Press Archive - Venture Capital

AI that will read your car manual and tell you when to inflate your tyres – Mike Smeed speaks to GCV

22/05/202322/05/2023

AI that will read your car manual and tell you when to inflate your tyres – Mike Smeed speaks to GCV

Everyone is investing in AI chatbots now — even the carmakers. “Take the big manual that used to come with a car 10 years ago,” says Mike Smeed, managing director of InMotion Ventures. “It’s heavy and takes a lot of paper, so there’s a sustainability issue there, and you don’t read 99% of it anyway because you don’t understand it and the font size is too small. “What if you …

11/05/202311/05/2023

Why hasn’t automotive fully embraced hyper-personalisation? Sam Nasrolahi shares her thoughts with Automotive World

‘Hyper-personalisation’ is defined by consultancy firm Deloitte as a brand marketing approach that targets individual customer needs instead of generic …

20/04/202324/04/2023

Why we invested in Envisics, the augmented reality heads-up display company redefining the way people see and interact with the world

InMotion Ventures participated in a $50m Series C for Envisics, a UK-based startup making holographic technology available to consumers through …

13/04/202313/04/2023

The biggest EV battery recycling plants in the US is open for business

Getting rid of old batteries can be a hassle. But for recycling startup Ascend Elements, other people’s garbage is basically a gold …

06/04/202306/04/2023

Gen Phoenix receives funding from luxury brand investors

The materials developer formerly known as ELeather has a new name and $18 million in fresh growth funding from some …

09/03/202331/03/2023

InMotion Ventures backs Envisics, global leaders in holographic heads-up display technology

The automotive industry is starting to show some signs of recovery after a big contraction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and …

27/02/202331/03/2023

Zeelo and Jaguar Land Rover trial EV bus on commuter routes

Zeelo - global independent provider of 100% carbon neutral smart bus transport with live operations in three continents - has …

22/02/202331/03/2023

Car financing fintech Carmoola raise $125 million in a mix of debt and equity

Car financing fintech Carmoola has raised $10.3 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors and a further …

09/02/202331/03/2023

InMotion Ventures portfolio company Urgently to merge with Otonomo

Otonomo and Urgently to Combine to Create Leading Mobility Services Company. Proposed Merger Would Create an End-to-end Platform for a …

27/01/202331/03/2023

Caura raise £4m from Lloyds Banking Group

One of Britain’s biggest banks is getting behind a startup making car ownership less of a hassle, particularly in city …