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Volvo Group Venture Capital

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Total investments 30
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$79M
Portfolio companies 24
Rounds per year 1.15
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 3
Key employees 6

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Transportation
  • Automotive
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
Summary

Volvo Group Venture Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1997. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Gothenburg. The company was established in Europe in Sweden. Volvo Group Venture Capital appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Volvo Group Venture Capital, startups are often financed by Sand Hill Angels, Emerald Technology Ventures, Morado Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Midroc New Technology, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Sand Hill Angels. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by General Motors Ventures, NGP Capital, Morado Ventures.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 14 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Opposing the other organizations, this Volvo Group Venture Capital works on 10 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

Besides them, we counted 6 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Peloton Technology, RidePal, Momentum Dynamics Corp. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Market Research, Transportation. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Trucksters

Logistics
Transportation
$38M12 Jun 2023 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Foretellix

Computer
Software
$85M02 May 2023 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Foretellix

Computer
Software
$32M01 Sep 2021 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Upstream Security

Autonomous Vehicles
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
Network Security
SaaS
Software
$26M24 Aug 2021 Israel, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Flock Freight

Freight Service
Logistics
Shipping
Software
Transportation
$113M01 Dec 2020 California, United States

Upstream Security

Autonomous Vehicles
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
Network Security
SaaS
Software
$30M21 Oct 2019 Israel, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Peloton Technology

Automotive
Fleet Management
Robotics
Transportation
$60M05 Apr 2017 Mountain View, California, United States

Peloton Technology

Automotive
Fleet Management
Robotics
Transportation
$16M22 Apr 2015 Mountain View, California, United States

Cargomatic

Logistics
Public Transportation
Shipping
Transportation
$8M29 Jan 2015 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Foretellix Closes $32M Series B Funding Round For Ensuring The Safe And Efficient Deployment Of Automated Driving Systems

– Foretellix announced a $32m Series B funding round, bringing its total raised capital to over $50m.
– The round was led by MoreTech Ventures with participation from several strategic investors, including Volvo Group Venture Capital, Nationwide and Japan-Israel High Tech Ventures. In addition, all series A investors, including 83North Ventures, Jump Capital, OurCrowd and NextGear participated in this new investment round.
– Foretellix was founded in 2018 by a team of verification and validation pioneers with a mission to make automated driving systems safe and efficient.

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Total investments 30
Average round size 79M
Rounds per year 1.15
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.70

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Trucksters

Logistics
Transportation
$38M12 Jun 2023 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Foretellix

Computer
Software
$85M02 May 2023 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Foretellix

Computer
Software
$32M01 Sep 2021 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Upstream Security

Autonomous Vehicles
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
Network Security
SaaS
Software
$26M24 Aug 2021 Israel, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Flock Freight

Freight Service
Logistics
Shipping
Software
Transportation
$113M01 Dec 2020 California, United States

Upstream Security

Autonomous Vehicles
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
Network Security
SaaS
Software
$30M21 Oct 2019 Israel, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Peloton Technology

Automotive
Fleet Management
Robotics
Transportation
$60M05 Apr 2017 Mountain View, California, United States

Peloton Technology

Automotive
Fleet Management
Robotics
Transportation
$16M22 Apr 2015 Mountain View, California, United States

Cargomatic

Logistics
Public Transportation
Shipping
Transportation
$8M29 Jan 2015 Los Angeles, California, United States
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