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 […]
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E-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 $300MPolitical ‘fixer’ Bradley Tusk seeks $70M for Tusk Ventures’ sophomore fund
Led by early Uber investor and advisor Bradley Tusk, the firm has invested in Bird, Coinbase, Eaze and several others.
View More Political ‘fixer’ Bradley Tusk seeks $70M for Tusk Ventures’ sophomore fundGrove just raised $8 million to make traditional financial planning affordable to pretty much everyone
Financial advisors aren’t cheap to use. They aren’t always seen as trustworthy, either, with many advisors receiving — or perceived as receiving — incentives for recommending certain products over others. Grove, a two-year-old, San Francisco-based startup, is taking on both of these issues through software that makes it easier to its own financial advisors – […]
View More Grove just raised $8 million to make traditional financial planning affordable to pretty much everyoneWith at least $1.3 billion invested globally in 2018, VC funding for blockchain blows past 2017 totals
Although bitcoin and blockchain technology may not take up quite as much mental bandwidth for the general public as it did just a few months ago, companies in the space continue to rake in capital from investors. One of the latest to do so is Circle, which recently announced a $110 million Series E round led by bitcoin […]
View More With at least $1.3 billion invested globally in 2018, VC funding for blockchain blows past 2017 totalsThis 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
Tusk Ventures has closed its debut fund with $36 million
Bradley Tusk, a former political operative who helps companies launch political-style campaigns, runs several businesses. One of them, Tusk Ventures, has been working with startups for a couple of years and until recently, accepted its payment in equity only. That changed in early 2016 when the outfit began raising money from outside investors looking to get into the some of those deals.… Read More