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BMW i Ventures
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BMW i Ventures is a venture capital firm that writes early-stage checks of up to $10M to founders building in large markets. It focuses on automotive and mobility themes such as car development, digital sales and services, information technology, manufacturing, supply chain, and sustainability.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsmobilityautomotiveelectric vehiclesmanufacturingsupply chainsustainability
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Or find every investor that fitsBMW i Ventures lists 83 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 43% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (27%), AI & Machine Learning (23%) and Mobility & Logistics (9%). 75% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside DCVC, Y Combinator and Emerald Technology Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name BMW i Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not BMW i Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 83. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 43% |
| Series A | 29% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 14% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 8 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 93th | 83 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 43% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 27% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 9% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| DCVC | 5 |
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Emerald Technology Ventures | 4 |
| Energy Impact Partners | 4 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 4 |
| Expansion Venture Capital | 4 |
| Trucks VC | 4 |
| ATEL Ventures | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8096%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company34%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare BMW i Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with BMW i Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Series B | |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Debt |
Round details for BMW i Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in BMW i Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
83 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and provides conformal coating alternatives for electronics protection. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Alitheon uses machine vision to identify, verify, and trace physical items from their inherent surface features | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| AMPECO provides an AI-native EV charging software platform | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Athenic AI provides an AI data analyst for business intelligence and stock analysis | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Autobrains develops artificial intelligence software for autonomous driving in vehicles. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| AutoFi provides a digital platform for automotive sales, both online and in-store. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Bcomp decarbonises the world through high-performance bio-based materials | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Boston Metal produces high-value metals from a wide range of inputs using its Molten Oxide Electrolysis technology | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Bright Machines builds AI servers, AI racks, and AI storage systems, and provides a platform for designing and building products using robotics and AI. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides charter and shuttle bus services for various groups and events. | Mobility & LogisticsEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Carbon provides 3D printing services and additive manufacturing solutions. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CelLink produces flexible circuits for various applications, including battery packs and data centers. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ChargePoint provides electric vehicle charging stations and related services | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Claroty provides cybersecurity software for cyber-physical systems, offering asset inventory, exposure management, network protection, secure access, and threat detection across industrial, healthcare, commercial, and public sector environments. | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CodeRabbit provides AI-driven code review and governance tools for software development teams | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Aug 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Cyclic Materials recovers rare earths from end-of-life products, building a secure and circular supply chain for materials that are critical to the global economy. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Desktop Metal delivers Additive Manufacturing AM 2.0 technologies, materials, and applications that enable mass production. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| DSP Concepts creates embedded audio processing software, specifically Audio Weaver, for intelligent systems. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Embark provides financial consulting and advisory services to various industries | FintechConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- bmwiventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 15 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 83
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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