by RJ Shara | Apr 8, 2021 | Startups
Corporate training start-up Attensi– which initially emerged out of Oslo, Norway– has actually raised $26 million from New York-based Lugard Roadway Capital, DX Ventures (a VC fund backed by Delivery Hero) and existing investor Viking Endeavor. The new financing will be used to broaden in The United States and Canada and Europe. Attensi uses a gamified technique […] Attensi uses a gamified technique to corporate training, putting staff members into 3D simulations of their office and work procedures. 
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by RJ Shara | Mar 24, 2021 | Startups
As the Ubers of the world continue to scale, a smaller on-demand transportation startup has actually raised some funding in Germany, underscoring the chances that remain for startups in the space targeting particular service specific niches. Blacklane — — the Berlin startup that offers on-demand black-car chauffeur services in Berlin, London, Dubai, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Singapore […] Blacklane has taken the opportunity to cater to travelers’ emerging requirements,” said Dr. Jens Wohltorf, CEO and co-founder of Blacklane, in a statement. And while it is coming at an up round, Blacklane is not revealing any figures, nor has it ever disclosed appraisal. The reason factor Blacklane has managed handled raise at an up round tells another side of the storyNevertheless As companies in transportation and travel gingerly started to show the smaller sized indications of healing last summertime, so too did Blacklane. Previously this month, it included “chauffeur hailing” in 22 cities, an on-demand service that minimized the lead time for an order to under 30 minutes (its previous service was based on more innovative bookings)….
by RJ Shara | Mar 19, 2021 | Startups
Across the street from Suzhou North, a high-speed train station in a historical city near Shanghai, a futuristic M-shaped structure easily catches the eye of anybody death by. It houses the head office of the five-year-old Chinese autonomous driving startup, Momenta. Like other significant Chinese cities, Suzhou, which is well-known for its peaceful canals and classical […] Momenta just recently closed another huge round, which nears $500 million and lifts its total financing to more than $700 million.”Some chauffeurs might desire the self-governing driving vehicle to be more aggressive, so we are likewise exploring a system that learns from individual design,” said Jiang Yunfei, an R&D engineer at Momenta who went on the ride. By the end of 2021, multiple customers will start mass-producing mid-to-high-end vehicles equipped with Momenta’s software. 
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by RJ Shara | Oct 30, 2020 | Startups
Daimler’s trucks division has actually purchased lidar designer Luminar as part of a broader collaboration to produce autonomous trucks efficient in navigating highwayswithout a human motorist behind the wheel. The offer, which comes just days after Daimler and Waymo announced plans to collaborate to develop an autonomous version of the Freightliner Cascadia truck, […]
Daimler invests in lidar company Luminar in push to bring autonomous trucks to highways …
by RJ Shara | May 2, 2020 | Startups
New vehicles today can produce a bonanza of data. Without the correct tools, that information will sit undisturbed, rendering it useless. A number of business have sprung up to help car manufacturers handle and utilize data produced from connected vehicles. Israeli startup Otonomo is one such gamer that got on the scene in 2015 with […] Otonomo raises $46 million to broaden its automobile data market …
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