By Walt Hickey Here To Stay Is The New Bird Bird Canada is a scooter company, one that’s been separate from the main Bird scooter company, an independently owned and operated company founded in 2019 that basically licensed the Bird name and software but owns its own scooters and e-bikes and permits. It’s in 10 Canadian cities and, despite frigid adverse weather conditions to a scooter company one might expect in cities like Calgary and Edmonton, it’s actually doing really well. That’s in contrast to the mothership Bird, which has faced possible delisting from the NYSE and has had to contend with an admission that it overstated revenue for two and a half years. The snowbirds won this time, it seems, as Bird Canada is here to the rescue in a merger that is pretty much a takeover, where Bird Canada will inject $32 million into Bird Global and combine it with its own brand for a
I believe Elmo and Patsy owe a great deal of gratitude to my two year old as that's been his favorite song to stream all holiday season. :-)