Audi
VC Fund
Herndon, United States
Audi is a VC fund in Herndon focused on Automotive and Apps. Audi designs, develops, produces, assembles, distributes, and sells vehicles of the Audi and Lamborghini brands in Germany and internationally. The company operates through automotive and motorcycles segments. It offers cars through the premium and supercar segments. The company also sells vehicles of other [Volkswagen Group](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/volkswagen-group) brands; and provides engines, accessories, machinery, tools, and other technical articles, as well as offers used cars. The company offers vehicles of the Bentley, SEAT, Skoda, VW Passenger Cars, and VW Commercial Vehicles brands. In addition, it develops, produces, assembles, and distributes motorcycles under the Ducati brand as well as sells accessories and spare parts. Audi was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany and has an office in the United States.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Audi invests in
Stages Audi invests in
Countries Audi invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Automotive 3 (43%)
- Apps 2 (29%)
- Software 2 (29%)
- Transportation 2 (29%)
- Video 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (29%)
- Corporate Round 2 (29%)
- Series C 1 (14%)
- Debt Financing 1 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 3 (43%)
- France 1 (14%)
- Austria 1 (14%)
- Switzerland 1 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Pflueger
Coordination Augmented- & Virtual Reality, Center of Competence AR & VR
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Coordination Augmented- & Virtual Reality, Center of Competence AR & VR | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Anupam Malhotra
Senior Director, Connected Services
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Senior Director, Connected Services | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Brad Stertz
Corporate Communications
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Corporate Communications | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Daisuke Inoue
Media & Creative manager
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Media & Creative manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Daniel Weissland
President of FAW Audi Sales
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President of FAW Audi Sales | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauber builds racing and karting cars with remarkable wind tunnel capabilities. | Corporate Round / Jan 30, 2023 | ||
| Video Souvineers as a Service. Founded by Eric Sanchez, Nelson Vazquez, and Bruce Pla in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $3M / Seed / Jan 15, 2017 | ||
| Silvercar is an airport car rental experience re-imagined for the connected traveler. Their mission is to remake the airport car rental business. They are a team of innovators with exceptional experience from the worlds of automotive, travel, web, and mobile technologies. The company was formed in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $28M / Series C / Jan 04, 2016 | ||
| HERE, the Open Location Platform company, enables people, enterprises and cities to harness the power of location. By making sense of the world through the lens of location we empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or an enterprise optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destinationsafely. To learn more about HERE, including our new generation of cloud-based location platform services. | Corporate Round / Dec 07, 2015 | ||
| The TTTech Group consists of globally oriented high-tech companies, founded and headquartered in Vienna, Austria. TTTech, TTControl, and TTTech Auto operate under the umbrella of the TTTech Group. The companies offer products and services based on highly innovative software technology combined with a deep understanding of digital transformation inkey verticals. TTTech Group companies are part of a global ecosystem of customers and partners from different domains, research institutions and organizations. TTTech Group builds on 20 years’ technology leadership with extensive experience in collaborating with market leaders. With its real-time networking platforms and safety controls, TTTech Group’s solutions improve the safety and reliability of electronic systems in the industrial and transportation sectors and help to make the Internet of Things and automated driving a reality. TTTech Group transfers proven aerospace network technology to mass markets like automotive and manufacturing. TTTech is the innovator of Deterministic Ethernet and a driving force behind the IEEE TSN standard and SAE Time-Triggered Ethernet standard.Visit www.tttech.com for more information. | $54.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 25, 2015 | ||
| December,01 2016. CINQS was acquired by Chabé Group the leader in chauffeur driven in Europe. Premium private hire car company | $5.6M / Debt Financing / Oct 06, 2014 | ||
| December,01 2016. CINQS was acquired by Chabé Group the leader in chauffeur driven in Europe. Premium private hire car company | $1.1M / Seed / Jan 04, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does Audi invest in?
Audi invests primarily in Automotive, Apps and Software startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Audi invest in?
Audi typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Audi's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Audi took part in.
How do I contact Audi?
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Who are the partners at Audi?
The team at Audi includes Jan Pflueger (Coordination Augmented- & Virtual Reality, Center of Competence AR & VR), Anupam Malhotra (Senior Director, Connected Services) and Brad Stertz (Corporate Communications), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
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