BMW i Ventures
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BMW i Ventures is the venture capital arm of BMW Group, investing in early-stage startups across automotive, manufacturing, and sustainability sectors. It provides capital and strategic support to portfolio companies.
BMW i Ventures is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Mountain View, United States, founded in 2011. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series B, in car Development, digital Sales and Services, information Technology and manufacturing. Its stated cheque size is up to $10M. $1.1Bn+ under management and 90 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We write early-stage checks up to $10M to support visionary founders dedicated to solving real-world challenges in large markets.”
— BMW i Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United States
- Invests in
- North America, Europe
- Sectors
- Car Development, Digital Sales and Services, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sustainability
- Cheque size
- up to $10M
- Founded
- 2011
- Assets under management
- $1.1Bn+
- Portfolio
- 90 companies
Team, as BMW i Ventures publishes it
- Marcus Behrendt Managing Partner
- Kasper Sage Managing Partner
- Baris Guzel Partner
- Michael Hammer CFO
- Inga Grieger Business Development Manager
- Samantha Huang Principal
- Scott Walbrun Principal
- Cedric Char Principal
- Thomas Molleker Principal
- Leon Springer Analyst
- Aneta Auberger Executive Assistant
- Kathy Li Operations & Finance Analyst
Names and roles exactly as listed on bmwiventures.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
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- https://www.bmwiventures.com/portfolioportfolio_count
- https://www.bmwiventures.com/teampeople
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