Investors / United States / Hella Ventures
Hella Ventures
Corporate VC · Northville, MI, United States · North America
Hella Ventures is a multistage corporate venture fund founded in 2015, affiliated with FORVIA HELLA. It invests in startups and partners with them by offering automotive expertise, industrialization and channel capabilities, and access to the automotive industry.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsmobilitydeep techindustrial manufacturingautomated drivingelectrificationconnected car
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Or find every investor that fitsHella Ventures lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (32%), AI & Machine Learning (27%) and Mobility & Logistics (9%). 80% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside BMW i Ventures, Activate Capital and Alpana Ventures.
No funding round on record names Hella Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Hella Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 12. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 32% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 9% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Developer Tools | 5% | 0% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| BMW i Ventures | 2 |
| Activate Capital | 1 |
| Alpana Ventures | 1 |
| Anorak Ventures | 1 |
| Armilar Venture Partners | 1 |
| Astro Capital | 1 |
| Automotive Ventures | 1 |
| BigBooster | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 57th | 32% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1192%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company18%
- 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 Hella Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
12 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 | ||
| AEye develops and provides lidar technology for various applications, including automotive, rail, and security systems. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Apex.AI develops and provides software and AI solutions for autonomy and mobility | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
Enterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides image and video anonymization software based on generative AI. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Excelfore offers secure standards-based in-vehicle and cloud-to-vehicle connectivity solutions and comprehensive cloud-based device management applications for the Software Defined Vehicle. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Halion develops low power, outdoor visible displays and colour changing plastics using colour changing nanomaterials. | Media & EntertainmentIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Kinetic Automation provides automated solutions for modern vehicle repair, including collision estimates and digital repair services | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ridecell provides an asset intelligence and orchestration platform for automotive leasing and finance companies | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Tau develops and deploys next-generation power conversion technology to enable an electric world. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ZaiNar turns any wireless network into a sensing system that continuously knows where everything is, without satellites, cameras, or drain on device power or compute. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- hella.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 12
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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