NGP Capital

NGP Capital is a California-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage B2B technology companies. Formerly Nokia Growth Partners, it operates globally from Palo Alto and backs companies from Series A onward, with investments across Europe, Israel, and the United States. The firm follows a thesis-driven approach and targets sectors including enterprise software, industrial technology, cybersecurity, and data infrastructure, aiming to support scale and digital transformation. Over its history, NGP Capital has backed a diverse portfolio of companies, including several unicorns and IPOs.

Fernanda Aguiar

Vice President

Paul Asel

Co-Founder and Partner

John Gardner

Managing Partner

Bo Ilsoe

Partner

Monica Johnson

Operating Partner and CFO

Past deals in Transportation

Shadowfax

Series F in 2025
Shadowfax is an on-demand logistics network that specializes in providing tech-enabled delivery solutions across various sectors, including e-commerce, food, pharmacy, and consumer goods. By leveraging its unique app, the company offers a reliable last-mile delivery service, allowing businesses to concentrate on their core operations while outsourcing their delivery needs. Shadowfax aims to enhance the customer experience through efficient, fast, and dependable delivery options. Its platform serves both online and offline retailers, catering to the diverse logistics demands of merchants and ensuring timely service. The company envisions establishing itself as a trustworthy and desirable delivery platform, emphasizing the use of advanced technology to streamline logistics and improve customer satisfaction.

Ati Motors

Series B in 2025
Ati Motors designs and manufactures all-electric autonomous industrial cargo vehicles for material handling in factories and warehouses. The company's autonomous electric vehicles navigate indoor and outdoor environments using LiDAR, cameras, and infrared sensors to negotiate traffic and operate safely. The vehicles can integrate with existing trolleys and workflows without requiring changes, enabling automated material movement across industrial settings.

Shippeo

Venture Round in 2025
Shippeo provides a real-time transportation visibility platform for supply chains, enabling shippers, carriers, and fourth-party logistics providers to track deliveries in real time and communicate proactively with end customers. Founded in 2014, the company connects with more than 600 carriers and integrates with transportation management systems, telematics, and electronic logging devices to gather location data, monitor shipments, and calculate estimated times of arrival with a proprietary algorithm. Its platform supports multimodal visibility and aims to help businesses reduce transportation costs, improve customer satisfaction, and pursue more sustainable operations. In Europe, Shippeo tracks more than 40,000 deliveries per month for customers such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, illustrating its scale and reach across the logistics network.

The Exploration Company

Series B in 2024
The Exploration Company designs, builds, and operates modular, reusable spacecraft named Nyx for use on space stations near Earth and the Moon. Nyx can be refueled in orbit and uses green propellants. The company also provides an open-source operating system for these spacecraft. By offering in-space experiments on the International Space Station at a minimum price, it aims to make space exploration more accessible and enable new players to participate in the space exploration race.

Xona Space Systems

Series A in 2024
Xona Space Systems develops and manufactures position, navigation, and timing satellite solutions for smart transportation and infrastructure. The company operates a constellation of low-cost, low-Earth-orbit satellites to deliver secure navigation and timing services with resilience and high location precision for autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, mobile robotics, and other location-critical applications. Founded in 2019 and based in San Mateo, California, Xona Space Systems aims to enable safe, scalable operation of intelligent systems at scale.

Shadowfax

Series E in 2024
Shadowfax is an on-demand logistics network that specializes in providing tech-enabled delivery solutions across various sectors, including e-commerce, food, pharmacy, and consumer goods. By leveraging its unique app, the company offers a reliable last-mile delivery service, allowing businesses to concentrate on their core operations while outsourcing their delivery needs. Shadowfax aims to enhance the customer experience through efficient, fast, and dependable delivery options. Its platform serves both online and offline retailers, catering to the diverse logistics demands of merchants and ensuring timely service. The company envisions establishing itself as a trustworthy and desirable delivery platform, emphasizing the use of advanced technology to streamline logistics and improve customer satisfaction.

Shippeo

Series C in 2022
Shippeo provides a real-time transportation visibility platform for supply chains, enabling shippers, carriers, and fourth-party logistics providers to track deliveries in real time and communicate proactively with end customers. Founded in 2014, the company connects with more than 600 carriers and integrates with transportation management systems, telematics, and electronic logging devices to gather location data, monitor shipments, and calculate estimated times of arrival with a proprietary algorithm. Its platform supports multimodal visibility and aims to help businesses reduce transportation costs, improve customer satisfaction, and pursue more sustainable operations. In Europe, Shippeo tracks more than 40,000 deliveries per month for customers such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, illustrating its scale and reach across the logistics network.

Shippeo

Series C in 2021
Shippeo provides a real-time transportation visibility platform for supply chains, enabling shippers, carriers, and fourth-party logistics providers to track deliveries in real time and communicate proactively with end customers. Founded in 2014, the company connects with more than 600 carriers and integrates with transportation management systems, telematics, and electronic logging devices to gather location data, monitor shipments, and calculate estimated times of arrival with a proprietary algorithm. Its platform supports multimodal visibility and aims to help businesses reduce transportation costs, improve customer satisfaction, and pursue more sustainable operations. In Europe, Shippeo tracks more than 40,000 deliveries per month for customers such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, illustrating its scale and reach across the logistics network.

Shippeo

Series B in 2020
Shippeo provides a real-time transportation visibility platform for supply chains, enabling shippers, carriers, and fourth-party logistics providers to track deliveries in real time and communicate proactively with end customers. Founded in 2014, the company connects with more than 600 carriers and integrates with transportation management systems, telematics, and electronic logging devices to gather location data, monitor shipments, and calculate estimated times of arrival with a proprietary algorithm. Its platform supports multimodal visibility and aims to help businesses reduce transportation costs, improve customer satisfaction, and pursue more sustainable operations. In Europe, Shippeo tracks more than 40,000 deliveries per month for customers such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, illustrating its scale and reach across the logistics network.

Shadowfax

Series D in 2019
Shadowfax is an on-demand logistics network that specializes in providing tech-enabled delivery solutions across various sectors, including e-commerce, food, pharmacy, and consumer goods. By leveraging its unique app, the company offers a reliable last-mile delivery service, allowing businesses to concentrate on their core operations while outsourcing their delivery needs. Shadowfax aims to enhance the customer experience through efficient, fast, and dependable delivery options. Its platform serves both online and offline retailers, catering to the diverse logistics demands of merchants and ensuring timely service. The company envisions establishing itself as a trustworthy and desirable delivery platform, emphasizing the use of advanced technology to streamline logistics and improve customer satisfaction.

Zum

Series C in 2019
Zum Services, Inc., established in 2014, specializes in safe and reliable transportation services for children and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. The company offers scheduled or on-demand rides, as well as care services like nannies, for school drops and pickups, sports activities, and other needs. Zum's services include single family or carpool rides, one-off rides, babysitting, and stay and watch services, all facilitated through a network of vetted drivers and advanced scheduling technology.

Shadowfax

Series C in 2018
Shadowfax is an on-demand logistics network that specializes in providing tech-enabled delivery solutions across various sectors, including e-commerce, food, pharmacy, and consumer goods. By leveraging its unique app, the company offers a reliable last-mile delivery service, allowing businesses to concentrate on their core operations while outsourcing their delivery needs. Shadowfax aims to enhance the customer experience through efficient, fast, and dependable delivery options. Its platform serves both online and offline retailers, catering to the diverse logistics demands of merchants and ensuring timely service. The company envisions establishing itself as a trustworthy and desirable delivery platform, emphasizing the use of advanced technology to streamline logistics and improve customer satisfaction.

Zoomcar

Debt Financing in 2018
Zoomcar is an online car-sharing marketplace operating in emerging markets like India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt since 2013. It connects car owners ('Hosts') with individuals needing temporary vehicles ('Guests'), facilitating safe and convenient car sharing. Zoomcar offers over 20,000 cars across 50 cities, empowering Hosts to earn passive income while providing Guests with affordable driving experiences.

Moovit

Series D in 2018
Moovit is a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider and the world’s #1 transit app. Moovit simplifies your urban mobility in +2700 cities all around the world, making getting around town via mass transit easier and more convenient. Moovit has more than 300 million users, and was named Best Local App of 2016 by Google and Best of 2017 app by Apple. By combining information from public transit operators and authorities with live information from the user community, Moovit offers travelers a real-time picture, including the best route for their journey. The Moovit community sends active reports about their travel experience, such as bus congestion levels, cleanliness, and more to help others have a better travel experience. Moovit generates up to four billion anonymous data points a day that comprise the world's largest repository of transit data. The Big Data gathering is aided by Moovit’s network of more than 500,000 local editors, called “Mooviters”, who help map out and maintain local transit information in cities that would otherwise be unserved. Moovit is available for free on iOS, Android & Web in over 2,700 cities, across 86 countries worldwide, and can be used in 44 languages.

Zoomcar

Series C in 2018
Zoomcar is an online car-sharing marketplace operating in emerging markets like India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt since 2013. It connects car owners ('Hosts') with individuals needing temporary vehicles ('Guests'), facilitating safe and convenient car sharing. Zoomcar offers over 20,000 cars across 50 cities, empowering Hosts to earn passive income while providing Guests with affordable driving experiences.

Lime

Series B in 2018
Lime operates a smart mobility fleet comprising electric scooters and pedal bikes, aiming to provide sustainable first- and last-mile transportation solutions. The company partners with cities worldwide to offer affordable, convenient, and eco-friendly travel alternatives.

Lime

Series B in 2017
Lime operates a smart mobility fleet comprising electric scooters and pedal bikes, aiming to provide sustainable first- and last-mile transportation solutions. The company partners with cities worldwide to offer affordable, convenient, and eco-friendly travel alternatives.

Peloton Technology

Series B in 2017
Peloton Technology Inc., founded in 2011 and based in Menlo Park, California, specializes in developing active safety systems for the trucking industry. The company employs radar and Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) technology to facilitate vehicle-to-vehicle communication between pairs of trucks. This innovative system enhances safety by linking active safety features, while allowing drivers to maintain full control of steering. The technology manages acceleration and braking, akin to adaptive cruise control, significantly reducing collision-related expenses and improving fuel efficiency. On-road testing has demonstrated that trucks operating in this platooning system can achieve average fuel savings of over 7%, benefiting both the leading and trailing vehicles by minimizing aerodynamic drag. Peloton Technology aims to address critical challenges faced by modern trucking fleets, including safety and operational costs.

Zoomcar

Series B in 2016
Zoomcar is an online car-sharing marketplace operating in emerging markets like India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt since 2013. It connects car owners ('Hosts') with individuals needing temporary vehicles ('Guests'), facilitating safe and convenient car sharing. Zoomcar offers over 20,000 cars across 50 cities, empowering Hosts to earn passive income while providing Guests with affordable driving experiences.

Drivy

Series B in 2016
Drivy, established in 2010 and headquartered in Paris, France, operates as a leading car rental marketplace in Europe. The company's core business involves connecting individuals or legal entities with idle cars to renters seeking short-term vehicle use via an online platform and mobile application. Drivy facilitates seamless transactions, including a comprehensive insurance coverage for safe rentals, and offers a full mobile experience, from booking to check-in and check-out. Recently, the company introduced Drivy Open, enabling self-service rentals using smartphones. As of 2019, Drivy operates as a subsidiary of Getaround, Inc.

Peloton Technology

Venture Round in 2015
Peloton Technology Inc., founded in 2011 and based in Menlo Park, California, specializes in developing active safety systems for the trucking industry. The company employs radar and Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) technology to facilitate vehicle-to-vehicle communication between pairs of trucks. This innovative system enhances safety by linking active safety features, while allowing drivers to maintain full control of steering. The technology manages acceleration and braking, akin to adaptive cruise control, significantly reducing collision-related expenses and improving fuel efficiency. On-road testing has demonstrated that trucks operating in this platooning system can achieve average fuel savings of over 7%, benefiting both the leading and trailing vehicles by minimizing aerodynamic drag. Peloton Technology aims to address critical challenges faced by modern trucking fleets, including safety and operational costs.

Zoomcar

Venture Round in 2015
Zoomcar is an online car-sharing marketplace operating in emerging markets like India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt since 2013. It connects car owners ('Hosts') with individuals needing temporary vehicles ('Guests'), facilitating safe and convenient car sharing. Zoomcar offers over 20,000 cars across 50 cities, empowering Hosts to earn passive income while providing Guests with affordable driving experiences.

Moovit

Series C in 2015
Moovit is a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider and the world’s #1 transit app. Moovit simplifies your urban mobility in +2700 cities all around the world, making getting around town via mass transit easier and more convenient. Moovit has more than 300 million users, and was named Best Local App of 2016 by Google and Best of 2017 app by Apple. By combining information from public transit operators and authorities with live information from the user community, Moovit offers travelers a real-time picture, including the best route for their journey. The Moovit community sends active reports about their travel experience, such as bus congestion levels, cleanliness, and more to help others have a better travel experience. Moovit generates up to four billion anonymous data points a day that comprise the world's largest repository of transit data. The Big Data gathering is aided by Moovit’s network of more than 500,000 local editors, called “Mooviters”, who help map out and maintain local transit information in cities that would otherwise be unserved. Moovit is available for free on iOS, Android & Web in over 2,700 cities, across 86 countries worldwide, and can be used in 44 languages.
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