# Trucks Venture Capital

> Trucks Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Automotive and Software. See 82 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 82
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last fund: Dec 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trucks-vc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/trucksvc
- Website: http://www.trucks.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trucksvc/

Trucks Venture Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Automotive and Software. Trucks Venture Capital funds the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$5M |
| Series A | $5M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 21 | 26% |
| Software | 19 | 23% |
| Transportation | 15 | 18% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 15 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 16% |

84 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 37 | 45% |
| Series A | 19 | 23% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 10% |
| Series B | 8 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 45 | 55% |
| Canada | 3 | 4% |
| India | 2 | 2% |
| Israel | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Darius Mirshahzadeh | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darius-mirshahzadeh |
| Jason Townsend | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-townsend |
| Jeffrey Schox | Founding Partner | 38 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-schox |
| Kathryn Schox | Founding General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathryn-schox |
| Reilly Brennan | Founding General Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reilly-brennan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astranova Mobility | Electrifi Mobility is an operator of an electric vehicle asset management and leasing firm aimed at helping commercial fleets electrify. | $6.5M | Series A | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| JetZero | JetZero is an aerospace company that designs and manufactures zero-emissions jet aircraft.Airlines have long sought more fuel-efficient aircraft and now that climate change is a worldwide problem, planes with minimal carbon emissions, if not zero, are unavoidable. Their objective is to hasten such shift. JetZero is actively collaborating withNASA on sustainable aircraft ideas that will soon make zero-emission flight a reality.JetZero is headquartered in Long Beach, California and was founded in 2020. | $175M | Series B | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Maritime Fusion | Maritime Fusion specializes in the development and construction of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) fusion reactors. | $4.5M | Seed | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| Veecle | Veecle is a modern software development platform for vehicle function development. Our carmaker customers use to to design, program, simulate and update all vehicle software. It makes car development dramatically faster and cheaper. It's a clean-slate approach focused on ease of use and scalability. Car functions can be programmed like asmartphone app - with security and safety by design. | $1.6M | Convertible Note | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Bingo Tech | A Shopify style marketplace for last-mile electric fleet needs. Looking to launch a fleet of electric vehicles? Bingo's solutions will enabled you to launch in a matter of weeks: select a vehicle from a wide selection of 2, 3 and 4-wheel options which can all run on the same battery, select battery swapping stations to keep your fleet charged,then launch & manage the entire operation with Bingo's turnkey white label software. | $1.9M | Seed | Feb 21, 2025 |  |
| Auriga Space | Next-generation space launch company providing frequent, sustainable and affordable transport to low Earth orbit | $4.6M | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Teleo | Teleo specializes in converting existing fleet into supervised autonomous robots. It enables operators to control machines from miles away, instantly switching between machines and across job sites. Teleo increases the operator's productivity, enhances crew safety, and features advanced Jobsite insights. | $7M | Series A | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| Carvis.AI | Get instant, accurate diagnostics, easy-to-follow repair guides, essential tool lists, recommended parts, and helpful YouTube tutorials, all in one place. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| BasiGo | BasiGo is an e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing public transport bus owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel.The company offers electric buses for public transportation in Kenya and Rwanda, operating on a pay-as-you-go model. his model includes maintenance and batterycharging, making it easier for bus operators to transition to electric vehicles. | $24M | Series A | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Bedrock Materials | Bedrock Materials pioneers affordable sodium-ion batteries with revolutionary materials and production techniques, changing energy storage for a more sustainable future. | $9M | Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |

10 of 82 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dynamo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dynamovc) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Expansion Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expansion-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Maniv Mobility](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manivmobility) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [eLab Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michigan-elab) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Toyota Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toyota-ai-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Trucks Venture Capital invest in?

Trucks Venture Capital invests primarily in Automotive, Software and Transportation startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 82 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 Trucks Venture Capital's check size?

Trucks Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $2M–$7M at Seed, $1M–$5M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$24M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Trucks Venture Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Trucks Venture Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Trucks Venture Capital?

The team at Trucks Venture Capital includes Darius Mirshahzadeh (Investor), Jason Townsend (CFO) and Jeffrey Schox (Founding Partner). 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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