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In the past several weeks, electric scooters have popped up on the sidewalks of San Francisco, adding yet another vehicle sharing platform to the mix of dockless bikes that have received mixed reviews from urban dwellers.

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It鈥檚 easy to get confused by all the options. So 附近上门 News decided to take a look at the veteran and emerging players in the global scooter and moped sharing sector.

Adults On Scooters, It鈥檚 Cool

For commuters reliant on public transportation, commuting from a local train or metro station to your final destination usually involves a long walk. To solve this 鈥渓ast mile鈥� problem, U.S.-based scooter company Bird and its fellow competitors are looking to provide urban dwellers with a fast, simple, and cheap transportation solution.

, based in Los Angeles, has hit the streets of many cities in the U.S. including San Diego and San Francisco. The startup鈥檚 scooters can be seen perched outside of office buildings (including our own). The company made headlines in March after raising a from , , and others betting on scooters. The round brought the startups valuation up to $300 million.

Dockless bike sharing veterans Limebike and Spin, which have raised known totals of $132 million and $8 million respectively, have also j. Limebike and has moved into D.C. and California. Spin vehicles in February as well.

Scooter sharing companies have also popped up outside of the U.S. Singapore to , a , a subsidiary project under the Singapore-based ride sharing company Grab. and , which were founded in 2016 and 2017, have come up with their own station-based scooter sharing programs as well.

Outside of Southeast Asia, a sharing company called InnoMake, which operates in parks and on campuses in Hangzhou, China, has also made . In Europe, France-based , founded in 2015, raised a in June 2016 for its station-based, non-electric kick scooter sharing system. The company told聽附近上门 News that it has registered about 20,000 rides since August. Knot operates in Paris, Strasbourg, and Colmar, and is opening in Germany too with B2B and B2G partnerships.

Despite movement in the space, standing scooter startups aren鈥檛 the only sharing companies getting global attention.

The 6 Kilometer Commuters

Vespa-like mopeds are widely popular in Europe and Asia. Unlike their sharing economy counterparts mentioned above, these companies intend to give urban dwellers that live too far to ride a bike, but too close to drive a car, a viable, eco-friendly commuting option. According to 附近上门 data, the space has raised a known total of more than $78.9 million since 2011.

Most recently, Paris-based scored a from and in February 2018, adding to the in funding it raised in 2016. According to , the company has plans to spread its product globally, operating a fleet of 5,000 by the end of 2018.

If you鈥檙e based in San Francisco, you鈥檝e definitely spotted a red during your commute to work. The California-based startup was founded in 2011 and was dubbed the when it first launched its product. Since then, the company has raised a known total of more than $4.5 million, with plans to expand .

While Scoot Networks and CityScoot have managed to raise capital, other similar startups were not as fortunate. Hamburg-based Jaano terminated its services two years later after failing to find funding. Similarly, Paris-based Mober after two years because of lack of venture funding.

Despite these failures, startups from Barcelona to Taipei are still betting that they can win out in the space. 附近上门 News compiled a list of those startups still in the game below:

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Editorial Note: A previous version of this article stated that Knot was not operational, the information has since been updated.聽

Editorial Note: The chart has been updated to reflect that CityScoot’s headquarters are Paris, France.