Investors in Automotive

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Alumni Ventures Group

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.
Made 59 investments in Automotive

FJ Labs

Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.
Made 61 investments in Automotive

Sequoia Capital Israel

Sequoia Capital Israel is a venture capital firm that backs startups and growth companies across seed to late-stage rounds, with a focus on Israel. It invests across sectors including fintech, financial services, internet, mobile, technology, and healthcare, spanning banking, payments, advertising, ecommerce, data, security, software, and related enabling tech. Typical commitments range from 100,000 to 1 million in seed, 1 to 10 million in early venture, and 10 to 100 million in growth rounds. The firm is based in Tel Aviv and operates as part of Sequoia Capital's global network.
Made 68 investments in Automotive

BMW i Ventures

BMW i Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of BMW Group, based in Mountain View, California, with offices in San Francisco and Germany. It makes Series A and B investments in automotive technology and related areas worldwide, focusing on transportation, energy, information technology, mobility, SaaS, manufacturing, and sustainability. The firm seeks opportunities that can influence BMW's current and future businesses across manufacturing, services, and mobility, including hardware, software, and digital platforms. Investments span the United States, Canada, Europe, and Israel.
Made 44 investments in Automotive

Qualcomm Ventures

Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. As a global corporate venture capital fund, it invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on mobile and adjacent industries. With over $4 billion under management, Qualcomm Ventures has invested in more than 350 companies across 15 countries.
Made 48 investments in Automotive

Antler

Founded in Singapore in 2017, Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests globally. It focuses on backing exceptional founders from day one, offering a global community network of co-founders, talent, advisors, expansion support, and capital across various sectors such as technology, healthcare, finance, consumer goods, and more.
Made 22 investments in Automotive

Automotive Ventures

Automotive Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, established in 2020. It focuses on seed-stage investments in automotive and mobility technology, including mobility services, cybersecurity, connectivity, autonomy, robotics, artificial intelligence, energy and decarbonization, auto commerce, smart city infrastructure, industrial technology, mining, agriculture, dealership operations, and digital shopping. The firm emphasizes early-stage support through its industry network and experience, helping portfolio companies reach credibility with customers and partners, assisting in fundraising, and navigating growth. It aims to be a strategic partner to founders, providing guidance and a strong network to accelerate maturity and reduce risk.
Made 22 investments in Automotive

Addor Capital

Addor Capital is a growth capital investment firm established in 2014 and located in Nanjing, China. The firm specializes in providing investment services by financing early-stage ventures and acquiring securities of various companies. Addor Capital focuses on a diverse range of sectors, including clean technology, health, new materials, advanced manufacturing, consumer services, cultural industries, and technology, media, and telecommunications. Its investment strategy encompasses seed-stage, early-stage, later-stage, and growth-stage companies, primarily within China.
Made 30 investments in Automotive

SOSV

Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.
Made 45 investments in Automotive

Shunwei Capital

Shunwei Capital is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that focuses on early to mid-stage investments in the local internet industry and related technology sectors. It emphasizes incubation and growth capital for startups across information technology, internet services, high technology, new media, games, internet finance, and rural internet, with cross-border interest in opportunities between China and India. The firm targets investments in mobile internet, IoT, smart hardware, and other internet-enabled platforms to support scalable digital economy ventures. Its investor base includes sovereign wealth funds, fund of funds, university endowments, and family offices, reflecting a diverse backing for its venture activities.
Made 40 investments in Automotive

Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management is a New York based investment firm that manages public and private market strategies to pursue technology-driven growth opportunities worldwide. Founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman, the firm invests in leading global companies across various industries, with a particular emphasis on technology-enabled growth. In public markets it employs long/short and growth strategies, while in private markets it targets opportunities from early to late stage. The firm operates globally, including the United States, China, India, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, and works with portfolio companies across their lifecycle to drive long-term value.
Made 30 investments in Automotive

SAIC Capital

SAIC Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in direct investments and fund of funds. Established in Shanghai, China, it focuses on investing in emerging technologies within the automotive industry, including new energy vehicles, intelligent connected cars, and related sectors. The firm aims to create value for SAIC Group and various investors through strategic investments.
Made 32 investments in Automotive

Maniv Mobility

Founded in 2015, Maniv Mobility is a venture capital firm based in New York. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies operating in the transportation and mobility sector, aiming to accelerate innovation in safety, business models, and vehicle autonomy.
Made 41 investments in Automotive

FM Capital

FM Capital is a company that focuses on early and growth-stage investments in disruptive technologies within the auto-mobility sector. Additionally, it specializes in commercial real estate investment, providing services that include debt acquisitions, financing, advisory, and equity investment solutions. By targeting innovative sectors and offering a range of financial services, FM Capital aims to contribute to the transformation of both the automotive industry and the real estate market.
Made 27 investments in Automotive

Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. It provides capital and strategic guidance to startups across stages, focusing on technology-driven companies in areas such as artificial intelligence, climate and sustainability, enterprise software and services, fintech, digital health, medical technology and diagnostics, therapeutics, consumer products, and frontier technologies. The firm backs bold ventures with the potential to disrupt markets and improve lives, supporting companies from early to growth stages and working closely with entrepreneurs to apply science, technology and innovative business models. While primarily investing in North American technology companies, Khosla Ventures pursues opportunities globally and emphasizes experimentation and impact alongside financial returns. The firm also maintains related impact initiatives that support entrepreneurs addressing socio-economic challenges in emerging markets.
Made 39 investments in Automotive

SDIC Innovation Investment Management Co., - 国投创新投资管理有限公司

SDIC Innovation Investment Management Co., Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital arm of State Development & Investment Corp., Ltd. The firm seeks to invest mobile internet, internet of things, cloud computing, big data and information technology services, intelligent robots focusing on intelligent manufacturing industry chain, industrial robotics, electric vehicles, new energy vehicles, intelligent vehicles, high-end medical equipments and medication, high value consumables, in vitro diagnostic devices, modern agricultural equipments, high-end ships, marine engineering, rail transport equipments, new materials, clean energy, energy conservation, environmental protection, financial services, advanced manufacturing technology, industrial internet, technology, media and technology and healthcare sectors. For new energy vehicles, the firm seeks to focus on intelligent upstream and downstream industry chain, power batteries and power systems, and advanced technology supply chain. For advanced manufacturing, it prefers to focus on medicine and health. SDIC Innovation Investment Management Co., Ltd. was founded in July 2009 and is based in Beijing, China with an additional office in Asia.

HTGF | High-Tech Gruenderfonds

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH is a venture capital firm based in Bonn, Germany, specializing in early-stage investments in high-tech startups. Established in 2005, the firm focuses on technology-driven companies across various sectors, including information and communication technology, life sciences, healthcare, automation, and cleantech. HTGF typically invests in companies that have been operational for no more than one year, aiming to contribute up to €0.6 million in initial funding and up to €3 million in follow-on financing. The firm seeks a minority stake, generally around 15%, and provides a subordinated loan convertible into equity, with deferred interest for up to four years to support liquidity. With a total investment volume of approximately €895.5 million across three funds, HTGF has successfully supported over 500 startups and attracted more than €2 billion in follow-on investments from external sources. The firm's investors include notable public and private entities, underscoring its role as a key player in fostering innovation and growth within the German startup ecosystem.
Made 54 investments in Automotive

European Innovation Council

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Made 30 investments in Automotive

Shell Ventures

Shell Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Shell, focusing on identifying and adopting innovative technologies to enhance commercial advantage. It invests in promising tech companies, joint ventures, and venture capital funds across sectors such as power, mobility, emission management, digital, and resources.
Made 28 investments in Automotive

Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage, pre-seed technology startups in underserved segments of the ecosystem. It invests in a high-volume, capital-efficient portfolio, typically funding rounds of 50,000 to 500,000 and making roughly 75 to 100 investments per year. The firm targets opportunities across the United States and internationally, including Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, prioritizing companies with scalable products and prudent capital use outside major metro hubs. Since its inception, it has built a broad portfolio across many states. It commits to a fast decision process, often delivering a yes or no within two weeks to help founders establish momentum.
Made 37 investments in Automotive

Cowin Capital

Cowin Capital, established in 2000, is a Shenzhen-based private equity firm specializing in early-stage investments. With 18 years of experience, it focuses on supporting the growth of small and medium enterprises, primarily in the energy, communication, electronics, and environmental protection sectors. Cowin Capital takes a long-term approach, aiming to create value through strategic partnerships and operational support. It has successfully invested in over 300 companies, with 60 becoming publicly listed and 150 achieving successful exits. Notably, Cowin Capital was one of the first venture capital institutions to be listed on the New Third Board (NEEQ) in China.
Made 22 investments in Automotive

Shenzhen Capital Group

Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Ltd (SCGC) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by the Shenzhen Government. The company is dedicated to fostering national industries, developing national brands, and promoting economic transformation through investments in emerging sectors. SCGC primarily targets small to medium enterprises and innovative high-tech companies, focusing on those in various stages of growth, including startups and those undergoing transformation. Its investment portfolio spans industries that align with national policy support, such as information technology, internet services, new media, biopharmaceuticals, new energy, environmental protection, chemical engineering, and high-end equipment manufacturing. With a registered capital of 5.42 billion RMB and significant assets under management, SCGC has established itself as a leader in the venture capital landscape, having invested in numerous companies, many of which have achieved public listings across global capital markets.
Made 46 investments in Automotive

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.
Made 23 investments in Automotive

SDIC Venture Capital

Founded in 2016, SDIC Venture Capital Co., Ltd. manages funds totaling RMB 14 billion, focusing on transforming scientific and technological achievements into market-driven innovations. It serves as a trusted partner for investors and entrepreneurs alike.
Made 20 investments in Automotive

Volvo Cars Tech Fund

Volvo Cars Tech Fund is an investment initiative by Volvo Cars that focuses on funding promising technology start-ups worldwide. This fund seeks to capitalize on strategic technology trends that are reshaping the automotive industry, particularly in areas such as artificial intelligence, electrification, autonomous driving, and digital mobility services. By investing in these sectors, the fund aims to support innovation and advancements that align with Volvo's vision for the future of transportation.
Made 20 investments in Automotive

Bayern Kapital

Founded in 1995, Bayern Kapital is a venture capital firm based in Landshut, Germany. It specializes in growth capital investments, focusing on high-tech companies in sectors such as biotechnology, IT, and environmental technology. The firm primarily invests in small and medium-sized companies located exclusively in Bavaria, with typical investment amounts ranging from €0.25 million to €9 million.
Made 26 investments in Automotive

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in seed, early, and growth-stage companies across technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, outsourcing, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. The firm seeks ambitious founders and aims to help them build long-lasting, scalable businesses, often taking the lead or significant co-investor roles and providing strategic guidance, networks, and resources. It maintains an international footprint, including investments in India and other regions, reflecting a global approach to partnering with fast-growing companies. Sequoia emphasizes strong teams, innovative products or services, and the potential for rapid growth, positioning itself as a long-term partner for companies that redefine their markets.
Made 62 investments in Automotive

Bossa Invest

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.
Made 46 investments in Automotive

Stellantis Ventures

Stellantis Ventures invests in early and later-stage startups developing cutting-edge technologies for the automotive and mobility sectors, focusing on sustainability.
Made 15 investments in Automotive

Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group (LCIG)

Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group is a global investment entity that focuses on core technology and internet-related sectors, including cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Based in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, the group manages venture capital funds, such as the Lenovo Smart Internet Innovation RMB Fund, which specifically targets the Internet innovation industry in China. The group's strategy emphasizes leveraging Lenovo's extensive global resources to promote research and development, facilitating new business avenues, and fostering innovation. Through targeted investments and incubation efforts, Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group seeks to align with Lenovo's strategic objectives and drive future advancements in technology.
Made 29 investments in Automotive

Porsche Ventures

Established in 2018, Porsche Ventures is a venture capital arm of the Porsche Group. It focuses on early-stage and growth-phase investments in mobility, digital lifestyle, future technologies such as AI and blockchain, and sustainability sectors.
Made 21 investments in Automotive

Lux Capital

Founded in 2000, Lux Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York and Silicon Valley. It manages over $5 billion in assets, focusing on seed to growth investments at the intersection of technology and sciences. Lux actively supports entrepreneurs building successful businesses in high-growth sectors such as biochemistry, material science, electronics, infrastructure, aerospace, genomics, synthetic biology, and robotics.
Made 25 investments in Automotive

Oriza Holdings

Oriza Holdings is an asset management firm based in Suzhou, China, founded in 2001. The company specializes in providing equity and debt financing solutions to companies at various stages of development, from seed to growth stages. Oriza Holdings operates through multiple investment arms, focusing on sectors such as industrial, healthcare, integrated circuits, and technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT). The company also has a professional platform for mergers and acquisitions, known as Oriza Prior, which integrates investment and industrial resources to enhance operational efficiency and maximize investment returns. With a commitment to fostering growth, Oriza Holdings plays a significant role in the Southeast Asian market.
Made 18 investments in Automotive

NIO Capital

NIO Capital, established in 2016, is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies within the automotive, new energy, and technology sectors. The company focuses on themes reshaping these industries, including electric vehicles, autonomous driving, shared mobility, new energy networks, and new materials. Leveraging its unique access to global and Chinese innovation, comprehensive market understanding, and robust ecosystem, NIO Capital aims to create category-leading companies in these fields.
Made 24 investments in Automotive

IDG Capital

IDG Capital is a Beijing-based venture and growth-stage investment firm that backs technology-enabled companies across global markets, with a strong emphasis on China and Asia. It invests across seed, early, later, and growth stages and pursues buyouts, with interests spanning information technology, software, consumer products and services, healthcare, energy, SaaS, mobile, TMT, and advanced manufacturing. The firm leverages a worldwide network of limited partners, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutional investors, and philanthropic and educational endowments, to support portfolio companies. With deep local market knowledge and extensive relationships with business leaders, IDG Capital combines global perspective with local execution to facilitate inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the broader Asian region.
Made 46 investments in Automotive

CAS Star

Founded in 2013, CAS Star is a venture capital firm based in Xi'an with an additional office in Beijing. It invests in and supports early-stage companies across various high-tech industries including optoelectronics, AI, biotechnology, aerospace, smart manufacturing, information technology, energy, oncology, advanced manufacturing, SaaS, and space technology.
Made 15 investments in Automotive

Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.
Made 26 investments in Automotive

BYD

BYD specializes in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of new energy vehicles (NEVs), including hybrid and battery-electric passenger vehicles. Established in 1995, it is a leading Chinese manufacturer that discontinued production of internal combustion engine vehicles in March 2022. BYD also operates in handset components assembly services and rechargeable battery photovoltaics business.
Made 10 investments in Automotive

Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in San Francisco that backs early-stage and Series A technology companies across sectors such as artificial intelligence, B2B software, consumer technology, fintech, health tech, infrastructure, and semiconductors. The firm emphasizes practical, founder-centered collaboration, often supporting concepts from idea stage through Series A and taking board seats to help portfolio companies scale. It operates globally, including Matrix Partners China, which focuses on long-term relationships with entrepreneurs in China and has a track record of IPOs and strategic exits. The team combines former founders and experienced investors to bring local execution and global perspective. Notable investments span across the technology landscape, reflecting a history of involvement with companies like FedEx, Apple, Oculus, Canva, Zendesk, HubSpot, Postmates, Fivetran, Sila, and GOAT, illustrating the firm’s ability to support companies from early development to scale.
Made 45 investments in Automotive

Fontinalis Partners

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Detroit with an additional office in Boston, Fontinalis Partners is a venture capital firm focused on next-generation mobility solutions. It invests across stages and sizes, with a preference for taking a board seat. The firm targets technology companies in areas such as connected vehicles, data analytics, intelligent infrastructure, location-based services, and smart logistics, among others.
Made 22 investments in Automotive

Citi Ventures

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally, Citi Ventures explores, incubates, and invests in innovative ideas across fintech, data analytics, commerce, security, marketing, property tech, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets. It collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to drive discovery of new value.
Made 19 investments in Automotive

Proeza Ventures

Founded in 2019, Proeza Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused exclusively on the mobility space. Based in Monterrey, Mexico, and Houston, Texas, it invests in Series A companies across the Americas, with a focus on industrial tech, smart components, new vehicles, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), and digital data services. The firm typically writes initial checks of US$1.5 million and aims to invest in approximately 15 companies per fund.
Made 12 investments in Automotive

Winreal Investment

Winreal Investment is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and headquartered in Shanghai, China. The firm specializes in investing in various sectors, including advanced manufacturing, semiconductor technology, and information technology. With a focus on fostering innovation and supporting emerging businesses, Winreal Investment aims to identify and nurture opportunities that align with its strategic interests within these dynamic industries.
Made 12 investments in Automotive

InMotion Ventures

InMotion Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover, based in London. Established in 2016, it collaborates with Jaguar Land Rover subject matter experts to identify and invest in startups shaping the future of the automotive industry. The unit provides capital and strategic support to purpose-driven businesses aligned with Jaguar Land Rover's global strategy, prioritizing environmental and societal impact alongside strategic and financial returns. It targets investments in enterprise software, industrial tech and climate-related ventures that can complement and accelerate innovation across the automotive ecosystem.
Made 14 investments in Automotive

Samsung Venture Investment Corporation

Samsung Venture Investment Corporation is the corporate venture arm of Samsung Electronics, founded in 1999 and based in Seoul. It maintains a global presence with activity in innovation hubs such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, London, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, Tokyo, and Beijing, and it backs emerging technology startups across Europe, Asia, and North America. The firm sources and invests in technology companies at multiple stages, from early-stage to pre-IPO, focusing on areas including semiconductors, materials, mobile services, internet, software, security, and enterprise solutions, as well as bioengineering and medical tech. Its investment approach targets companies developing AI, robotics, augmented and virtual reality, cybersecurity, 5G, next generation displays, battery technology, digital health, and insurtech, among others, to support shaping future technologies.
Made 25 investments in Automotive

INVEST AG

Invest AG is the private equity and venture capital arm of Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Aktiengesellschaft, specializing in investments in small and medium-sized enterprises. Established in 1994 and headquartered in Linz, Austria, the firm manages a portfolio of approximately 180 million euros, focusing on expansion and growth financing, management buyouts, and other financial strategies, while avoiding investments in tourism and restructuring. It generally invests between 1.5 million and 15 million euros, seeking a stake of no more than 49 percent in the companies it supports. The firm operates primarily in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with a particular emphasis on the Upper Austrian region for young entrepreneurs. Invest AG has invested in over 140 companies across various sectors and aims to exit its investments through methods such as IPOs and trade sales. The firm prides itself on providing long-term stability and expertise to its partners, assisting them in operational, commercial, and strategic matters.

MaC Venture Capital

Founded in 2019, MaC Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in early-stage investments across various technology sectors, including fintech, e-commerce, logistics, and more. The firm invests in companies that benefit from shifts in cultural trends and behaviors globally.
Made 13 investments in Automotive

Mahindra Group

The Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate with a diversified portfolio spanning automotive vehicles, farm equipment, financial services, real estate, and technology. It operates globally, generating significant revenue from its automotive segment, which includes the manufacture and sale of automobiles, spares, mobility solutions, construction equipment, and related services.
Made 6 investments in Automotive

Advantage Capital Partners

Advantage Capital Partners is a United States‑based venture capital firm that provides growth equity, debt, and mezzanine financing to small and mid‑market companies, with a focus on underserved communities and state and local economic development. The firm invests across sectors including manufacturing, technology, business services, life sciences, and energy, and also supports real estate development projects with equity and debt. It typically makes initial investments ranging roughly from half a million to ten million in companies with modest sales, and may participate in larger follow‑on rounds or co‑invest with other firms. It uses senior debt, mezzanine debt, subordinated loans, and government‑guaranteed lending, and often pursues equity positions through preferred shares or convertible notes. Advantage Capital operates nationwide in the United States, with roots in New Orleans and offices in multiple states, and has backed thousands of jobs and housing projects as part of its mission to expand inclusive economic growth.
Made 39 investments in Automotive

Innovation Works

Established in 1999, Innovation Works is a prominent investor in Southwestern Pennsylvania's technology sector. It provides capital and resources to early-stage companies with high growth potential and significant regional impact, particularly focusing on robotics, AI, medical devices, retail technologies, and enterprise software.
Made 27 investments in Automotive