TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

I covered Up.Labs — an entity that’s structured like a venture lab with a new kind of financial investment vehicle — when it launched last June with Porsche as the inaugural partner. Existing investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures as well as new backers Rio Tinto and WIND Ventures, the strategic venture arm of Copec also participated.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi. Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. In 2020, SkyDeck — along with much of the rest of the world — went virtual.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Micromobility is feeling the pain as well. Department of Energy revived an old loan program and its first recipient is the joint battery venture between GM and LG Energy Solution , which received a $2.5 You can also email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, criticisms, opinions, or tips.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Nova itself is a counterpoint to profit-focused corporate venture capital outfits, and is instead focusing on abilities to collaborate with the LG conglomerate across the board, in a few key verticals: the metaverse, connected healthcare, smart homes, electric vehicles (EV) and the wonderfully fuzzily named tech for good.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

Sweetch raised $20M in a Series A round led by Entreé Capital with participation from Noaber, Kortex Ventures, Insurtech VC, Fin TLV Ventures and existing investors Philips, OurCrowd and Qure Ventures, TechCrunch reports. Sweetch raises $20M for app that helps boost health outcomes. hours of work), and lost about 1.6

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In late November, OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture capital fund, became the first to open up offices in the UAE for direct investment in Emirati companies,” Thomas Grove notes in the Wall Street Journal , reporting on the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s historic visit to Abu Dhabi this week. Invest Now.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Next week, Extra Crunch will feature stories on the state of holographic tech in vehicles, the second-life battery marketplace and software plays in the micromobility industry. Superpedestrian might not be a household name, but it is an up-and-coming player in the micromobility world. You can check out their investor presentation here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Several micromobility companies once operated in my city, but consolidation has reduced that to a small handful. This in-depth industry analysis shows how increased regulation on the local level and changing consumer habits are pushing micromobility providers to adapt and innovate. Image Credits: TechCrunch/Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital / Wonderschool. MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool CEO Chris Bennett joined Extra Crunch Live to tear down the company’s early deck.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Micromobbin’ I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but are we close to reaching the point of no return on our micromobility revolution? All of the stars appear to be aligning towards the potential for exponential growth in micromobility adoption. You also can send a direct message to me at Twitter — @kirstenkorosec.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures. Inbal Perlman , partner, TAU Ventures. Dror Nahumi , partner, Norwest Venture Partners. Sharin Fisher , partner, Fort Ross Ventures. Tal Slobodkin , partner, StageOne Ventures . Daniel Cohen, Viola Ventures.

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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. However, there’s also space to push micromobility companies to provide more protections. . million in a seed round led by Pi Ventures. It’s all very mysterious.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

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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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. But seriously, it is a cute compact hatchback electric vehicle meant to navigate the country’s tight mobility needs. Jagmeet has more.

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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.” Manish writes that this investment marks the largest check Amazon’s Smbhav Venture Fund has written thus far. Aria has more.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s the shared micromobility operator that has gained a rep for growing at a steady, sustainable pace, rather than moving fast and breaking things? NABSA ’s fourth annual state of shared micromobility report shows that ridership in North America has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Micromobbin’ You remember Veo , right?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. Espen Malmo , founding partner, Skyfall Ventures. Magne Uppman , managing partner, SNÖ Ventures. Espen Malmo, founding partner, Skyfall Ventures.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

“The entire way in which people and goods move around has changed,” Machluf said in the second episode of the Pandemic Venture Investment Series , co-sponsored by OurCrowd and Anthony Scaramucci’s SALT. When you can lower your costs, your market and the promise becomes so much bigger for micromobility,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

“You have to consider three metrics: gross churn rate, the magic number and gross margin ,” says Tae Hea Nahm, co-founder and managing director of Storm Ventures. For perspective, they analyzed data from Dealroom and spoke to four VCs about the continent’s investment climate: Diana Koziarska, SMOK Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

It’s a tall order, and Zoomo’s strategy could be leading a new trend in micromobility of being a one-stop shop that promises quick scalability. It also launched a new subsidiary to finance the vehicles, along with its software, to shared micromobility providers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some existing investors also put some more money on the table, such as Norwest Venture Partners, Felix Capital, Balderton Capital and TriplePoint Capital. How four European cities are embracing micromobility to drive out cars. Today’s Series C represents a big jump compared to the company’s Series B.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

The traditional world of vehicle insurance is not built for newer mobility models, like peer-to-peer, which is currently DigiSure’s bread and butter, or shared micromobility, which the company sees a lot of potential in. DigiSure is still new, so there’s room to grow, says Shim. valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Serve Robotics, a name taken from the autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and piloted by Postmates X, has raised seed funding in a round led by venture capital firm Neo. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has dismantled the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach as he pushes the company toward profitability.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

PRIMECAP Management Company, Reinvent Capital, XN, Fidelity Management and Research LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital, as well as strategic investments from Uber, PACCAR and Volvo Group. Venture capital at scale. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Aurora already has a relationship with Hoffman.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

You’ll also have time to explore the show and hear speakers from game-changing companies share trends and insights on air mobility, micromobility, investing, cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles and more. A full day of online networking and demos — expand beyond the confines of the San Mateo County Event Center and achieve global reach.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

I’m interested in hearing what investors from Intel Capital , GM Ventures and Snow Bull Capital have to say about the industry and what strategic mobility investors are looking for in a startup. Voi says it has just reached 100 million micromobility rides across 80 cities in less than four years. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Once you’ve already raised a bunch of ventures, you’re kind of building a business for venture scale, whereas if you are bootstrapped … you can be really really opportunistic about what that right time is,” he told Natasha Mascarenhas. Will once-bootstrapped startups turn to venture during a watershed moment?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

It’s fundraising season for venture funds, apparently! MassMutual Ventures closed a $300 million fund to back Asian and European startups. million, to deepen its micromobility presence in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K. The right-to-repair hackers that live somewhere deep within us are mighty pleased. and Canada.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Investors — likely wowed by the success of electric efforts like Tesla’s with smaller cars — are putting their money behind these ventures to give them more firepower, and more credibility with would-be customers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX started out in 2015 as a delivery startup using motorcycles to fulfil customer orders before venturing into ride-hailing, and later into vehicle subscription and financing services – solutions it came up with based on the data from its first services.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Micromobility ain’t looking so hot these days, either, unfortunately. Carv, which came to venture capital by way of Kickstarter, claims its product can be retrofitted to any boot. Meanwhile, Duolingo and Coursera have seen their stock values slashed.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

and New Zealand-based investors like Seven Peak Ventures, Nuance Capital, GD1, Snowball Effect and Enterprise Angels. Ubco 2X2 Adventure Bike review: Utility that shreds. TPK also invested in Ubco’s $10 million convertible note round in June , alongside a range of U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Hold your horses, er, unicorns, folks. Time is running out on a serious savings opportunity. We refer, of course, to early-bird pricing on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 , which takes place in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California, with an online component on May 20.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam , a Singaporean shared micromobility operator, announced today that it has raised $93 million in a Series B round to accelerate growth into new countries in Asia. Advanced rider assistance systems: Tech spawned by the politics of micromobility. Singapore’s micromobility startup Beam raises $26 million.

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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

MAY 2, 2022

Meanwhile in the land of shared micromobility. Populus is partnering with cities and operators like Bolt , Tier and Voi in a European Union-funded, data-sharing initiative that will measure carbon reductions of micromobility. million in a seed funding round co-led by Powerhouse Ventures and VoLo Earth Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Micromobbin’ Before we dive in, I just wanted to spotlight a piece from TechCruncher Annie Saunders on why micromobility might only ever just be a fun way to get around , rather than something that can truly augment public transit. You also can send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. Check it out (TechCrunch+ subscription required).

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