Investments
16Portfolio Exits
6Partners & Customers
10Service Providers
1About ZF Friedrichshafen
ZF Friedrichshafen is an automotive supplier that makes automatic and manual transmissions for commercial vehicles, cars, aircraft, and marine vessels. It also makes rail transmissions and industrial drives such as servo gearboxes.
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ZF Friedrichshafen Investments
16 Investments
ZF Friedrichshafen has made 16 investments. Their latest investment was in Tset as part of their Series A on April 4, 2023.
ZF Friedrichshafen Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/6/2023 | Series A | Tset | $14.24M | Yes | Alois Flatz, Brose Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and ZF Friedrichshafen | 1 |
3/28/2023 | Corporate Minority | CarPay-Diem | Yes | 1 | ||
1/11/2023 | Series C | Oxbotica | $140M | Yes | 35 | |
3/29/2022 | Series C - II | |||||
2/14/2022 | Corporate Minority |
Date | 4/6/2023 | 3/28/2023 | 1/11/2023 | 3/29/2022 | 2/14/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A | Corporate Minority | Series C | Series C - II | Corporate Minority |
Company | Tset | CarPay-Diem | Oxbotica | ||
Amount | $14.24M | $140M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Alois Flatz, Brose Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and ZF Friedrichshafen | ||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 35 |
ZF Friedrichshafen Portfolio Exits
6 Portfolio Exits
ZF Friedrichshafen has 6 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Ibeo Automotive Systems on December 09, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/9/2022 | Asset Sale | 1 | |||
Date | 12/9/2022 | ||||
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Exit | Asset Sale | ||||
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Sources | 1 |
ZF Friedrichshafen Acquisitions
11 Acquisitions
ZF Friedrichshafen acquired 11 companies. Their latest acquisition was Intellic on January 11, 2023.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/11/2023 | Acquired | 7 | ||||
11/5/2021 | Debt | $33.5M | Acquired | 1 | ||
10/2/2021 | Other | Corporate Majority | 1 | |||
8/11/2020 | ||||||
5/13/2019 |
Date | 1/11/2023 | 11/5/2021 | 10/2/2021 | 8/11/2020 | 5/13/2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Debt | Other | |||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | $33.5M | ||||
Note | Acquired | Acquired | Corporate Majority | ||
Sources | 7 | 1 | 1 |
ZF Friedrichshafen Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
ZF Friedrichshafen has 10 strategic partners and customers. ZF Friedrichshafen recently partnered with KPIT Technologies on May 5, 2023.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/4/2023 | Partner | India | KPIT & ZF join hands to promote an independent company "QORIX" KPIT Technologies , a leading independent software development and integration partner to the automotive and mobility industry , and ZF , a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars , commercial vehicles , and industrial technology , agreed to promote an independent company named QORIX to develop and distribute open and scalable middleware products and solutions for the mobility ecosystem . | 5 | |
5/3/2023 | Partner | United States | `` This research facility further strengthens our partnership with ZF and underlines our long-term commitment to turn our unique know-how from more than 35 years of experience in Silicon Carbide power electronics into state-of-the-art solutions for our industry partners , '' comments Gregg Lowe , CEO of Wolfspeed Inc. . | 3 | |
4/13/2023 | Vendor | Switzerland | ZF signs long-term supply contract for SiC devices with STMicroelectronics With the ST agreement , ZF Friedrichshafen has gained another leading global supplier for SiC technology , in addition to the partnership agreement for SiC technology with Wolfspeed announced in February . | 7 | |
3/16/2023 | Partner | ||||
3/9/2023 | Vendor |
Date | 5/4/2023 | 5/3/2023 | 4/13/2023 | 3/16/2023 | 3/9/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Vendor | Partner | Vendor |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | India | United States | Switzerland | ||
News Snippet | KPIT & ZF join hands to promote an independent company "QORIX" KPIT Technologies , a leading independent software development and integration partner to the automotive and mobility industry , and ZF , a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars , commercial vehicles , and industrial technology , agreed to promote an independent company named QORIX to develop and distribute open and scalable middleware products and solutions for the mobility ecosystem . | `` This research facility further strengthens our partnership with ZF and underlines our long-term commitment to turn our unique know-how from more than 35 years of experience in Silicon Carbide power electronics into state-of-the-art solutions for our industry partners , '' comments Gregg Lowe , CEO of Wolfspeed Inc. . | ZF signs long-term supply contract for SiC devices with STMicroelectronics With the ST agreement , ZF Friedrichshafen has gained another leading global supplier for SiC technology , in addition to the partnership agreement for SiC technology with Wolfspeed announced in February . | ||
Sources | 5 | 3 | 7 |
ZF Friedrichshafen Service Providers
1 Service Provider
ZF Friedrichshafen has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Acquired | Investment Bank | Financial Advisor |
Service Provider | |
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Associated Rounds | Acquired |
Provider Type | Investment Bank |
Service Type | Financial Advisor |
Partnership data by VentureSource
ZF Friedrichshafen Team
36 Team Members
ZF Friedrichshafen has 36 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Wolf-Henning Scheider.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Wolf-Henning Scheider | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | Wolf-Henning Scheider | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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