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Lily Mae Lazarus

Also’s $3,500 e-bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportation

a woman rides an ALSO autonomous bike (Credit: Courtesy of Also)

Chris Yu will tell you his micromobility company, Also, is much more than an e-bike maker. Its market is every vehicle smaller than a car.

On Wednesday, the Palo Alto based startup raised a $150 million Series D funding round, Fortune learned exclusively, led by Prysm Capital. Eclipse Capital and Greenoaks also participated. The round pushed the two-year-old startup’s valuation past $1 billion, a big number for a company whose most visible product, so far, is a $3,500 e-bike.

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