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| 07.05.2024 | Bloom is reinventing how e-bikes are made in the US | The pandemic ushered in an e-bike boom. But like so many other pandemic trends, that boom didn’t last.
The last year has seen e-bike startups VanMoof and Cake file for bankruptcy amid a backdrop of micromobility doom and gloom. Tier and Dot... |
| 09.07.2023 | Test Ride: We tested every e-scooter rental in Chicago | It's been about a year since Chicago launched a citywide e-scooter program with four companies, greatly expanding our options for a quick local trip.
Yes, but: It's still hard to figure out which scooter service is the best value or even al... |
| 31.03.2022 | Slingshot Aerospace Lands $25 Million Space Force Contract | Fresh off securing a $25 million funding round earlier this month, Slingshot Aerospace has inked a new $25.2 million contract with the U.S. Space Force that will see America’s newest military branch use two of the El Segundo-based startup’s... |
| 02.03.2022 | Netflix Expands Further Into Gaming, Buying Developer Next Games | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Netflix plans to buy Finnish mobile games developer Next Games for $72 million, the companies announced Wednesday, i... |
| 01.03.2022 | How US Tech Firms With Ties to Ukraine Are Working to Keep Employees Safe | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia may be taking place more than 6,000 miles from California—but for some in Los Ange... |
| 01.03.2022 | a16z’s Andrew Chen on Why the VC Missed Out on Gaming and Online Dating | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
When Andrew Chen first began investing in Los Angeles startups as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he says ... |
| 07.02.2022 | Superpedestrian Gained $125M, Jellyfish Raised $71M, and More Boston Tech News | Photo: Superpedestrian / Facebook
Several announcements came out of the Boston tech scene this past week ranging across various industries, including e-scooters, VC firms, e-commerce startups and self-care brands. Keep reading to catch up o... |
| 03.02.2022 | Superpedestrian closes largest funding round at $125Mn | - |
| 01.02.2022 | Superpedestrian, Inc. announced that it has received $125 million in funding from a group of investors | Superpedestrian, Inc. announced that it has received $125 million in a round of funding on February 1, 2022. The transaction included participation from new investors Jefferies Financial Group Inc., Antara Capital LP, Sony Innovation Fund, ... |
| 01.02.2022 | Superpedestrian gets $125M to expand tech that corrects unsafe scooter riding | Shared e-scooter company Superpedestrian is gearing up to deploy its Pedestrian Defense safety system at scale, a feature that allows the company’s e-scooters to detect and correct in real-time unsafe riding behaviors, like riding on sidewa... |
| 01.02.2022 | Superpedestrian Raises $125 Million to Scale AI-Based Pedestrian Safety Software | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superpedestrian, the pioneering transportation robotics company, today announced its largest-ever funding round, closing $125 million in debt and equity capital. The latest investment come... |
| 01.02.2022 | Superpedestrian Raises $125M in Funding | Superpedestrian, a Boston, MA-based transportation robotics company and provider of the LINK e-scooter, closed $125m debt and equity capital round.
Backers included Jefferies, Antara Capital, the Sony Innovation Fund by IGV* and FM Capital ... |
| 01.02.2022 | Superpedestrian Raises $125 Million to Scale AI-Based Pedestrian Safety Software | Superpedestrian adds cutting-edge capabilities to its Vehicle Intelligence platform, enabling high-precision management of riding and parking to improve safety on city streets
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superpedestr... |
| 01.02.2022 | Superpedestrian Raises $125M to Make E-Scooters Safer | Photo: Superpedestrian
Cambridge-based robotics and micromobility startup Superpedestrian just announced it raised $125 million in fresh funding, which it will use to roll out tech that corrects unsafe e-scooter riding. Comprising both debt... |
| 26.01.2022 | Superpedestrian Will Add Another 1500 LINK Scooters to LA Streets | While the electric scooter market might appear flooded based on how many of the vehicles are scattered along sidewalks in major U.S. cities, there is yet another company on the block trying to make the case for alternative mobility solution... |
| 26.01.2022 | As It Ramps Up in LA, Superpedestrian’s LINK Looks to Chart a Different Path for E-Scooters | While the electric scooter market might appear flooded based on how many of the vehicles are scattered along sidewalks in major U.S. cities, there is yet another company on the block trying to make the case for alternative mobility solution... |
| 26.08.2021 | Move Slow and Fix Things: E-Scooter Startup Superpedestrian Takes to LA Streets, Promising Safety and a Better Experience | A new e-scooter startup is coming to Los Angeles streets, promising its technology allows it to prioritize rider — and pedestrian — safety.
Superpedestrian is rolling out 5,000 LINK e-scooters to Los Angeles' sidewalks today, joining Bird, ... |
| 21.06.2021 | US-based E-scooter startup Superpedestrian launches in 9 European cities | US-based Superpedestrian, a venture-backed company developing lightweight electric vehicles with integrated online platforms, launched in 9 cities across Europe on 18 June. The newly added cities include Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Swe... |
| 21.12.2020 | Cambridge's Superpedestrian raises $60M as startup eyes NYC | Cambridge transportation startup Superpedestrian Inc. has raised additional funding as it hopes to get permits to operate its electric scooters in New York City.
The eight-year-old MIT spinoff on Monday said it raised a new $60 million inve... |
| 21.12.2020 | Superpedestrian Raises $60M in Funding | Superpedestrian, a NYC-based transportation robotics company, raised $60m in funding.
Backers included the Citi Impact Fund, OurCrowd, Winthrop Square Capital, and others.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate expansion of its ... |
| 04.06.2020 | Superpedestrian Raises $15M in Funding; Acquires Zagster | Superpedestrian, a Boston, MA-based mobility engineering and technology company, raised $15m in funding.
The round was led by Edison Partners, which also sold substantially all of the assets of portfolio company Zagster, the shared micromob... |
| 13.02.2020 | Interested in Investing in Early Stage Firms? OurCrowd Has a Long List, Reports 36 Exits to Date | OurCrowd is arguably the leading investment crowdfunding platform in the world. Based in Israel but listing offerings from companies around the world, OurCrowd has seen approximately $1.4 billion in committed funding since inception. Of the... |
| 21.11.2019 | MIT Spin-Off Superpedestrian Raises $20 Million To Mass Produce Transportation Robotics | Superpedestrian, transportation robotics company that spun out of MIT, announced it raised $20 million in funding
Superpedestrian — a transportation robotics company that spun out of MIT — announced it raised $20 million in funding to suppo... |
| 20.11.2019 | Superpedestrian Closes $20M in Funding | Superpedestrian, a Boston, MA-based transportation robotics company spun out of MIT, raised $20m in financing.
Backers included Spark Capital, General Catalyst, Hanaco Ventures and Empire Angels.
The company intends to use the funds for the... |
| 20.11.2019 | Superpedestrian Raises $20 Million For Its Fleet of Self-Maintaining E-Scooters | Cambridge-based micro-mobility startup Superpedestrian raised $20 million to finance the production and rollout of its "ultra-safe" scooter fleet. Spark Capital, General Catalyst, Hanaco Ventures and Empire Angels participated in ... |
| 19.11.2019 | Scooter maker Superpedestrian raises $20 million as it gears up to launch | Superpedestrian, the startup working with a handful of scooter operators to deploy vehicles that can perform self-diagnostics, just raised a $20 million round from Spark Capital, General Catalyst, Hanaco Ventures and Empire Angels. This bri... |
| 21.03.2019 | 10 UrbanTech Startups to Watch | There has been a rise of urban tech companies over the past decade.
They're some of the largest venture capital investments. According to CityLabs, urban tech investment more than doubled from less than $20 billion to $44 billion between 20... |
| 29.12.2018 | Будни российского менеджера по продукту в американском стартапе Статьи редакции | Как разработать электроскутер и не сойти с ума и почему инженеры, дизайнеры и продуктологи по-разному представляют идеальное устройство — рассказывает Илья Синельников из Superpedestrian.
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| 23.05.2018 | Tony Fadell-backed Superpedestrian raises $16.5 million to deploy its bike-sharing tech | 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!
Superpedestrian announced today that has raised a... |
| 23.05.2018 | Superpedestrian Raises $16.5M in Series B1 Funding Round | Superpedestrian, the transportation robotics company that has transformed e-bikes with the Copenhagen Wheel, announced today that it completed a $16.5 millionSeries B1 round of financing to bring to market new technologies for electric-bike... |
| 23.05.2018 | Superpedestrian Scoops Up $16.5M, Enters Bike-Sharing Frenzy | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Bike sharing is the new ride hailing.
Similar to what has played out with Uber, Lyft, Didi Chuxing, and other private car-hailing app companies, investors are pumping hundreds... |
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| 23.05.2018 | This company wants to put ‘brains’ in electric scooters and bikes to keep riders safer | Superpedestrian, a Cambridge, Ma.-based company, has been known until now for its electric Copenhagen wheel, which a user attaches to his or her bikes and operates through an app. It’s essentially a circular unit that houses a motor, a batt... |
| 23.05.2018 | Tony Fadell-backed Superpedestrian raises $16.5 million to deploy its bike-sharing tech | Superpedestrian announced today that has raised a $16.5 million round to continue developing its technologies for electric bike-sharing companies.
Based near Boston, the transportation robotics company is known for creating the Copenhagen W... |
| 23.05.2018 | Superpedestrian Raises $16.5M in Series B1 Funding Round | Superpedestrian, a Boston, MA-based transportation robotics company, completed a $16.5m Series B1 round of financing.
Backers included Charles Kim of Extol Capital LLC, who also serves as Managing Director at China Renaissance in the United... |
| 16.11.2017 | Gift Guide 2017: Fitness Tech and Wearables | The holidays are a magical time of excess cookies, turkey, stockings filled with chocolate and reused popcorn balls, and maybe a little more beer or wine than usually. Fortunately that means New Year's is approaching, and with that it’s tim... |
| 27.06.2017 | Hitting The Road With The Copenhagen Wheel, Sweat Not Included | On December 15, 2009 MIT attended the United Nations Climate Conference and unveiled perhaps one of the most hyped pieces of tech to hit bicycles in ages: the Copenhagen Wheel. Now, nearly a decade later, the concept that went from viral su... |
| 17.01.2017 | How wearable devices are reinventing our cities as open-air gyms | By Carlo Ratti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, arguably the “father of gymnastics” and the inventor of the horizontal and parallel bars, opened his first gym (or Turnplatz) in 1811, he decided to locate it... |
| 15.01.2015 | FlyKly electric bike wheel makes riding a bike feel like the wind’s at your back | Jumping on the bicycle, I was told to watch out: As soon I started to pedal, it would feel like I’d been pushed forward by a big gust of wind. So don’t be surprised, they said.
Good advice. While it maybe wasn’t quite like the wind, it was ... |
| 15.01.2015 | FlyKly electric bike wheel makes riding a bike feel like the wind’s at your back | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Jumping on the bicycle, I was told to watch out: As soon I started to pedal, it would feel like I’d been pushed forward by a big gust o... |
| 04.10.2014 | As The Valley Burns Up, Boston Readies Its Next Act | You wouldn’t think that you could fix the bicycle. It’s just two wheels, a seat, and a set of pedals, plus or minus some fancy materials and high-quality tuning. But for the engineers and designers at Cambridge-based Superpedestrian, that b... |
| 29.09.2014 | Superpedestrian Raises $4M in Funding | Superpedestrian, a Cambridge, MA-based startup that develops lightweight networked vehicles, raised $4m in funding.
Backers included Spark Capital, General Catalyst, actor Jared Leto and former Akamai CEO Paul Sagan.
The company intends to ... |
| 26.09.2014 | MIT-Spun Superpedestrain Raises $4M to Power the Production of its Copenhagen Wheel | Superpedestrian is accelerating its growth, all while helping cycling enthusiasts accelerate up hills. The Cambridge-based creator of the Copenhagen Wheel announced Friday it has raised $4 million in fresh funding, which will be used to fue... |
| 08.12.2013 | Will all-in-one electric bicycle wheels swamp electric cars? | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When debating the merits of electric cars, hybrids, hydrogen and other alternative fuels, it’s easy to get tied down in the notion they... |
| 03.12.2013 | Superpedestrian Starts Selling “Copenhagen Wheel” Electric Bike Kits | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
At first glance, this square-faced building about a mile from the MIT campus doesn’t look like the kind of place that’s fixing the future of urban transportation. Not until th... |
| 25.10.2013 | Boston Roundup: Sqrrl, Panorama, Superpedestrian, Threat Stack, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
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We’ve got a flurry of fundraising news to round out the week, along with word of some venture partner departures:
—Sqrrl, a secure database software company... |
| 21.10.2013 | Bringing Copenhagen to Boston: Superpedestrian Announces $2.1M in Funding from Spark Capital | A recent company’s funding may make the dream of turning Boston into the Copenhagen of the United States into a reality. Thanks to Cambridge startup Superpedestrian, Boston will now have access to the Copenhagen Wheel, an invention out of M... |
| 21.10.2013 | Superpedestrian Raises $2.1M in Series A Funding | Superpedestrian, Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of the Copenhagen Wheel bike, raised $2.1m in Series A funding.
Backers included Spark Capital and David Karp, founder and CEO of Tumblr.
Founded by MIT SENSEable City Laboratory Associate D... |
| 21.10.2013 | This cool MIT-developed wheel will make your bike faster, smarter, and connected | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
You bicycle could soon be smarter than you are.
A team from MIT’s SENSEable City Lab has developed technology called the “Copenhagen Wh... |
| 21.10.2013 | Superpedestrian Walks Off with $2.1M Series A |
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Superpedestrian emerged from stealth mode today to announce a $2.1 million Series A round of funding.
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| - | How Will LA Look in 2028? A Look at the City's Plan To Embrace Transformational Tech | It’s 8 a.m. on a Monday morning. I wave at the contact-free traffic sensor and the cars stop so I can cross. A delivery robot zooms past bringing cold brew and breakfast burritos to neighbors, while someone activates a micromobility electri... |
| - | Superpedestrian’s self-repairing electric scooter is exactly what Lime and Bird need | Shared electric scooters have taken the world by storm, thanks largely to the massive efforts by companies like Lime and Bird. Such companies have flooded cities around the world with affordable, convenient electric scooters that are solvin... |
| - | These E-Scooter Companies Are Changing Their Low-Income Programs in LA | When Lime launched in Los Angeles in 2018, the company offered five free rides per day to low-income riders, so long as they were under 30 minutes each.
But in early May, that changed. Rides under 30 minutes now cost low-income Angelenos a ... |
