Continental

Continental AG is a prominent global automotive supplier and tire manufacturer, specializing in intelligent technologies, products, and services for the transportation of people and goods. The company operates through several segments, including its automotive group, which focuses on electrical architecture, autonomous mobility, safety and motion, smart mobility, and user experience. Additionally, Continental produces tires and operates ContiTech, which utilizes rubber in various industrial and automotive applications. In recent financial data, the automotive group accounted for approximately 49% of total revenue, followed by tires at 34% and ContiTech at 16%. The company's major clients include Ford, Mercedes-Benz, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, Stellantis, and Volkswagen, which collectively contribute around 34% of its revenue. Europe remains the largest market for Continental, generating 49% of its total revenue.

Juan Uruburu Alonso

Managing Director

Nils Berkemeyer

Investment Partner at Continental Ventures

Juergen Bilo

Global Managing Director

Past deals in Automotive

EMT Púchov

Acquisition in 2024
EMT Púchov s.r.o., based in Púchov, Slovakia, is a manufacturer and service provider specializing in tire molds. The company produces a range of molds for various vehicle types, including trucks, buses, passenger vehicles, and agricultural tires. Additionally, EMT Púchov offers comprehensive mold repair and modification services, extending the lifespan of clients' existing molds. The company operates as a subsidiary of Saehwa IMC Co., Ltd.

asellerate

Series A in 2024
asellerate is a multichannel e-commerce platform focused on the automotive aftermarket, providing solutions for manufacturers to enhance their online sales capabilities. The company specializes in offering automotive spare parts, tires, and reproducing hard-to-find components. Through its online platform, asellerate integrates various sales channels, including eBay and Amazon, facilitating order management, marketing, and fulfillment processes. By leveraging digital commerce, asellerate enables manufacturers to reach new markets and optimize their sales strategies in the automotive sector. The platform's services also include concierge support and advanced manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing, to meet customer demands for high-quality automotive parts and accessories.

Ingeek

Corporate Round in 2024
Shanghai InGeek Cyber Security Co., Ltd., founded in 2002 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in providing comprehensive services in information, network, and system security. As a subsidiary of Shanghai Yinji Information Technology Co., Ltd., InGeek focuses on promoting Internet of Things security and delivering industry-specific solutions for the communications, financial, and automotive sectors. The company offers a range of services including consulting, implementation, operation, maintenance, and software development, aimed at enhancing network information security. InGeek is committed to advancing the safety and practicality of smart, connected vehicles, thereby contributing to a more secure digital landscape.

Blickfeld

Venture Round in 2023
Blickfeld GmbH, established in 2016 and based in Munich, Germany, specializes in the production of LiDAR sensors and associated software. These sensors use near-infrared light to detect and map objects, enabling autonomous vehicles to perceive their surroundings. The company's patented silicon MEMS mirrors and commercial off-the-shelf components allow for low-cost mass production, making LiDAR technology more accessible to the automotive industry. Additionally, Blickfeld's object detection and mapping software processes sensor data, facilitating applications such as city planning, real-time mapping, and usage pattern analysis. The company serves various sectors, including automotive, transportation, industrial, and robotics.

4.screen

Series A in 2023
4.screen GmbH, founded in 2020 and based in Munich, Germany, is a technology company focused on enhancing driver interactions through its digital platform. The company connects businesses with drivers by enabling local stores and global brands to communicate directly via vehicle screens. Its core product, the 4.screen Mobility Experience Cloud, provides a standardized interface for real-time communication, integrating seamlessly with car manufacturers' systems. This allows businesses of all sizes to deliver relevant content and value-added services, such as sponsored parking and charging, directly to drivers. The 4.screen team, comprised of experts in automotive, marketing, and software, strives to place the driver at the heart of the mobility ecosystem, ensuring a frictionless experience and improved journey for users.

Kopernikus Automotive

Venture Round in 2023
Kopernikus Automotive GmbH, established in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing artificial intelligence-driven software for self-driving passenger vehicles. The company offers a range of products including development tools, the Kopernikus Retrofit Kit, the Kopernikus Drive-by-Wire system, and middleware, enabling vehicles to connect with self-driving systems. Their technology focuses on infrastructure-based autonomous parking (AVP) solutions, aiming to enhance efficiency, reduce operating costs, and improve usability for facility operators by converting existing cars into self-driving ones.

Enjoy Move Tech

Series B in 2022
Enjoy Move Tech specializes in developing and servicing high-performance computing software platforms tailored for smart cars and autonomous driving. Their core offerings include intelligent driving application-level operating systems and embedded artificial intelligence technologies. The company's proprietary EMOS middleware platform ensures deterministic communication and scheduling, while its full-stack low-speed automatic driving algorithm, EM-Parking System, caters to diverse complex scenarios. Enjoy Move Tech's products have achieved mass production, demonstrating their reliability and market demand.

Motovis

Series C in 2022
Motovis specializes in the development of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) that enhance vehicle autonomy through the integration of artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies. The company unites leading experts in artificial intelligence with extensive industrial engineering experience in the automotive sector. By leveraging cutting-edge deep learning algorithms, Motovis creates high-performance AI engines that enable vehicles to accurately perceive and reconstruct their surroundings, as well as precisely localize objects. Committed to bridging the gap between traditional automotive technologies and artificial intelligence, Motovis is at the forefront of launching automotive-grade embedded vision ADAS systems. The company's technical expertise positions it as a leader in the field of autonomous driving and advanced AI applications in the automotive industry.

AutoBrains

Series C in 2022
AutoBrains is a company specializing in automotive visual intelligence. Their platform is designed to enhance autonomous driving services by providing safer and more effective solutions. The technology is built on over 200 patents and employs signature-based representation structures along with unsupervised learning methodologies. This approach allows for a detailed understanding of the vehicle's environment, benefiting applications such as advanced driver assistance systems, mobility, and localization. Ultimately, AutoBrains aims to increase car safety and reduce casualties on global motorways.

Blickfeld

Series A in 2021
Blickfeld GmbH, established in 2016 and based in Munich, Germany, specializes in the production of LiDAR sensors and associated software. These sensors use near-infrared light to detect and map objects, enabling autonomous vehicles to perceive their surroundings. The company's patented silicon MEMS mirrors and commercial off-the-shelf components allow for low-cost mass production, making LiDAR technology more accessible to the automotive industry. Additionally, Blickfeld's object detection and mapping software processes sensor data, facilitating applications such as city planning, real-time mapping, and usage pattern analysis. The company serves various sectors, including automotive, transportation, industrial, and robotics.

AutoBrains

Series C in 2021
AutoBrains is a company specializing in automotive visual intelligence. Their platform is designed to enhance autonomous driving services by providing safer and more effective solutions. The technology is built on over 200 patents and employs signature-based representation structures along with unsupervised learning methodologies. This approach allows for a detailed understanding of the vehicle's environment, benefiting applications such as advanced driver assistance systems, mobility, and localization. Ultimately, AutoBrains aims to increase car safety and reduce casualties on global motorways.

Kopernikus Automotive

Venture Round in 2021
Kopernikus Automotive GmbH, established in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing artificial intelligence-driven software for self-driving passenger vehicles. The company offers a range of products including development tools, the Kopernikus Retrofit Kit, the Kopernikus Drive-by-Wire system, and middleware, enabling vehicles to connect with self-driving systems. Their technology focuses on infrastructure-based autonomous parking (AVP) solutions, aiming to enhance efficiency, reduce operating costs, and improve usability for facility operators by converting existing cars into self-driving ones.

Recogni

Series B in 2021
Recogni Inc. is a technology company focused on the development of artificial intelligence-based cameras and processors for real-time object identification. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Munich, Germany, Recogni specializes in creating high-performance, low-power inference processing solutions tailored for the automotive industry. The company's offerings include an inferencing system module and chips designed for sensor fusion, optimizing performance, power consumption, and visual range in autonomous vehicles. Additionally, Recogni's platform supports scalable data processing for generative AI and intelligent autonomous systems, providing clients with efficient and sustainable solutions for both edge processing in vehicles and data center applications.

Blickfeld

Series A in 2020
Blickfeld GmbH, established in 2016 and based in Munich, Germany, specializes in the production of LiDAR sensors and associated software. These sensors use near-infrared light to detect and map objects, enabling autonomous vehicles to perceive their surroundings. The company's patented silicon MEMS mirrors and commercial off-the-shelf components allow for low-cost mass production, making LiDAR technology more accessible to the automotive industry. Additionally, Blickfeld's object detection and mapping software processes sensor data, facilitating applications such as city planning, real-time mapping, and usage pattern analysis. The company serves various sectors, including automotive, transportation, industrial, and robotics.

AutoBrains

Series B in 2019
AutoBrains is a company specializing in automotive visual intelligence. Their platform is designed to enhance autonomous driving services by providing safer and more effective solutions. The technology is built on over 200 patents and employs signature-based representation structures along with unsupervised learning methodologies. This approach allows for a detailed understanding of the vehicle's environment, benefiting applications such as advanced driver assistance systems, mobility, and localization. Ultimately, AutoBrains aims to increase car safety and reduce casualties on global motorways.

DRUST

Acquisition in 2019
Drust specializes in providing car service companies with a range of solutions and technologies to develop their own connected car offerings. Their products include ready-to-use telematics tools such as APIs, driver apps, dashboards, and dongles, as well as customized development services. Drust also features a unique platform, DRIVELAB, which allows for experimentation with connected car features in real-time with actual drivers. The company's focus is on delivering driver-oriented services that offer insights into vehicle performance and driving habits, aiming to enhance safety, reduce costs, and promote a more enjoyable driving experience.

DigiLens

Series C in 2019
DigiLens Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in holographic waveguide display solutions for extended reality (XR) applications. Founded in 1997 and formerly known as SBG Labs, DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create customizable XR devices for various sectors, including automotive, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military. The company offers a range of products, such as the Crystal30 and Crystal50 lenses, which facilitate the design of waveguide-based displays. Additionally, DigiLens provides innovative solutions like the DigiLens AutoHUD, which enhances the field of view of traditional heads-up displays, and CrystalClear, an augmented reality heads-up display. Supporting its offerings, DigiLens also supplies light engines and hardware development kits, such as Insight30, to assist users in developing wearable devices.

asellerate

Seed Round in 2019
asellerate is a multichannel e-commerce platform focused on the automotive aftermarket, providing solutions for manufacturers to enhance their online sales capabilities. The company specializes in offering automotive spare parts, tires, and reproducing hard-to-find components. Through its online platform, asellerate integrates various sales channels, including eBay and Amazon, facilitating order management, marketing, and fulfillment processes. By leveraging digital commerce, asellerate enables manufacturers to reach new markets and optimize their sales strategies in the automotive sector. The platform's services also include concierge support and advanced manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing, to meet customer demands for high-quality automotive parts and accessories.

Kathrein Automotive

Acquisition in 2019
Kathrein Automotive is manufactures vehicle antennas. Its product portfolio comprises antenna systems for vehicle communication systems, multiple input multiple output antenna systems for optimized data-reception, and antenna systems for 5G frequency bands; high-frequency electronic products, such as compensators for mobile-data and V2X technology.

DigiLens

Series C in 2018
DigiLens Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in holographic waveguide display solutions for extended reality (XR) applications. Founded in 1997 and formerly known as SBG Labs, DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create customizable XR devices for various sectors, including automotive, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military. The company offers a range of products, such as the Crystal30 and Crystal50 lenses, which facilitate the design of waveguide-based displays. Additionally, DigiLens provides innovative solutions like the DigiLens AutoHUD, which enhances the field of view of traditional heads-up displays, and CrystalClear, an augmented reality heads-up display. Supporting its offerings, DigiLens also supplies light engines and hardware development kits, such as Insight30, to assist users in developing wearable devices.

PlaxidityX (Formerly Argus Cyber Security)

Acquisition in 2017
Argus Cyber Security Ltd. specializes in providing comprehensive cybersecurity solutions for the automotive industry, focusing on protecting connected cars and commercial vehicles from hacking threats. Founded in 2013 by cybersecurity experts, the company offers a suite of solutions designed to safeguard various components of vehicles, including in-vehicle networks, infotainment systems, and critical electronic control units (ECUs). Key products include ARGUS IN-VEHICLE NETWORK PROTECTION, which detects and mitigates attacks on in-vehicle networks; ARGUS CONNECTIVITY PROTECTION, which secures telematics and infotainment units; and ARGUS ECU PROTECTION, which fortifies crucial vehicle systems against external and internal threats. Additionally, Argus provides advisory services such as threat analysis and incident response. With its research and development center based in Tel Aviv and offices located in Michigan, Silicon Valley, Stuttgart, and Tokyo, Argus combines innovative security techniques with a thorough understanding of automotive practices to serve car manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, and aftermarket connectivity providers effectively.

OTA Keys

Acquisition in 2017
OTA Keys S.A., founded in 2014 and based in Zaventem, Belgium, specializes in developing mobile applications that enable keyless access to vehicles. As a subsidiary of Continental Aktiengesellschaft, the company provides cloud-based car-sharing technology that allows car-sharing businesses and rental companies to integrate their services directly into smartphones. This innovative solution enables users to unlock and start vehicles without traditional keys, offering a flexible, secure, and cost-efficient method for sharing cars. By streamlining the car-sharing process, OTA Keys enhances the user experience and simplifies operations for rental companies.

Parkpocket

Acquisition in 2017
Parkpocket is a smart data company focused on improving transparency in the parking market. It operates an online platform that helps drivers locate vacant parking spaces in real time. Through its mobile application, Parkpocket provides essential information such as parking charges, opening hours, and available electric vehicle charging stations, guiding users to the nearest available spots. The platform is designed for integration with various digital devices and services, catering to customers across multiple sectors, including automotive, navigation, information and communication technology, and travel. By streamlining the parking experience, Parkpocket aims to enhance convenience for car owners and drivers.

DigiLens

Series B in 2017
DigiLens Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in holographic waveguide display solutions for extended reality (XR) applications. Founded in 1997 and formerly known as SBG Labs, DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create customizable XR devices for various sectors, including automotive, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military. The company offers a range of products, such as the Crystal30 and Crystal50 lenses, which facilitate the design of waveguide-based displays. Additionally, DigiLens provides innovative solutions like the DigiLens AutoHUD, which enhances the field of view of traditional heads-up displays, and CrystalClear, an augmented reality heads-up display. Supporting its offerings, DigiLens also supplies light engines and hardware development kits, such as Insight30, to assist users in developing wearable devices.

Advanced Scientific Concepts

Acquisition in 2016
Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc (ASC) was founded in Santa Barbara, California by Dr. Roger Stettner in 1987 to focus on emerging technologies specifically related to enhanced imaging and applications. The company’s focus is 3D Flash LIDAR™ technologies and cameras. Today, unique real time 3D video cameras, built on ASC’s patented technology, collect full frames of 3D point cloud data per single laser pulse (Flash LIDAR), up to 60 frames per second. Capturing both range and intensity with these cameras allows for a wide range of uses for DOD, space, automotive, and other commercial applications. In 2012, ASC spun out a new company, ASCar, Inc. to focus solely on the automotive industry, resulting in the development of the G6 and Peregrine series of cameras. These cameras have set the bar for solid state time-of-flight cameras that are immune to sun interference, and can image through dust, smoke & fog or at night while using Class 1 eye-safe lasers for illumination. In 2015, the sale of AsCar Inc. was completed to a tier 1 automotive supplier. Their focus is to support the automotive industry and commercial business segments only. Advanced Scientific Concepts continues at the same Santa Barbara location as ASC LLC. Our focus is now entirely concentrated on Military, DOD, manned flight, and Space business segments. Innovative solutions continue with advancements in the technology with large format 320 X 320 FPAs that will provide significant improvements in resolution, and leveraging the new Peregrine and G6 products by ruggedizing for DOD applications where size, weight, power, and cost are critical.

Vinli

Series A in 2015
Vinli, Inc. is an automotive technology company based in Dallas, Texas, specializing in connected car solutions and data intelligence. Founded in 2014, Vinli develops a comprehensive platform that offers mobility applications and services tailored for the automotive industry. The company provides a connected car device that delivers 4G LTE Internet access and supports various smart car applications. Its Vinli-branded OBD-II device enables users to access mobile applications, third-party services, and real-time data insights. Additionally, Vinli offers Carport, a cloud-based dashboard that connects drivers to their surroundings, and collaborates with telecom carriers to facilitate automotive connectivity. By analyzing behavioral, diagnostic, and contextual data, Vinli creates customized mobility solutions that enhance the automotive experience and foster monetization opportunities for its partners. The company has established strategic partnerships with industry leaders, positioning itself as a significant player in the connected vehicle ecosystem.

Elektrobit Automotive

Acquisition in 2015
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH is a prominent provider of embedded and connected software solutions for the automotive industry, headquartered in Erlangen, Germany. Established in 1988, the company has over 35 years of experience and has developed software that powers more than five billion devices across over 600 million vehicles. Elektrobit specializes in a range of innovative offerings, including connected car infrastructure, human-machine interface technologies, navigation, driver assistance systems, electronic control units, and comprehensive software engineering services. Originally founded as 3Soft GmbH, it rebranded to Elektrobit Automotive GmbH in December 2006 and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Continental Aktiengesellschaft.

Zytek Automotive

Acquisition in 2014
Zytek Automotive is a specialist powertrain and vehicle engineering company that focuses on delivering innovative engineering solutions for the automotive industry. Originally established to develop engine management systems for motorsport, the company has since expanded its expertise to include electric and hybrid vehicles. Zytek designs and manufactures advanced control systems that cater to automotive applications, offering bespoke powertrain management solutions alongside racing engines and prototype chassis. Their commitment to high-performance vehicle engineering encompasses various aspects, including chassis, engines, electronics, and electrically-assisted gearshift systems, ensuring exceptional value for their clients.

Veyance Technologies

Acquisition in 2014
Veyance Technologies, Inc. manufactures and markets engineered rubber products for industrial, automotive, and military markets.Veyance Technologies, Inc. was formerly known as Goodyear Engineered Products and changed its name to Veyance Technologies, Inc. in August 2007

Omitec Group

Acquisition in 2012
Omitec Group Ltd. designs, manufactures, and distributes diagnostic and test equipment to the automotive sector. It offers land and MG rover cables, aftermarket cables, accessories and consumables, diagnostic and emission testers, online catalogue, and diagnostic and emissions tools. The company also involves in developing diagnostic software; producing test equipment for original equipment manufacturers; providing designing services to electric car manufacturers; and offering products and services for various stages of the automotive product life cycle, including initial concept, design, manufacturing, sales, and after sales processes to dismantling and recycling.

Siemens VDO Automotive S.p.A.

Acquisition in 2007
Siemens VDO Automotive S.p.A. manufactures and distributes automotive electronics and electrical systems such as fuel injectors.
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