Autotech Ventures

Founded in 2013, Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It manages over $400 million to invest in startups innovating in connected, autonomous, shared, and electrified vehicles, as well as related mobility services. The firm provides capital, industry contacts, market intelligence, talent recruitment support, and fundraising assistance to its portfolio companies.

Alexei Andreev

Managing Director

Burak Cendek

Partner

Quin Garcia

Managing Director

Maurice Gunderson

Managing Director

Daniel Hoffer

Managing Director

Past deals in Autonomous Vehicles

Agtonomy

Series A in 2024
Agtonomy develops a hybrid autonomous and tele-assist platform for agriculture. It transforms tractors and farm machines into autonomous or remote-controlled equipment, addressing labor scarcity and sustainability issues faced by farmers.

SafeAI

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2017, SafeAI specializes in transforming heavy equipment used in mining and construction industries into autonomous robotic assets. Its technology enables safe removal of personnel from hazardous environments while optimizing equipment utilization and task management.

SafeAI

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, SafeAI specializes in transforming heavy equipment used in mining and construction industries into autonomous robotic assets. Its technology enables safe removal of personnel from hazardous environments while optimizing equipment utilization and task management.

indie Semiconductor

Series B in 2018
indie Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and manufactures custom mixed-signal microcontrollers for automotive, medical, industrial, and consumer markets. The company offers custom solutions alongside standard products and building blocks, and integrates analog sub-systems such as RF transceivers, power management circuitry, and sensor interfaces. Its microcontroller-based chips combine sensing, processing, controlling, and communication functions to optimize performance for each application. Focused on the Autotech revolution, indie emphasizes edge sensors for advanced driver assistance systems, LiDAR, connected car, user experience, and electrification, serving Tier 1 partners and automotive OEMs worldwide. Founded in 2007 and based in Aliso Viejo, California, the company aims to bring the benefits of custom design to microcontroller users, delivering chips tailored to specific automotive and mobility needs.

DeepScale

Series A in 2018
DeepScale develops perceptual system software for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles. It enables automakers to use industry-standard low-wattage processors, enhancing perception accuracy without requiring high-end hardware.

Metawave

Seed Round in 2017
Metawave Corporation is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in the development of advanced beamsteering radars using metamaterials and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017, the company primarily serves the automotive industry, offering innovative solutions for safe automated driving. Its flagship product, SPEKTRA, is designed to enhance safety for automakers by providing high-performance radar capabilities for 3D imaging and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. Additionally, Metawave develops TURBO active repeaters to extend signal coverage in difficult environments, as well as ECHO passive reflectors to optimize signal direction in areas with lower coverage. The company also offers AWARE, an AI platform that leverages deep learning to extract valuable information from radar signals. In parallel, Metawave is working on smart beamsteering antennas to improve 4G and 5G networks, aiming to enhance connectivity for billions of users.

DeepScale

Seed Round in 2017
DeepScale develops perceptual system software for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles. It enables automakers to use industry-standard low-wattage processors, enhancing perception accuracy without requiring high-end hardware.
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