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WOODSIDE CAPITAL PARTNERS
AUTONOMOUS
VEHICLESTECHNOLOGY REPORTNOVEMBER 2018
CELEBRATING 17
YEARS
OF THOUGHT
LEADERSHIP
I. Executive Summary
II. Investment Trends
III. Recent M&A Transactions
IV. Private AutoTech Companies
V. Parting Thoughts
Table Of Contents
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Executive Summary
Investment and M&A
• In the first 9 months of 2018 there was a total $4.25B of venture capital invested across 87 companies in the AV (Autonomous Vehicle) sector, including ride sharing and EV companies. This compares to $2.1B of venture capital invested across 104 companies for the same period in 2017. There has been a total of $14.4B of venture capital invested into 183 AV companies over the last 3 years.
• Over $100B has so far been invested by industry into the development of autonomous cars. Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) technology will eventually morph into AV technology.
• Venture investments into companies developing AV/ADAS related technologies can be segmented into a small number of categories per the market map on pages 30-31 and analysis on pages 16-23.
• The number of new AV/ADAS companies being formed decreased in 2018,with the majority of investment going into later stage rounds for more mature companies.
• In the first 9 months of 2018 there were 17 M&A transaction in the AV/ADAS sector compared to 19 M&A transaction compared to the same period last year. The deal size for many of these transactions was not reported which generally means that they were less than $100M in transaction value.
• By far the largest of these M&A transactions was Intel’s acquisition of Mobileye for $15.3B in September 2017. This was Intel’s second largest acquisition ever, just behind their acquisition of Altera in June 2015 for $16.7B.
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Executive Summary
Safety & Security
• There is currently a vigorous debate within the automotive industry as too how safe is “safe enough” for autonomous vehicles. This debate has been fueled by recent AV/ADAS related fatalities - both Uber and Tesla cars have been involved in self-driving fatalities over the last 24 months.
• There are approximately 1.3 million road traffic deaths each year and 90% of these deaths are caused by human error. Is AV/ADAS technology “safe enough” if it can significantly reduce this number? Or should it be judged on the basis that even one fatality caused by AV/ADAS technology is an unacceptable outcome? Are we prepared to live in a world in which people are occasionally being killed by robots (autonomous cars) so long as the number of these deaths is significantly lower than the number currently caused by human driving?
• European, Chinese, and American companies are all taking different approaches to the issue of risk. The European automakers are mostly waiting to deploy autonomous cars on public roads until the AI software controlling them can be shown to be safe and the EU has issued legislation covering the deployment and use of AV cars. In contrast, US and Chinese companies are racing ahead with the introduction and testing of autonomous cars on public roads.
• About half of model year 2012 automobiles were equipped with backup cameras. On March 31, 2014, four years past its deadline, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would require all automobiles sold in the United States built beginning in May 2018 to include backup cameras. In the future, it is likely that automatic emergency braking (AEB) and driver monitoring will be mandate in the near future.
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Executive Summary
Safety & Security (cont.)
• Over 25 car hacks have been publicized since 2015. 1.4M cars were recently recalled in the largest cyber security incident to date. Cyber security for AV/ADAS cars is of critical importance. When your computer is hacked it can be an expensive inconvenience. When cars are hacked people die.
• The application of sensors to AVs is not limited to outward focused sensors. A number of companies are now developing (and OEMs are selling) driver monitoring systems (DMS). As the name suggests, these systems typically monitor the driver to determine such things as “is there a driver in the drivers seat?”, “are they awake and paying attention?”, “what are they looking at?”. DMS systems are increasingly considered to be a critical component of ADAS and, as we move towards full AVs, will likely expand to monitor vehicle occupants for passenger security and comfort.
• Inward and outward facing cameras are also starting to play a role in vehicle security by recording accidents and vehicle break-ins.
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• It is impossible to attend any of the numerous autonomous car conferences today without being struck by the extraordinarily complexity of autonomous car design. Humans can rely on “inference” and “common sense” to know what to do if they encounter a situation that they have never seen before (such as a private airplane that has had to make an emergency landing on the highway ahead).
• In contrast, AI (deep learning) controlled AV cars need to be trained on enormous amounts of sensor data. If they subsequently encounter a situation that is completely new to them, they may have no idea what to do. Perhaps we will end up needing a completely new approach to AI to fully solve the problem of ensuring autonomous car safety. There is a general consensus that AV technology is still at the research phase of development
• There is currently no consensus on how an AV/ADAS car could be comprehensively tested to ensure it is adequately safe.
• Meanwhile GM/Cruise (and others) are planning on launching driverless robo-taxis in San Francisco in 2019. With a fresh $2.75 billion commitment from Honda, GM-owned Cruise has secured $5 billion so far in 2018—more than the total amount of VC funding that's gone into autonomous vehicle businesses around the world this year.
• Consumer sentiment is a significant issue that remain to be solved by the industry. In a recent survey, over 60% of those surveyed said that they either don’t want or are apprehensive about autonomous cars on the road.
Executive Summary
AI & Deep Learning
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• A number of companies are developing so-called “full stack” AI software for autonomous vehicles. Full-stack companies design products that can be vertically integrated into a complete solution (autonomous car). To be considered a full-stack solution, a company must have a big-data practice, a software engineering practice, and a user design practice.
• Companies positioning themselves as developers of “full-stack” solutions for autonomous vehicles include the major semiconductor companies (e.g. Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm), and the developers of robo-taxis (e.g. Crusie/GM, Baidu, Uber, Waymo, Zoox, Pony.ai, AIMotive,…).
• While a number of companies would like to position themselves as pure AI software companies in this space, the industry is not yet sufficiently mature to support device (sensor stack) independent software.
• As we move from personal transportation as a capital purchase to personal transportation as a service, it is possible that the automobile industry will start to evolve in some of the same ways that the PC industry evolved. The most profitable companies will be the ones providing the full-stack software (operating system), the central AI processors (CPU), and the cloud services. Sensors will become increasingly commoditized and manufacturing will be increasingly outsourced (bending metal will not be a significant piece of the value). At the top end of the supply chain will be the transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) providers – here we can expect to see today’s automotive OEMs battling it out with the new robo-tax companies and today’s car rental companies. The value of today’s OEM brands in the TaaS business is unclear.
• The legacy OEM automakers full understand the scope of the challenge they face in this rapidly changing industry. See, for example, the resctructuring announced by GM on Nov 26 2018.
Executive Summary
AI & Deep Learning (cont.)
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• While the “brains” of AV/ADAS cars are the powerful semiconductor processors running sophisticated deep learning software, the “eyes” of these cars are the multiple sensors they are being equipped with. These include visible-light cameras, ultrasound, LiDAR, and RADAR.
• For reasons primarily of cost, today’s consumer cars equipped with adaptive cruise control primarily use visible light cameras and radar for their ADAS functionality. In contrast, the less cost-sensitive robo-taxis currently under development typically use cameras, LiDAR, and radar.
• There is no single sensor modality that meets all the requirements of an autonomous vehicle. While humans are equipped with only two image sensors (our eyes) and a very powerful processor (our brain), the processors and AI controlling today’s autonomous cars are so much less capable than our brain that these cars need multiple sensors to enable them to safely navigate in complex traffic conditions and challenging weather conditions.
• Thermal (infrared) imagers can discriminate between animate and inanimate objects much more easily than other sensor modalities and, for this reason, will likely become ubiquitous on AV/ADAS cars in the future.
• There is something of a LiDAR bubble in the market today with over seventy different LiDAR companies having been created and funded over the last three years (see previous WCP report on the LiDAR industry).
Executive Summary
Sensors
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• LiDAR is unlikely to see much deployment in consumer vehicles until the price to OEMs comes down to under $200. While solid-state flash LiDAR may ultimately meet this price target, it is unlikely that this technology will meet all the OEM requirements for another 5+ years.
• A new RADAR technology called Imaging Radar looks promising for AV. Radar is traditionally used to display the position and motion of reflective objects by sending out a radio wave signal, and then detecting the direction and delay of the reflected signal. Imaging radar on the other hand attempts to form an image by measuring the intensity of the reflected signal to determine the amount of scattering. The registered electromagnetic scattering is then mapped onto a two-dimensional plane, with points with a higher reflectivity getting assigned usually a brighter color, thus creating an image.
Executive Summary
Sensors (cont.)
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• AI has breathed new life into the founding and funding of semiconductor companies.
• After years of consolidation there has been an explosion of new semiconductor startups with names like Cerebras, Graphcore, Wave Computing, Horizon Robotics, CambriconTechnologies, and DeePhi from the US, Europe, and China.
• Cambricon (China) has already become the first AI chip “unicorn” (startup valued $1B+) with a valuation of more than $2.5B after their recent Round B financing.
• The artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets market is expected to reach USD 43.3 billion in 2023 from USD 6.8 billion in 2017, witnessing a CAGR of 33.9% during the forecast period 2018 -2023.
• Last year (2017), VCs (with corporate investors) invested more than $1.5B in new AI chip startups – doubling the rate from the prior year.
• Mobileye is a vision-based ADAS technology company providing warnings for collision prevention and mitigation. Mobileye’s technology is largely based on vision algorithms delivered to the OEMs and Tier-1s in the form of an ASIC. Much of the rest of the auto industry is pursuing deep learning (technically a branch of AI) approaches to AV and ADAS
• For more information on the AI semiconductor market, please see the recently publish WCP report on this subject.
Executive Summary
Semiconductor AI Processors
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• Connectivity to the internet is widely seen as a critical component of autonomous cars. This technology is known as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. An early accepted standard is the dedicated short range communications (DSRC) system based upon the IEEE 802.11p standard. It lets vehicles talk to one another and exchange location, speed, direction, turn intents, and other relevant factors that will help vehicles avoid collision. Links to nearby road side units (RSUs) will also eventually provide weather, road, traffic, and construction work data to further fill the needs for self-driving.
• Forbes magazine recently suggested that autonomous cars won’t happen until 5G data networks are ubiquitous. AT&T have announced plans to start rolling out a 5G service to a small number of cities this year. It is likely to be at least 5 years before 5G networks are ubiquitous.
• Many of the major OEMs have been slow to recognize the ROI to be gained by adding approximately $50 to the car’s BOM in order to add wireless connectivity to their cars. This has started to change rapidly as the OEMs pursue new internet service revenue streams. Statistica forecasts that by 2025 100% of all new cars sold will be connected to the internet
• Gartner predicts that by 2020 there will be a quarter billion connected vehicles on the road, enabling new in-vehicle services and automated driving capabilities.
Executive Summary
Connected Cars
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• China has yet to have much of an impact on western car markets. With the advent of EVs and autonomous vehicles this is about change dramatically.
• All of the three largest technology firms in China (Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent –collectively known as the BAT) are getting into the self-driving car business. Baidu is currently considered to be the leader of the self-driving car market in China.
• China will likely be the largest market for self-driving cars. In 2017, 29 million new vehicles were sold in China, more than US, Japan, and India combined. The number of new vehicles sold will reach 37 million by 2025 assuming a 3% annual growth rate (3% is a conservative estimate as the CAGR in the past 5 years is 8.57%).
• Chinese Self-driving car startups fall into these 5 fields: full-stack solution, AI chips, LiDAR, computer vision, and Electric Vehicle.
Executive Summary
China
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• China passed the US last year (2017) in terms of the value of artificial-intelligence financing deals (see chart opposite).
• Baidu is investing heavily into its autonomous vehicle projects and has formed partnerships with Microsoft and Intel, and carmakers BMW, Ford and Daimler.
• Apollo, an autonomous vehicle platform that Baidu launched only a year ago, has rapidly grown to be one of the leading players in the AV industry. Baidu intends to build Apollo as “Android for automated vehicles.”
• Baidu describes Apollo as “a complete open automatic driving ecosystem” that can help partners in the automotive industry and autonomous driving to combine vehicle software and hardware systems to quickly build their own complete AV system.
Executive Summary
China (cont.)
Source: CB Insights
AI/Control Software Systems31%
Automotive AI Vision Processor1%
Automotive Radar1%
Automotive Vision5%
Connected Car6%
Full Stack32%
LiDAR19%
Safety and Security5%
AI/Control Software Systems23%
Automotive AI Vision Processor5%
Automotive Radar4%
Automotive Vision11%
Connected Car14%
Full Stack18%
LiDAR18%
Safety and Security7%
By Dollars Invested ($5.8B)
16Source: Pitchbook
By Deal Volume Transactions (340)
Venture Investment by Sector: (2015-2018)Excludes related companies in the EV, ride sharing and mapping sectors
Company AutoTech Portfolio Companies
Source: CapitalIQ, Crunchbase, Firm Websites 17
Most Active Venture Investors
Expansion Venture Capital
Company AutoTech Portfolio Companies
Source: CapitalIQ, Crunchbase, Firm Websites 18
Most Active Corporate Investors
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Significant AutoTech Investments China Internal (2015-2018)
Company Investment ($M) AutoTech Portfolio Companies
19Source: Pitchbook
AutoTech Investments China Outbound (2015-2018)
20Source: Pitchbook
Company Investment ($M) AutoTech Portfolio Companies
AutoTech Annual Global Financing History
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By Dollars Spent ($21.8B)
Automotive AIVision Processor
73%
Full Stack
5%
AI ControlSoftware Systems
19%
Safety Security
3%
M&A Activity by Sector (2015-2018)
By Deal Volume Transactions (44)
23Source: Pitchbook
Disclaimer: Connected Car, Camera, Automotive Radar and Vision represent <1%
AutomotiveLiDAR23%
Connected Car16%
Automotive Vision14%
Safety& Security
4%
Automotive Radar
7%
Automotive AIVision Processor
9%Camera
7%
Full-Stack7%
AI/ControlSoftwareSystems
13%
Including Intel-Mobileye Acquisition
Excludes related companies in the EV, ride sharing and mapping sectors
M&A Activity by Sector (2015-2018)
By Deal Volume Transactions (43) By Dollars Spent ($6.6B)
24Source: Pitchbook
Full Stack16%
AI ControlSoftware Systems
63%
Safety Security
11%
Connected Car, Camera, Automotive Radar and Vision represent <1%
AutomotiveLiDAR23%
Connected Car16%
Automotive Vision14%
Safety& Security
5%
Automotive Radar
7%
Automotive AIVision Processor
7%
Camera7%Full-Stack
7%
AI/ControlSoftwareSystems
14%
Automotive AIVision Processor
9%
AutomotiveLiDAR
1%
Excluding Intel-Mobileye Acquisition
Excludes related companies in the EV, ride sharing and mapping sectors
Notable Acquisitions (2015 – 2018)
Santa Clara, CA JerusalemAugust- 2017
$15.3 B
April - 2017$100 M
Troy, MINovember – 2017
$450 MMassachusetts, US
Seoul, KoreaMarch - 2017
$8.0 B Stamford, CT
San Francisco
Zug, Switzerland
Gothenburg, Sweden
August - 2016$18.4M
May 2018Cork, IrelandPhoenix, AZ
August – 2016$680.0 M
San Francisco, US
San Francisco, US
Detroit, MI San Francisco, CAMay - 2016$1.0 B
Irvine, USFeb - 2016
$134 M
Canton, US
July - 2015$30 M Santa Clara, US Parma, Italy
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Largest AutoTech Acquisitions 2015-2018
26Source: Pitchbook
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AV/ADAS Enabling Technologies – Private Companies
Source: Traxcn and Woodside Capital Partners
Fullstack Software Sensing Solutions Connected Car Safety and Security
AI Processors
SEE NEXT PAGE
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AD/ADAS Sensing Solutions – Private Companies
Vision / NIR LiDAR Radar
Source: Traxcn and Woodside Capital Partners 29
Thermal
Sensor Fusion
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 30
AdaskyCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.adasky.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yakov Shaharabani CEO
Avi Katz CTO, President, and Founder
Ofer Livny Vice President, Software
Developer of an advanced thermal sensing technology designed to increase the safety and performance of self-driven cars.
The company's Viper is a high-resolution far infrared thermal camera for autonomous vehicles.
7 Hamada Street
Yokneam Illit,
Israel
NA
AerisCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.aeris.com
Founded: 1992
Total Capital Raised: $38.87M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Marc Jones CEO
John Molise CFO
Rishi Bhatnagar President
Syed Hosain CTO and Co-Founder
Provider of an end-to-end machine-to-machine communication platform designed to improve operational efficiency.
1475 Technology Drive
Suite 700
San Jose,
California
Cloque Capital Partners, Costella Kirsch, Parakletos Ventures, Brainheart Capital
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 31
AevaCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.aeva.ai
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $48.50M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Soroush Dardashti Co-Founder and President
Mina Rezk
Developer of self-driving car sensor designed to measure velocity.
555 Bryant Street
Suite 940
Palo Alto,
California
Canaan Partners, Lux Capital, Eleven Two Capital
Co-Founder
AeyeCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.aeye.ai
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $21.62M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Luis Dussan CEO
Ransom Wuller
Jordan Greene
Developer of robotic vision systems designed to act as visual cortex of autonomous vehicles.
5700 Stoneridge Drive
Suite 102
Pleasanton,
California
Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Intel Capital, Airbus Ventures
CFO and Co-Founder
Lead Strategist and Co-Founder
AirbiquityCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.airbiquity.com
Founded: 1997
Total Capital Raised: $97.8M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Kamyar Moinzadeh CEO
John Atherly CFO
David Jumpa Chief Revenue Officer
Developer of location technology software designed to deliver global positioning system data to any wireless
network.
1911 Western Avenue
Suite 600
Seattle,
Washington
Alliance of Angels, Ignition Partners, ORIX Growth Capital, Acorn Ventures
AimotiveCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.aimotive.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $49.47M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Laszlo Kishonti CEO and Founder
Krisztina Forhecz
David Kiss CTO
Developer of an artificial intelligence-based software designed to offer comfortable rides across diverse climates and
cultures. The company's artificial intelligence-based software is used for self-driving vehicles.
Szépvölgyi útca 18-22
Budapest, 1025
Hungary
B Capital Group, Prime Ventures, Robert Bosche Venture Capital, Inventure, Day One Capital
CFO
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 32
AlgoluxCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.algolux.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $13.4M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Allan Benchetrit CEO and Co-Founder
Felix Heide Ph.D CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of an automation platform designed to empower vehicles and devices to see more clearly and perceive
what cannot be sensed with today's vision systems.
1751 Richardson
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada
Drive Capital, C100 Association, Playground Global, Plug and Play Tech Center, Anges Québec
Alcan Systems Company Overview
Address: Website: www.alcansystems.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $9.75M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Onur Karabey CEO and Co-Founder
Esat Sibay CFO and Co-Founder
A. Burak Olcen CPO and Co-Founder
Provider of a smart antenna technology intended to make satellite and cellular communication.
Grafenhauser Strasse
64293 Darmstadt,
Germany
Beijing Singularity Power Investment Fund, Merck Ventures, SES
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 33
Arbe RoboticsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.arberobotics.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $21.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Kobi Marenko CEO and Co-Founder
Oz Fixman
Danny Klein
Developer of an imaging synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system intended to make autonomous driving safe,
affordable and available.
HaHashmonaim
Street 88
Tel Aviv-Yafo,
Israel
360 Capital Partners, O.G. Tech Ventures, Canaan Partners, Taya Ventures
CFO
COO and Co-Founder
Ascent RoboticsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.ascent.ai
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $11.2M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Fred Almeida Founder
Masayuki Ishizaki
Developer of mobile intelligence designed to conduct research in deep reinforcement learning.
Hiroo 1-6-10 Giraffa
11F, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo,
Japan
SBI Investment, Bart Joseph Broadman
CEO
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 34
AuroraCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.aurora.tech
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $96.11M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Chris Urmson CEO and Co-Founder
Drew Bagnell CTO and Co-Founder
Sterling Anderson
Developer of autonomous car technology designed to create self driving cars.
429 Acacia Avenue
Palo Alto,
California
Greylock Partners, Index Ventures
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder
Aurora LabsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.auroralabs.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $11.1M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Zohar Fox CEO and Co-Founder
Ori Lederman COO and Co-Founder
Developer of a SaaS based self-healing platform for connected cars designed to reduce software recalls.
Ahad Ha'Am Street 54
Tel Aviv,
Israel
Fraser McCombs Capital, Maniv Mobility, MizMaa Ventures, Expansion Venture Capital
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 35
Autonet Mobile Company Overview
Address: Website: www.autonetmobile.com
Founded: 2005
Total Capital Raised: $87.7M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Greg O'Neill CEO
Mike Hultberg COO
Provider of Internet-based telematics and application services designed to provide security and value to the
connected car experience.
3636 North Laughlin
Suite 150
Santa Rosa,
California
Lear, Ecosystem Ventures, Seavest Investment Group, Stage 1 Ventures
36
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 36
AutoBotCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.vgoapp.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $6M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Edwin Hao CEO
Shaoqing Xiang
Developer of hybrid LiDAR designed to facilitate autonomous driving.
Beijing,
China
Gobi Ventures, ABC Capital
CTO and Co-Founder
BenewakeCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.benewake.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yuan Li CEO and Founder
Manufacturer of solid-state LIDAR products intended to make robots eyes. The company's solid-state LIDAR products
is used for drones, Robotics and Autopilot vehicles.
10-F, Block A, # 28
Xinxi Road
Beijing,
China
Bosch DNA, Cathay Capital Private Equity, Ecovacs, IDG Capital, Shunwei Capital
AutotalksCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.auto-talks.com
Founded: 2008
Total Capital Raised: $80M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Hagai Zyss CEO
Nir Pinhas CFO
Onn Haran CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of fabless semiconductors intended to provide vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications in autonomous
driving.
Grand Netter Building
Kfar-Netter,
Israel
Hyundai CRADLE, Magma Venture Capital, Gemini Israel Fund, Liberty Ventures Group
37
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 37
BlickfeldCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.blickfeld.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $10M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Mathias Müller Ph.D CEO and Co-Founder
Florian Petit Co-Founder
Rolf Wojtech Co-Founder
The company's laser range scanners (LiDARs) and object detection and mapping software use proprietary technology
that creates high-definition, three-dimensional geometric maps.
Gunzenlehstr, 8
Munich,
Germany
Fluxunit - OSRAM Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Tengelmann Ventures
Blackmore Sensors and AnalyticsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.blackmoreinc.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $25.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Randy Reibel CEO and Co-Founder
Stephen Crouch
Developer of frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar imaging technology designed to support analytic
tools software.
3991 Valley Commons
Bozeman,
Massachusetts
BMW I Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, Millennium Technology Partners
CTO and Co-Founder
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 38
BrightWay VisionCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.brightwayvision.com
Founded: 2011
Total Capital Raised:
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ofer David Ph.D CEO and Co-Founder
Developer of multi-functional vision & ranging system designed for the automotive industry.
Adv. Tech. Center
Haifa, 3190500
Israel
Lubinsky Group Corporation
NA
BrainChipCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.brainchipinc.com
Founded: 2011
Total Capital Raised: $5.4M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Louis DiNardo CEO and President
Ryan Benton CFO and Senior Vice President
Anil Mankar COO and Senior Vice President, Engineering
Developer of accelerated artificial intelligence and machine learning software and hardware for security, casino, and
other sectors.
65 Enterprise
Aliso Viejo,
California
Metals X
39
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 39
CalmcarCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.calmcar.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $4.6M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Xi Wang CEO
Leon Xie Ph.D
The company specializes in developing an intelligent vision system for ADAS, autopilot and autonomous driving with
functions of Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Collision Warning (CW) and Blind Spot Detection (BSD).
F9-D Wanda Plaza,
Wuzhong Dist.
Suzhou,
China
Delian Capital, Shenzhen Guozhong Venture Capital Management
CTO
Cambricon TechnologiesCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.cambricon.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $100M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Tianshi Chen CEO and Co-Founder
Daofu Liu
Liu Shaoli
Developer of artificial intelligence chips intended to be used for deep learning purposes.
Zhizheng Building
Beijing,
Haidan District,
China
Lenovo Capital, Incubator Group, Alibaba Group, State Development and Investment
Vice President
Vice President
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 40
CarViCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.getcarvi.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Nack Cho COO and Co-Founder
Kevin Lee
Developer of a driving assistance device intended to put the open road into safe hands.
1112 Bryant Street
3rd Floor
San Francisco,
California
Samsung Venture Investment, Korea Telecom Data, Posco
Co-Founder
Cepton TechnologiesCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.cepton.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $18M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Mark McCord Ph.D Co-Founder & Vice-President
Will Lee Senior Director of Finance
Provider of LiDAR technology for automotive, industrial and mapping applications designed to deliver 3D sensing
services.
2880 North First Street
San Jose,
California
Undisclosed
41
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 41
Cloud MadeCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.cloudmade.com
Founded: 2007
Total Capital Raised: $15.8M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Juha Christensen CEO
James Brown
Provider of a machine learning and content aggregation platform designed to offer connected car analytics services.
16 Great Chapel Street
London,
England
Nikolaj Nyholm, Morton Lund
CTO
Chronocam (now Prophesee)Company Overview
Address: Website: www.prophesee.ai
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $34.8M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Luca Verre CEO and Co-Founder
Christoph Posch Ph.D CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of biologically-inspired computer vision sensors and systems designed to dramatically improve the
efficiency and intelligence of video processing.
74, rue du Faubourg
Saint Antoine
Paris,
France
360 Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Renault Retail Group (France), Supernova Invest
42
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 42
Comma.AICompany Overview
Address: Website: www.comma.ai
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $8.1M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
George Hotz CEO and Founder
Viviane Ford
Developer of a technology platform designed to offer self-driving software in vehicles.
41 Santa Monica Way
San Francisco,
California
Andreessen Horrowitz, Techammer
VP of Operations
CloudCarCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.cloudcar.com
Founded: 2011
Total Capital Raised: $60.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Philipp Popov CEO
Developer of a connected car technology designed to enhance driver's experience.
2191 East Bayshore Rd.
Suite 200
Palo Alto,
California
DCM Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Passport Capital, Jaguar Land Rover
43
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 43
CorticaCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.cortica.com
Founded: 2007
Total Capital Raised: $37.9M
Investors: Horizons Ventures, Mail.ru Group, Lanta Capital Holdings
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Igal Raichelgauz CEO and Co-Founder
Karina Odinaev
Developer of an image recognition technology designed to bring new advancements in artificial intelligence and
visual understanding to the marketplace.
103 Allenby St
4th Floor
Tel Aviv,
Israel
COO and Co-Founder
CyngnCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.cyngn.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $115M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Lior Tal CEO
Developer of an open source firmware distribution designed to transforming the way people move.
301 High Street
Palo Alto,
California
PremjiInvest, Andreessen Horowitz, Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Index Ventures
44
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 44
DaliCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.dali-tech.com
Founded: 1984
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Pang Huimin Chairman and President
Pang Zhigang Vice President
Manufacturer and seller of thermal infrared imaging cameras and hard disk video recorders. The company is engaged
in the development, production and sale of infrared cameras, video recorders, and other security products.
No. 639, Binkang Road
Hangzhou,
Zhejiang,
China
NA
DeepScaleCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.deepscale.ai
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $21M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Forrest Landola CEO and Co-Founder
Kurt Keutzer Co-Founder
Developer of artificial intelligence based visual perception systems designed to help automakers to develop cars
with advanced driver-assistance systems.
970 Terra Bella Avenue
Suite 1
Mountain View,
California
Next47, Point72, Bessemer Venture Partners, AutoTech Ventures, Greylock Partners
45
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 45
Drive.aiCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.drive.ai
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $77.05M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Sameep Tandon CEO and Co-Founder
Fred Rosenzweig COO and Co-Founder
Developer of AI based self-driving technology designed to make autonomous vehicles safer.
365 Ravendale Drive
Mountain View,
California
Grab, HOF Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Nvidia GPU Ventures
DinoplusAICompany Overview
Address: Website: www.dinoplus.ai
Founded: 2017
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yujie Hu CEO and CFO
Patrick Ang Executive
Developer of processor and software built for data centers. The company's processor optimizes for inference with
the focus on performance, power efficiency and ease of use for cost-effective training.
48371 Fremont
Boulevard
Fremont,
California
NA
46
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 46
Ecar TelematicsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.hesaitech.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $18M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yifan Li CEO and Co-Founder
Shaoqing Xiang
Developer of hybrid LiDAR designed to facilitate autonomous driving.
Hongqiao World Cntr.
Shanghai,
China
Pagoda Investment, Lighthouse Capital Partners, PreAngel, Dami Ventures
CTO and Co-Founder
DrivemodeCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.drivemode.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $11.8M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yo Koga CEO and Co-Founder
Jeff Standard
Developer of a mobile-based connected car platform designed to change the way consumers interact with their cars.
3039 Broadway
Redwood City,
California
Panasonic, NEC Capital, Miyako Capital, Incubate Fund
Head of Product and Co-Founder
47
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 47
EmbarkCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.embarktrucks.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $47.12M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Alex Rodrigues CEO and Co-Founder
Brandon Moak
Developer of self-driving vehicles created to provide effective transportation. The company's self-driven vehicles
utilize a highway autopilot, machine learning, high resolution cameras and high-end sensors.
San Francisco,
California
Sequoia Capital, Data Collective, AME Cloud Ventures, Soma Capital
CTO and Co-Founder
48
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 48
EchodyneCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.echodyne.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $44M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Eben Frankenberg CEO and Co-Founder
Tom Driscoll
Developer of meta materials-based radar technology designed to operate autonomous machines safely at any time
and in any weather.
2380 116th Avenue NE
Bellevue,
Washington
New Enterprise Associates, Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital, Lux Capital
CTO and Co-Founder
EngieCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.engie.com
Founded: 1954
Total Capital Raised: $18M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Gwenaelle CEO
Benoit Mignard
Operator of a conglomerate engaged in three businesses intended to provide electricity, natural gas and energy
services.
T1 Tower,
Paris,
France
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille
CFO
ExcelforeCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.excelfore.com
Founded: 2008
Total Capital Raised: $14.64M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Shrinath Acharya CEO, CTO, and Co-Founder
Richard Capen CFO
Developer of cloud-based delivery software intended to secure networks for the automotive industry and the
Internet of things.
3155 Kearney Street
Suite 200
Fremont,
California
Molex Ventures
49
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 49
eyeSight TechnologiesCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.eyesight-tech.com
Founded: 2005
Total Capital Raised: $32.90M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Gideon Shmuel CEO
Itay Katz CTO and Founder
Provider of embedded computer vision and deep learning services designed to use gesture recognition. The
company's embedded computer vision and deep learning services provide touch-free interaction with the device.
8 Maskit Street
5th Floor
Herzliya 4673308
Israel
Agate Medical Investments, CEVA, Intercapital Partners, GlenRock Israel, Kuang-Chi
EyerisCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.eyeris.ai
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $0.35M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Modar Alaoui CEO and Co-Founder
Leo Medrano CFO
Developer of artificially intelligent emotion recognition technology.
530 Lytton Avenue
Palo Alto,
California
SXSW Accelerator
50
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 50
FiveAICompany Overview
Address: Website: www.five.ai
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $37.7M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Stan Boland CEO and Co-Founder
Provider of an autonomous vehicle software designed to build the brains and navigation systems to power the
autonomous cars of the future.
20 Cambridge Place
Cambridge, CB2 1NS
England,
United Kingdom
Lakestar Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Notion Capital
Fastree 3DCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.fastree3d.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $0.14M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Claude Florin CEO
Edoardo Charbon
Octavio Jorge CFO
Developer 3D imaging sensors platform designed to enable vehicles and machines to recognize and locate fast
moving objects in three dimensions.
EPFL Innovation Park
Ch. de la Raye, 13
1024 Ecublens
Switzerland
EPFL Innovation Park, Go Beyond Investing, Investiere, MassChallenge, Venture Kick
President and CSO
51
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 51
FuseCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.fusetools.com
Founded: 2011
Total Capital Raised: $19M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Anders Lassen CEO
Morten Fornes
Operator of a platform intended to offer mobile application development services.
Tollbugata 32,
Oslo,
Norway
Northzone Ventures, Alliance Ventures
CTO
General RadarCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.genrad.io
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $3.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Dmitry Turbiner CEO
Manufacturer of high resolution 3d radar for autonomous systems. The company designs mm-wave active electrically
steered array (AESA) radar with Pulse Compression and Pulse Doppler signal processing.
136 Jasmine Way
East Palo Alto,
California
Kleiner Perkins, StartX
52
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 52
GhostWaveCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.ghostwaveinc.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Dean Zody CEO
GhostWave Inc. is a startup technology company focused on providing ADAS radars immune from mutual
interference and ADAS radars that prioritize objects while fitting behind the fascia of a bumper.
Colombus,
Ohio
NA
GEO SemiconductorCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.geosemi.com
Founded: 2009
Total Capital Raised: $70M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
David Orton CEO and President
Zorwar Bassi Ph.D CTO and Vice-president Engineering
Developer of a motion detecting sensor designed to promote passenger awareness technology in automobiles.
101 Metro Drive
Suite 620
San Jose,
California
Mindset Ventures, Roadmap Capital, Panasonic Ventures
53
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 53
Guardian Optical TechnologiesCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.guardian-optech.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $12.2M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Gil Dotan CEO and Co-Founder
Guy Raz Co-CTO
Developer of a motion detecting sensor designed to promote passenger awareness technology in automobiles.
Derech Hashalom
Tel Aviv,
Israel
SPARX Group, TransLink Capital, Goldbell Investments, GlenRock Israel
Guide InfraredCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.wuhan-guide.com
Founded: 1999
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Huang Li Chairman and General Manager
Yu Wang
Producer and seller of infrared thermal imaging systems.
No.6, Huanglong Hill
South Road
Wuhan, 430205
China
NA
CFO
54
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 54
Hailo TechnologiesCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.hailotech.com
Founded: 2017
Total Capital Raised: $12.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Orr Danon CEO and Co-Founder
Avi Baum
Hadar Zeitlin
Developer of a breakthrough deep learning microprocessor created to deliver data center performance to edge
devices.
94 Yigal Alon Street
Tel Aviv,
Israel
Gil Agmon, Maniv Mobility, Next Gear Solutions, OurCrowd, Zohar Zisapel
CTO and Co-Founder
Chief Business Development Officer and Co-Founder
55
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 55
HesaiCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.hesaitech.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $18M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yifan Li CEO and Co-Founder
Shaoqing Xiang
Developer of hybrid LiDAR designed to facilitate autonomous driving.
Hongqiao World Cntr.
Shanghai,
China
Pagoda Investment, Lighthouse Capital Partners, PreAngel, Dami Ventures
CTO and Co-Founder
Horizon RoboticsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.horizon.ai
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $100M
Investors: Intel Capital, Morningside Venture Capital, Sequoia Capital, Linear Venture
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Kai Yu CEO and Co-Founder
Fang Yi
Ming Yang
Provider of embedded Artificial Intelligence technologies designed to create the brain of things, for safety,
convenience and fun.
No. 1 Zhongguancun
Beijing,
China
Vice President and Co-Founder
Vice President and Co-Founder
Ibeo Automotive SystemsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.ibeo-as.com
Founded: 1998
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ulrich Lages CEO, Managing Director, and Co-Founder
Mario Brumm Director, Marketing & Sales
Manufacturer and marketer of sensors and scanners. The company specializes in the manufacture sensors and sensor
systems for industrial applications and laser scanner technology for the automobile industry.
Merkurring 60-62
22143 Hamburg
Germany
ZF Friedrichshafen
56
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 56
Innoviz TechnologiesCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.innoviz.tech
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $82M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Omer Keilaf CEO and Co-Founder
Amit Steinberg
Provider of LiDAR-based (Light Detection and Ranging) remote sensing sensors and systems designed to offer
accurate mapping and localization.
15 Atir Yeda Street
Kfar Seba,
Israel
Samsung Catalyst, SoftBank Ventures Korea, Vertex Venture Israel, Delphi Automotive
CTO and Co-Founder
InnoSentCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.innosent.de
Founded: 1999
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Robert Mock President, Founder, and CEO
Wolfgang Weidmann
Developer and manufacturer of a wide variety of components and subsystems for radar sensors. The company's
product range include components for front-and-rear automotive radar systems, as well as industrial applications.
Am Roedertor 30
97499 Donnersdorf
Germany
Hella
Co-Founder
57
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 57
KalrayCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.kalrayinc.com
Founded: 2008
Total Capital Raised: $113.1M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Eric Baissus CEO
Anne Gabrot
Developer of semiconductor processors designed to cater the needs of high processing capabilities. The company's
technology is the combination of a new processor architecture called MPPA for Multi-Purpose Processor Array.
180 avenue de
l'Europe
Grenoble, France
Bpifrance, Alliance Ventures, ACE Management Equity Partners
CFO
InuitiveCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.inuitive-tech.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $102.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Shlomo Gadot CEO and Co-Founder
Dor Zepeniuk CTO and Co-Founder
Orly Beniziri Solomon CFO
Developer of multi-core processors intended to support 3D imaging (3D Depth) with computer vision.
3 Hatidhar Street
Ra'anana,
Israel
Union Tech Ventures, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, 7-Main
58
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 58
KneronCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.kneron.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $33M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Albert Liu CEO and Founder
Provider of an application-specific integrated circuit and software intended to offer artificial intelligence based tools
in order to utilize computing power from cloud to edge devices.
6725 Mesa Ridge Road
San Diego,
California
Horizons Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, Qualcomm Ventures
Karamba SecurityCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.karambasecurity.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $27M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Amiram Dotan CEO and Co-Founder
Idit Mor CFO
Guy Sagy CTO
Provider of an automotive cybersecurity solutions designed for autonomous and connected cars.
41000 Woodward Ave.
Suite 350 East
Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan
YL Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, GlenRock Israel
59
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 59
LeiShen LiDARCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.leishen-lidar.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $15.8M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Hi Xiaobo CEO and Founder
Developer and manufacturer of laser radar products and technologies.
Tianliao Community
Guangming
Shenzen,
China
Shenzhen Fortune Venture Capital, Northern Light Venture Capital, China Merchants Capital
LeddarTechCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.leddartech.com
Founded: 2007
Total Capital Raised: $121.4M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Charles Boulanger CEO
Claude Dore
Pierre Olivier CTO
Provider of a solid-state LiDAR sensing technology designed to offer light detection and ranging.
4535 Wilfrid-Hamel
Suite 240
Quebec City,
Canada
Osram Licht, Delphi, Sofimac Partners, BDC Venture Capital, Acces Capital
CFO
60
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 60
LightCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.light.co
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $186M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
David Grannan CEO and Co-Founder
Rajiv Laroia Ph.D
Tom Barone
Developer of a digital photography technology designed to offer zoom focus from 28mm to 150mm with outstanding
detail at every focal length.
PO Box 800
Palo Alto,
California
Leica Camera, SoftBank Group, SoftBank Investment Advisers, GV, Paul Jacobs
CTO and Co-Founder
CFO
Life360Company Overview
Address: Website: www.life360.com
Founded: 2007
Total Capital Raised: $93.14M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Chris Hulls CEO and Co-Founder
Virendra Vase COO
Alex Haro CTO
Provider of a location and communication smartphone application intended to keep millions of families and close
friends connected.
539 Bryant Street
Suite 402
San Francisco,
California
Cthulhu Venture, Moonshots Capital, DCM, BMW I Ventures, Fontinalis Partners
61
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 61
LunewaveCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.lunewave.com
Founded: 2017
Total Capital Raised: $5.1M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
John Xin CEO and Co-Founder
Hao Xin CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of an antenna and sensor technology designed for autonomous driving applications, wireless
communications and drones.
4991 North Fort Verde
Tuscon,
Arizona
Baidu Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Ekistic Ventures
LuminarCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.luminartech.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $36M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Austin Russell CEO and Co-Founder
Jason Eichenholz
William Zerella
Provider of a ultra high-resolution, long range LiDAR sensor.
12601 Research
Parkway
Orlando,
Florida
SQN Venture Partners, Canvas Ventures Fund, Volvo Cars, GVA Capital, 1517 Fund
CTO and Co-Founder
CFO
62
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 62
MapGoo Technologies Company Overview
Address: Website: www.mapgoo.net
Founded: 2010
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
MapGoo Technologies Co., Ltd. provides integrating positioning services and products.
Yanshan Road
Nanshan District,
Shenzen, 518057
China
NA
Magnity ElectronicsCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.magnity.com.cn
Founded: 2008
Total Capital Raised: $12.90M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Chongfei Shen CEO
Manufacturer of thermal imagers intended to develop novel infrared imaging sensors and thermal imagers for
multipurpose use.
Room 1506
418 Guiping Road
Shanghai,
China
Coco Capital, Ferry Venture Capital
63
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 63
MetawaveCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.metawave.co
Founded: 2017
Total Capital Raised: $17M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Maha Achour CEO and Co-Founder
Sandy Godsey Chief Legal Officer
George Daniel Chief Engineering Officer
Operator of a wireless technology firm intended to revolutionize the future of wireless communications and radar
sensing.
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto,
California
Denso, Thyra Global Management, Alrai Capital, AutoTech Ventures
MavizonCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.mavizon.com
Founded: 2006
Total Capital Raised: $6.9M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Marc Ingram CEO and Founder
The company offers cloud computing and mobile technologies to create data opportunities, drive user adoption and
promote brand awareness for consumers, their automobiles and advertising partners to communicate.
520 Park East Blvd.
New Albany,
Indiana
BlueSky Projects
64
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 64
Mocana CorporationCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.mocana.com
Founded: 2002
Total Capital Raised: $92.42M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
W.William Diotte CEO
Srinivas Kumar Vice President
Keao Caindec Vice President
Provider of mission-critical IoT security solutions for embedded systems, industrial controls and the Internet of
Things (IoT).
20 California Street
4th Floor
San Francisco,
California
Sway Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Trident Capital, Panasonic Venture Group
Mighty AICompany Overview
Address: Website: www.mighty.ai
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $27.25M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Daryn Nakhuda CEO and Co-Founder
Teresa Kotwis CFO
Developer of an AI platform designed to train computer vision systems for autonomous driving.
1411 4th Avenue
Suite 1100
Seattle,
Washington
Intel Capital, GV, Accenture Technology Ventures, Foundry Group, Madrona Venture Group
65
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 65
Momenta.aiCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.momenta.ai
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $5M
Investors: Cathay Innovation, Shunwei Capital, Blue Lake Capital, Sequoia Capital
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Xudong Cao CEO and Co-Founder
Gang Sun
Shaoqing Ren
Yan Xia
Developer of an AI based semantic HD mapping for autonomous driving created to empower self-driving cars to
become a reality.
Dongsheng Plaza A
Haidan District
Beijing,
China
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
MojioCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.moj.io
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $44.6M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Kenny Hawk CEO
Alan Messer CTO
Vidhya Ranganathan Vice President Engineering
Provider of a cloud-based connected car platform intended to offer secure connected car services.
1080 Howe Street
9th Floor
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Kensington Capital Partners, Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments, Amazon Alexa Fund
66
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 66
NautoCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.nauto.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $174.2M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Stefan Heck CEO and Co-Founder
Angela Liu Chief Financial Officer
Provider of an online traffic monitoring device designed to offer safe driving.
380 Portage Avenue
Palo Alto,
California
SoftBank Capital, Greylock Partners, BMW I Ventures, Playground Global
MotorqCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.motorq.co
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $2M
Investors: Monta Vista Capital, Fraser McCombs Capital, Purple Arch Ventures, Story Ventures
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Arun Rajagopalan CEO and Co-Founder
Vivek Malipatil
Ashwin Raja
Developer of a connected car data platform that enables enterprises and automotive OEMs/after-market device
makers to seamlessly and securely collaborate.
11860 Brookglen Drive
Saratoga,
California
COO and Co-Founder
CTO and Co-Founder
67
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 67
NeteeraCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.neteera.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $2M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Isaac Litman CEO and Co-Founder
Haim Goldberger
Developer of a disruptive sensing technology designed to enhance customer engagement and care by monitoring
their well-being and vital signs.
High-Tech Village
Building 1
Jerusalem,
Israel
Plug and Play Tech Center, Q Venture Partners, WorldQuant Ventures
CTO
NeptecCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.neptec.com
Founded: 1990
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Mike Sekerka CEO
Philip Church
Manufacturer of electro-optical and electro-mechanical systems designed to operate mission critical space
applications.
302 Legget Drive,
Ontario,
Canada
Government of Canada, National Research Council
CTO
68
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 68
NexarCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.getnexar.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $44.76M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Eran Shir CEO and Co-Founder
Bruno Fernandez CTO and Co-Founder
Yoad Shraybom CFO
Developer of a mobile application designed to detect driving hazards and help prevent car accidents.
HaRakevet Street 58
Tel Aviv-Yafo,
Israel
Ibex Investors, Alibaba innovation Ventures, GE Ventures, Mosaic Ventures
NetraDyneCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.netradyne.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $16M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Avneesh Agrawal CEO and Co-Founder
David Julian
Provider of technology-driven product development of deep learning solutions and vision-based analytics.
4350 Executive Drive
Suite 150
San Diego,
California
Reliance Industries
CTO and Co-Founder
69
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 69
OculiiCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.oculii.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $17.7
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Lang Hong CEO and Co-Founder
Steven Hong COO and Co-Founder
Developer of advanced radar sensors designed to offer the future of autonomous sensing.
830 A Space Drive
Beavercreek,
Ohio
Samsung Venture Investment, Decent Capital, First Star Ventures, Comet Labs
New Imaging TechnologiesCompany Overview
Address: Website: new-imaging-technologies.com
Founded: 2005
Total Capital Raised: $3.91M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Francois Coursaget COO
Provider of an imaging technology designed to offer wide dynamic range services.
1 impasse de la
Noisette Bat D
Verrières-le-Buisson,
France
ACE Management Equity Partner, Alto Invest, Emertec Gestion, BlueBird Venture, IMT Starter
70
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 70
OphirCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.rpoptics.com
Founded: 1976
Total Capital Raised: $23.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ishay Davidi CEO and Founder
Ron Ben-Haim
Rochester Precision Optics LLC, engages in the design, development, and manufacture of glass, plastic, crystal, and
infrared optics for customers in defense, commercial and industrial markets.
P.O Box 45021
Jerusalem,
Israel
Newport
Partner
OmniVisionCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.ovt.com
Founded: 1995
Total Capital Raised: $65M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Renrong Yu CEO and Co-Founder
Henry Yang
Anson Chan
Developer of a next-generation automotive LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology designed to simplify
autonomous driving with the robustness of a digital camera.
4275 Burton Drive
Santa Clara,
California
CITIC Capital, Gold Stone Investment, Hua Capital Management , Hua Hong International
President
CFO
71
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 71
OtonomoCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.otonomo.io
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $43M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ben Volkow CEO and Co-Founder
Yuval Cohen President and Co-Founder
Lisa Rosner CMO
Developer of a data exchange platform designed to offer a connected car ecosystem.
16 Abba Even Blvd.
Herzeliya Pituach
Herzeliya,
Israel
NTT Docomo Ventures, Aptiv, Delphi Technologies, Bessemer Venture Partners
Oryx VisionCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.oryxvision.com
Founded: 2009
Total Capital Raised: $67.3M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Rani Wellingstein CEO and Co-Founder
David Ben-Bassat
Developer of a next-generation automotive LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology designed to simplify
autonomous driving with the robustness of a digital camera.
36 Shacham Street
Petah Tikvah,
Israel
Third Point Ventures, WRV, Bessemer Venture Partners, Union Tech Ventures
Co-Founder
72
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 72
OwlCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.owlcam.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $24M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Andrew Hodge CEO and Co-Founder
Nathan Ackerman
JP Labrosse
Developer of a security camera designed to offer comprehensive video recording for cars while driving or parked.
195 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto,
California
Canvas Ventures, Defy, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures
CTO and Co-Founder
CPO and Co-Founder
OusterCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.ouster.io
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $30M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Angus Pacal CEO and Co-Founder
Mark Frichtl
Raffi Mardirosian
Developer of high performance LIDAR technology intended to bring 3D sensing to the masses.
350 Treat Avenue
San Francisco,
California
Cox Enterprises, Redbus Group, Cthulhu Ventures, Tao Capital Partners
CTO and Co-Founder
Vice President, Corporate Development
73
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 73
Peloton TechnologyCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.peloton-tech.com
Founded: 2011
Total Capital Raised: $83.82M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Joshua Switkes CEO and Co-Founder
Dave Lyons
Developer of an automated vehicle technology designed to improve the U.S. and global freight transportation.
1060 La Avienda Street
Mountain View,
California
Omnitracs, Denso International America, Intel Capital, BP Ventures
CIO and Co-Founder
PateoCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.pateo.com.cn
Founded: 2009
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ken Ying CEO and Founder
Pateo develops embedded vehicle intelligent terminal and human-machine interaction systems for connected cars
in China.
Tian Yao Qiao Road
Xuhio District,
Shanghai,
China
NA
74
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 74
Phantom AICompany Overview
Address: Website: www.phantom.ai
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $5.3M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Hyunggi Cho CEO and Co-Founder
Chan Kyu Kyu Lee CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of an autonomous vehicle system designed to reduce the burden of everyday driving.
197 Airport Boulevard
Burlingame,
California
Millennium Technology Value Partners, Quest Venture Partners
Phantom IntelligenceCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.phantomintelligence.com
Founded: 2011
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Jean-Yves Deschenes President
Eric Turenne
Phantom Intelligence develops vehicle obstacle detection and collision mitigation solutions.
319 Franquet Street
Suite F
Quebec,
Canada
NA
CTO and Co-Founder
75
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 75
Pony.aiCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.pony.ai
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $214M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
James Peng CEO and Co-Founder
Tianchang Lou
Harry Hu COO
Developer of an artificial intelligence based self-driving technology platfrom designed for autonomous driving.
3501 Gateway Blvd.
Fremont,
California
ClearVue Partners, Eight Roads Ventures, Morningside Venture Capital, Legend Capital
CTO and Co-Founder
Pingjia
Address: Website: www.hesaitech.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $18M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Developer of hybrid LiDAR designed to facilitate autonomous driving.
Hongqiao World Cntr.
Shanghai,
China
Pagoda Investment, Lighthouse Capital Partners, PreAngel, Dami Ventures
76
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 76
RegulusCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.regulus.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $7.6M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yonatan Zur CEO and Co-Founder
Yoav Zangvil CTO and Co-Founder
MapGoo Technologies Co., Ltd. provides integrating positioning services and products.
Haifa,
Israel
Sierra Ventures, F2 Capital, Canann Partners Israel, Technion
QuanergyCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.quanergy.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $150.1M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Louay Eldada CEO and Co-Founder
Tianyue Yu Vice President and Co-Founder
Mike Healy CFO
Provider of solid state LiDAR sensors and smart sensing services designed to offer a laser sensing technology vital for
self-driving cars.
482 Mercury Drive
Sunnyvale,
California
Daimler, HOF Capital, G Squared, MicroVentures, Tekfen Ventures, Rising Tide Fund
77
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 77
Roadstar.AICompany Overview
Address: Website: www.roadstar.ai
Founded: 2017
Total Capital Raised: $138M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Xianqiao Tong CEO and Co-Founder
Liang Heng
Provider of an autonomous driving technology designed to create future advanced transportation system.
Xili Lake Road
Nanshan District
Shenzhen,
China
Shenzhen Capital Group, Wu Capital, Yunqi Partners, Songjing Capital
CTO and Co-Founder
Renovo AutoCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.renovo.auto
Founded: 2010
Total Capital Raised: $14.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Christopher Heiser CEO and Co-Founder
Jason Stinson
Developer of autonomous vehicle technology designed to drive the expansion of AMoD (Automated Mobility on
Demand) to the greatest scale and highest efficiency.
1624 Dell Avenue
Unit D
Campbell,
California
True Ventures. Verizon Ventures, Menlo Ventures
CTO and Co-Founder
78
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 78
RPCCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.rpc.ca
Founded: 1962
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors: NA
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Steve Holmes, P.Eng COO
RPC is New Brunswick’s provincial research organization (PRO), a research and technology organization (RTO) located
in Fredericton and Moncton, NB.
921 College Hill Road
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
Canada
RobosenseCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.robosense.ai
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $45.00M
Investors: Alibaba Group, Beijing Automotive Group Co, SAIC Motor Corporation
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Chunxin Qiu CEO and Founder
Chunchao Qiu COO
Letian Liu CTO
Provider of robotic perception services intended to integrate Lidar hardware, 3D data processing algorithm and deep
learning technology.
Robosense Building,
Block 1
Shenzhen,
China
79
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 79
RunSafe SecurityCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.runsafesecuirty.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $2.58M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Joseph Saunders CEO and Co-Founder
Simon Hartley Vice President and Co-Founder
Owner and operator of a vehicle cybersecurity company intended to cyberharden vulnerable systems and devices to
render threats inert.
1775 Tysons Boulevard
5th Floor
Virginia
Alsop Louie Partner
RPOCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.rpoptics.com
Founded: 2005
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Randall Shaw President
Mike Davenport Vice President of Operations
Rochester Precision Optics LLC, engages in the design, development, and manufacture of glass, plastic, crystal, and
infrared optics for customers in defense, commercial and industrial markets.
850 John Street
West Henrietta,
New York
NA
80
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 80
Seek ThermalCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.thermal.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $39.25M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Michael Munech CEO and President
William Parrish CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of infrared cameras. The company develops thermal-imaging cameras designed for smartphones. The
company's device has applications for homeowners, contractors, electricians and pet owners.
111 Castilian Drive
Santa Barbara,
California
Founders Capital Partners, Rose Park Advisors
Savari Company Overview
Address: Website: www.savari.net
Founded: 2011
Total Capital Raised: $20M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ravi Puvvala CEO and Co-Founder
Paul Sakamoto COO
Provider of an intelligent transportation platform intended to automate vehicle development.
2005 De La Cruz Blvd.
Suite 111
Santa Clara,
California
Aviva Ventures, SAIC Capital, Data Electronics, FlexTronics
81
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 81
Silicon RadarCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.siliconradar.com
Founded: 2006
Total Capital Raised: $3.37M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Anja Boelicke CEO
Wolfgang Winkler CTO and Founder
Developer of millimeter-wave circuits designed to provide technologically advanced level integrated circuits. The
company's circuits are manufactured in affordable silicon-germanium-technology.
Im Technologiepark 1
15236 Frankfurt
Germany
bmp Ventures, German Accelerator, Horizon 2020
SfaraCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.sfara.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $7.26M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Sascha Simon CEO and Co-Founder
Zvi Huber CTO
Developer of a mobile application designed to offer safety alert and monitoring tools for drivers.
34-41 Newark Street
Suite 5B
Hoboken,
New Jersey
ImpactAssets, Cultivation Capital, Verizon Ventures
82
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 82
Smart Eye
Address: Website: www.smarteye.se
Founded: 1999
Total Capital Raised: $21.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Martin Krantz CEO and Co-Founder
Martin Rydberg CTO
Anders Lyrheden CFO
Developer of an advanced non-intrusive 3D head and eye tracking system intended to improve today's research and
tomorrow's semi-autonomous cars.
Första Långgatan
Gothenburg,
Sweden
Fouriertransform
SmartCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.smart.com
Founded: 1998
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Smart is a German car manufacture that also provides its users with mobility services and more.
Stuttgart,
Germany
NA
83
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 83
Smarter Eye Company Overview
Address: Website: www.smartereye.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $16.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
An Jiang CEO and Co-Founder
Fen Chui CTO and Co-Founder
Ran Meng COO and Co-Founder
Huabing Zheng CFO
Provider of hardware and software research and development services intended to offer automobile related
autopilot systems.
Room 3039-3044
Sihui Building
Beijing,
China
Baidu Capital, Lenovo Capital, Incubator Group
Smart Me UpCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.smartmeup.org
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Loic Lecerf CEO and Co-Founder
Herve Marchet COO and Co-Founder
Steven Durand CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of technology for facial analysis. The company's computer vision technology analyses and provides data to
the devices in real-time and instantly locates cars, people, animals, bicycles, airplane, boats or anything.
17 Chemin des Pres
38240 Maylan,
France
HEC Incubator, Kima Ventures
84
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 84
SOS LABCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.soslab.co
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Jiseong Jeong CEO
Taeil (Justin) Cho CFO
Junhwan Jang CTO
Developer of solid state lidar systems designed to facilitate autonomous driving.
B-101, BI Center
Gwangju,
Korea
FuturePlay
Smart MicroCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.smartmicro.de
Founded: 1997
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ralph Mende Co-Founder
Hermann Rohling Co-Founder
Provider of hardware and software research and development services intended to offer automobile related
autopilot systems.
Braunschweig
Niedersachsen,
Germany
NA
85
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 85
Steradian Semiconductors Company Overview
Address: Website: www.steradiansemi.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $1.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Gireesh Rajendra CEO and Co-Founder
Anish Lachhwani Director and Co-Founder
Developer of 4D imaging radar products designed to transform radar into an all-weather mapping device.
Brigade Arcade
Mahadevapura,
Bangalore,
India
Endiya Partners, Qualcomm
SplitsecndCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.splitsecnd.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $12.46M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Mel Taylor CEO
Edmund Song Vice President
Kyle Ducharme Vice President
Developer of a plug-in crash detection and trip monitoring device designed to plug into the 12V lighter outlet in any
car and detect a crash.
1204 Elmwood Avenue
Suite 102
Nashville,
Tennessee
Tennessee Community Ventures, Mountain Group Partners
86
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 86
SunexCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.sunex.com
Founded: 1997
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors: NA
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Alex Ning CEO and Founder
Sunex specializes in high-performance lenses and customized solutions from design to manufacturing. The company
developed innovative designs that optimize the performance of CMOS based cameras.
3160 Lionshead
Carlsbad,
California
StratioCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.stratiotechnology.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $5.16M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Jae Lee CEO and Co-Founder
Rebecca Hinds COO and Co-Founder
Su Oh CSO
Developer of Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) image sensors designed to bring infrared vision to the mass market.
1863 Concourse Drive
San Jose,
California
Alchemist Accelerator, GoGlobal Consulting Service, Kakao Ventures, SK Hynix, Start-Up Chile
87
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 87
TetraVueCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.tetravue.com
Founded: 2008
Total Capital Raised: $20M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Hal Zarem CEO
Paul Banks President and Founder
Bodo Schmidt Director of Engineering
Developer of 3D vision technology designed to offer smart vision for smarter machines.
2330 Cousteau Court
Vista,
California
KLA-Tencor, Tsing Capital, Lam Research, Robert Bosch Venture Capital
TeleNavCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.telenav.com
Founded: 1999
Total Capital Raised: $75.4M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
H.P. Jin CEO and Co-Founder
Michael Strambi CFO
Y.C. Chao CTO
Telenav Inc is a provider of location based services or LBS, including voice guided navigation, on mobile phones.
4655 Great America
Parkway
Santa Clara,
California
Tenaya Capital, iGlobe Partners, Menlo Ventures, Sycamore Ventures
88
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 88
TriluminaCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.trilumina.com
Founded: 2010
Total Capital Raised: $40.96M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
John Kennedy CFO
Luke Smithwick CMO
Provider of semiconductor laser products designed to drive the evolution of safer cars.
800 Bradbury Drive
Suite 116
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
Denso, Sun Mountain Capital, Cottonwood Technology Fund, Stage 1 Ventures
ThinCICompany Overview
Address: Website: www.thinci.com
Founded: 2010
Total Capital Raised: $62.9M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Dinakar Munagala CEO and Co-Founder
Satyaki Koneru CTO
Val Cook Chief Software Architecht
Provider of a next-generation hardware computing platform created to bring true data and task parallel computing to
the broad market.
4569 Golden Foothill
El Dorado Hills,
California
Denso, SPARX Group, GGV Capital, SRI Capital, SG Innovate
89
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 89
TuSimpleCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.tusimple.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: $85.85M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Mo Chen CEO and Co-Founder
Jianan Hao
Xiaodi Hou
Provider of an autonomous truck driving platform intended to provide driverless truck services.
Global Trade Mansion
Beijing,
China
Composite Capital Partners, Nvidia GPU Ventures, Sina Weibo, Sequoia Capital
COO and Co-Founder
CTO and Co-Founder
TTTechCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.tttech.com
Founded: 1998
Total Capital Raised: $239.13M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Stefan Poledna Co-CEO and Co-Founder
Georg Kopetz Co-CEO and Co-Founder
Developer of network and communication technologies designed to improve networked computer control systems.
Schoenbrunner
Strasse
Vienna,
Austria
ECO UB-AG, Uni Venture Beteiligungs, First Ventury, GE Ventures
90
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 90
UmicoreCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.umicore.com
Founded: 1906
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Marc Grynberg CEO and Executive Director
Filip Platteeuw CFO
Dennis Goffaux CTO
Provider of materials technology services. The company's majority activities are within the clean technologies field.
Broekstraat 31
Rue du Marais
Brussels,
Belgium
APG Groep, BlackRock, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert
UhnderCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.uhnder.com
Founded: 2015
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Manju Hegde CEO and Co-Founder
Curtis Davis COO
Developer of disruptive sensing, cognition and communication products designed for commercial and industrial
application.
3409 Executive Center
Suite 205
Austin,
Texas
SAIC Capital
91
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 91
VayavisionCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.vayavision.com
Founded: 2016
Total Capital Raised: $8.0M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Ronny Cohen CEO and Co-Founder
Youval Nehmadi CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of an autonomous driving technology intended to provide an AI platform for monitoring self-driving
vehicles.
6 Yoni Netanyahu
Or Yehuda,
Israel
Capsula Smart Mobility, EcoMotion, MizMaa Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center
UpstreamCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.upstream.auto
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $11M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Yoav Levy CEO and Co-Founder
Yonatan Appel CTO and Co-Founder
Upstream Security C4 (Centralized Connected Car Cybersecurity Security) Platform is the first comprehensive
automotive cybersecurity solution in the industry purpose-built for protecting connected vehicles.
55 E 3rd Avenue
San Mateo,
California
Gilot Capital Partners, CRV, Maniv Mobility
92
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 92
Velodyne LidarCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.velodynelidar.com
Founded: 1983
Total Capital Raised: $150M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
David Hall CEO and Founder
Robery Brown CFO
Manufacturer of auto sensor products. The company develops various sensing and mapping products that enables 3D
scanning of the environment.
345 Digital Drive
Morgan Hill,
California
Ford Motor Company, Baidu
Vayyar Imaging Company Overview
Address: Website: www.vayyar.com
Founded: 2010
Total Capital Raised: $79M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Raviv Melamed CEO and Co-Founder
Naftali Chayat CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of 3D imaging sensors designed to see through all kinds of objects.
Avraham Giron Street
Yehud,
Israel
Glory Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Amiti Ventures, Battery Ventures
93
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 93
VeniamCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.veniam.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $29.9M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Joao Francisco CEO
David Horning Co-Founder
Robin Chase Co-Founder
Developer of vehicular mesh networks designed to offer Mobile Wi-Fi and data solutions to fleets worldwide.
331 West Evelyn Ave.
Mountain View,
California
Verizon Ventures, Cisco Investments, Orange Digital Ventures, True Ventures
VenianCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.venian.co.uk
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
The Venian Group is formed from an integrated collection of companies operating in the Transport, Logistics,
Distribution and Consultancy arenas.
Wakefield
Yorkshire,
United Kingdom
NA
94
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 94
VinliCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.vin.li
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $11.5M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Mahmoud Haidar CEO and Co-Founder
Matt Himelfarb COO
Provider of a cloud platform designed to bring smart car functionality to any car on any lot, in any fleet or in any shop.
2203 Commerce Street
Dallas,
Texas
Deep Space Ventures, Plug and Play, Samsung Venture Investment, First Round Capital
VideantisCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.videantis.com
Founded: 2004
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Hans-Joachim Stolberg Ph.D CEO, CTO and Co-Founder
Carsten Reuter Co-Founder, Owner & Managing Director
Provider of a one-stop computer vision and video processor IP intended to meet the specific needs of customers.
Rotermundstraße 11
Hanover,
Germany
eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners, Hannoverimpuls, EnjoyVenture
95
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 95
WaylensCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.waylens.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $2.2M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Haowei Zheng CEO and Co-Founder
Dawei Shen CTO and Co-Founder
Developer of automotive imaging and computer vision technologies designed to transform the way people enjoy
their time behind the wheel.
50 Milk Street
17th Floor
Boston,
Massachusetts
IDG Capital, Tsingyuan Ventures, E14 Fund Management
Wave ComputingCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.wavecomp.ai
Founded: 2009
Total Capital Raised: $117.3M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Derek Meyer CEO
Dennis Bancala CFO
Chris Nicol CTO
Developer of the Wave Dataflow Processing Unit (DPU), employing a disruptive, massively parallel dataflow
architecture, designed to improve the performance and scalability of machine learning.
42 West Campbell
Avenue
Campbell,
California
Tallwood Venture Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Samsung Venture Investment
96
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 96
XevoCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.xevo.com
Founded: 2000
Total Capital Raised: $34.3M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Daniel Gittleman CEO
David Barclay CFO
Provider of a next generation Software as a Service (SaaS) based automotive technology designed to seamlessly
connect drivers and their vehicles to mobile applications, content and services.
10900 NorthEast 8th St.
Suite 800
Bellevue,
Washington
SPARX Group, Intel Capital, Toyota Motor
XenomatiXCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.xenomatix.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $1.87M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Filip Geuens CEO
Developer of automotive vision systems. The company specializes in developing laser-based automotive vision
systems that allows vehicles to digitize and understand road conditions in real-time.
Research Park
Esperantolaan 4
Leuven,
Belgium
NA
97
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 97
ZendriveCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.zendrive.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $16.62M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Jonathan Matus CEO and Co-Founder
Pankaj Risbood Vice President and Co-Founder
Provider of an application designed to offer smartphone-powered road safety analytics.
929 Market Street
San Francisco,
California
Sherpa Capital, First Round Capital, Expansion Venture Capital, Tuspark Ventures
XsensCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.xsens.com
Founded: 2000
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Per Slycke Co-Founder
Ferry Willems CFO
Manufacturer and developer of 3D motion tracking technology and products created to offer a seamless interaction
between the physical and the digital world in consumer electronics devices and professional applications.
P.O. Box 559
7500 Enschede
Netherlands
NANOTECH VENTURES, PPM Oost
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Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 98
ZongmuCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.zongmutech.com
Founded: 2013
Total Capital Raised: $20.28M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Tang Rui CEO and Founder
Qihui Fan Partner
Developer of a driving assistance technology. The company's technology offers an advanced driver assistance
system, including 2D and 3D panoramic vision system, self-parking solutions and driving recording systems.
Shanghai Pudong
Building 3, 7F
Shanghai,
China
Xiamen C&D, Legend Capital, Deyi Capital
ZenuityCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.zenuity.com
Founded: 2017
Total Capital Raised: NA
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Dennis Nobelius Chief Executive Officer
Niklas Ekstrom Chief Financial Officer
Developer of autonomous driving software. The company's service is engaged in the design and development of
advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous drive systems for use in cars.
Lindholmspiren 2
417 56
Gothenburg,
Sweden
Volvo Car, Autoliv
99
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 99
ZubieCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.zubie.com
Founded: 2012
Total Capital Raised: $24M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Gary Tucker CEO
Chad Caswell CTO
Provider of a connected-car service platform intended to offer fleet management services.
8120 Penn Avenue
Suite 530
Bloomington,
Minnesota
Melody Capital Partners, OPENAIR Equity Partners, Nokia Growth Partners
ZooxCompany Overview
Address: Website: www.zoox.com
Founded: 2014
Total Capital Raised: $790M
Investors:
Selected Senior Management
Professional Professional Title
Jesse Levinson CTO and Co-Founder
Jonathan Foster CFO
Mark Rosekind CSO
Developer of an autonomous mobility ecosystem that includes self-driving vehicles, control systems, AI and a ride-
sharing service all designed to improve urban mobility.
1149 Chess Drive
Foster City,
California
Grok Ventures, Alium Capital Management, Aid Partners, Breyer Capital
100
Private Company Profiles
Source: Pitchbook 100
Autonomous Driving Level 4Gartner 2018
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Parting Thoughts
• Parallels in history? Following the invention of the internal combustion engine invention in 1886, there were around 60-80 automotive startups by the mid 1890s. The market then consolidated when the Ford Model-T hit production 15 years later.
• While the challenges facing today’s “legacy” automotive OEMs are no less daunting than the challenges that faced Eastman Kodak during 1990-2010, the CEOs of these OEMs are well aware of the challenges they face and have been making significant investments to change the DNA of their companies.
• Expect to see significant market consolidation at all levels of the automotive value chain over the next five years.
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