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| 17.06.2025 | Dutch MaaS startup umob raises €3.5 million for unified mobility booking platform – all in one app | Rotterdam-based booking platform umob, which combines local and international mobility providers in one single app, announced today they raised €3.5 million in a new funding round to accelerate the growth of sustainable mobility in Europe.
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| 11.06.2025 | Flames and Futures: The Turbulent Landscape of Autonomous Vehicles Amidst Political Unrest | In the heart of Los Angeles, a new chapter in the saga of autonomous vehicles unfolded. Waymo’s robotaxis, symbols of technological advancement, became targets of protest. As flames engulfed these vehicles, the streets echoed with the cries... |
| 09.06.2025 | Photos show Waymo vehicles on fire during LA protests as company cuts downtown service | Waymo vehicles were set ablaze in downtown Los Angeles amid widespread protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The Alphabet-owned company suspended robotaxi service in the protest area.
In one photo, at least five... |
| 12.12.2024 | London e-bike battle heats up as Forest strikes partnership to take on Lime | - |
| 03.11.2024 | Lime ‘ready’ for IPO, says boss | - |
| 06.09.2024 | Clip's Plug-and-Play Solution Can 'Magically' Transform Your Regular Bike Into an E-Bike | By Joseph Henry
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Your regular bike can "magically" transform into an e-bike. Since some of us ... |
| 06.02.2019 | Lime raises another $310 million, bringing its valuation to $2.4 billion | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Confirming rumors that have been swirling for some time, on-demand electric scooter and bike startup Lime today announced that it has c... |
| 31.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 31st, 2019 | Avinew raised $5M; Stateless raised $11.3M; Augury raised $25M; MycoTechnology raised $30M
TRM Labs: TRM helps the leading crypto companies understand their users, grow fast, and stay compliant. TRM has raised $1.7 million in seed funding l... |
| 27.12.2018 | Our predictions for what will happen in tech in 2019 | Will Snap get acquired? Will Twitter get a new CEO? Will Congress finally learn how tech works?
We've already covered the 10 biggest stories in tech from this past year. From Facebook's troubles, the resurgent IPO market and Amazon's health... |
| 21.12.2018 | The 10 biggest stories in tech in 2018 | Facebook lost the public trust, Amazon broke into healthcare and Apple hit $1 trillion
While many years can feel oddly short, somehow 2018 has felt much, much longer. Maybe it's because of the way the news works nowadays but it's hard to ev... |
| 05.12.2018 | And Uber is going with Bird (looks like) | Update: Bird tells us it is not in discussions with Uber. The company declined to comment on reports that there have been recent talks between the two companies. Our piece from earlier today reflects what we were told by sources, which is t... |
| 29.10.2018 | Lime hires its first chief business officer amid push into car-sharing | After four months “on the beach,” per his LinkedIn profile, Uber’s former global head of business and corporate development has a new gig. Lime has hired David Richter (pictured) as its first-ever chief business officer and interim chief fi... |
| 23.07.2018 | Tech workers in San Francisco are pining for the return of electric scooters, after first putting them on blast for hogging the sidewalks | Advertisement
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Plenty of people in San Francisco miss the electric scooters that once blanketed streets and sidewalks.
The electric scooter armageddon in San Francisco was over almost as quickly as it began.
When the s... |
| 19.07.2018 | Bird now offers discounts to people with low incomes | Bird, the scooter startup that has raised more than $400 million in funding, has introduced a program geared toward low-income people in order to increase access to transportation. Called One Bird, the program eliminates the $1 fee to unloc... |
| 17.07.2018 | Connie Chan breaks the mold at Andreessen Horowitz, becoming the first general partner to be promoted from within | Investor Connie Chan has made such an impact on her colleagues at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) since joining the firm in 2011 that today, they’re announcing Chan’s appointment to general partner.
It’s a big deal for the Sand Hill Road venture... |
| 13.07.2018 | How does Lime make money? | Lime, which recently raised a $335M round and partnered with Uber, charges users a fee to ride
As the world becomes more eco-conscious, and more cities invest in smart technology, bike sharing has taken off in a big way, leading to an explo... |
| 10.07.2018 | With Lime teaming up with Uber, can rival Bird afford to go it alone? | Yesterday, we learned that 18-month-old, Bay Area-based electric scooter rental company Lime is joining forces with the ride-hailing giant Uber, which is both investing in the company as part of a $335 million round and planning to promote ... |
| 10.07.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, July 10 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, July 10.
Dockless scooter and bicycle startup Lime raises $335 million from Uber, Alphabet, others. We covered Lime back in December 2017. Now, Lime, a Do... |
| 09.07.2018 | Lime raises $335 million, including from Uber, whose app will now offer scooters | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Red-hot mobility startup Lime announced it has raised a $335 million round of venture capital that is notable not only for its size, bu... |
| 09.07.2018 |
Lime Ups Ante In Scooter Race Against Bird, Raises $350M From Uber, Others
| In a move which is bound to further heat up the race between Santa Monica's Bird scooter rental service and San Francisco competitor Lime, Lime said today that it has raised $350M--and also inked a co-branding deal which will offer up Lime'... |
| 09.07.2018 | Uber Invests In Lime In A Bid To Build A Transportation Superapp | 22 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Uber is jumping in with GV in an investment into scooter heavyweight Lime. The $335 million round will bring Lime’s aggregate funding to $467 million and its valuation to a reported $1.1 billion.
Fo... |
| 02.07.2018 | Lime VP on company’s meteoric rise to $1 billion valuation | After launching only 18 months ago, Silicon Valley mobility startup Lime has managed to raise a staggering $382 million in venture capital, for a reported $1.1 billion valuation. That speaks to the company’s ambitions for its bike and scoot... |
| 02.07.2018 | Lime VP on company’s meteoric rise to $1 billion valuation | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
After launching only 18 months ago, Silicon Valley mobility startup Lime has managed to raise a staggering $382 million in venture capi... |
| 27.06.2018 | It’s a Bird! A Bike! A Scooter! New Transit Options Land in Milwaukee | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
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Less than 24 hours after Bird rolled out a fleet of 100 motorized scooters in downtown Milwaukee that people can rent using Bird’s smartphone app, M... |
| 22.06.2018 | Lime scooters are live in Paris | Lime is the hot new thing in San Francisco, but will it work in other countries? The company just launched its electric scooter service in Paris.
This isn’t the first European city as Lime is also operating in Berlin, Bremen, Frankfurt and ... |
| 09.06.2018 | The future of the micro-mobility industry | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 09.06.2018 | The future of the micro-mobility industry | My job (I’m on the marketing team of a custom mapping company) involves keeping a close eye on the transportation and logistics industry. And over the last six months, I’ve seen a surge of change in that industry — a wave of new “micro-mobi... |
| 07.06.2018 | Lime brings electric scooters to LA | While electric scooter startups are at a standstill in San Francisco, Lime is taking its scooter service to Santa Monica, Calif. — competitor Bird’s home turf. Although Lime was planning to launch its new model of scooter that it built in p... |
| 06.06.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, June 6 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, June 6.
Microsoft launches underwater datacenter off Scottish coast. Microsoft has announced the next phase of Project Natick , a research project to de... |
| 05.06.2018 |
Bird Seeks $200M For Warchest For Fight With Lime Over Scooters
| Santa Monica-based Bird appears to filling its war chest for a massive battle with San Francisco-based competitor Lime, and is looking to raise $200M in funding, according to regulatory filings by the company this week. The news comes as Li... |
| 11.05.2018 | Update: Bird buys more scooters | Note: This story has been updated to indicate that the deal is worth tens of millions not hundreds of millions and includes comment from other manufacturers.
It seems like all is fair in love and scooter wars.
In the battle royal to become ... |
| 04.04.2018 | Chinese ecommerce giant Meituan-Dianping to acquire bike-sharing startup Mobike | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Fledgling bike-share startup Mobike is to be acquired by Chinese ecommerce giant Meituan-Dianping. Terms of the deal were not officiall... |
| 04.04.2018 | Chinese ecommerce giant Meituan-Dianping to acquire bike-sharing startup Mobike | Fledgling bike-share startup Mobike is to be acquired by Chinese ecommerce giant Meituan-Dianping. Terms of the deal were not officially disclosed, but local media reports have pegged the value of the transaction at $2.7 billion.
Launched i... |
| 03.04.2018 | JUMP Bikes weighing Uber $100M+ acquisition, investment offers | JUMP Bikes, the on-demand biking service that integrates with Uber, has been weighing both acquisition and investment offers.
A decision has not yet been reached, but right now possible options include a sale to Uber at a price that exceeds... |
| 22.03.2018 | Bird adds a former Lyft VP of Government Relations as chief legal officer | Bird has made another key hire as it looks to spread its electric scooter rental business across the nation.
The company has brought on former Lyft vice president of government relations, David Estrada, to be its chief legal officer.
He’s g... |
| 09.03.2018 | Bird is raising $100 million to become the Uber of electric scooters | “It feels like investing in Uber when it first launched.”
That’s what one investor said of the hot new Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup, Bird — an electric scooter company that’s now in the process of raising as much as $100 million on a ... |
| 16.02.2018 | LimeBike Raises Additional $70M in Series B Extension Round | LimeBike, a San Mateo, CA-based dock-free bike sharing company, raised an additional $70m as part of its Series B extension round.
The round was led by California-based Fifth Wall Ventures, with participation from Rainbow Technology Co., Lt... |
| 16.02.2018 | As investing in bike sharing spikes, LimeBike raises $70 million | Investment in bike sharing companies spiked over 800% last year, with much of that coming from China
In recent years, there's been a wave of investment in so-called smart cities, or technology designed to improve infrastructure, while also ... |
| 15.02.2018 | 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 a... |
| 15.02.2018 | LimeBike Raises Additional $70M |
SAN MATEO, CA, LimeBike, the leading smart bikeshare provider, announced today it has raised an additional $70 million as part of its Series B extension round.
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| 15.02.2018 | LimeBike pedals to $70 million additional funding | LimeBike just keeps piling on the millions. The dockless bike-sharing startup announced today that it has raised an additional $70 million from Fifth Wall Ventures and Rainbow Technology. This is an extension of the $50 million Series B rou... |
| 15.02.2018 | LimeBike Secures Additional $70 Million in Series B Extension Round | SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 15, 2018--LimeBike, the leading smart bikeshare provider, announced today it has raised an additional $70 million as part of its Series B extension round. The supplemental round, led by California-based Fifth Wall Ve... |
| 15.02.2018 | LimeBike pedals to $70 million additional funding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
LimeBike just keeps piling on the millions. The d... |
| 15.02.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, February 15 | SO LONG, SAN FRANCISCO
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| 15.02.2018 | Bikesharing Startup LimeBike Raises $70M More | 72 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Continuing its meteoric fundraising arc, LimeBike has raised a $70 million extension to its Series B round, which previously totaled $50 million. That preceding check, which touched down just last O... |
| 13.02.2018 | This 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 h... |
| 12.02.2018 | LimeBike adds motorized bikes to its dockless fleet | Dockless bike-sharing seemed to emerge from nowhere last year, with the arrival of countless well-funded entrants to the fray. One of those was LimeBike, a San Mateo-based company that has raised more than $60 million, and which has been st... |
| 12.02.2018 | LimeBike adds motorized bikes to its dockless fleet | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Dockless bike-sharing seemed to emerge from nowhere last year, with the arrival of countless well-funded entrants to the fray. One of t... |
| 16.01.2018 | Jump Bikes locks in $10 million for bike sharing, launches dockless stations in San Francisco | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Jump Bikes, formerly known as Social Bicycles, an... |
| 16.01.2018 | Jump Bikes locks in $10 million for bike sharing, launches dockless stations in San Francisco | Jump Bikes, formerly known as Social Bicycles, announced today that it has raised $10 million in funding to further expand its dockless electric bike sharing service. Menlo Ventures led the round, with participation from Sinewave Ventures a... |
| 31.12.2017 | These are some of the top startups that launched in 2017 | You’ve probably read in multiple reports that 90 percent of startups failed. The remaining 10 percent that survived faced stiff competition and challenges. The statistics did not deter innovative founders from taking the risks. They took th... |
| 11.12.2017 | LimeBike, the cycle-sharing startup, expands to Europe as it hits 1M rides in the US | LimeBike, one of the many startups hoping to steal a march in the crowded bike-sharing market, is today taking its first step to scale internationally. The Bay Area-based company — which lets people use an app to find and ride “dockless” bi... |
| 18.10.2017 | China Dealbook: GGV joins $50m round in LimeBike; Vingoo Juice, Urfresh fundraise | Premium
GGV Capital joined a $50 million Series B funding round in LimeBike, a US-based bike sharing startup, while Legend Capital and Joy Capital have co-led a $60 million round in Vingoo Juice, and Urfresh has raised $15 million in Series... |
| 16.10.2017 | LimeBike raises $50M to further its bike-sharing ambitions | LimeBike, one of several companies competing in the rapidly expanding bike-sharing space, has raised a $50 million B round to continue building out the operation. The company is also looking into ways to differentiate itself from the compet... |
| 16.10.2017 | LimeBike Raises $50M in Series B Funding | LimeBike, a San Mateo, CA-based dockless bike sharing service, raised $50m in Series B funding.
The round, which brings the total amount of funding to $62m, was led by Coatue Management with partner Thomas Laffont joining the board of direc... |
| 16.10.2017 | LimeBike Closes $50M Series B |
SAN MATEO, CA, Nation's leading dockless bike sharing service, today announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding.
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| 16.10.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, October 16 | MONDAY KICKOFF
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| 16.10.2017 | LimeBike raises $50 million to expand dockless bike-sharing | Just a few months after launching with a $12 million seed round, dockless bike-sharing startup LimeBike announced today that it has secured a whopping $50 million to expand nationwide. Coatue Management led the investment, with participatio... |
| 16.10.2017 | LimeBike raises $50 million to expand dockless bike-sharing | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Just a few months after launching with a $12 million seed round, dockless bike-sharing startup LimeBike announced today that it has sec... |
| 28.09.2017 | Chinese High-Tech Startups: Now More Copied Than Copying | Techdirt has been pointing out for a while that the cliché about Chinese companies being little more than clever copycats, unable to come up with their own ideas, ceased to be true years ago. Anyone clinging to that belief is simply deludin... |
| 22.09.2017 | Dockless bikeshare arrives in DC with a third entrant | Capital Bikeshare announced earlier this fall that two bike sharing companies, Mobike and Spin, would be launching dockless bikeshare in D.C. as part of a pilot. As the program gets rolling, a third company entered this week.
San Mateo, Cal... |
| 09.07.2017 | How hardware startups can find a good OEM in China | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 09.07.2017 | How hardware startups can find a good OEM in China | In 2006, Fellowes, one of the world’s leading paper shredding companies, established a joint venture with a manufacturer in China. Fellowes would bring in its technology and IP while its partner would contribute land and labor. The relation... |
| 07.07.2017 | LimeBike is bringing bike-sharing to the masses via business partnerships | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bike-sharing startups are something of a trend of late, with the likes of China’s Ofo yesterday announcing a $700 million raise and Mob... |
| 07.07.2017 | LimeBike is bringing bike-sharing to the masses via business partnerships | Bike-sharing startups are something of a trend of late, with the likes of China’s Ofo yesterday announcing a $700 million raise and Mobike’s recent mammoth $600 million round to spearhead its global rollout.
In the U.S., LimeBike recently l... |
| 07.07.2017 | Seattle Week in Review: MSFT Sales Reorg, UW, Phytelligence, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Lots to catch up on this holiday-shortened week in Seattle tech. We’re reviewing a Microsoft sales reorganization and staff reduction; a battery-free cellphone from the Univer... |
| 15.03.2017 | LimeBike raises $12 million to roll out bike sharing without kiosks in the US | A startup called LimeBike has raised $12 million in venture funding to make Chinese-style bike sharing mainstream in the U.S. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, joined by IDG Ventures, DCM Ventures and other investors who declined to be nam... |
| 15.03.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, March 15 | THE VC BEHIND THE COSMETICS COUNTER
Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Today’s column is from Fortune editor Matt Heimer. Enjoy.
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| 15.03.2017 | LimeBike Raises $12M in Series A Funding | LimeBike, a San Francisco, California—based campus mobility startup, raised $12M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from IDG, DCM, and others. In conjunction with the funding, Andreessen Horowi... |
| 15.03.2017 | Bike-sharing startup LimeBike raises $12 million led by Andreessen Horowitz | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
LimeBike has a different approach to bike-sharing... |
