| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.08.2024 | GAUSSION RAISES $12M TO REVOLUTIONIZE BATTERY CHARGING | Autotech Ventures Leads Round with BGF and UCL Technology Fund to Invest
in First Principles Charging Technology
LONDON, Aug. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Charging speed remains a significant hurdle to overcome in the mass market adoption of pa... |
| 24.10.2023 | Mobility insurtech firm Laka raises €7.6M and acquires French e-bike insurance broker Cylantro | Mobility insurtech firm Laka has acquired French e-bike insurance broker Cylantro. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed, however, Laka has also announced it has raised €7.6 million in an equity and debt financing round.
The... |
| 06.06.2023 | Mundimoto cierra una ronda de €10M liderada por Mutua Ventures y Orilla AM. Participan P101, Autotech y Maniv | 06/06/2023
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MUNDIMOTO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €10 MILLONES LIDERADA POR MUTUA VENTURES Y ORILLA ASSET MANAGEMENT
Mundimoto, la startup dedicada a la compraventa y alquiler de motos, ha cerrado una ronda de inversión de capital ... |
| 20.04.2023 | Autotech Ventures Raises USD230M For Third Fund | Autotech Ventures, a Menlo Park, CA-based early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to solve the world’s ground transportation challenges with technology, closed its third fund, at $230m.
The fund will be used to invest in Seed throug... |
| 20.04.2023 | Autotech Ventures’ new $230M mobility fund adds fintech, circular economy to its investment strategy | Autotech Ventures will use its newly closed $230 million fund to expand beyond its foundation of early-stage ground transportation startups and invest in what the firm believes are the next big opportunities in automotive and mobility.
Fint... |
| 07.02.2023 | Rightsizing The Capital Runway For Takeoff | Dan Hoffer is a Managing Director at Autotech Ventures and a former technology company founder/CEO. |
| 14.12.2022 | Robotruck Converter SafeAI Lands Millions In New Funding | Autonomous truck operated by contract mining company MACA. The truck was retrofitted with autonomous ... [+] technology by SafeAI. MACA |
| 29.11.2022 | Verdant Robotics lands $46.5m in fresh funding from Cleveland Avenue, AgFunder & others | US-based Verdant Robotics has closed a $46.5 million Series A for its “Robotics as a Service” technology that combines crop applications with data analytics for farmers. Cleveland Avenue led the round joined by DCVC Bio, Future Ventures and... |
| 28.09.2022 | The unbearable lightness of being asset-light | Daniel Hoffer Contributor
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Daniel Hoffer is the managing director of Autotech Ventures. He leads investments in B2C and B2B startups with a focus on marketplaces, SaaS, and logistics.
Commerce is as old as humanity, and yet ... |
| 15.09.2022 | 50+ венчурных фондов с российскими корнями, которые инвестируют в стартапы в 2022 году | В начале сентября 2022 г. аналитики Softline Venture Partners выпустили карту фондов с российскими “корнями”, инвестирующих в стартапы в 2022 году. Это как частные, так и государственные венчурные фонды и инвестиционные фирмы, которые либо ... |
| 23.06.2022 | Bicycle thief, no more! Insurance disruptor Laka rides away with $1.5 million from Porsche | With commuters wanting to avoid public transport and shifting to greener ways to travel during the pandemic, bike sales have soared. The UK’s Bicycle Association found that retailers saw sales of bikes grow by 60% between March and December... |
| 22.02.2022 | Verdant Robotics unveils ‘multi-action’ tech for specialty crops that handles spraying, weeding & more | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Verdant Robotics.
Verdant Robotics has officially launched its platform that combines data analytics and crop applications such as spraying and weeding into a single farming impl... |
| 11.02.2022 | Fundo de Venture Capital focado em mobilidade recebe aporte de US$ 5,5 milhões | A Iochpe-Maxion, líder na produção de rodas automotivas e na produção de componentes estruturais automotivos nas América, investiu US$ 5,5 milhões na Autotech Ventures LLC, uma empresa de Venture Capital sediada nos EUA.
Com este investimen... |
| 10.02.2022 | Mundimoto cierra una ronda de €20M liderada por P101, y a la que también acuden Autotech Ventures y Maniv Mobility | 10/02/2022
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MUNDIMOTO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €20 MILLONES LIDERADA POR P101 Y A LA QUE TAMBIÉN ACUDEN AUTOTECH VENTURES Y MANIV MOBILITY.
Mundimoto, plataforma de compraventa de motos, ha captado 20 millones de euros en una ro... |
| 09.02.2022 | Freight Factor Company BasicBlock Attracts Millions As Shippers Face Financial Squeeze | 370225 03: Tractor-trailer rigs are parked at the Petro truck stop May 29, 2000in El Paso, TX. ... [+] (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers) Getty Images |
| 16.08.2021 | Latent AI Raises $19 Million Series A to Enable Next Generation AI Factories | How Latent AI's LEIP SDK Works "We founded Latent AI to simplify how AI is developed for edge devices,” said Jags Kandasamy, CEO and co-founder of Latent AI. “This round of investments will allow us to scale a world class team to build... |
| 15.03.2021 | Digital Motors completes $10m Series A to support international expansion | Funding will enable US-based automotive online sales platform to accelerate expansion into Canadian market
London, UK – Automotive e-commerce platform Digital Motors has completed a $10 million Series A funding round. The raise – led by DN... |
| 11.02.2021 | BusUp cierra una ronda de €5M liderada por Proeza Ventures. Acuden también Autotech Ventures y Finaves V (IESE) | 11/02/2021
BUSUP CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €5 MILLONES LIDERADA POR PROEZA VENTURES. ACUDEN TAMBIÉN AUTOTECH VENTURES Y FINAVES V (IESE).
BusUp ha cerrado una ronda de €5 millones liderada por la firma de capital riesgo (venture capital) Proeza... |
| 30.10.2020 | Logistics and truck rental giant Ryder joins the businesses making the jump into venture capital in 2020 | While the launch of a $50 million venture capital fund by the shipping, logistics, and truck rental company Ryder System may have seemed like an odd strategic move, it’s actually the culmination of roughly three years of investment activity... |
| 28.05.2020 | 6 leading mobility VCs discuss the road ahead | Millions of consumers sheltering in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus sent shockwaves through the global economy. Transportation-related companies were not spared in the upheaval. Mobility startups consolidated, pulled back ... |
| 18.05.2020 | Meet Dan Hoffer, Managing Director at Autotech Ventures | Autotech Ventures invests exclusively in the ground transportation industry
Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh, how times have changed!
While there are more startup... |
| 15.05.2020 | Tech startups weekly: Real bird-like drone, smart femtech bracelet, and more funding for European companies | The whole world is still trying to cope up with the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought in irreversible changes in the lives of many. This pandemic has also affected several businesses across the world and while some companies are progressin... |
| 14.05.2020 | 7 top mobility VCs discuss COVID-19 strategies and trends | As COVID-19 swept across the globe, no sector lay untouched, but perhaps no industry was more disrupted than transportation.
Airlines slashed routes, public transit use plummeted, ridership on Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing platforms dro... |
| 11.05.2020 | Autotech Ventures Closes Fund II At More Than $150 Million | Autotech Ventures, a venture capital firm paving the way for the next frontier of mobility, announced it closed Fund II at over $150 million
Autotech Ventures — a venture capital firm that is paving the way for the next frontier of mobility... |
| 07.05.2020 | Autotech Ventures Closes Over $150M Fund | Autotech Ventures, a Menlo Park, CA-based mobility focused venture capital firm, closed its $150M+ Fund II.
LPs include both financial and corporate investors and other leaders from vehicle manufacturers, parts suppliers, repair shop chains... |
| 06.05.2020 | Autotech Ventures raises more than $150 million with an eye on ground transportation startups | Autotech Ventures popped on the scene three years ago with a $120 million debut fund and a plan to invest in early-stage ground transportation startups. Now, with investments in 26 startups and a handful of exits, including Xnor.ai, DeepSca... |
| 09.12.2019 | Volvo Group Venture Capital Backs Autotech Ventures | Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in Autotech Ventures, an American venture capital fund focusing on startups in the ground transportation sector.
Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley managing over $2... |
| 10.07.2019 | The future of autonomous vehicles runs off roads and on to farms, construction sites and mines | Jeff Peters Contributor
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Jeff Peters, PhD is a principal at Autotech Ventures, investing in transportation startups. He has published academic and media articles on transportation, optimization, autonomous driving and AI.
Mo... |
| 23.05.2019 | Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant | Jeff Peters Contributor
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Jeff Peters, PhD is a principal at Autotech Ventures, investing in transportation startups. He has published academic and media articles on transportation, optimization, autonomous driving and AI.
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| 13.12.2018 | Stoneridge Invests $10M in Autotech Ventures’ Fund | Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) made a $10m investment in a fund managed by Autotech Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on ground transportation technology located in Menlo Park, California.
The investment, which will be contributed over... |
| 02.08.2018 | Will self-driving cars kill parking? | Jeff Peters Contributor
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Jeff Peters, PhD is a principal at Autotech Ventures, investing in transportation startups. He has published academic and media articles on transportation, optimization, autonomous driving and AI.
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| 25.07.2018 | Transportation-Focused VC Firm Autotech Ventures Adds Daniel Hoffer as MD | Daniel Hoffer
Autotech Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based early-stage venture capital firm, announced that Daniel Hoffer, joined the firm as a Managing Director.
Hoffer’s experience will expand the firm’s mobility marketplace, software, a... |
| 24.05.2018 | The AI in your non-autonomous car | Jeff Peters Contributor
Jeff Peters, PhD is a principal at Autotech Ventures, investing in transportation startups. He has published academic and media articles on transportation, optimization, autonomous driving and AI.
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| 08.11.2017 | Silverton Partners Leads $5.6M Round for Rollick Outdoor | Rollick Outdoor, Inc., a new venture focused on building a marketing platform to help retailers and manufacturers provide an individualized online and in-store experience, has raised $5.6 million. The company will focus on the powersports, ... |
| 07.08.2017 | Get ready to see more sector-specific venture firms | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
We have witnessed a marked rise in the amount of ... |
| 07.08.2017 | Get ready to see more sector-specific venture firms | We have witnessed a marked rise in the amount of venture investment dollars over the last decade. Capital has become near-ubiquitous, it may seem.
These capital inflows have had a number of effects, including inflating round pricing and inc... |
| 14.07.2017 | Autotech Ventures Closes $120M Inaugural Fund to Invest in Ground Transportation Startups | Autotech Ventures, a Menlo Park, CA-based specialist venture capital firm, launched its inaugural fund of more than $120m to invest in startups innovating ground transportation.
The fund comprises both financial and corporate investors. Amo... |
| 13.07.2017 | Autotech Ventures closes $120 million first fund to connect automotive giants with startups | With no shortage of venture capital (VC) funds in Silicon Valley and beyond, one VC firm has elected to focus its entire effort on one fast-growing niche.
Founded out of Menlo Park, California in 2015, Autotech Ventures has set up shop with... |
| 13.07.2017 | Autotech Ventures closes $120 million first fund to connect automotive giants with startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
With no shortage of venture capital (VC) funds in Silicon Valley and beyond, one VC firm has elected to focus its entire effort on one ... |
| 12.07.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, July 12 | GROCERY WARS, GRAVITY, CHEERLEADING
The ripple effects of Amazon’s $13.7 billion Whole Foods deal are only starting to show. Nobody knows exactly what Amazon is going to do with Whole Foods, and that uncertainty is freaking everyone out.
Pa... |
| 12.07.2017 | A new transportation-focused fund just landed $120 million from a wide range of transport companies | Transportation is a huge category. Just some of the players include automakers and motorcycle manufacturers and trucking firms and logistics companies and dealership groups and repair shop chains and truck rental companies and car leasing c... |
| 04.07.2017 | Autoliv to Make $15M Investment in Autotech Ventures | Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), a global provider of automotive safety systems, will make a $15m investment in Autotech Ventures, a Palo Alto, California-based digital ground transport venture capital fund.
The investment aims t... |
| 03.04.2017 | BorgWarner Invests $10M in Autotech Ventures | BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA), an Auburn Hills, Mich.-based provider of clean and efficient technology solutions for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles, made a $10m investment in Autotech Ventures.
Autotech Ventures is a Palo Alto, CA-b... |
| 21.03.2017 | DeepScale raises $3 million for perception AI to make self-driving cars safe | According to the World Health Organization, human error causes more than 90 percent of traffic accidents across the globe. Some 1.25 million people die in crashes, and 20 to 50 million people are injured each year. Automakers are scrambling... |
| 07.12.2016 | Ground Transport VC Firm Autotech Ventures Holds First Close of Maiden Fund, at $49.8M | Autotech Ventures, a Palo Alto, CA-based digital ground transport venture capital firm, held the first close of its fund, at $49.8m.
According to a regulatory form filed with the SEC, 14 unnamed investors participated in the offering of Aut... |
| - | The UK’s Buy Now Pay Later for car repairs, Bumper drives home with $12 million | If you’re a car owner, or ever have been one in the past, that with that freedom to take to the open road at any given moment comes a number of responsibilities, most of which have a price tag attached to them. And this is just the day-to-d... |
| - | Autotech Ventures Announces $230 Million Third Fund | Autotech Ventures – an early-stage venture capital firm with a goal of solving the world’s ground transportation challenges with technology – announced the closing of its third fund. The $230 million third fund will be used to invest in see... |
| - | Bicycle thief, no more! Insurance disruptor Laka rides away with $1.5 million from Porsche | With commuters wanting to avoid public transport and shifting to greener ways to travel during the pandemic, bike sales have soared. The UK’s Bicycle Association found that retailers saw sales of bikes grow by 60% between March and December... |
| - | Frontier Car Group raises $89 million to accelerate growth of their online and offline used car marketplaces | Naspers’ Classifieds business, OLX Group, today announced it has invested $89 million through its early-stage investment arm OLX Ventures, in the C series funding round of online car marketplace Frontier Car Group (FCG).
FCG is headquarter... |
| - | Fundo de Venture Capital focado em mobilidade recebe aporte de US$ 5,5 milhões | A Iochpe-Maxion, líder na produção de rodas automotivas e na produção de componentes estruturais automotivos nas América, investiu US$ 5,5 milhões na Autotech Ventures LLC, uma empresa de Venture Capital sediada nos EUA.
Com este investimen... |
| - | Frontier Car Group closes $41 million Series B funding round to accelerate growth of used-car marketplaces in emerging markets | Frontier Car Group today announced their Series B raise of $41M from Balderton, TPG Growth, automotive funds Fraser McCombs Capital, and AutoTech Ventures. The company additionally raised $17M in debt financing from leading institutions and... |
