# car4you

> car4you is a VC fund in Zürich backing EdTech, Travel and Tourism. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/car4you-co-ltd-/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/car4you
- Website: http://www.car4you.ch
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/car4you.ch

car4you is a VC fund in Zürich focused on EdTech and Travel. car4you Switzerland AG is one of the leading online marketplaces for cars and motorcycles, new and used vehicles, in Switzerland. car4you.ch was launched in 1997 and has more than 89,000 vehicles, motorcycles and campers one of the largest Internet portals for new and used vehicles in Switzerland. 2011 has been adopted car4you.ch Tamedia andoperated since September 2015 together with autoricardo.ch. The digital holdings of the media group Tamedia are combined under the umbrella of Tamedia Digital.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $4.4M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |
| Travel | 1 | 20% |
| Tourism | 1 | 20% |
| Education | 1 | 20% |
| Logistics | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blacklane | Blacklane is the global chauffeur service that offers safety, sustainability, and stress-free travel. Since 2017, the company has been carbon-neutral, combining a five-star guest experience with care for the planet. The customers can book their travels using Blacklane’s mobile app or website.Blacklane was co-founded by Jens Wohltorf and FrankSteuer and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $26M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Lecturio | Lecturio provides the highest quality medical education content delivered in the most advanced teaching platform for medicine. Built in collaboration with instructors from Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Brown University and more, Lecturio combines excellent didactics with high-tech delivery. Leading universities around the world trust us to helpthem deliver their unique approaches to teaching medicine and the platform adapts to their curricula and teaching methods. | $4.4M | Series B | Jan 30, 2015 |  |
| Blacklane | Blacklane is the global chauffeur service that offers safety, sustainability, and stress-free travel. Since 2017, the company has been carbon-neutral, combining a five-star guest experience with care for the planet. The customers can book their travels using Blacklane’s mobile app or website.Blacklane was co-founded by Jens Wohltorf and FrankSteuer and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $11M | Series B | Dec 18, 2013 |  |
| Blacklane | Blacklane is the global chauffeur service that offers safety, sustainability, and stress-free travel. Since 2017, the company has been carbon-neutral, combining a five-star guest experience with care for the planet. The customers can book their travels using Blacklane’s mobile app or website.Blacklane was co-founded by Jens Wohltorf and FrankSteuer and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2012 |  |
| MeinAuto | MeinAuto is an information-sharing portal offers a range of auto-related services to its users.The portal contains news, tests, and information about makes and classes of vehicles. It provides guidance on finding authorized dealers, custom designing, leasing and financing options, as well as car and price comparisons. Furthermore, the portalprovides facilities to post queries and obtain answers, email, as well as to receive telephone call assistance from its users. |  | Series C | Aug 04, 2011 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seed GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/88investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [b2venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btovpartners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [RI Digital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ri-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ALSTIN Family GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alstin-family-gmbh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Al Fahim Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfahim) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does car4you invest in?

car4you invests primarily in EdTech, Travel and Tourism startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is car4you's check size?

car4you typically joins rounds of $4.4M–$11M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds car4you participates in.

### When did car4you last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for car4you closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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