This week, Oliver interviews Michael Granoff, partner at Maniv Mobility, anearly stage investment firm specialising in transport technologiesincluding micromobility. Michael has been around the mobility space a longtime, and we had a great discussion about the boom and bust nature of newtransport tech.Specifically, we talk about:- Michael’s background, his journey through energy security and gettinginto electrification of mobility, involvement with Better Place, andsubsequent founding of Maniv Mobility- How his thesis has changed over time from electric, to autonomous tomicromobility- Discussion about their existing investments, including Phantom Auto, BoltBikes and one of our most popular episodes to date: Revel, and what wascompelling about each.- How to accelerate the development of infrastructure suited tomicromobility.- What he agrees and disagrees about with Horace’s thesis.- Which city is the leader for micromobility and why New York is stillundoing the mess from Robert Moses, the Power Broker who ran infrastructurefrom the 1920s-1960s in the USA.Note that this was recorded pre-the COVID19 outbreak. I’m looking forwardto having him back on at some point in the future to discuss the impacts.