Next47

Next47 is an independent, global venture firm backed by Siemens AG that concentrates on enterprise-focused technology companies. It makes fast decisions and shares deep conviction with the teams it backs, aiming to unleash maximum potential. The firm leverages its own global footprint and the Siemens ecosystem spanning hundreds of countries and regions to provide resources and collaboration opportunities. It invests primarily in software, infrastructure, and other information technology sectors, including enterprise AI-enabled solutions.

Lakshmikanth Ananth

Founding CEO and Managing Partner

Lak Ananth

Managing Partner

Cody Anderson

Investor

Michael Aust

Principal

Josiah Bejide

Investor

Past deals in Autonomous Vehicles

Skydio

Series E in 2023
Skydio designs, manufactures, and supports AI-powered drones for consumers, enterprises, and government customers. Its drones use computer vision technology to recognize, avoid objects in real-time, and predict future movements, enabling autonomous flight and obstacle avoidance.

Locus Robotics

Series F in 2022
Founded in 2014, Locus Robotics develops autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for fulfillment warehouses. Its flagship product, LocusBots, collaborates with human workers to enhance order productivity and accuracy by up to threefold, serving retailers, manufacturers, and logistics providers.

Avidbots Corp.

Series C in 2022
Avidbots Corp., founded in 2014 and based in Ottawa, Canada, develops autonomous commercial floor cleaning robots. Its flagship product, NEO, uses laser mapping technology to efficiently clean various spaces such as airports, retail malls, hospitals, and warehouses across seven countries.

Skydio

Series D in 2021
Skydio designs, manufactures, and supports AI-powered drones for consumers, enterprises, and government customers. Its drones use computer vision technology to recognize, avoid objects in real-time, and predict future movements, enabling autonomous flight and obstacle avoidance.

Skydio

Series C in 2020
Skydio designs, manufactures, and supports AI-powered drones for consumers, enterprises, and government customers. Its drones use computer vision technology to recognize, avoid objects in real-time, and predict future movements, enabling autonomous flight and obstacle avoidance.

Built Robotics

Series B in 2019
Built Robotics develops automation technology for the construction industry by turning heavy equipment into autonomous robots with AI-guided software that integrates sensors such as GPS, cameras, and Lidar. The systems retrofit onto earthmoving equipment to enable autonomous operation on job sites, supporting projects such as wind farms, oil and gas pipelines, mining, and housing developments, and they are used to automate repetitive tasks in solar projects to accelerate the transition to clean energy.

Avidbots Corp.

Series B in 2019
Avidbots Corp., founded in 2014 and based in Ottawa, Canada, develops autonomous commercial floor cleaning robots. Its flagship product, NEO, uses laser mapping technology to efficiently clean various spaces such as airports, retail malls, hospitals, and warehouses across seven countries.

rideOS

Series B in 2018
rideOS Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing marketplace and mapping services for the transportation sector, focusing on both self-driving and human-operated fleets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, rideOS offers a suite of services including self-driving vehicle routing, estimated time of arrival calculations, dispatching, supply positioning, and multi-rider trip planning. The company's advanced technologies are designed to facilitate on-demand transportation and support the deployment of autonomous vehicles by determining optimal routing and coordinating human drivers when necessary. With a team of experienced engineers from leading technology firms, rideOS collaborates with various partners to innovate and enhance next-generation transport systems, thereby contributing to the safe and efficient roll-out of modern transportation solutions.

DeepScale

Series A in 2018
DeepScale develops perceptual system software for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles. It enables automakers to use industry-standard low-wattage processors, enhancing perception accuracy without requiring high-end hardware.
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