In this episode, Oliver interviews Martin Mignot, a general partner atIndex Ventures and panelist on our ‘Capital in Micromobility’ panel at theupcoming Micromobility Europe conference in Berlin. Index Ventures wereearly investors in Bird, and have a long history of investing in the microand macro mobility space over the last 15 years.Specifically, we dig into:- His thesis around investing in mobility companies, and why thesmartphone/internet has proved so transformational- Index’s investment in Bird, and why their focus on design and branddifferentiates them starkly from the competition- His investment in Cowboy, his bullishness on high end ownedmicromobility, and how software/hardware integration can create outsizedvalue.- The evolving funding landscape for shared scooters, and how he sees thatprogressing over the two years.- Why Paris has been a model laboratory for how the market for sharedoperations will develop over time.- How the pointy end of micromobility tech has started to hit the hardconcrete of infrastructure, and how it’s increasingly dragging him intodebates about infrastructure.It’s a really fun interview - one of our best so far! Well worth a listen.