DENSO Leads $20 Million Series A Funding Round in U.S. Startup Bond Mobility to Develop Micromobility Services for Urban Transportation

摘要

-Investment in dock-less eBike service will help DENSO accelerate development of Mobility as a Service technologies and systems while protecting the environment - DENSO, the world's second largest mobility supplier, has taken a stake in Palo Alto, Calif.-based Bond Mobility Inc., the world's only speed eBike sharing company that delivers high-performance micromobility(1) services. The close of Bond's $20 million series A funding round was led by DENSO's New Mobility Group out of its global headquarters in Japan, and Innovest Global. DENSO will use Bond's technologies to accelerate the development of its Mobility as a Service (MaaS) model. In recent years, heavy traffic congestion in urban areas all over the world has contributed to one of the largest shares of greenhouse gas emissions. While DENSO is committed to reducing CO2 emissions by half with technologies that resolve global warming, energy, and resource issues, micromobility is another solution to the problem. Micromobility is defined as an urban transportation solution covering short distances and include options like eBikes, scooters and docked bikes.