Motus Ventures

Motus Ventures is a venture capital firm and business accelerator based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2017. It backs early-stage startups across transportation, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, climate tech, and deep tech, providing funding and operational support to develop innovative solutions that improve safety, reduce congestion and energy use, and lower costs. The firm seeks to capitalize on shifts in connected cars, vehicle communications, crowd sourcing, and resource sharing by helping portfolio companies scale and commercialize their technologies.

Jim Disanto

Partner

​Massimo Fedeli

Venture Partner

John Formisano

Venture Partner

Sam Min

Partner

Neil Weintraut

Managing Partner

Thomas Werner

Venture Partner

Past deals in Fuel Cell

Calicat

Series A in 2024
Calicat is a clean-energy company developing a proprietary electrocatalyst discovery process for electrolyser. The company electrocatalyst discovery is an unprecedented, proprietary, end-to-end ultrahigh throughput AI and data-driven process focused on the discovery of new catalysts for the generation of clean hydrogen and fuel cell power production. The process prepares, characterizes, and quantifies the catalytic activity of millions of compositions per month and then closes the loop with big data analysis and AI to refine/guide the search.

Cranfield Aerospace

Venture Round in 2023
Cranfield Aerospace is a pioneering aerospace company specializing in developing zero-emissions aircraft powered by hydrogen fuel. They focus on complex aircraft modifications and new aircraft design, serving prominent clients such as Airbus and Boeing.

Calicat

Series A in 2021
Calicat is a clean-energy company developing a proprietary electrocatalyst discovery process for electrolyser. The company electrocatalyst discovery is an unprecedented, proprietary, end-to-end ultrahigh throughput AI and data-driven process focused on the discovery of new catalysts for the generation of clean hydrogen and fuel cell power production. The process prepares, characterizes, and quantifies the catalytic activity of millions of compositions per month and then closes the loop with big data analysis and AI to refine/guide the search.
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