Instacart has big plans to automate parts of its grocery delivery business, reports Bloomberg, but the company’s schemes look as much like bluster as ambition. Bloomberg details a plan for the gig-work grocery-delivery network to build “automated fulfillment centers around the US, where hundreds of robots would fetch boxes of cereal and cans of soup… Continue reading Instacart’s reported plan to automate its workforce seems a lot like bluster
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Belvo, LatAm’s answer to Plaid, raises $43M to scale its API for financial services
Belvo, a Latin American startup which has built an open finance API platform, announced today it has raised $43 million in a Series A round of funding. A mix of Silicon Valley and Latin American-based VC firms and angels participated in the financing including Future Positive, Kibo Ventures, FJ Labs, Kaszek, MAYA Capital, Venture Friends,… Continue reading Belvo, LatAm’s answer to Plaid, raises $43M to scale its API for financial services
Uber and Lyft fares surge by up to 40% as the ride-hailing apps struggle to find enough drivers
Uber and Lyft are hiking up fares amid a driver shortage. Uber prices were up 40% in April compared to the same time last year, data showed. But the labor shortage and surging demand means that earnings for drivers are soaring. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Uber and Lyft are hiking up fares… Continue reading Uber and Lyft fares surge by up to 40% as the ride-hailing apps struggle to find enough drivers
Freight forwarder Sennder raises $80M at a $1B+ valuation
Freight forwarding — the process of organising how and where items will be shipped around the world, and specifically the technology that underpins that work — continues to be a huge area of the logistics market, not least because of the huge boom in e-commerce in the last year, and because of the Covid-19-mandated need… Continue reading Freight forwarder Sennder raises $80M at a $1B+ valuation
Uber and Lyft rides are pricier due to a lack of drivers (and the waits are longer, too)
Uber and Lyft rides have been almost twice as expensive over the past few months in the US, because the ride-hailing companies have been having difficulties meeting demand. More and more people are going back to their old routines after getting fully vaccinated, which translates to higher demand for rides as passengers fire up their… Continue reading Uber and Lyft rides are pricier due to a lack of drivers (and the waits are longer, too)
China’s Xforceplus raises nearly $200m in Series C led by Temasek …
Xforceplus Information Technology has raked in $200 million in its Series C+ and C++ rounds of financing, per an announcement. This brings the total corpus raised by the IT company in its Series C round to about $200 million. In October 2019, Xforceplus secured nearly $100 million in the first tranche of Series C round… Continue reading China’s Xforceplus raises nearly $200m in Series C led by Temasek …
Uber is draining its cash-burning Pool
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Could This Be The No.1 EV Stock Of 2021?
While Tesla and Volkswagen compete for EV buyers, a winner of their battles for customers may be another billion-dollar company that doesn’t even make cars called Facedrive. That might come as a surprise after the banner year Tesla had in 2020. In just the last 12 months, Tesla has seen an incredible 503% gain in… Continue reading Could This Be The No.1 EV Stock Of 2021?
Snappy Raises $70M in Funding
Snappy, a New York-based tech platform for gifting, raised $70M in funding. The round was led by GGV Capital with participation from existing investors 83North, Saban Ventures and Hearst Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Hans Tung, managing partner at GGV Capital, will join Snappy’s board. The company will use these funds to continue to… Continue reading Snappy Raises $70M in Funding
Uber’s cheap and popular Pool ridesharing service lost the company as much as $1 million a week in San Francisco alone (UBER)
Uber’s early aggressive promotions like $5 rides on UberPool burned through hundreds of millions each year, sources tell Insider. The company suspended UberPool at the beginning of the pandemic and is now debating how to restart it. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has raced to cut losses to meet profitability by later this year. See more stories… Continue reading Uber’s cheap and popular Pool ridesharing service lost the company as much as $1 million a week in San Francisco alone (UBER)