a chat with Autotech Ventures

Autotech Ventures closed their inaugural $120M fund last July, bringing a unique blend of industry expertise, startup knowledge, and strategic corporate backing to the ground transportation.

We caught up with Managing Director Quin Garcia on the firm’s model and current trends in auto tech, including promising areas as well as overheated spaces:

More in the full conversation here. This is the first of a two-parter– stay tuned for the second half next week!

The gift of sight

Our new Expert Intelligence piece is a primer on 14 of the leading sensor hardware startups in lidar and radar. Many of these same players also showed off their latest wares at CES.

Print it and they will come

Large industrial and manufacturing companies have driven the recent surge in industrial 3D printing investment, accounting for a growing share of deal activity in the space.

GE is a dominant player in this space (along with its GE Ventures unit). BMW and BMW i Ventures have also been leading investors from the corporate side. Check out the full analysis in our research brief.

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Parting thoughts on the sharing economy:

Have a great rest of the week!

Kerry
@kerrygwu