Hyundai CRADLE

What is Hyundai CRADLE?

Hyundai CRADLE is Hyundai Motor Group's venture capital and open innovation business, which serves as the hub for collaborating with and investing in promising global startups.

Specializing in early-stage and seed investments with a focus on mobility, logistics, and manufacturing, Hyundai CRADLE operates with regional offices across the world, each dedicated to fostering the growth of startups in their respective areas, including the United States (Silicon Valley), Israel (Tel Aviv), Singapore, China (Beijing), and Europe (Berlin, Germany).

Each regional office focuses on the startups within their geographic area.

For instance, Hyundai CRADLE's Silicon Valley office only invests in startups based in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It's particularly interested in companies that have developed a prototype or product capable of being tested and validated by Hyundai's engineering teams.

Investment amounts range from a minimum of $300,000 to a maximum of $10,000,000, demonstrating a commitment to nurturing startups through various stages of their development.

As part of its mission to accelerate transformative mobility solutions, Hyundai CRADLE also pursues engagement with the larger ecosystem, taking a hands-on approach to drive the development of new ideas and concepts, venture capital investments, scouting for exceptional talent, and building proofs of concept.

Hyundai CRADLE's ambitious approach to innovation emphasizes the integration of groundbreaking ideas from all corners of the world to improve the quality of life through enhanced mobility solutions.

What they say:

We invest in startups solving problems in mobility, logistics, or manufacturing; each office has a regional focus. In particular, we have offices in US (Silicon Valley), Israel (Tel Aviv), Singapore, China (Beijing), Europe (Berlin, Germany) and each focuses on on the region in which they are located. For example, the Silicon Valley office only focuses on startups in the US, Canada, and Mexico. In the Silicon Valley office, we invest in US, Canadian, and Mexican startups in mobility, logistics, or manufacturing that have a prototype/product that can be tested and validated by our engineering teams.