TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It plans to use the fresh capital to scale its fast charge-capable anode technologies that might enable the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles. Alongside lead investor Lotte Chemical and investment company KTB Network, General Motors’ corporate venture capital arm, GM Ventures, signed on as a strategic investor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. It was a great place to live and work, and I believed that over time, it would be a growing venture opportunity.”.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Transport Capital’s core expertise is in Real Assets and Private Capital Markets.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The introduction of these two new funds, each worth $150 million, brings Toyota Ventures’ total assets under management to over $500 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 It will also use the funding for global expansion, Kimura said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

With inflation rates at record highs, a recession on the horizon and threats of a long winter by venture capital giants like SoftBank , VC money is becoming harder to come by. “The fundamentals of venture investing have not changed, only the pace.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital. Fintech startups and those from Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and South Africa get looked at the most by venture capitalists. Google also recently launched Black Founders Fund, a non-dilutive $3 million fund allocated to 50 startups yearly. .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

Before this program, I had the desire to pursue venture capital funding but lacked the clarity on what steps to take. The learning sessions were game changers that provided me with all the necessary details on how to approach and attract venture capitalists.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., Despite 2022’s heel turn, the ten-year funding trend line still points to VCs concentrating less capital in the major coastal hubs and more in the rest of the country, a collective area of focus for attendees.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

The round was co-led by pan-African venture capital firm 4DX Ventures and regional telecom operator Orange. Participating investors include existing funds Uma Ventures and Saviu Ventures and new investors Yamaha Motor, LoftyInc Capital, Proparco, Google Ventures, To.org, Kepple Ventures and Enza Capital.

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

Second, the gathering came on the heels of a pivotal year in venture capital. One in which the proportion of seed and early-stage capital invested in Bay Area startups fell below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. This is an extraordinary place, and you shouldn’t let anyone tell you otherwise.”

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HPA

MARCH 24, 2021

Lee Partners (THL), with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital AB and Zebra Technologies, as well as existing investors Hyde Park Angels , August Capital, CEAS Investments, Hyde Park Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total capital raised to over $200 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX ) is planning to enter more markets across Africa as it races towards formalizing the continent’s transportation sector after securing $31 million in Series B funding. Njoya said the startup is working towards becoming the go-to vehicle subscription and financial services platform for millions of transport operators across the continent.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

stake in the three-year-old startup, whereas 42dot’s co-founder and chief executive Chang-Hyeon Song, who interestingly also leads the transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) team at Hyundai Motor, held a 36.19% stake as of December 2021, according to 42dot’s regulatory filing. Hyundai currently owns a 20.4%

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. We know what the racial and gender wealth disparity looks like: This is a lesson taught to be by Jewel from Collab Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

What role should it play — in existing cities and when designing future urban transportation systems? Sigari is co-founder and managing partner of UP.Partners, an early-stage venture firm investing in technology companies that support a multi-dimensional future. What are the costs and benefits?

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry. Hill Street Studios/Getty Images There was never a guarantee that Detroit would become the Motor City.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Launched in 1987, the company provides hundreds of transportation and hospitality providers with inventory management and booking services. If you can map every oasis in a desert, you’ve created a transportation network. venture capital activity,” he writes. Image Credits: Gogoro (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When Brian Schiff, Sam Krut and Jacob Cooper founded the company in 2015, they were still undergraduates at Cornell University and it was initially an Uber-like social transportation app to help people find rides on college campuses where the transportation giant wasn’t operating. The funding round he refers to is $6.5

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The program has two distinct courses: The “Train” Track: Tailored for entrepreneurs prepared to launch with viable business plans, this track involves a 3-month venture-building program where participants receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 SGD.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, became WeRide’s strategic investor in 2018 following the completion of the startup’s Series A round, which was partially funded by the Chinese facial recognition giant SenseTime.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. We have invested $17.3

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

All Raise hires new CEO : A nonprofit focused on “increasing diversity within venture capital deals and decision-makers” per our reporting, All Raise now has a new boss. The venture result : The tough market is starting to show up in venture capital results, early data indicates. I, for one, cannot wait.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. The fourth round of the Transit Tech Lab has launched and is looking for technologists to submit ideas on ways to restore customer confidence in public transportation, improve resilience to weather extremes, and further reduce the region’s carbon footprint.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, as she began working and learning about the local transportation needs of Detroit’s residents, Robinson recognized the opportunity to not only make a difference in the mobility sector, but to also be involved in a meaningful way in making positive change in her newfound community.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

’s venture capital fund CapitalG. The company, which runs an app matching truck drivers and merchants transporting cargo and provides financial services to truckers, was formed from a merger between rivals Yunmanman and Huochebang in 2017. The Chinese Uber for trucks Manbang announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.7

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

Led by LG Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of the LG Group, the round also saw participation from Safar Partners, UOB Venture Management, and existing investors Alpha JWC and LDV Partners. LG Technology Ventures was established in 2018 in Silicon Valley and manages over $500 million of fund assets.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Save the date and get ready to rub virtual elbows with mobility’s best and brightest minds — the movers, shakers and policy makers that are shaping the future of transportation. We’re excited to host another day dedicated to the people — and the technology they’re developing — that’s changing transportation. Yes, you can!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. A message from reporter Aria Alamalhodaei: “For the time being, your favorite mini-roundup of transportation policy news will be taking an extended hiatus. Tthe transportation world lost one of its leaders this week. A few items before jumping in.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Electric vehicle startup BasiGo has today announced the launch of its operations in Nairobi, bringing clean energy options to Kenya’s public transport industry, currently dominated by fossil-fuel buses. . BasiGo’s COO, Alex Mwaura, said they will tap the country’s renewable energy resource to fuel public transportation. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Transportation startup DeltaX is accelerating its plans to digitize the trucking industry in its native Bolivia and beyond thanks to a recent $1 million seed round. ” Why Latin America’s freight-forwarding opportunity is still attracting capital. . Neighbors helping neighbors. It will be interesting to watch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. As a venture capital investor in B2B e-commerce companies, I’m carefully watching the industry and have seen several forward-thinking business models emerge for B2B marketplaces. Merritt Hummer.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2022

Register Superkul , a cold chain & chiller-based last-mile delivery services startup , announced the completion of its seed funding round led by East Ventures, the leading and pioneering sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia. Stay Cool with Superkul.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The startup had targeted to raise $100 million last year but only got a fraction of the funding from MOL PLUS, the corporate venture capital of Japanese transport company Mitsui O.S.K. Sendy was co-founded in 2015 by Alloys, Evanson Biwott, Don Okoth and Malaika Judd. It has raised $26.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

Iron Pillar and Uncorrelated Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Chiratae Ventures and Next47. CEO and founder Nitin Jayakrishnan says that the new capital will be put toward expanding Pando’s global sales, marketing and delivery capabilities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The report first highlights the growth of venture capital on the continent over the past six years; within this period, investments in African startups have grown 18x. There are five main sectors in Africa’s startup landscape: financial services, commerce, transport, healthcare and education. The continent’s investment story.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup. Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding.

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