TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

It seems that every week a new agribusiness, consumer packaged goods company, bank, technology corporation, celebrity or Facebook friend announces support for regenerative agriculture. Today, offset markets get the majority of the attention. So how do we empower farmers in this carbon fight? Now, it’s agriculture’s turn.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

A smaller portion of rail freight movement is referred to as intermodal activity, which essentially involves moving steel containers between a range of different modes of transportation, like boats and trucks. “When that becomes a problem is when you’re figuring out where to park that big train, and the answer is, not many places.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

As the companies look for ways to reduce their energy consumption, they’re turning to carbon offset programs as a stopgap measure until the energy grid decarbonizes, they implement technologies to reduce their energy consumption, or both.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. The addressable market for campuses that would likely use Starship’s services is around 400-500, he said, “but grocery is billions of dollars.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The B2B e-commerce industry has broad reach, encompassing everything from commerce infrastructure and payments technology to procurement and supply-chain solutions. This is particularly common in the commodities market, where futures contracts specify a commodity to be delivered on a certain date in the future.

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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. It is another milestone in our journey to make mobility safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable by deploying high-performance technologies and operators.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

capital markets by storm led, in part, by startups focused on the electrification of mobility. The company has already piloted its technology through a partnership with Oatly , the Swedish oat milk maker. Argo, a developer of self-driving technology, is now worth $7.5 trucking market alone.

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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. . The company is planning to enter other markets within the East Africa region after establishing ground in Kenya.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Swedish startup Einride was founded in 2016 with a mission to electrify freight transport. Einride founder and CEO Robert Falck told TechCrunch a year ago that he felt a moral obligation to create a greener mode of freight transport after spending years building heavy-duty diesel trucks at Volvo GTO Powertrain.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

She initially thought she’d focus on transportation, but her mind kept returning to consumer consumption habits and the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by targeting consumer behavior. I wasn’t a technology person. The world will be a better place because of what Joro will bring to market.”.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Instacart, citing “market turbulence,” last month slashed its valuation by 40% and slowed hiring. “The good delivery companies can slow their spend in growth areas like hiring and marketing and become profitable almost immediately. ” But promotions and marketing are eating away at these margins.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2024

However, in terms of in-house technology, the Belgian company’s carbon footprint data used to be stored on spreadsheets, while quality control was performed manually, limiting the Elia Group’s ability to calculate the Scope 3 upstream emissions released for all their assets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

And it now has some 1,700 customers using its tech in a range of B2B and B2C services in verticals like retail, transportation and travel, manufacturing and logistics, healthcare, and any use case where capturing an image of you or something else will spur another action. are currently customers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

A startup called causaLens has developed causal inference technology — presented as a no-code tool that doesn’t require a data scientist to use to introduce more nuance, reasoning and cause-and-effect sensibility into an AI-based system — which it believes can solve this problem.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Novastar, Moxxie and this incredible group of investors, all of whom are deeply experienced in rapidly scaling businesses in this market. The support and knowledge of this investor group will catalyze BasiGo in its mission to make East Africa a leader in inclusive, sustainable bus transport,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Mumbai-based startup has been rapidly iterating on technology that lets users play a physical chess game with opponents across the globe, including the arrival of the new modular gaming system, Swap. Square Off expects to bring the product to market around March, priced at $199. Image Credits: Square Off.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Brodmann17, an Israeli computer vision technology startup that developed a novel approach to take on a marketplace dominated by Mobileye, shut down this week. The trio focused their efforts on developing a new approach to computer vision technology designed to support advanced driver assistance systems. We just needed more time.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Magna International, a Canadian mobility technology company that builds sensor-based systems for cars like driver monitoring systems and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is entering the micromobility market. Magna enters the micromobility and battery swapping market by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Toyota Motor Corporation will be partnering with the two companies, as well, in order to explore ways to connect the air taxis to ground-based transportation. “The parties will now collaborate on all aspects of establishing this revolutionary new form of transportation, including potential routes.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

The autonomous vehicle space is an exciting emerging market with plenty of opportunity. Experiencing first-hand the skill and dedication of the people I worked with, I have no doubt AVs (like Olli) are the future of transportation.” I made some great friends, both locally and globally, which makes it worthwhile.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As one of the largest and most influential technology exhibitions in the world, GITEX Global 2024 promises to be a pivotal event for technology leaders. Hosted in Dubai from October 14-18, GITEX will showcase cutting-edge innovations and provide a platform for global experts to discuss the latest advancements in technology.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

It’s a long road taking an idea from the R&D stage in a lab to successful commercialization, especially when you’re talking about technologies as complex and costly as robotics and artificial intelligence. Here’s what our panelists bring to the table, and why we can’t wait to get their take on the topic.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

Some market research made them aware of the full extent of inefficiencies in the trucking business, which especially limited the earnings of owner-operators. We realized that there were so many inefficiencies, and that the logistics sector in Senegal was so fragmented, but we felt that technology could help.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

But t he used cars market isn’t only enormous in Egypt; it is in almost every country with a large population globally. Recently, there’s been rapid digitization of this market , with several startups upending incumbents such as classifieds and hoping to define the new era of used-car-sale platforms. Some include U.K.’s

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Lime will use the capital to invest in its decarbonization efforts, refresh a significant portion of its fleet with its Gen4 e-bikes and e-scooters, scale into more cities and develop new technologies that will help win additional city RFPs. “We mean business when we talk about decarbonization and transportation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden. As one of Europe’s biggest economies and with freight and logistics powerhouses spanning road and sea, Germany represents an obvious expansion for Einride in the European market. Gearing up.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

As last-mile delivery increases due to a booming e-commerce scene and pandemic habits now ingrained in consumers’ lifestyles, the biggest market for micromobility will end up being in the commercial space, not focused on consumers. “It The technology is available now, not in 10 years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. It’s been a great validation for us to prove our credibility in the market,” said Kabra.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

representing the latest in a line of European market expansions. billion tonnes of goods that are transported by road freight in the U.K Einride’s planned transport network grid. Electric and autonomous trucking company Einride is expanding to the U.K., Einride said that it’s looking to target the 1.6 Its first U.K.

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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Leta , a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even as it scales operations in its existing five markets. Our product has stabilized and we have a very good understanding of our sales process and our go-to-market strategy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

While Tier has not responded to TechCrunch’s requests for more information, the layoffs appear to span a variety of teams, mostly in Berlin, with the highest concentration of layoffs coming from marketing, market development and technology teams. The transportation space has not been immune to this.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

And in trying to sweet-talk investors, what’s not taken into context or often disregarded is that Africa is a fragmented $3 trillion market. From Onayemi’s point of view, the growth of Africa’s digital economy revolves around gains in six segments: education, payments, logistics, transport, identity, and trade.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Young was there on a marketing contract. With 40 years of running technology companies under Cavins’ belt and a successful ad agency career under Young’s, the two decided to craft a business around their shared passion of being out in nature. to do market research on travelers and RV owners to form the basis of their company.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Grayson, Holt and their team invest in companies operating in and around the manufacturing, transportation and logistics sectors, which, they say “represent over half our country’s GDP and have not been tech-enabled.”. Why emerging technology founders should tackle the hardest problems first.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. In that SPACs will not become the chariots that help transport enough unicorns across the private-public market divide and begin to cut down on the rising number of pricey former startups collecting by the exits of Startup Land. E-scooters? Not that either. The unicorn pileup.

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