Maniv Mobility Overview
Maniv Mobility is a venture capital fund dedicated exclusively to the new mobility future, has deep connections throughout the global automotive industry, as well as in the policy and technology communities. Investing primarily in early-stage Israeli startups, it seeks out ideas around automotive connectivity and data, autonomous vehicle technologies such as sensors and software, and novel business models. With a wide portfolio of sector leading startups, it actively uses its experience, networks and resources to help its founders turn their ideas into great companies. Maniv Mobility, along with Maniv Energy Capital, Maniv PM, and Maniv Bioventures, is a subsidiary of Maniv Investments LLC.
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VC firm Maniv is growing in every direction, armed with a $140M new fund | TechCrunch
Venture firm Maniv has closed a $140 million fund and opened a new office in New York City. The firm, which was launched in Israel in 2016, has expanded its geographic focus and now has active portfolio companies in nine countries. Manivs investment strategy is focused on the intersection between mobility, transportation, and energy. The firm has also stopped using the term mobility and has opted instead to talk about deep tech, decarbonization, and digitization of the transportation sector. The new fund includes investors from a diverse range of industries, including leasing, fintech, logistics, vehicle maintenance, energy, fleet management, and repair.
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Israeli VC announces first investment in UAE micro-mobility company Fenix
Israeli investment fund Maniv Mobility has invested $3.8 million in the seed round of Emirati micro-mobility company Fenix. This marks the first investment by an Israeli venture capital fund in a UAE company. Fenix specializes in electric scooters for the Middle East region and plans to launch in Abu Dhabi with several thousand units. The investment will help Fenix expand its operations and enter the market with the largest fleet of scooters in the region. The founders of Fenix have previous experience in the mobility sector, having worked at Circ and Careem. The investment signifies the potential for collaboration between Israeli and UAE companies in the field of micro-mobility.
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Maniv Mobility General Partner Olaf Sakkers is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
TechCrunch announces that Olaf Sakkers, general partner at Maniv Mobility, will be speaking at TC Sessions: Mobility. Maniv Mobility is a global fund investing in mobility, with a focus on transportation and mobility-related startups in Israel. They recently closed a $100 million fund with backing from 12 corporations, including Aptiv, BMW, Hyundai, Lear Corp., LG Electronics, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Shell, and Valeo. Manivs portfolio includes companies like Owlcam, Turo, Phantom Auto, Hailo, Revel, Bipi, and Aurora Labs. Early-bird tickets for TC Sessions: Mobility are now on sale.
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With global ambitions, VC firm Maniv Mobility raises $100 million from automakers, suppliers
Maniv Mobility, an Israel-based venture capitalist firm, has closed a new $100 million fund backed by 12 corporations and other investors. The firm focuses on mobility-related startups and has a global investment approach, working with strategic partners in various regions. The new fund has already made five investments, including in car subscription startup Bipi and shared electric moped company Revel. Maniv Mobility aims to pursue global exposure and believes that there is a significant disruption happening in mobility. The firms accidental venture capitalist approach has proven to be effective in developing technology through close collaboration with founders.
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Lear Invests in Israel-Based Maniv Mobility Venture Capital Fund
Lear Corporation has announced its investment in an Israel-based venture capital fund managed by Maniv Mobility, focused on advancing mobility technology. The investment, made through Lear Innovation Ventures (LIV), deepens Lears involvement in the mobility technology ecosystem and enables future collaboration. Maniv Mobilitys portfolio and investing activities are largely focused on Israeli start-up companies in the connected, autonomous, ridesharing, and mobility sectors. Lears Chief Technology Officer, John Absmeier, stated that Israel is at the forefront of the flourishing auto tech sector, and Lear looks forward to the strategic partnership and the innovations that will come from start-ups and established companies driving the future of mobility. This partnership is not Lears first mobility investment in Israel, as they previously acquired EXO Technologies in 2017.
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VC firm Maniv is growing in every direction, armed with a $140M new fund | TechCrunch
Venture firm Maniv has closed a $140 million fund and opened a new office in New York City. The firm, which was launched in Israel in 2016, has expanded its geographic focus and now has active portfolio companies in nine countries. Manivs investment strategy is focused on the intersection between mobility, transportation, and energy. The firm has also stopped using the term mobility and has opted instead to talk about deep tech, decarbonization, and digitization of the transportation sector. The new fund includes investors from a diverse range of industries, including leasing, fintech, logistics, vehicle maintenance, energy, fleet management, and repair.
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Israeli VC announces first investment in UAE micro-mobility company Fenix
Israeli investment fund Maniv Mobility has invested $3.8 million in the seed round of Emirati micro-mobility company Fenix. This marks the first investment by an Israeli venture capital fund in a UAE company. Fenix specializes in electric scooters for the Middle East region and plans to launch in Abu Dhabi with several thousand units. The investment will help Fenix expand its operations and enter the market with the largest fleet of scooters in the region. The founders of Fenix have previous experience in the mobility sector, having worked at Circ and Careem. The investment signifies the potential for collaboration between Israeli and UAE companies in the field of micro-mobility.
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Maniv Mobility General Partner Olaf Sakkers is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
TechCrunch announces that Olaf Sakkers, general partner at Maniv Mobility, will be speaking at TC Sessions: Mobility. Maniv Mobility is a global fund investing in mobility, with a focus on transportation and mobility-related startups in Israel. They recently closed a $100 million fund with backing from 12 corporations, including Aptiv, BMW, Hyundai, Lear Corp., LG Electronics, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Shell, and Valeo. Manivs portfolio includes companies like Owlcam, Turo, Phantom Auto, Hailo, Revel, Bipi, and Aurora Labs. Early-bird tickets for TC Sessions: Mobility are now on sale.
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With global ambitions, VC firm Maniv Mobility raises $100 million from automakers, suppliers
Maniv Mobility, an Israel-based venture capitalist firm, has closed a new $100 million fund backed by 12 corporations and other investors. The firm focuses on mobility-related startups and has a global investment approach, working with strategic partners in various regions. The new fund has already made five investments, including in car subscription startup Bipi and shared electric moped company Revel. Maniv Mobility aims to pursue global exposure and believes that there is a significant disruption happening in mobility. The firms accidental venture capitalist approach has proven to be effective in developing technology through close collaboration with founders.
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Lear Invests in Israel-Based Maniv Mobility Venture Capital Fund
Lear Corporation has announced its investment in an Israel-based venture capital fund managed by Maniv Mobility, focused on advancing mobility technology. The investment, made through Lear Innovation Ventures (LIV), deepens Lears involvement in the mobility technology ecosystem and enables future collaboration. Maniv Mobilitys portfolio and investing activities are largely focused on Israeli start-up companies in the connected, autonomous, ridesharing, and mobility sectors. Lears Chief Technology Officer, John Absmeier, stated that Israel is at the forefront of the flourishing auto tech sector, and Lear looks forward to the strategic partnership and the innovations that will come from start-ups and established companies driving the future of mobility. This partnership is not Lears first mobility investment in Israel, as they previously acquired EXO Technologies in 2017.
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Maniv Mobility raising $80m second auto-tech VC fund
Venture capital firm Maniv Mobility is raising a new $80 million fund for investment in the auto-tech sector. One likely participant in the fund is Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, one of the worlds largest auto corporations. This investment will be one of the first direct investments by a major auto manufacturer in an Israeli venture capital fund.
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Invests in Tel Aviv-Based Automotive VC Maniv
Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishis investment arm, Alliance Ventures, has committed to investing in Maniv Mobility, a Tel Aviv-based venture capital fund focused on automotive and mobility technologies. The amount of the investment is yet to be determined. This partnership aims to help Alliance increase its involvement in the Israeli market and reach local startups. Alliance is also planning to make direct investments in Israeli startups. The fund is specifically interested in Israeli artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and big data startups.
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Maniv Mobility closes $40m auto-tech VC fund
Maniv Mobility has raised over $40 million for its first fund dedicated to auto-tech. The fund has already invested in 15 companies, most of them Israeli. Limited partners in Maniv include OurCrowd, InMotion Ventures, and Valeo, as well as hedge funds and family offices. Maniv Mobility primarily invests at the seed and Series A stage. The global automotive industry has been increasingly looking to Israel for technology building-blocks since Intels acquisition of Mobileye. Maniv Mobilitys Israeli portfolio companies include otonomo, Autotalks, Nexar, Cognata, Upstream Security, and Oryx Vision. Maniv founder, Michael Granoff, believes that the switch from manual vehicles to automated ones will be the headline of the coming era in transportation.
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Maniv seeks m for new Mobility Fund aimed at speeding up transport tech evolution AltAssets Private Equity News
US venture capital investment firm Maniv is looking to raise $25m for its new Maniv Mobility fund.
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