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Spiro takes $55M from China’s NewTrails as it nears a $1bn valuation
The hard part of electrifying a motorcycle in Lagos or Nairobi was never the motorcycle, it was the charging. A rider who earns by the trip cannot afford to sit for hours waiting for a battery to fill, which is why Spiro built its business around swapping instead: pull in, trade a flat pack for [] This story continues at The Next Web
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