Motus Ventures

Motus Ventures

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Investment Firm

Overview

Motus Ventures is a seed venture capital fund and business accelerator focusing on innovation in the Transportation Industry and Internet of Things. Transportation is one of the oldest and largest businesses in the world and greatly in need of innovative solutions that improve safety, reduce congestion, energy usage and pollution, increase efficiency and resource utilization, provide entertainment, and reduce costs.

A combination of recent technology shifts and emerging consumer trends – internet connected cars, vehicle to vehicle communications, crowd sourcing and resource sharing - have opened up a world of new opportunities for innovation in Transportation. Motus Ventures aims to generate superior returns for its investors by providing the funding and resources needed to establish new innovative businesses that capitalize on these new opportunities.

Highlights

Founded

2012

Industry

Venture Capital

Employees

1-10

Investment

25

Lead Investment

10

Exits

6

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Accelerator, Venture Capital

Location

Redwood City, California, United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Motus Ventures, established in 2012 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across 3D Technology, Navigation, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Mapping Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech. The organization boasts a portfolio of 25 investments, with an average round size of $11.0M and 6 successful exits. Their recent investments include Quanergy Systems, Samsung Ventures, TSVC, Newbury Ventures, Sensibo. The highest investment round they participated in was $20.2B. Among their most notable exits are Quanergy Systems and Samsung Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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J. Neil Weintraut

Advisory Board Member

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Robert Seidl

Managing Director, Co-Founder

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Jim DiSanto

Managing Partner

imagePlace John Formisano

John Formisano

Advisory Board Member

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Mark Licht

Advisory Board Member

imagePlace Bob Denaro

Bob Denaro

Advisory Board Member

Investment portfolio

Motus Ventures has made 25 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 21, 2023, when Cranfield Aerospace raised $12.4M.

Motus Ventures has made 6 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Oct 05, 2022, when Qunnect raised $8.0M.

investments

25

Diversity investments

6

Lead investments

10

Number of exits

6

Investments

25

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jul 09, 2020
InOrbit InOrbit
Enterprise Software2.6M
Oct 18, 2021
H2U Technologies H2U Technologies
Energy7.0M
Oct 05, 2022
Qunnect Qunnect
Information Technology8.0M
Apr 21, 2023
Cranfield Aerospace Cranfield Aerospace
Manufacturing12.4M

Exits

6

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

25

Investors

0

Funds

2

Funding Rounds

25

Motus Ventures has raised 25 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 21, 2023 from a Venture Round - Cranfield Aerospace round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jul 09, 2020
Seed Round - InOrbit Seed Round - InOrbit
-2.6M-
Oct 18, 2021
Series A - H2U Technologies Series A - H2U Technologies
-7.0M-
Oct 05, 2022
Series A - Qunnect Series A - Qunnect
-8.0M-
Apr 21, 2023
Venture Round - Cranfield Aerospace Venture Round - Cranfield Aerospace
-12.4M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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