What is Bird?
Shared electric micromobility brand for scooters and bikes.
- Category
- Micromobility
- Headquarters
- Miami, FL / Third Lane Mobility
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- Private after bankruptcy; exact current headcount not disclosed
- Total funding
- Historic venture/public capital; sold through bankruptcy for $145M asset sale value
- Status
- Private under Third Lane Mobility after 2024 Chapter 11 emergence
What is Bird?
Bird is a shared electric micromobility brand for scooters and bikes.
Bird is a shared micromobility brand operating electric scooters and bikes for short urban trips. After its venture-backed and public-company period, Bird emerged from Chapter 11 in 2024 under Third Lane Mobility, which includes Bird and Spin.
This profile treats Bird as a public/acquired/restructured company rather than a current venture-stage startup. Historic funding and valuations, including Sequoia-led growth financing, are useful context, but current buying power should be assessed through Third Lane Mobility operations, city contracts, fleet economics, and bankruptcy emergence.
Sources:Bird homepageBird careers
What does Bird offer?
Bird offers the product areas and capabilities below.
- Shared e-scooter rides· Mobility
- Shared e-bike rides· Mobility
- City fleet operations· Operations
- University programs· Programs
- Platform partnerships· B2B
- Micromobility app· Consumer
Sources:Bird homepageBird careers
How does Bird make money?
Bird's business model is based on enterprise or commercial offerings; public pricing is included only where disclosed.
Bird makes money from rider fares, city/university partnerships, fleet operations, and platform or brand partnerships. Pricing varies by market, unlock fees, per-minute ride rates, passes, and local rules; no universal public price card applies.
The restructured business depends on utilization, vehicle durability, city permits, charging/rebalancing efficiency, insurance, and local operating costs. Sellers should not rely on old unicorn valuation marks as a current budget proxy.
Who leads Bird?
Bird is led by the public executives and founders listed below.
- Third Lane Mobility leadershipParent company leadershipPost-2024 restructuringBird operates as the global anchor brand under Third Lane Mobility.
- Travis VanderZandenFounder; former CEOFounded Bird in 2017Historic founder of Bird during venture and SPAC period.
- Bird city/operations teamsOperations leadershipCurrent operating functionsCity partnerships and operations teams control local deployment decisions.
How do you contact Bird's leadership?
Use Bird's official published aliases or contact forms; unverified personal emails are not listed as verified.
Use published aliases at bird.co; personal executive format not verifiedSources:Bird contactBird homepage
How much funding has Bird raised?
Bird's public capital history is summarized from disclosed rounds, public filings, or acquisition records.
Bird raised large venture rounds during the micromobility boom, including a Sequoia-led Series D reported in 2019 at a $2.5B valuation. It later went public via SPAC in 2021, acquired Spin in 2023, filed for Chapter 11 in December 2023, and emerged in 2024 under Third Lane Mobility.
The 2024 bankruptcy sale process valued the transferred assets at about $145M in reported transaction materials. Current valuation is private and should not be inferred from prior venture marks.
How did Bird get here?
Bird's path is defined by the public milestones below.
- 2017FoundedBird launched shared electric scooter operations.
- 2018Rapid city expansionBird expanded across many cities and became a micromobility category symbol.
- 2019Sequoia-led Series D reportedTechCrunch reported a Sequoia-led Series D at a $2.5B valuation.
- 2021Public listingBird went public through a SPAC transaction.
- 2023Spin acquired and Chapter 11 filedBird acquired Spin and later filed for Chapter 11.
- 2024Emerged under Third Lane MobilityBird emerged from bankruptcy as part of Third Lane Mobility with Bird and Spin brands.
Who are Bird's competitors?
Bird competes with the companies listed below depending on buyer segment and use case.
- LimeLarge shared scooters and bikes operator with global city footprint.
- VoiEuropean micromobility operator focused on city partnerships.
- DottEuropean scooter and bike sharing operator.
- Tier MobilityEuropean micromobility brand now combined with Dott in some markets.
- BoltRide-hailing and micromobility platform with scooters in many markets.
Sources:Bird homepageBird careers
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