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AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTATION | Automobile Parts
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Investments

16

Portfolio Exits

6

Partners & Customers

10

Service Providers

1

About 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.

Headquarters Location

Löwentaler Straße 20

Friedrichshafen, 88046,

Germany

+49 7541 77 - 0

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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.

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ZF Friedrichshafen Investments Activity

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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

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$99M

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10

2/14/2022

Corporate Minority

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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

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Amount

$14.24M

$140M

$99M

New?

Yes

Yes

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Co-Investors

Alois Flatz, Brose Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and ZF Friedrichshafen

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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
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Acquirer

Sources

12/9/2022

Asset Sale

$99M

1

3/21/2022

Divestiture

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10

6/4/2020

Acquired

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$99M

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10

2/26/2019

Divestiture

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$99M

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10

7/6/2018

Spinoff / Spinout

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$99M

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10

Date

12/9/2022

3/21/2022

6/4/2020

2/26/2019

7/6/2018

Exit

Asset Sale

Divestiture

Acquired

Divestiture

Spinoff / Spinout

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$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

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ZF Friedrichshafen Acquisitions

11 Acquisitions

ZF Friedrichshafen acquired 11 companies. Their latest acquisition was Intellic on January 11, 2023.

Date

Investment Stage

Companies

Valuation
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Total Funding

Note

Sources

1/11/2023

$99M

Acquired

7

11/5/2021

Debt

$99M

$33.5M

Acquired

1

10/2/2021

Other

$99M

Corporate Majority

1

8/11/2020

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10

5/13/2019

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Date

1/11/2023

11/5/2021

10/2/2021

8/11/2020

5/13/2019

Investment Stage

Debt

Other

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Total Funding

$33.5M

Note

Acquired

Acquired

Corporate Majority

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Sources

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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

Wolfspeed and ZF to open R&D center in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region, Germany to optimize silicon carbide semiconductor technology

`` 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

Estonia

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3/9/2023

Vendor

India

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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

Estonia

India

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 .

Wolfspeed and ZF to open R&D center in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region, Germany to optimize silicon carbide semiconductor technology

`` 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 .

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ZF Friedrichshafen Service Providers

1 Service Provider

ZF Friedrichshafen has 1 service provider relationship

Service Provider

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Provider Type

Service Type

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Investment Bank

Financial Advisor

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Provider Type

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Service Type

Financial Advisor

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ZF Friedrichshafen Team

36 Team Members

ZF Friedrichshafen has 36 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Wolf-Henning Scheider.

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Work History

Title

Status

Wolf-Henning Scheider

Chief Executive Officer

Current

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Wolf-Henning Scheider

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