Investor Type | Firm |
Industries | Mobility |
Stages | Early,Seed,Series A |
Investing | Germany |
MobilityFund is an independent venture capital firm based in Hamburg, Germany, with a primary focus on investing in European early-stage startups within the mobility sector. The fund engages in seed to series A financing rounds and seeks to drive the world's transition to sustainable mobility by supporting visionary founders leading disruptive startups. Founded in 2013 and operating under BaFin registration, MobilityFund combines its investment strategy with extensive sector insight developed since 2004 in the energy transition domain. With a geographical focus that extends to select regions outside of Europe, including Israel and the United States, the fund prioritizes software solutions and B2B business models across various transportation mediums including road, rail, air, and sea. MobilityFund believes in the pivotal role founders play in shaping the future and navigating business evolutions and pivots. Therefore, it seeks investments in startups with launched products or services and initial revenues, providing capital to help them scale. As the first institutional investor in many cases, MobilityFund positions itself as the venture partner of choice for mobility startups, offering both risk-diversified main funds and SPVs (special purpose vehicles) for targeted single-startup investments. The fund creates value through capital investment, expert guidance, and access to a vast network, leveraging partnerships with strategically aligned investors from automotive, transportation, and energy sectors. These investors include international industry leaders from automotive dealerships, suppliers, utilities, energy consultancies, logistics, and shipping companies who share the vision for a future of mobility. MobilityFund's portfolio includes a variety of companies working on electric vehicle chargers, peer-to-peer truck sharing, IoT for e-bikes, autonomous driving software, transportation data processing, and more, aiming to integrate advancements and foster global leaders in the transportation sector.