Monday, May 21, 2018

Bird's Electric Scooters May See Competition From Lyft In SF

Santa Monica-based Bird, the on-demand electric scooter rental service backed by Valor Equity Partners, Index Ventures, Craft Ventures, Goldcrest Capital, Tusk Ventures and Upfront Ventures, may be seeing even more competition in San Francisco, after reports that Lyft is hoping to launch its own, electric scooter service in the city. Bird already has a long list of competitors in San Francisco, including LimeBike and Spin. Bird was founded by Travis VanderZanden, who had formerly been chief operating officer at Lyft--and who was at the center of a 2014 lawsuit between Lyft and Uber, after he left Lyft for Uber.

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