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The Bloom team is thrilled to announce that Lightfoot is joining Bloom’s platform to launch their innovative new product. By leveraging Bloom’s network, the Lightfoot team is gaining strategic advantages in warehousing, delivery, and the build-out of their nationwide service network. Key decisions made early on to utilize off-the-shelf parts will result in lower maintenance needs and easier repairs.?Bloom allows Lightfoot to carry forward essential lessons learned from the past into their vehicle scale-up plans. Read more about Lightfoot: https://lnkd.in/dnyzWHKK. More information can be found on their site - rollingsunshine.com We are excited to help companies like Lightfoot launch and scale. For inquiries about joining the Bloom platform, please visit our site to learn more or reach out to our team at?[email protected]

Pumped to watch Bloom’s member Dust Moto launch their fundraising campaign. We couldn't be more excited to have them in the network and leveraging the platform and resources to better utilize capital and scale more efficiently. Colin Godby ???? is making some wise early steps and laying the foundation to be a powerhouse in the power sports world.

Congratulations to our platform member LIVAQ and their CEO David R. Medina álvarez for the recent profile in The New York Times! They are scaling up the build of their EQUAD in our partner Beacon MFG facility here in Detroit at Newlab @ Michigan Central with some exciting plans ahead in 2025! https://lnkd.in/g_TZb3Hz

We're proud to share that Bloom has been included on the Renaissance Venture Capital Startup Hotlist! The?Hotlist?features some of the most promising early-stage companies in Michigan, based on hundreds of recommendations from VC funds, and in connection with our participation in?UnDemo Day. See the full list: https://lnkd.in/dR_y32A

We are excited to announce that MoonBikes is joining Bloom's platform and scaling its new North American Operations Centers at the Newlab @ Michigan Central ecosystem in the City of Detroit. Bloom’s network provides Moonbikes with key operational and supply chain efficiencies. This will allow their team based in France to operate more efficiently within the North American markets. Not only providing logistical support for its vehicles but also key wrap-around services. Additionally, Newlab offers Moonbikes strategic access to a growing community of industry leaders advancing mobility in Brooklyn and Detroit. Nicolas Muron, “This partnership represents an important step for Moonbikes’ next chapter. By leveraging Bloom’s platform and Newlab’s ecosystem, we are confident in our ability to accelerate growth in the U.S., streamline operations, and enhance our customer experience. We are excited to continue to deliver sustainable, all-electric, winter snow sports offerings in North America while expanding our innovation in the mobility space.” “The Michigan Outdoor Recreation Industry Office would like to congratulate the team at Moonbike electric snowbikes and welcome them into the exciting and fast-growing ecosystem of outdoor-focused vehicle innovation and production being developed here in Michigan,” said Brad Garmon, Executive Director of the Outdoor Recreation Industry Office at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. “Thanks to partners like Bloom, Michigan is able to provide an unsurpassed suite of design, testing, and manufacturing capabilities with world-class, year-round, outdoor experiences to ensure a sector-leading innovation company like Moonbike can ‘Make it in Michigan’. For inquiries about joining the Bloom platform, reach out to our team at [email protected].

We are thrilled to welcome Tarani Duncan as our new Chief Product Officer (CPO)! Tarani joins Bloom with over a decade of expertise in product and operations management, honed across an impressive array of leading tech and mobility companies, including Mapbox, Motivate LLC (Citi Bike), Uber (Jump), Croft, and Compound Eye. Tarani’s deep experience in hardware, embedded devices, mapping, and cloud services will be instrumental as we continue to innovate and expand our platform. Her leadership will drive the next phase of our development, enhancing automation to better serve the growing community of mobility companies that rely on Bloom. Join us (+ Artie ??) in giving a warm welcome to Tarani as she embarks on this exciting journey with us! ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? #Leadership #ProductManagement #Innovation #MobilityTech #Togetherwebloom Newlab Michigan Central #MichiganMobility #micromobility

After a brief summer break in the announcements, we’re back at it! We are thrilled to announce Weel joining Bloom's platform and scaling its operations into the Newlab @ Michigan Central ecosystem in Detroit. Founded in Seattle in 2018 with a vision to create a more sustainable and connected urban transportation system, Weel has been at the forefront of mobility advancements. Backed by investors like the Amazon Alexa Fund, Weel is preparing for commercialization by leveraging its advanced AI-powered stability systems and smart actuators into new form factors. Here is a great clip of their technology in use: https://lnkd.in/ggrGywvP "Our partnership with Bloom aligns perfectly with Weel's commitment to advancing the domestic mobility sector. We are excited to join a community that shares our passion for advanced electric mobility. This partnership will enhance our capabilities and contribute to the growth of the domestic micromobility industry. By leveraging Bloom’s platform, Weel will improve operational efficiency and expand product development and production." -Justin Corbett Bloom is dedicated to supporting brands of all sizes in scaling their operations. Our growing network is core to building a stronger domestic ecosystem. By joining Bloom, brands are poised to achieve immediate improvements in logistics, assembly, and distribution processes. Justin Kosmides, Co-Founder of Bloom, said, "We are excited to welcome Weel to our platform. Together, we will drive innovation in the domestic urban mobility space and offer more companies access to a network that facilitates continued scale at an efficient cost structure."

Thank you to Adele Peters from Fast Company for helping to tell the story of Bloom and our role in reshoring the American electric mobility industry. Full link to the article below. “We pull contract manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and after-sales support onto a nationwide platform,” says Bloom cofounder Justin Kosmides. “It’s meant so these companies can offload their operations or parts of their supply chain onto a shared network. It gives us the benefits of vertical integration without the heavy capital expenditure necessary to truly spin up your own factory or production lines.” https://lnkd.in/eCnPvZSN

We are excited to welcome Beacon MFG into our growing network of contract manufacturers and service providers. Beacon MFG represents an important step for mobility companies to have access to smaller batch manufacturing options on the network. Beacon MFG will provide 10k square feet of dedicated lean manufacturing space, including advanced machinery such as robotic wheel building, laser tube cutter, robotic welding, and access to all of the latest in manufacturing available at Newlab to partners on our network. It will also offer access to fully equipped assembly stations for small and medium-sized mobility companies to lease on a short-term basis, with access to skilled support technicians for assembly and frame building. We are thrilled to see local investments in building out this type of capacity. The natural ecosystem and concentration of brands aggregating more of the ecosystem. We are excited to see the continuation of Detroit Bikes at Beacon MFG.

Benno Bikes has partnered with Bloom as a development and marketing center for its US operations. Benno Bikes will utilize Bloom’s platform for support, logistics, and future brand development services. Adding Benno Bikes to Newlab at Michigan Central represents the continued growth of Detroit’s mobility ecosystem, leveraging this growing ecosystem to improve Benno Bikes’s operational efficiency, product engineering and prototyping, and sales and marketing capabilities. Benno Bikes will continue to partner with Quality Bicycle Products for its existing US-based distribution and after-sales service. Benno Bikes’s three decades of dedication and passion for innovating in the mobility industry is indisputable. Originally from Berlin, Germany, Benno co-founded the Electra Bicycle Company in San Diego, California, shortly after graduating from design school in 1993. Having successfully scaled and sold the company, his continued desire to innovate and design bicycles led him to create Benno Bikes in 2015. Renowned for their skill in designing bikes that combine fun and practicality, Benno Bikes created a new category called Etility?, which is transportation bikes with the ability to carry extended cargo and the versatility to do more. Bloom provides operations-as-service for the electric mobility industry, providing new standards and capacities for domestic manufacturing, assembly, delivery, and servicing. Bloom has facilitated a network of partner providers across the industry to aggregate shared services and build economies of scale so brands of any size can leverage operational efficiencies and better unit economies. We are honored to be working with such a beloved innovator of electric bikes during this next growth phase for Benno Bikes. Benno Bikes’s drive to future-proof the electric mobility industry is aligned with Bloom’s highest mission. For more information about Bloom’s network and what we’re doing to improve the operational efficiency of the mobility industry, contact us at [email protected] Detroit Regional Partnership City of Detroit Crain's Detroit Business Michigan Economic Development Corporation Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Zag Daily Micromobility Industries Electrek.co Miss GoElectric