# Daimler Trucks North America

> Daimler Trucks North America is a VC fund backing Automotive and Sensor. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/daimler_trucks_north_america?trk=mini-profile
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/daimlertrucksna
- Website: http://www.daimler-trucksnorthamerica.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daimlertrucksnorthamerica

Daimler Trucks North America is a VC fund in Portland focused on Automotive and Sensor. Daimler Trucks North America LLC, a Daimler company, is the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 3 | 33% |
| Sensor | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 22% |
| Fleet Management | 2 | 22% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Series D | 1 | 11% |
| Series H | 1 | 11% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lutz Beck | Chief Information Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lutz-beck |
| Martin Daum | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-daum |
| Tina Martin | Analyst - Senior Parts Inventory | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tina-martin |
| Leland James | Founder and president | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leland-james |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Platform Science | Platform Science is an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for the new era of connected trucks, freight, and the digital supply chain. Since its launch in 2015, Platform Science has spent thousands of hours working with fleets to make transportation smart. The company is based in San Diego, California, United States. | $125M | Series D | Apr 09, 2024 |  |
| H2 MOBILITY | H2 MOBILITY is a hydrogen filling station operator that offers consulting, planning, and construction services for hydrogen stations. | $120.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| Platform Science | Platform Science is an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for the new era of connected trucks, freight, and the digital supply chain. Since its launch in 2015, Platform Science has spent thousands of hours working with fleets to make transportation smart. The company is based in San Diego, California, United States. | $115M | Series C | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| High Definition Vehicle Insurance | High Definition Vehicle Insurance offers next-generation truck insurance- real solutions for motor carriers in a rapidly changing world.High Definition Vehicle Insurance is an experienced team of insurance, technology, and trucking industry experts who deeply understand the challenges of today’s fleets. At its core, the HDVI team are composed ofinnovators who are passionate about developing game-changing solutions that support fleets in running safe, compliant, and profitable operations. | $32.5M | Series B | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Proterra | Proterra designs and manufactures zero-emission, heavy-duty electric vehicles, enabling bus fleet operators to significantly reduce operating costs while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities across North America. The company’s configurable Catalyst platform is designed to serve the daily mileage needs of a wide range oftransit routes on a single charge. With industry-leading durability and energy efficiency based on rigorous U.S. independent testing, Proterra products are proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in America, with offices in Silicon Valley, South Carolina, and Los Angeles.Proterra's revolutionary battery-electric transit vehicles help fleet operators abandon fossil fuels, improve environmental quality, and reduce operating costs. Together with their customers, they have prevented more than 55 million pounds of greenhouse gases from escaping into the atmosphere and avoided burning some 2 million gallons of fuel.The company was established in 2004 and is based in Burlingame, California, USA. | $415M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 15, 2021 |  |
| Luminar | Luminar is an autonomous vehicle sensor and software company with the vision to make autonomy safe and ubiquitous by delivering the only lidar and associated software that meets the industry’s stringent performance, safety, and economic requirements. Luminar has rapidly gained over 50 industry partners, including 8 of the top 10 global automotiveOEMs. In 2020, Luminar signed the industry’s first production deal for autonomous consumer vehicles with Volvo Cars, while also recently striking deals with Daimler Truck AG and Intel’s Mobileye. Luminar has also received minority investments from the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, Daimler Truck AG, and Volvo Cars, a global leader in automotive safety, to accelerate the introduction of autonomous trucks and cars at highway speed. Founded in 2012, Luminar is a nearly 400-person team with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 30, 2020 |  |
| Platform Science | Platform Science is an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for the new era of connected trucks, freight, and the digital supply chain. Since its launch in 2015, Platform Science has spent thousands of hours working with fleets to make transportation smart. The company is based in San Diego, California, United States. | $54M | Series B | May 26, 2020 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $240M | Series H | Nov 28, 2018 |  |
| Quanergy Systems | Quanergy Solutions, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based technology company developing 3D-LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions. Quanergy’s mission is to enhance people’s experiences and safety by enabling a new generation of automation processes in the physical security, industrial automation, and smart spaces markets. Quanergy’s industryprice/performance smart LiDAR solutions are deployed by nearly 400 customers and over 50 partners across the globe. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA, USA. | $40M | Series A | Dec 18, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Prologis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prologis-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Manhattan Venture Partners (MVP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manhattan-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NewRoad Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newroad-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [40 North Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/40-north-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Daimler Trucks North America invest in?

Daimler Trucks North America invests primarily in Automotive, Sensor and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Daimler Trucks North America?

The team at Daimler Trucks North America includes Lutz Beck (Chief Information Officer), Martin Daum (CEO) and Tina Martin (Analyst - Senior Parts Inventory). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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