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Bird
Electric vehicle sharing platform
- 501-1000 employees
- B2C
- Marketplace
- Sustainability
- Transport
- Mobility
- Ridesharing
- Downtown, Santa Monica, CA
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Company mission
To make cities more livable by reducing car usage, traffic, and carbon emissions.
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back within 2 weeks
11% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
The demand for more eco-friendly urban transit solutions has been on the rise for a while now, and Bird is one of the companies that has answered this call. The company supplies lightweight, speed-capped electric vehicles for city travel - such as bikes and scooters.
Competition in the space has been famously fierce, but at one point Bird was one of the biggest companies of its kind. It was active in more that 450 cities worldwide, though it has since hit a rough patch. This saw the company exiting dozens of markets and ultimately declaring bankruptcy in 2023.
The company is now restructuring in hopes it can regain its footing, strengthen its balance sheet and position itself for long-term sustainable growth. Interestingly, Bird Canada was not part of its parent company's filing and continues operations as before.
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Benefits
- Work from home opportunities + Stipend of $100/month
- Health insurance
- Wellness stipend and a resource for personal and professional development
- Generous time off and parental leave
- Health and childcare savings options
- Free Bird credits
Company values
- Community-focused: We care deeply about improving mobility in cities across the globe
- Inclusive: We seek the missing perspective and leverage our diverse backgrounds
- Impact-oriented: We focus on results that bring our mission within reach, for everyone
- Entrepreneurial: We celebrate innovation and learn quickly from failure
- Efficient: We’re obsessed with efficiency and wise with time and money
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2021
$208m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$75m
SERIES D
Total funding: $973m
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Leadership
Travis VanderZanden
(Founder & Chairman)Previously worked as COO of Lyft and VP of Global Driver Growth at Uber. Co-founder & former CEO of Cherry.com.
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