April 11 - April 24, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #30 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. Recent deals indicate a growing momentum in the goods movement sector, which we believe has been boosted by the COVID-19 outbreak. This...
May 12, 2020 On May 12 (PST - California time) Bill Russo will be speaking at a Workshop for Auto/Mobility Tech Startups sponsored by Howard Chao and Doon Capital. Bill has spoken at this event in person for the past two years. In previous years this has...
March 28 - April 10, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #29 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. A pivot in recent mobility deal flow towards goods delivery solutions is apparent with 11 deals closing over a two week period,...
March 16 - March 27, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #28 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. The featured investment in this issue is Softbank's pending $300 million investment in Didi Chuxing's self-driving unit, signaling their continued push into...
March 8 - March 15, 2020 We are pleased to share issue 27 of our auto/mobility investments newsletter. Our featured investment is Neolix Technologies closing an A+ round of RMB 200 million from Addor Capital and existing investors Glory Ventures and Yunqi Partners. In addition, Neolix has provided...
March 2 – March 7, 2020 Issue #26 of our auto & mobility investment newsletter. This week’s featured investment is Alphabet's Waymo raising $2.25 Billion in a fundraising round led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Mubadala Investment Company. In other developments, FiveAI and...
February 23 – March 1, 2020 Issue #25 of our auto & mobility investment newsletter. This week’s featured investment is Pony.ai raising $462 million in B-round funding led by Toyota. This makes the company the 2nd most valuable independent autonomous driving company in the world. The...
Bloomberg News, March 9, 2020 Beijing-based firm’s vans delivering medical supplies in China Regulatory restrictions in China eased during virus crisis The coronavirus has hurt many companies in China and around the world. Neolix, a driverless delivery business based in Beijing, isn’t among them -- in fact, it’s...
February 10 - February 22, 2020 Issue 24 of our newsletter on global auto+mobility related investments. This issue spans February 10 – February 22, 2020. This week’s featured investment is Grab raising $700 million funding from round Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group which intends to market a...
January 18 – February 9, 2020 We are pleased to share the Issue #23 of our newsletter on auto & mobility related investments. This issue spans January 18 – February 9, 2020. Recent deals reflect the accelerated technology-driven transformation of the auto/mobility business model, including Borg Warner’s...