# Navneet Dalal

> Navneet Dalal is a seed investor backing Automotive and Autonomous Vehicles. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ndalal
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/navneetdalal
- Website: https://about.me/navneetdalal
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalal

Navneet Dalal is a seed investor in Mountain View focused on Automotive and Autonomous Vehicles. Navneet Dalal is the Founder and CEO of Matic. He previously worked at Google as a Research Scientist. Navneet Dalal attended Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Navneet Dalal: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/navneet-dalal?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 2 | 100% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Car Sharing | 1 | 50% |
| Ride Sharing | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Helm.ai | Helm.ai develops next-generation AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company reimagines AI software development to make scalable autonomous driving a reality. Helm.ai offers full-stack real-time AI solutions, including deep neural networks for highway andurban driving, end-to-end autonomous systems, and development and validation tools powered by Deep Teaching™ and generative AI. The company collaborates with global automakers on production-bound projects. | $13M | Seed | Mar 25, 2020 | http://www.helm.ai |
| Ridecell | Ridecell Inc. is the way in the digital transformation of fleet businesses and operations. Our Fleet IoT (Internet of Things) Automation solutions modernize and monetize fleets by combining data insights with digital vehicle control to turn today’s manual processes into automated workflows. The result is unmatched levels of efficiency and controlfor shared services, motorpools, rental, and logistic fleets.Today Ridecell powers some of the most successful fleet businesses in cities across Europe and North America, including Ferrovial, Groupe Renault, Gig Car Share from AAA, and Toyota Sweden. Ridecell is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Madrid, Paris, Berlin, and Pune India. | $11.7M | Series A | Apr 07, 2016 | http://www.ridecell.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amplo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Binnacle Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/binnacle-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Block, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/block-fda8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A.Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-partners-l-p) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fontinalis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fontinalis-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Automotive Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/automotive-angel-investors)

## FAQ

### What does Navneet Dalal invest in?

Navneet Dalal invests primarily in Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Navneet Dalal?

Public channels for Navneet Dalal 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.

### When did Navneet Dalal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Navneet Dalal closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co