Road Ventures

Road Ventures is a Swiss based Venture Capital fund dedicated to launching the world’s next wave of leading companies and entrepreneurs in the transportation and mobility sector. We invest in exceptional companies that offer innovative solutions to the mobility and transportation challenges of tomorrow typically in seed to series A rounds of financing.

Patrice Crisinel

Managing Director

6 past transactions

Caura

Seed Round in 2021
Caura is the payment platform for your car to manage parking, tolls, congestion charge, MOTs, vehicle tax, and insurance. Caura Protect is an FCA registered product with seven insurers, allowing drivers to purchase and manage motor insurance. Caura Maintain seamlessly manages MOTs and vehicle servicing.

Zeleros

Series A in 2020
Zeleros Global SL, founded in 2016 and based in Valencia, Spain, develops technologies for sustainable hyperloop transportation, considered the fifth mode of transport. The company emphasizes vehicle optimization to lower infrastructure costs and enhance passenger safety. Zeleros is preparing to construct a 2-kilometer test track in Valencia to demonstrate high-speed travel capabilities. Its goal is to create efficient hyperloop systems that can achieve speeds of 1,000 km/h using clean energy, combining principles from the aerospace and railway industries through a network of depressurized tubes. This approach aims to reduce construction, operational, and maintenance costs while ensuring passenger safety. Zeleros has garnered support from both private and public sectors and collaborates with prominent companies and research institutions, including the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Additionally, it has attracted investment from various sources and participated in Trenlab's acceleration program, which focuses on innovation in transportation. The company aims to establish an international hyperloop standard to facilitate global interoperability of its system.

MOTIONTAG

Convertible Note in 2019
MotionTag GmbH, founded in 2015 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in smartphone-based mobility analytics and ticketing applications. The company, which was previously known as MotionTag UG (haftungsbeschränkt) until its name change in March 2017, leverages its proprietary technology, MOTION OS, to analyze data from smartphone sensors. This technology provides insights into transportation usage patterns, helping clients understand customer behavior, optimize existing transport systems, and develop innovative mobility solutions. By focusing on seamless and sustainable urban mobility, MotionTag aims to enhance the overall transportation experience for users.

Gestoos

Convertible Note in 2019
Gestoos is a computer vision Artificial Intelligence solution that understands and responds to natural human behavior, from explicit hand gestures to implicit expressions and movement. It enables very high precision tracking of any shape, object and understands motion. It allows users to interact naturally with any device, software solution or application. Gestoos Artificial Intelligence analyzes the sequence of actions and the context, by combining scene understanding with incremental learning, Gestoos becomes the brains behind cameras on the everyday object.

Zoov

Series A in 2019
Zoov is a proven electric bicycle-sharing service that naturally integrates into public areas thanks to its compact and easy to install parking system. Ideal for travelling quickly and freely with minimal effort, Zoov provides better service for companies, schools and other communal spaces within the town. Zoov will be launching in Paris-Saclay this September and in several conurbations over the next months.

Alto

Series A in 2018
Alto provides on-demand rides using a dedicated fleet of new, safe, and well-maintained vehicles. Each driver is an employee of Alto and is carefully vetted and trained to give members a professional and predictable ride, every time. Alto's elegant apps and in-car technology customize each member's experience each time. In short, members drive everything, except for the car. The company is launching in Dallas, Texas with plans to scale to new US cities in 2019. Alto was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, United States
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