Alliance Ventures
VC Fund
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alliance Ventures is a strategic venture capital fund of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the world’s largest automotive alliance. The fund, launched in 2018 and co-located in Amsterdam, Silicon Valley, Paris, Yokohama, Beijing, and Tel Aviv, plans to invest up to $1 billion in its first five years to support open innovation. Alliance Ventures targetstechnology and business model innovation in new mobility, autonomous driving, connected services, EV & energy, and enterprise 2.0. By drawing on expertise and business opportunities from across the world’s largest automotive alliance, the fund makes strategic investments at all start-up stages and incubates new automotive entrepreneurs at the cutting edge of next-generation systems for the automotive industry. Alliance Ventures is aligned with the objectives of “Alliance 2022”, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi’s midterm plan which aims to strengthen cooperation and double the annualized synergies generated by Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi Motors to more than €10 billion.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
- Fund size:
- $1B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Alliance Ventures invests in
Stages Alliance Ventures invests in
Countries Alliance Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $5M–$24M
- Series B
- $12M–$30M
- Series C
- $46M–$310M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (39%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (28%)
- Automotive 4 (22%)
- Transportation 3 (17%)
- Autonomous Vehicles 3 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (22%)
- Series B 4 (22%)
- Series C 4 (22%)
- Seed 1 (6%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
Country
- Norway 4 (22%)
- United States 3 (17%)
- China 2 (11%)
- Israel 2 (11%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lei Qi
Investment Principal
|
Investment Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Matthieu Chanville
Head of Alliance Ventures
|
Head of Alliance Ventures | Total investments: 7 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two is a B2B payments and financial technology company that provides buy now, pay later, and net-term payment solutions for businesses. Its platform enables merchants to offer flexible payment terms across online, direct, and in-store sales while automating credit checks, fraud assessment, invoicing, payment collection, and receivables management.Two also provides APIs and tools for integrating B2B payment and credit services into commerce systems. | $15.2M / Series A / Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Kvist Solutions AS specializes in developing software aimed at simplifying the BREEAM certification process. The company's software provides a comprehensive overview of projects, facilitating a clearer and more streamlined path to achieving BREEAM certification. With a focus on sustainability, Kvist Solutions AS designs tools that enable bothindividuals and businesses to make a significant impact on sustainability. The company's commitment to empowering users to make sustainable choices is evident in its product offerings and operational philosophy. Kvist Solutions AS operates in the internet industry and is based in Oslo, Norway, with a team of 15 employees. | $1.4M / Seed / Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| 1X is an artificial intelligence and robotics company that develops humanoid robots designed for general-purpose use. The company focuses on creating robots capable of performing a wide range of tasks autonomously, integrating advanced AI systems with physical robotics. Its flagship product, NEO, is a humanoid robot built to assist with householdchores and daily activities, aiming to function naturally within human environments. 1X emphasizes the interaction between humans and robots as a means for continuous learning and improvement in robotic intelligence. | $23.5M / Series A / Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| Their approach within the world of smart energy is to realize e-mobility - by emphasizing on individual mobility and fuelled by energy from regenerative resources. Companies and individuals can easily enter the electric mobility area - in a safe, sustainable and affordable way, thereby walking away from fossil fuel consuming solutions from thepast.Ever since 2009 The Mobility House has become one of Europe’s leading providers for electric mobility.Within the fast-growing market environment they specialize on charging solutions and managing the battery pack for energy storage. They stand for an international access to e-mobility – which is safe and customer-oriented. The quality of their products combined with reasonable prices and optimum customer service, ensure satisfaction of their customers and their business partner.Operating b2b with the automotive industry, leasing services and energy utilities, and b2c with EV customers: Fulfilling the customers´ needs is their benchmark for competition within the market. | $49.8M / Series C / Nov 03, 2022 | ||
| Bits Technology connects data sources & orchestrates workflows for financial tech services. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 08, 2022 | ||
| WeRide develops Level 4 autonomous driving technologies and provides products such as Robotaxi, Robobus, Robovan, Robosweeper, and ADAS systems. The company focuses on applications in ride-hailing, on-demand transport, urban logistics, and sanitation services. It conducts research, testing, and operations in various urban environments and workswith original equipment manufacturers and automotive suppliers to support deployment of autonomous systems. | $310M / Series C / May 13, 2021 | ||
| Otonomo fuels a data ecosystem of OEMs, fleets, and more than 100 service providers. Our platform securely ingests more than 4 billion data points per day globally from over 40 million vehicles licensed on the platform, then reshapes and enriches it, to accelerate time to market for new services that improve the in-and-around the car experience.Privacy by design and neutrality are at the core of our platform, which enables GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy-regulation-compliant solutions using both personal and aggregate data. Use cases include emergency services, mapping, EV management, subscription-based services, parking, predictive maintenance, insurance, media, in-vehicle services, traffic management, and smart city solutions. | $46M / Series C / Apr 30, 2020 | ||
| Upstream is a cloud-based centralized cybersecurity and analytics platform that protects the technologies and applications of connected and autonomous vehicles' fleets. The platform leverages big data and machine learning to provide OEMs and vehicle fleets with unprecedented, comprehensive, and non-intrusive defense. With application security,real-time data protection, and anomaly detection, attacks are identified and blocked before they reach and harm the vehicle's network.Upstream Security helps corporations mitigate connectivity risks and ensure the safety and security of smart mobility solutions protecting connected and autonomous vehicles. It also secures drivers, vehicles, and mobility services from misuse and cyber-attacks. Upstream C4 is a data-driven cloud-based platform that integrates with automotive data streams of vehicles and promises to detect incidents as they happen in real-time and allocating a rating based on perceived impact and severityThe company received the 15th Annual 2019 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards in Automotive Security (IoT) and Cybersecurity Excellence Awards 2019 - Gold Winner (Automotive Cybersecurity Category).Upstream Security was founded in February 2017 and is based in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel. | $30M / Series B / Oct 21, 2019 | ||
| Their approach within the world of smart energy is to realize e-mobility - by emphasizing on individual mobility and fuelled by energy from regenerative resources. Companies and individuals can easily enter the electric mobility area - in a safe, sustainable and affordable way, thereby walking away from fossil fuel consuming solutions from thepast.Ever since 2009 The Mobility House has become one of Europe’s leading providers for electric mobility.Within the fast-growing market environment they specialize on charging solutions and managing the battery pack for energy storage. They stand for an international access to e-mobility – which is safe and customer-oriented. The quality of their products combined with reasonable prices and optimum customer service, ensure satisfaction of their customers and their business partner.Operating b2b with the automotive industry, leasing services and energy utilities, and b2c with EV customers: Fulfilling the customers´ needs is their benchmark for competition within the market. | Jun 27, 2019 | ||
| PowerShare is a leading designer of charging solutions for the Electric Vehicle market.PowerShare was founded in 2015, is one of AI Big Data innovation company that specialized in Energy and Transportation. Based on the Energy Internet, on the one hand, PowerShare family is active in providing High-quality services in eMobility, eDigital and iNEV;and on the other hand, we own rich and profound technical accumulation and industrial experience in charging infrastructure and NEV field.PowerShare aim for IoT and Artificial Intelligence Technology of Energy Microgrid and Electric Vehicle, offering solutions and key technology service in charging, Electric Vehicle, Energy Storage and second use battery field. In addition, as strategy investors, Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance and British Petroleum (Known as BP) opened PowerShare up to new opportunities. | Series A / Feb 18, 2019 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Alliance Ventures invest in?
Alliance Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Automotive startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Alliance Ventures invest in?
Alliance Ventures typically joins rounds of $5M–$24M at Series A, $12M–$30M at Series B and $46M–$310M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Alliance Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Alliance Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Alliance Ventures?
The team at Alliance Ventures includes Lei Qi (Investment Principal) and Matthieu Chanville (Head of Alliance Ventures). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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