Niu Technologies

Niu Technologies (; stylized as NIU) is an electric scooter company, headquartered in Changzhou, China. It was founded in 2014, and received $125M in venture capital over several rounds of funding, lead by GGV Capital. Its CEO and COO has been Yan Li since December 2017.
Early on, the company differentiated itself by using lithium-ion batteries, as opposed to cheaper lead-acid alternatives that were widely used in Chinese e-scooters at the time. It had $300M in revenue in 2019. As of November 2020, 98% of its sales were in China. 
In 2018, the company got listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker NIU.
Niu have supplied scooters for several hire schemes. Revel Transit launched in New York City in 2019 with 1,000 Niu mopeds, since expanding to Washington DC, Austin and Miami.
In 2021 Lime began a pilot program in Washington DC and Paris.