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The investment arm of BMW announced today the backing of in Palo Alto-based Yellowbrick, the technological leader in big data warehouse solutions that helps businesses derive value from large data sets in real-time. Yellowbrick’s performance…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 5, 2019
BMW i
BMW i Ventures, the strategic investment company set up by the Bavarians, announced today yet another partnership, this time with San Francisco-based start-up Bright Machines. The investment came during a Series A that raised $179…
Gabriel Nica / March 14, 2019
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Ride hailing apps seem to be quite in fashion these days but, if you ever wanted to use one and you had a small child with you, a limitation might’ve popped its ugly head. In…
Gabriel Nica / February 28, 2019
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BMW’s venture investing arm, BMW i Ventures, announced a new deal today, supporting Urgent.ly, a leading global mobility and roadside assistance platform. In a round of raising capital for the company, the Virginia-based startup managed…
Gabriel Nica / January 23, 2019
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BMW Announces Investment in Automotive Cloud Platform Tekion
by Gabriel Nica
/ Date: January 10, 2019
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BMW is clearly aiming at creating next-level autonomous cars, you can tell by the companies they invest in. It’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that this is widely considered the next big thing in the…
Gabriel Nica / December 18, 2018
Interesting
As more and more of the world comes online and becomes automated the threat of cyber crime is preoccupying tech giants. BMW is declaring itself a technology company these days and therefore has to invest…
Gabriel Nica / December 12, 2018
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BMW i Ventures, BMW’s 500 million Euro venture capital fund announced today yet another strategic investment. This time the fund chose Vera, a company developing innovative data-centric security technology for business of all sizes. This…
Gabriel Nica / August 31, 2018
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Yesterday, after the opening of BMW’s first campus dedicated exclusively to autonomous driving, the Bavarian brand declared itself a technology company, leaving the automotive realm behind. Keeping up with this commitment will take strategic investments…
Gabriel Nica / April 12, 2018
BMW i
Yet another step towards fully autonomous driving was taken today by BMW as the company announced a new investment in a tech company which will help them out in developing their upcoming models. BMW i…
Gabriel Nica / March 20, 2018
BMW i
The BMW Group, through its BMW i Ventures subsidiary, announced a strategic investment in May Mobility today. The US-based company is one of the few focusing on developing a fleet of self-driving micro-shuttles set up to…
Gabriel Nica / February 28, 2018