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On today’s episode, Oliver runs over recent news in the scooter/micromobility space with Michal Naka (@michalnaka) and we release the government regulator panel from the recent Micromobility California Summit talking about the experiences from LA, Portland, Oakland and Claremont in regulating scooter operators.

In the news section, we discuss:

- The emergence of Grin in South America, and what this means for scooters in LatAm.

- Lime’s recent $310m raise and how this reflects the consolidation of the rest of the industry.

Next, we have the panel from the recent Summit where Katie Fehrenbacher from Greenbiz hosts a panel with:

- Seleta Reynolds from the LADOT

- Ryan Russo from Oakland DOT

- Briana Orr who managed Portland’s Shared Electric Scooter Pilot

- Julie Medero, Chair of the Traffic and Transportation Commission from the City of Claremont

They cover:

- How cities are viewing the rise of micromobility operations as a means of providing access to low-cost mobility and benefitting their citizens.

- What cities have learnt from the rise of Uber/Lyft and how that is influencing their regulatory stances with new operators and business models.

- How they’re using their ability to regulate to influence data standards and how this will affect operators/entrepreneurs in this space.

- The variables that they, as regulators, need to consider as part of rollouts.

- How cities are thinking about infrastructure and deployment, and the challenges that they face in rolling out safe infrastructure for micromobility.

On today's episode we do a very quick recap of the inaugural 2019 Micromobility Summit and then turn our attention to talk through what early stage investment in micromobility looks like with Reilly Brennan of Trucks Venture Capital (@reillybrennan).

He is a founding general partner at Trucks (trucks.vc), a seed-stage venture capital fund for entrepreneurs changing the future of transportation. Reilly holds a teaching appointment at Stanford University and is influential newsletter Future of Transportation is a radar for what’s happening in transportation. Prior to Trucks, Reilly was Executive Director for Stanford’s automotive research program, Revs. He is very well known in the transport technology space.

In this episode we discuss:

- Trucks VC and how it's adjusted it's thinking about micromobility in its search for the companies that will power the future of transportation.

- How he thinks about the evolution of the supply chain in the micromobility sector, and who will be looking to get involved.

- Where he sees parallels between the existing early stages of micromobility and the autonomous vehicle space a few years ago.

- What opportunities he is looking for in the space, and his thesis of where value will accrue.

We also discuss the new Micromobility VC syndicate on AngelList that will be syndicating interesting deals in the micromobility space out to early stage investors. If you are an accredited investor and would like to hear about the deals that Horace, Oliver and others are coming across and backing, please find us on AngelList and apply.

On today’s episode we do a very quick recap of the inaugural 2019 Micromobility Summit and then turn our attention to talk through what early stage investment in micromobility looks like with Reilly Brennan of Trucks Venture Capital (@reillybrennan).

He is a founding general partner at Trucks (trucks.vc), a seed-stage venture capital fund for entrepreneurs changing the future of transportation. Reilly holds a teaching appointment at Stanford University and is influential newsletter [Future of Transportation](http://www.tinyletter.com/transportation) is a radar for what’s happening in transportation. Prior to Trucks, Reilly was Executive Director for Stanford’s automotive research program, Revs. He is very well known in the transport technology space.

In this episode we discuss:

- Trucks VC and how it’s adjusted it’s thinking about micromobility in its search for the companies that will power the future of transportation.

- How he thinks about the evolution of the supply chain in the micromobility sector, and who will be looking to get involved.

- Where he sees parallels between the existing early stages of micromobility and the autonomous vehicle space a few years ago.

- What opportunities he is looking for in the space, and his thesis of where value will accrue.

We also discuss the new Micromobility VC syndicate on AngelList that will be syndicating interesting deals in the micromobility space out to early stage investors. If you are an accredited investor and would like to hear about the deals that Horace, Oliver and others are coming across and backing, please find us on [AngelList](http://5by5.tv/micromobility/angel.co) and apply.

On today’s episode we do a very quick recap of the inaugural 2019 Micromobility Summit and then turn our attention to talk through what early stage investment in micromobility looks like with Reilly Brennan of Trucks Venture Capital (@reillybrennan).

He is a founding general partner at Trucks (trucks.vc), a seed-stage venture capital fund for entrepreneurs changing the future of transportation. Reilly holds a teaching appointment at Stanford University and is influential newsletter [Future of Transportation](http://www.tinyletter.com/transportation) is a radar for what’s happening in transportation. Prior to Trucks, Reilly was Executive Director for Stanford’s automotive research program, Revs. He is very well known in the transport technology space.

In this episode we discuss:

- Trucks VC and how it’s adjusted it’s thinking about micromobility in its search for the companies that will power the future of transportation.

- How he thinks about the evolution of the supply chain in the micromobility sector, and who will be looking to get involved.

- Where he sees parallels between the existing early stages of micromobility and the autonomous vehicle space a few years ago.

- What opportunities he is looking for in the space, and his thesis of where value will accrue.

We also discuss the new Micromobility VC syndicate on AngelList that will be syndicating interesting deals in the micromobility space out to early stage investors. If you are an accredited investor and would like to hear about the deals that Horace, Oliver and others are coming across and backing, please find us on [AngelList](http://5by5.tv/micromobility/angel.co) and apply.

On today’s show we have Boyd Cohen, CEO of Iomob, to discuss building a marketplace operating system for city transportation, and what is enabled having all modes of transport interoperable and discoverable.

Specifically, we dig into:

- What the benefits to customers and operators are for an open marketplace for mobility.

- Why micromobility is specifically well suited to open marketplaces/interoperability.

- Why Boyd doesn’t think the current scooter/micromobility operators will survive in their current form.

- The benefits and pitfalls of having system wide integrations for all transport options.

- How this will scale in the face of competition from Uber, Google Maps and others.

Looking forward to seeing many of you at Thursdays Micromobility Summit in the Bay Area! Please come and find us and say hi.

As always, let me know what you think on Twitter - @asymco and @oliverbruce

On today’s show we have Boyd Cohen, CEO of Iomob, to discuss building a marketplace operating system for city transportation, and what is enabled having all modes of transport interoperable and discoverable.

Specifically, we dig into:

- What the benefits to customers and operators are for an open marketplace for mobility.

- Why micromobility is specifically well suited to open marketplaces/interoperability.

- Why Boyd doesn’t think the current scooter/micromobility operators will survive in their current form.

- The benefits and pitfalls of having system wide integrations for all transport options.

- How this will scale in the face of competition from Uber, Google Maps and others.

On today’s show we have Boyd Cohen, CEO of Iomob, to discuss building a marketplace operating system for city transportation, and what is enabled having all modes of transport interoperable and discoverable.

Specifically, we dig into:

- What the benefits to customers and operators are for an open marketplace for mobility.

- Why micromobility is specifically well suited to open marketplaces/interoperability.

- Why Boyd doesn’t think the current scooter/micromobility operators will survive in their current form.

- The benefits and pitfalls of having system wide integrations for all transport options.

- How this will scale in the face of competition from Uber, Google Maps and others.

In this episode, we have Steve Anderson (@Rashomon2) as a guest on the podcast. Steve has a long history in motorcycle safety and engineering forensics, and more recently has been working on low powered electric vehicles. He will be speaking at the upcoming Micromobility Summit in California on the 31st of January.

We cover:

- The role of vehicle design, infrastructure and speed in micromobility safety.

- The coming emergence of different form factors, including cabin motorcycles and enclosed cargo trikes

- Different avoidance and damage mitigation options for micromobility.

- Helmets - their impact and how their role in micromobility. Be sure to check out the Danish airbag helmet, the Hovding, at hovding.com

- The role of fun and joy in micromobility’s appeal.

Our sponsor for the show is Joyride, a software platform that lets you launch your own bike or scooter share system under your brand, with full consumer facing apps, and backend fleet management and integrations. Check them out at Joyride.city

In this episode, we have Steve Anderson (@Rashomon2) as a guest on the podcast. Steve has a long history in motorcycle safety and engineering forensics, and more recently has been working on low powered electric vehicles. He will be speaking at the upcoming Micromobility Summit in California on the 31st of January.

We cover:

- The role of vehicle design, infrastructure and speed in micromobility safety.

- The coming emergence of different form factors, including cabin motorcycles and enclosed cargo trikes

- Different avoidance and damage mitigation options for micromobility.

- Helmets — their impact and how their role in micromobility. Be sure to check out the Danish airbag helmet, the [Hovding](http://hovding.com/).

- The role of fun and joy in micromobility’s appeal.

In this episode, we have Steve Anderson (@Rashomon2) as a guest on the podcast. Steve has a long history in motorcycle safety and engineering forensics, and more recently has been working on low powered electric vehicles. He will be speaking at the upcoming Micromobility Summit in California on the 31st of January.

We cover:

- The role of vehicle design, infrastructure and speed in micromobility safety.

- The coming emergence of different form factors, including cabin motorcycles and enclosed cargo trikes

- Different avoidance and damage mitigation options for micromobility.

- Helmets — their impact and how their role in micromobility. Be sure to check out the Danish airbag helmet, the [Hovding](http://hovding.com/).

- The role of fun and joy in micromobility’s appeal.