At a Glance
Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA founded in 2016. Autotech Ventures invests in Seed to Series C startups transforming ground transportation. We are building the world’s strongest mobility innovation community. The firm focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ investments across sectors including Aerospace & Defense, Other, Consumer, Fintech, Climate. The firm manages $230M in assets under management. Notable portfolio companies include May Mobility, Phantom Auto, Bestmile and CarIQ. Invests in early-stage mobility and transportation technology companies transforming how people and goods move.
“Invests in early-stage mobility and transportation technology companies transforming how people and goods move.”
Quin Garcia and Alexei Andreev co-founded the firm in 2015 and serve as managing directors; Dan Hoffer is also a managing director. Maurice Gunderson, a long-tenured cleantech and energy investor, sits on the investment team alongside Burak Cendek, Logan Green, Kate Burkhardt and Dilara Bozyilan. Tony Rimas joined as a venture partner.
The firm carries an unusually large non-investing bench for its size. A five-person strategic partnerships group led by David McShane, with Todd Fowler, Brian Donnelly, Rabih Haydar and Ashley Saeb, exists to broker introductions between portfolio companies and the corporate limited partners anchoring the funds, and David Le runs a dedicated portfolio success function. Advisers include Anthony Foxx, the former United States Secretary of Transportation, materials scientist Alan Taub and Saud Abbasi.
Autotech Ventures closed its inaugural fund at $120 million in July 2017, roughly eighteen months after the vehicle's first close in December 2015, and the raise was oversubscribed. Fund I was assembled largely from corporate strategics rather than traditional institutions: vehicle manufacturers, tier-one suppliers including BorgWarner and Autoliv, parts distributors, repair-shop chains, leasing corporations, refueling networks, dealership groups and trucking firms whose combined market capitalization exceeded $500 billion. Early Fund I positions included Lyft, DeepScale, Volta Charging, Outdoorsy and Work Truck Solutions.
Fund II followed at more than $150 million. Fund III closed at $230 million in April 2023, the firm's largest vehicle to date, carrying a Seed through Series C mandate across ground transportation. Cumulative assets under management now exceed $500 million. The strategy has narrowed across successive vintages toward software, services and capital-light hardware rather than capital-intensive vehicle programs, with the corporate limited partner base functioning as a commercial channel that routes portfolio company management teams to incumbent automotive and logistics buyers.
Autotech Ventures primarily invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ stages. This means they focus on companies that are at the earliest idea or prototype phase.
Autotech Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. Many of their portfolio companies are also based in this region, though they invest across geographies.
Autotech Ventures focuses on investments in Robotics, Deeptech, Enterprise. Their portfolio reflects deep expertise and networks within these sectors.
Autotech Ventures's typical investment check size ranges from $. to $.. Actual amounts may vary based on the stage, sector, and specific opportunity.
Autotech Ventures manages approximately $500M+ in assets under management (AUM) across their funds.
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