General Motors Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It is a subsidiary of General Motors, and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. The firm prefers to fund companies during the late stages of financing. It also focuses on providing capital for companies in the automotive industry, with a particular interest in advanced propulsion, connected vehicle, advanced materials, processors, advanced manufacturing technology, and business services. As of December 2019, General Motors Ventures is managing an active portfolio of 16 companies, and has sold of its equity share in 21 companies.
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Funded Companies
Nauto is a Palo Alto, California-based company that develops fleet safety management hardware founded by Stefan Heck.
Proterra, Inc. is a Burlingame, California-based zero-emission and battery-electric bus maker.
Fuel delivery company
NanoSteel is a manufacturer of nano-structured steel material designs.
MapAnything is a Location of Things platform in Salesforce.
People
John E. Waters
Investor
Jon J. Lauckner
President
Rohit Makharia
Investment Manager
Sean Simpson
Investment Manager
Wade Sheffer
Managing Director
