With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance, is launching joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles. With some of the nation’s largest ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the Southern […]
View More With a $3.5 million haul, Dray Alliance joins a booming logistics startup scene in LACategory: Craft Ventures
Transportation Weekly: Amazon’s secret acquisition and all the AV feels
Welcome to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. I cover all the ways people and goods move from Point A to Point B — today and in the future — whether it’s by bike, bus, scooter, car, train, truck, robotaxi or rocket. Sure, let’s include hyperloop and eVTOLs, or […]
View More Transportation Weekly: Amazon’s secret acquisition and all the AV feelsE-scooter startup Bird is raising another $300M
The scooter “unicorn” is said to be fundraising on a flat pre-money valuation of $2 billion.
View More E-scooter startup Bird is raising another $300MYou can ride Bird’s e-scooters in London starting today — but only in Olympic Park
Due to ancient British legislation, Bird’s scooters will only be available in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
View More You can ride Bird’s e-scooters in London starting today — but only in Olympic ParkYou can ride Bird’s e-scooters in London starting today — but only in Olympic Park
Due to ancient British legislation, Bird’s scooters will only be available in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
View More You can ride Bird’s e-scooters in London starting today — but only in Olympic ParkThis former Uber (and Lyft) exec just raised $15 million for his controversial e-scooter startup: Bird
Travis VanderZanden. If you’ve been following the fast-changing transportation industry, it’s a name that may sound familiar. Until September 2016, VanderZanden was VP of growth at Uber and before that, COO of its fierce rival Lyft, which had acquired his on-demand car wash company, Cherry, in 2013. It was a dramatic few years for VanderZanden, once he joined the ride-hailing race.… Read More
David Sacks’s new startup wants to make it safer for old-guard industries to jump into crypto
SEC chairman Jay Clayton made clear today that his agency, along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, remains acutely concerned about initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency trades. In fact, toward that end, they’re now looking for more expansive powers when it comes to protecting customers on cryptocurrency exchanges from fraud. Read More