Automobility - Building and Profiting from the Future of Mobility
Creating the Future of Mobility
venture capital, investment advisory, automotive, management consulting, legal services, merchant banking
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WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO

Automobility Limited is a strategy and investment advisory firm that works
with its clients to build a robust ecosystem through collaborative innovation
in the areas of On-Demand, Intelligent, and Personalized Mobility.

TEAM

TEAM

Our founders are globally recognized industry experts,
management consultants and investment advisors with considerable experience
and proven track records in Asia and China.

PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO

The new “automobility” business model is enabled with technology that bridges
the connected automobile (physical internet of mobility) with smart mobility services
(digital internet of mobility).

MEDIA

MEDIA

Our thought leadership on the new automobility business model is unparalleled.
Our insights are regularly featured in local and international media and
we regularly speak at leading events and conferences around the world.

PARTNERS

PARTNERS

We feature a global network of partners to expand our capabilities to offer our clients
a full range of investment advisory and merchant banking services.

GET IN TOUCH

GET IN TOUCH

Please contact us to learn more about Automobility Ltd

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WHAT IS AUTOMOBILITY?

Mobility needs, previously satisfied through product “ownership”, are increasingly being served through mobility services “usership” with profound implications not only for traditional businesses within the value chain, but also for new entrants – as they compete to deliver services. Connected mobility, which we define as “technology-enabled on-demand mobility services for moving people and goods from point A to B”, has become a disruptive, paradigm-changing development in the automotive industry. It requires a complete rethinking of the way to deliver value to the market. To succeed, companies must expand their focus from the product (the automobile) to the utility derived from the product (“automobility”), and create a business model and digital ecosystem optimized to provide digitally enabled solutions for both car owners and mobility services users.

 

Automobility engages with clients to build and profit from the future of mobility through a portfolio of consulting, scouting, investment and business development services. To learn more about our thesis on the future of mobility, click here

THEMES OF OUR PORTFOLIO

Automobility emphasizes on building the intelligence of mobility by linking the product innovations to inter-connect, electrify, and automate (physical internet of mobility) with the business to solve the pain points of consumers (digital internet of mobility). The main themes are:

1. On-Demand Mobility

2. Intelligent Mobility

3. Personalized Mobility

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TEAM

bill

The world’s leading global expert on the development of the automotive industry and the future of mobility. Nearly 4 decades of experience in the auto, electronics and information technology industries. Currently serving as the Chair of the Automotive Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

Bill Russo

Founder and CEO
bevin-jacob

A tech enthusiast with expertise in business innovation, investment advisory, and go-to-market execution, Bevin will use his experience to foster sustainable solutions. He has served early stage start-ups, mature global companies and intra-prenuerial businesses.

Bevin Jacob

Partner and Co-Founder
Uri_1

A broad experience of over 2 decades in the hi-tech industry, working across a range of management roles and leading dozens of large scale multi-million dollar technological projects with major international companies. He brings experience in B2B to B2C transitions including development of new ecosystems and business models.

Uri Kushnir

Managing Director, Israel
emily-wang

Lead consultant and engagement manager with experience in new market entry, M&A pipeline and due diligence, organization structure, and business model design.

Emily Wang

Associate
amber-shu

Consultant with a degree in automotive engineering and project experience in automotive and mobility sector, including industry analysis, market entry, market growth and post-investment activities.

Amber Shu

Consultant
emma-liu

Financial analyst with a master's degree in finance, with experience in banking, portfolio management and financial analysis.

Emma Liu

Financial Analyst
emily-ren

Office manager with proven experience in multinational organizations working in professional sales and administrative assistant roles.

Emma Ren

Office Manager
Philippe Thegner

A wealth of expertise with particular focus on Automotive Aftermarket, Aftermarket Retail, Business Development, P&L Management, Product Management and Global Sourcing. Currently serving as Chair of the Automotive Aftermarket Supplier Association in China.

Philippe Thegner

Senior Advisor

SAMPLING OF OUR PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

Automobility provides investment advisory, merchant banking and business development services for investors, corporations and startups.

Our portfolio companies are curated based on their fit and relevancy to our thesis on the future of mobility, with a particular emphasis on markets with a high potential to commercialize their technology.


MEDIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Arbe Raises $32M to Step Up Productization of First High-Definition Radar Chipset for ADAS and Auton...

December 17, 2019

Shanghai, China, November 28, 2019 The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has recognized its A...

December 15, 2019

Shanghai, China – May 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31°North and Automobility Ltd Announce a New Tec...

May 2, 2019

Los Angeles, October 10, 2018 About Renu Ventures:  Click here renu ventures is a venture fund inv...

October 11, 2018

Shanghai, China, August 21, 2018   “ Assuming the role as chair of AmCham Shanghai’s Automo...

August 25, 2018

May 7, 2018 Magnovate, an on-demand magnetic levitation (maglev) platform that enables a whole new g...

May 9, 2018

你是否对在全球最大汽车市场与我们的客户一起创造未来科技出行版图感到...

March 1, 2018

Are you interested in helping our clients to create the Future of Mobility in the world’s larg...

February 25, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 2017 WyzLink, an innovative technology company specialized in A...

September 25, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 18, 2017 Evoke Electric Motorcycles, one of the industry leaders in...

September 19, 2017

Long-term Auto Industry Veteran and China Market Expert Announces the Launch of Automobility Ltd, a ...

September 18, 2017

NEXT Future Transportation, a company that is commercializing a patented autonomous mass-transportat...

September 16, 2017

Bill Russo, Managing Director from Gao Feng Advisory Company and Dr. Leonard Liu, Chairman & CEO...

February 22, 2016

Shanghai, China – May 25, 2015 – 31°North, an Israel-based venture advisory firm, and Gao Fe...

June 10, 2015

Shanghai, China– March  20, 2015 – Tech Mahindra Ltd., a specialist in digital transformatio...

March 23, 2015

MEDIA MENTIONS

Bloomberg News, January 16, 2020 When auto tycoon Li Shufu emerged as a suitor for Volvo Cars a decade ago, few outside China had heard of him. Now the billionaire’s name pops up as soon as there is a whiff of a deal in the......

22 January, 2020

Reuters Newswires, January 13, 2020 Ford Motor Co’s China vehicle sales fell for a third consecutive year, by 26.1%, as it battles a prolonged overall sales decline in its second-biggest market that has hit demand for its mass-market Ford brand and sports utility vehicles. The......

16 January, 2020

Bloomberg News, December 18, 2019 Price reduction could help spur demand for Model 3 sedan Tesla preparing to start deliveries of locally made models Tesla Inc. is considering cutting the price of its China-built Model 3 sedans by 20% or more next year, people familiar......

18 December, 2019

Bloomberg Business Week, November 22, 2019 The future for General Motors Co. in China is in the hands of customers like Yang Yanjun, a 46-year-old logistics executive in Shanghai. Yang and his family own two gasoline-powered cars—a Volkswagen and an Audi—and now he’s considering whether......

15 December, 2019

The Associated Press, December 10, 2019 BY JOE MCDONALD, AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Looking for a new car, Yang Zhibo considered an electric but balked at prices that are thousands of dollars higher after Beijing wound down multibillion-dollar subsidies that made China the......

15 December, 2019

Reuters Newswire, November 1, 2019 * FCA’s 2018 market share in China was 0.5%, PSA’s 0.6%  * Neither firm seen strong enough in electric, hi-tech cars  * PSA and partner Dongfeng restructuring their China JV  By Yilei Sun and Norihiko Shirouzu  BEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters)......

03 November, 2019

EVENTS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 (9 AM – 11:45 AM) // SHANGHAI LOCATION The Langham Shanghai, Xinti...

January 22, 2020

Shanghai, China, January 13, 2020 Bill Russo spoke at the 20th UBS China Global China Conference hel...

January 22, 2020

Shanghai, China , December 4-5, 2019 The fourth edition of the Connected Mobility Conference was hel...

December 15, 2019

Huzhou, China, October 30, 2019 Topic: The Future of Automotive Introduction to the event The Intern...

November 3, 2019

AmCham Shanghai’s Automotive Committee hosted a recap session of Auto Shanghai 2019 on Thursda...

July 11, 2019

Las Vegas, NV, USAJanuary 8 & 9, 2019 Topic: China’s Path to the Digital Internet of Mobil...

January 28, 2019

Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 9, 2018 Bill Russo Delivers keynote speech at the 7th bi-annual Driving Ste...

January 15, 2019

Shanghai, China, December 15, 2018 Bill Russo speaking to the media at a luncheon held during NIO Da...

December 17, 2018

CGTN, November 20, 2018 Bill Russo was interviewed by the China Global Television Network on the dev...

November 27, 2018

Sanya, China, November 17, 2018 Bill Russo joined a panel discussion on the topic of “Developi...

November 27, 2018

Shanghai, China, November 11, 2018 TOPIC:  China’s Auto Industry in the Age of Disruption  – ...

November 22, 2018

Shanghai, China, October 29, 2018   TOPIC:  China’s Auto Industry in the Age of Disruption ...

November 12, 2018

Shanghai, China, October 23, 2018                   &nb...

November 6, 2018

American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, September 12, 2018   Bevin Jacob, co-founder of Autom...

September 1, 2018

Hong Kong, July 26, 2018 Bill Russo spoke at the Automotive Parts & Accessory Systems R&D Ce...

August 5, 2018

ARTICLES

by Bill Russo and Edward Tse Over the past several years, app-based digital services have exploded in China, with its over 800 million mobile internet users.  China’s digital economy is providing affordable and convenient access to products and services, which typically involve some form of people and/or......

22 January, 2020

by Bill Russo, Bevin Jacob, Emily Wang and Amber Shu Throughout history, convenience and user experience have typically shaped our choices when it comes to transportation. People are inherently mobile creatures and some of history’s greatest inventions – wheels, bicycles, steamships, trains, cars, and airplanes –......

09 June, 2019

在过去几年中，出行服务在中国呈爆炸式增长，为日益城市化的社会提供了实惠便利的交通解决方案。目前在中国，大部分出行用户并不拥有汽车，这是对传统的汽车行业价值链的挑战，同时可能颠覆其根深蒂固的商业模式。...

26 May, 2019

Nikkei Asian Review, November 28, 2018 by Edward Tse and Bill Russo China is set to record its first annual decline in car sales in decades — at least, if the downward trend of the last four months continues. Sales in the world’s biggest car......

15 January, 2019

LinkedIn Pulse, December 2018 by Bill Russo, Bevin Jacob and Edward Tse In the past several years, mobility services have exploded in China, providing affordable and convenient transportation solutions to address the needs of an increasingly urbanized society. In a population where most mobility users......

17 December, 2018

NEWSLETTERS

December 28, 2019 – January 10, 2020 We are pleased to share the Issue #21 of Automobility’s newsletter on global auto+mobility related investments. This issue spans December 28, 2019 – January 10, 2020. This week’s featured investment is Chinese lidar company Hesai Technology raising nearly......

21 January, 2020

December 20 – December 27, 2019 We are pleased to share the Issue #20 of Automobility’s newsletter on global auto+mobility related investments. This issue spans December 20 – December 27, 2019. This week’s featured story is Rivian raising 1.3 billion USD in a funding round......

21 January, 2020

December 13 – December 19, 2019 We are pleased to share the Issue #19 of Automobility’s newsletter on global auto+mobility related investments. This issue spans December 13 – December 19, 2019. Automobility Ltd is very privileged to support our venture partner MissionBlue Capital in leading......

28 December, 2019

December 06 – December 12, 2019 We are pleased to share the Issue #18 of Automobility’s newsletter on global auto+mobility related investments. This issue spans December 06 – December 12, 2019 Our featured deal this week is Aibee (a Chinese AI startup), which closed an......

16 December, 2019

November 29 – December 05, 2019 We are pleased to share the Issue #17 of Automobility’s newsletter on global auto+mobility related investments. This issue spans November 29 – December 05, 2019 Among the most interesting investments this week, May Mobility, a US-based operator of autonomous......

11 December, 2019

November 21 – November 28, 2019 We are pleased to share the Issue #16 of Automobility’s newsletter on global auto+mobility related investments. This issue spans November 21 – November 28, 2019. Among this week’s most interesting deals is the $110,000,000 Series C raised by Newlink......

11 December, 2019

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For general inquiries on how we can work with your venture, please email us at info@automobility.io

 

If you’re interested in a career at Automobility, please send your resume to careers@automobility.io

Our Location

 

Automobility Ltd Shanghai
Suite 2518, Corporate Avenue One, No.222 Hubin Rd,
Shanghai China 200021
Tel +86 6121 3600

 

Automobility Ltd Hong Kong
RM 2507, 25/F C C Wu Bldg 302, Hennessy Rd,
Wanchai, Hong Kong

 

Automobility Ltd Israel
101 Rokach Blvd, Tel Aviv, 6153101, Israel