Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner are leaving dogs behind for bikes. Wheels, the Viner brothers’ new electric bike-share startup, is announcing $37 million in funding from Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Naval Ravikant and others. The Viner brothers departed dog-walking startup Wag last year to start a fund focused on consumer startups. The departures came […]
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Scoot to the polls for free on Election Day
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Get ready to scoot out the vote.
Or at least, that’s what Lime is hoping the voting public will do this upcoming Election Day. The bike- and scooter-share company is offering a promo code for users to snag a free bike, e-bike, or e-scooter ride to and from the polls.
The code LIME2VOTE18 will go live on Nov. 6. Those who redeem it on the Lime mobile app will get 30 minutes free to ride on the vehicle of their choosing — that is, if Lime operates in your city. In between rides, you can vote in the midterm elections. Read more…
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On the heels of Lyft’s acquisition of bike-share company Motivate, the company is gearing up to fully integrate bicycle and scooter sharing into the app. There’s no word on exactly when this will happen, but it’s likely this will happen soon. Lyft is also investing $1 million to advance transportation equity to people in underserved […]
View More Lyft outlines bike and scooter plansElectric scooter and bike parking has arrived
Zagster, the bike-share company behind the Pace brand, is launching what it’s calling Pace Parking. The idea is for it so serve as a parking platform for bikes, electric bikes and electric scooters. Pace is first launching these in Chicago, Austin and Bloomington, Ind., with the plan to launch in additional cities this year. This […]
View More Electric scooter and bike parking has arrivedUber is looking to buy the bike-share company behind Citi Bike and Ford GoBike
Uber is reportedly looking into buying Motivate, the company that makes Ford GoBike’s in the San Francisco Bay Area and Citi Bike over on the East Coast. This comes following reports of Lyft getting close to purchasing Motivate in a $250 million deal. Uber bought bike-share startup JUMP, a dockless, electric bike-share service, earlier this […]
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Lyft is getting close to acquiring Motivate, the company responsible for Ford GoBike in the San Francisco Bay Area and Citi Bike in the New York City area, The Information reports. The deal will reportedly be worth at least $250 million. Lyft declined to comment and Motivate wasn’t available for comment at the time of […]
View More Lyft is reportedly close to buying the company behind Ford GoBike and Citi BikeLayoffs at bike-share startup Zagster following $15 million raise
Zagster, the bike-share startup that raised a $15 million round last month, has laid off some employees, TechCrunch has learned. Zagster has since confirmed the layoffs, but has yet to comment on the number of those affected. “Coming off the heels of our recent financing, we’ve re-structured to accelerate expansion of Pace, with a heavier […]
View More Layoffs at bike-share startup Zagster following $15 million raiseBike-share startup Zagster raises $15 million
Zagster, the bike-share company behind the Pace brand, has raised a $15 million round led by Edison Capital Partners. The startup has also unveiled its new bike parking system for both shared and personal bikes. “Bikes have always locked to things,” Zagster CEO Tim Ericson said in a press release. “Cities have been willing to experiment with dockless bikes that don’t… Read More
Lyft gets into bike-sharing through partnership with Baltimore
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LimeBike raises $70 million as the bike-sharing battle rages on
Bike-sharing turned multi-modal transportation company LimeBike has raised an additional $70 million from its previously announced $50 million Series B round. This brings LimeBike’s total funding to $132 million. The funding comes shortly after LimeBike announced its entrance into the e-scooter and pedal assist, e-bike games. “We’re interested in bike-sharing because… Read More
Beijing-based Ofo wants to launch its stationless bike-sharing service in SF, but it’s not allowed to
Beijing-based stationless bike-sharing startup Ofo is crying foul at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency over its decision to have an exclusive pilot program with startup JUMP. Earlier this month, JUMP obtained an exclusive permit with the SFMTA to launch 250 dockless, electric bikes in San Francisco.
Now, Ofo is asking the SFMTA to consider reopening the permit process and… Read More
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