<story><title>Bird Acquires Scoot</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/12/bird-confirms-acquisition-of-scoot/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aresant</author><text>Handful of interesting points:&lt;p&gt;a) Scoot raised something like $47,000,000. This article reports a cash and stock deal of $25,000,000.&lt;p&gt;b) Scoot launched in 2012 and spent their first 6 years renting mopeds and electric bikes, only recently launching what we all think of as &amp;quot;scooters&amp;quot; in late 2018.&lt;p&gt;c) The founder illustrates what Scoot saw as a gigantic problem in the space - theft and vandalism (1). He then wrote a follow-up post a few months later illustrating their solution - a proprietary lock adapter from their bike sharing network (2). I wonder if we&amp;#x27;ll see this technology rolled out @ Bird?&lt;p&gt;(1) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@mbkeating&amp;#x2F;what-we-learned-from-our-first-month-of-operating-scoot-kicks-dcd9a677db15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@mbkeating&amp;#x2F;what-we-learned-from-our-first...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(2) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@mbkeating&amp;#x2F;one-of-our-kicks-was-stolen-last-weekend-8cfdf94979b6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@mbkeating&amp;#x2F;one-of-our-kicks-was-stolen-la...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Bird Acquires Scoot</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/12/bird-confirms-acquisition-of-scoot/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>paxys</author><text>&amp;quot;Bird acquires San Francisco scooter permit&amp;quot;</text></comment>