# Audi

> Audi is a VC fund in Herndon backing Software and Automotive. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herndon, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/audi-of-america
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Audi
- Website: http://audiusa.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/audi

Audi is a VC fund in Herndon focused on Software and Automotive. 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 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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Audi. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Audi. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/audi?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $878k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Automotive | 3 | 43% |
| Transportation | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| Video | 1 | 14% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 29% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| France | 1 | 14% |
| Austria | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jan Pflueger | Coordination Augmented- & Virtual Reality, Center of Competence AR & VR | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-pflueger |
| Anupam Malhotra | Senior Director, Connected Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anupam-malhotra |
| Brad Stertz | Corporate Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-stertz |
| Daisuke Inoue | Media & Creative manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-inoue-2 |
| Daniel Weissland | President of FAW Audi Sales | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-weissland-61c0 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sauber | Sauber builds racing and karting cars with remarkable wind tunnel capabilities. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Revl | 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 | 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 Technologies Chicago | 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 |  |
| TTTech | 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. | $54.9M |  | Mar 25, 2015 |  |
| CINQS | December,01 2016. CINQS was acquired by Chabé Group the leader in chauffeur driven in Europe. Premium private hire car company | $4.8M | Debt Financing | Oct 06, 2014 |  |
| CINQS | December,01 2016. CINQS was acquired by Chabé Group the leader in chauffeur driven in Europe. Premium private hire car company | $878K | Seed | Jan 04, 2014 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Archangel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [BMW Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mercedes-Benz Group AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daimler) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GE Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Electric](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-electric) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Audi invest in?

Audi invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Transportation 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 is Audi's check size?

Audi typically joins rounds of $878k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Audi participates in.

### How do I contact Audi?

Public channels for Audi include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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