6.4

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In this instance, African web3 startup Nestcoin said it had to lay off employees as a result of not having that access. Oops : Bird, a micromobility company, told the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had included unpaid customer rides in its revenue, thus having overstated that particular number for two years. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Startups and VC. Today, Haje has been running around at Micromobility America. They insist on using the MMA acronym, so he’s expecting a fist to the face any moment, but so far the only risk of injury has been from neck-breaking micromobility in the form of electric rollerblades. Ivan has more. million Series A in July.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Aria writes that it’s not a given, “but the high capital demands of aviation could mean more startups are still looking for a huge injection of cash via the public markets.” Crystal ball says… More e-bikes will hit the shared micromobility space. Better integration of micromobility offerings with public transit.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

French startup Upway has raised a $25 million Series A round led by Exor Seeds and Sequoia Capital. The startup provides a seamless experience for buyers who want to buy an electric bike but don’t want to pay the full price of a new electric bike. Existing investor Global Founders Capital is investing once again in the startup.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Startups are the embodiment of frenetic action. The First Profitable Micromobility Company Was Veo, Not Lime,” you fired some shots at Lime and the tech bro-ey micromobility industry at large. That has been truer for the mobility landscape than most other industries. In your Medium post titled “Sorry, Boys. Thank you!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This figure puts Chinese VC investments only 30% lower than investments by U.S. “Chinese investors can bring value to foreign startups, but you need to study their expertise and how it can be useful for you.” Is the restaurant software startup worth the $18 billion valuation it’s aiming for? funds and 12.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Now, surging demand for delivery — and the pressure it places on curb space — is helping the transportation data startup attract new capital and expand to more cities. Populus has contracts with more than 80 cities, including Oakland, San Diego and Tel Aviv, and works with more than 25 micromobility operators.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Startups and VC In a major blow to shared micromobility companies, Paris has voted to ban rental e-scooters from its streets, Rebecca reports. Money flowing to LatAm : Kaszek earmarks nearly $1 billion in new funds for Latin American startups , reports Mary Ann. Alex writes this icon is sending dogecoin to the moon.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

In May 2019, he raised $4 million in VC funding, which helped him expand to 1,000 electric mopeds across Brooklyn and Queens. When shared micromobility companies expand, they often just offer different vehicles. So in 2018, Reig quit his job, raised $1.1 Revel secured another $33.8 ” It’s pretty broad.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Startups and VC. Rebecca ’s transportation and mobility roundup, the Station, was particularly good too, breaking down what is happening in the land of micromobility and much more. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. ” 3 ways to optimize SaaS sales in a downturn.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Happy new week, startup nerds! EDT, we are talking with Andrew Chan about why Gen Z VCs are trash, and at 12:00 p.m. Startups and VC. Tangentially related, for our City Spotlight: Minneapolis last week, Haje hosted a panel discussing What Minneapolis investors are looking for (hint: it’s not just Minnesota startups).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Startups and VC. Over in software, Alex writes that software startups have some things to be happy about , even in this venture capital slowdown. . Happy to comply: Order matters : When Haje isn’t writing about Apple, he is helping startups figure out the best slide order for their pitch decks. . You can sign up here.).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

At the same time, startups are cropping up to provide both fleets of micromobility vehicles for enterprises and e-bike subscriptions for couriers and gig workers. Global logistics and delivery companies like UPS, FedEx and Amazon have all begun trialing some form of electric bike or cargo bike for delivery.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Startups and VC. Given the chilly climate for late-stage fundraising and widespread economic uncertainty, “it’s time for the startup community to redefine what ‘founder-friendly’ capital means and balance both the source and cost of that capital,” writes Blair Silverberg, co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Startups and VC Lex, the hookup and social app that launched in 2019 with a nod to lesbian personal ads from the ’80s, is changing. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. Only, precisely how much will change is still an open question, Harri writes. You can sign up here.

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