The next big thing? Lime’s rapid rise in micro mobility
The Lime founder story – Interview with co-founders Toby Sun, CEO, and Brad Bao, Executive Chairman of Lime
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Uber Freight's Lior Ron on Digital Transformation
"Digital transformation will change the relationship between shippers and carriers, allowing them to more efficiently move goods to customers across the country", says Lior Ron, Head of Uber Freight.
Smart Cities - building partnerships and attracting investment
Paul Asel, Managing Partner at NGP Capital, was speaking at a Smart Cities webinar sponsored by Impact Cities in October, 2018.
Last-mile delivery market in India – why did NGP Capital invest in Shadowfax?
In this article, Chad Bailey, Associate at NGP Capital and Upal Basu, Partner at NGP Capital, shed light on the last-mile delivery market in India and the newest addition of NGP Capital’s logistics portfolio: India’s leading third-party, last-mile logistics provider Shadowfax.
Moovit’s contribution to our world
Moovit has more than 200 million users and is adding 1.1 million new users per day. The company has grown five times in just two years and covers multi-modal transit in more than 2,200 cities within more than 80 countries. How did Moovit overcome its growth barriers?
Lessons from both sides of the M&A negotiation table
Ben Jacobs, co-founder and former CEO of Whistle, now Head of Ventures at Mars Petcare, has been on both sides of the M&A negotiation table. Here he shares the story behind Whistle, his pet activity company (acquired by Mars Petcare), along with his best advice for both potential buyers and potential acquisition targets.
A rare glimpse into the mind of cryptographer and CEO, Aleksandr Yampolskiy
How a virus-infected video game in the 80s led to a Ph.D. in cryptography from Yale University, a cybersecurity moon-shot, and a new universal language for cybersecurity.
Technology innovation on the second half of the chessboard
Paul Asel shares his perspective on the speed and magnitude of technology innovation in this era.
10 years and 14 languages later
Babbel recently turned ten years old. We sat down with co-founders Markus Witte and Thomas Holl in Berlin to talk about Babbel ten years from now, what being a learning company means and why building a diverse team is top of mind for the founders.
Why “Superforecasting” is an important read for any decision maker
In this article, I share my views on how superforecasting can be applied in decision-making when investing.
The secret to keeping a large global business agile
The story about how Rajeev Goel, co-founder and CEO of PubMatic, built a successful global business while maintaining the execution speed of a small startup.
The untold story behind one of Europe’s largest exits 2017 - Heptagon
This is the remarkable survival story of Heptagon, a media-shy company that went from the brink of bankruptcy to become a billion-dollar exit and the world’s largest micro-optics supplier.