arthur-luis jacquier, france director, lime: "we raised 135 million dollars."dollars lime raised?" arthur-luis jacquier, france director, lime: "yeah like in a year and a half. pretty good."samuel burke, cnn business and technology correspondent: "that's a lot of capital being injected into this market."arthur-luis jacquier, france director, lime: "exactly."the cash is crucial because lime is waging a bitter block by block battle for scooter supremacy. it's main adversary? santa monica- based bird. travis vanderzanden, founder and ceo, bird: "i have transportation in my blood people would say, my mother was a bus driver for 30 years."founder travis vanderzanden just launched bird in september. now it already has scooters in 22 us cities and is valued at an eye- popping two billion dollars travis vanderzanden, founder and ceo, bird: "and really the goal of bird is to reduce car traffic and trips. people have been trying to find ways to get americans out of cars for a long time and we think bird can have a big impact."the startups leave them on streets often with

arthur-luis jacquier, france director, lime: "we raised 135 million dollars."rs lime raised?" arthur-luis jacquier, france director, lime: "yeah like in a year and a half. pretty good."samuel burke, cnn business and technology correspondent: "that's a lot of capital being injected into this market."arthur-luis jacquier, france director, lime: "exactly."the cash is crucial because lime is waging a bitter block by block battle for scooter supremacy. it's main adversary? santa monica- based bird. travis vanderzanden, founder and ceo, bird: "i have transportation in my blood people would say, my mother was a bus driver for 30 years."founder travis vanderzanden just launched bird in september. now it cities and is valued at an eye- popping two billion dollars travis vanderzanden, founder and ceo, bird: "and really the goal of bird is to reduce car traffic and trips. people have been trying to find ways to get americans out of cars for a long time and we think bird can have a big impact."the startups leave them on streets often without city approvaland the apps allow