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Road Ventures

VC
Lausanne, SwitzerlandWebsite

Road Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Lausanne, Switzerland investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.5M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$300K – $1.5M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2021Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Road Ventures focuses exclusively on mobility startups, backing technologies that are transforming transportation and logistics globally.

How Road Ventures invests

Road Ventures is a vc firm based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer Goods.

Road Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$1.5M per investment.

Investing since at least 2018, Road Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including Caura, Zeleros, MotionTag. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2021.

Meet the Team

PC

Patrice Crisinel

Co-Founder, President and Managing Director

transportation
mobility
MF

Michel Fries

Managing Director

Mobility
Safety Tech
QS

Quentin Stampfli

Associate

BB

Boris Blanche

General Partner

Transportation
Mobility
Road Transport Industry

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Goods

Portfolio Companies (8)

2021

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Caura

Payment Management·Technology

Caura removes the pain points from vehicle ownership with its payment management platform designed for vehicle owners.

2020

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Zeleros

Transportation Technology·Innovation

Zeleros designs and develops new technologies for sustainable and efficient transportation, which will allow to travel at 1,000 km/h with renewable energies, combining the best from the aeronautics and the railway industries.

2019

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MotionTag

Transportation Technology·Technology

MotionTag has created an operating system that detects how, when, where and why people travel, based on a fully automatic identification of the transport modes, all in a GDPR compliant way.

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Gestoos

AI Software·Technology

Gestoos helps make the world both safer and more convenient through patented computer-vision-based AI software applications that detect & understand human activities and behavior in a GDPR friendly way.

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Zoov

Ebike Sharing·Mobility

Zoov is the first ebike-sharing service that respects public roads with its lightweight, ultra-compact stations in the densest areas.

2018

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Alto

Transportation & Mobility·Ride-hailing

Alto is redefining ride-hailing. Alto uses a dedicated fleet, employee drivers and an elevated customer experience to provide safe, consistent and quality rides.

Other

RI

Ridecell

Mobility
BE

Bestmile

Mobility
How to pitch Road Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Patrice Crisinel, Co-Founder, President and Managing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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