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TRACXN REPORT : SMART CARSJanuary 2016

Smart Cars Report, January 20162

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Company List 17

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Illustrative Sectors We Track

ENTERPRISEINFRASTRUCTURE

ENTERPRISEAPPLICATIONS

MOBILETECHNOLOGY

CONSUMER FINTECH EDUCATION HEALTHCARE

SECURITY

STORAGE

NETWORKING

MOBILITY

IT OPS

CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

API MANAGEMENT

BIGDATA INFRASTRUCTURE

SAAS

MOBILE-FIRST ENT. APPS

INTELLIGENT ENT. APPS

OPEN SOURCE

RETAIL TECH

MARKETING TECH

STEALTH MODE

VERTICAL SAAS

MOBILE COMMERCE

MOBILE PAYMENTS

MOBILE MARKETING

MOBILE DEV TOOLS

MOBILE HEALTH

MOBILE GAMING

MOBILE LEARNING

MOBILE COMMUNICATION

INTERNET OF THINGS

VIRTUAL REALITY

CONSUMER ROBOTICS

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

SMART HOMES

DRONES

SMART CARS

3D PRINTING

FOOD TECH

SECOND HAND GOODS

BITCOIN

PAYMENTS

EDUCATION IT

SELF LEARNING

LIFE SCIENCES

DIGITAL HEALTH


Sector Overview

Scope of report

This report covers companies providing autonomous or connected vehicle makers, technology or service providers. Over $1.7Binvested since 2010, with ~ $400M+ invested in 2015 YTD. 70+ rounds of funding between Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2015. Autonomousvehicles and fleet management are the two top funded sectors.

• Autonomous Vehicles - 38 investments worth ~ $1.2B

• Fleet Management - 61 investments worth ~ $800M

Most active funds

• Intel Capital (Peloton Technology, UIEvolution)

• Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (Telogis, Inrix)

• New Enterprise Associates (SmartDrive Systems, Swift Navigation)

• First Round Capital(Zendrive, Metromile)

Notable investments in last three months

• Swift Navigation (Autonomous vehicles - Enablers) - $11M, Series A from New Enterprise Associates, Promus Ventures,Qualcomm Ventures, First Round Capital, Felicis Ventures, Fall Line Capital, Lemnos Labs – Dec 8, 2015.

• Censio (OBD– Usage Based Insurance) - $10M, Series A from General Catalyst Partners, Bain Capital Ventures andLakestar – Oct 6, 2015.

Note: Only companies with higher total-funding are mentioned among companies funded by the ‘Most active funds‘


The highest number of companies were founded in the year 2014

• The number of companiesfounded has seen an increasingtrend since 2012 which saw a66% jump in the number ofcompanies found in smart carsfield

• The number of companiesfounded was highest in 2014where the number of startupsacross different sectors in smartcars increased

• The highest number of startupswere formed in OBD basedservices (12) and fleetmanagement (25) in 2014. Ingeneral, there has been anincreasing trend in the numberof startups in autonomousvehicles, cyber security and OBDbased services

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The number of companies founded and funded has increased since 2012

• The number of companiesfounded reached 73 in 2014while the number of companiesfunded has remained relativelyconstant since 2013

• It has been observed that smartcars sector has gained interestamongst both startups andinvestors since 2012

• Number of clone companies inOBD based services and fleetmanagement rose in 2014leading to such a high number ofcompanies founded. But, thenumber of funded companiesstayed relatively constant

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FleetMatics $68M

Tesla $30M

Lytx $85M

Tesla $59M

SmartDrive $47M

Airbiquity $10M

Mobileye $400M

Telogis $93M

INRIX $65M

Quanergy $30M

TTTech $58M

Argus $26MNotable rounds

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• Although the highest fundinghappened in 2013, the data isskewed due the $400M fundingto Mobileye and $55M fundingto Tesla Motors in 2013

• If these two companies areremoved, it can be observed thatthere is an increasing trend infunding in this sector since 2012

• The year 2015 saw a much broadbased funding across sectorswith companies like ArgusCybersecurity, Zonar Systems,Peloton Technology, Navdy andothers receiving funding inexcess of $ 20M


The funding rounds in smart cars has increased since 2012

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• Early stage funding has increasedsince 2012 as new startups inautonomous driving technologyand OBD based servicesemerged

• Google conducted the first selfdriving test on road after a fewstates in USA passed lawsregarding testing of autonomousvehicles in 2012. Also, Teslalaunched its model S in 2012

• This could be the reason behindincreased interest shown byboth existing players andstartups in technologies forautomotive


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Fleet Management

Connected Car Technologies

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Autonomous vehicles sector has received the highest overall funding

• Autonomous vehicles sector hasreceived the highest overallfunding but only a few playersarrogate a large chunk of thefunding. Example – Tesla Motors,Mobileye

• The number of startups inautonomous vehicle space aresmall and those providingenabling technologies likeOttomatika and Swift Navigationhave also received funding.

• Fleet management services andstartups in OBD based serviceshave received large funding inthe last five years. Examples –Zubie, Automatic, ZonarSystems, Peloton Technology,SmartDrive Systems

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Corporate Academia and Research Groups

• Carnegie Mellon University – Research centres in collaboration with GM, UBER

• Singapore-MIT alliance for Research and Technology• Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea• INRIA IMARA – France based research group in LaRA project• Oxford Mobile Robotics Group• Universität der Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany• Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany• University of Berlin, Germany – ‘MadeinGermany’ self driving cars

Traditional car makers New entrants

• Almost all major automotive manufacturers are engaged in autonomous driving research.

• Audi, Nissan, Daimler, BMW, Honda, PSA group and others have done some form of road testing of self driving cars

• Google, Baidu, Uber, Lyft are developing their own self driving car projects through collaboration or internally.

• Baidu has announced partnership with BMW, Lyft with GM, while others are in talks as well. Electric vehicle startups like Tesla, Faraday Future are also committed to autonomous cars.

Automotive tier-1 suppliers

• Delphi, Valeo, Bosch, Harman and others have also displayed their autonomous driving technology capabilities.

• Delphi acquired Ottomotika, a CMU startup providing autonomous driving software enabler in August 2015 to enhance its self driving technology

Technology enablers

• Vision systems and artificial intelligence are the major enabling technologies for autonomous cars

• Mobileye, which provides vision systems to almost all the major automotive companies is at the leading edge of enabling autonomous driving.

• NVIDIA has also launched chips focussed on autonomous driving

Autonomous vehicles - Trends


• Connectivity in cars is increasing and it is predicted that 1 in 5 cars would be connected to internet by 2020.

• Connected cars are inevitable and this has the potential to change the revenue share of the automotive pie.

• Premium segment vehicles are already using internet connected infotainment, real time navigation as differentiators.

• Telecom, digital and consumer electronics players have identified a new opportunity in automotive market.

• OBD2 is already mandatory for cars in USA and Europe. It is in the process of becoming mandatory in emerging markets as well.

• Although started for car diagnostics, OBD2 data along with internet connectivity has unleashed a possibility of various remote services.

• This has led to a surge of startups providing OBD2 device based services like car security, driver behavior analysis, teen driver monitoring, remote diagnostics, alerts to service stations, dealers, etc.

• OBD based startups have received one of the highest funding in the last 5 years in the smart cars space.

• Two major use cases for OBDII based services are Fleet management and Usage based Insurance. Many startups in this field have received significant interests and traditional players have either collaborated with the startups or have started their own services.

• Telecom players and connectivity enablers like hardware providers have a new area of growth. Providing internet connectivity and wi fi in cars could be the next driver of growth for telecom players.

• Digital players like Google and Apple are also providing infotainment solutions for cars as cars could have a potential for huge data based services in the future. Real time geo-location, seamless integration with smartphones and natural user interfaces like voice or gesture based commands are also amongst the focus areas of development.

• Startups like Swift Navigation in this area have seen significant funding interest. A consortium of Audi, BMW and Daimler acquired HERE which provides digital maps from Nokia in August 2015.

Increasing connectivity in cars Surge in OBDII based services Connectivity enabled services

References – Connected car, automotive value chain unbound, McKinsey, Sep 2014

Connected vehicles – enabling new services


CONNECTED CARVEHICLE INTELLIGENCE

SOLUTIONSInrix

CAR CONNECTIVITY ENABLERSTTTech

CONNECTED CAR PLATFORMAirbiquity

CAR CONNECTIVITY SOFTWAREUIEvlotiion

REMOTE CAR SOFTWARE UPDATION

Movimento Group

ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICSVEHICLE INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS

AutomaticUSAGE BASED INSURANCE

MetroMile

SMARTPHONE BASED PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Vinli

DISTRACTED DRIVING PREVENTIONobdEdge LLC

SECURITYCAMERA BASED SAFETY

SYSTEMSLyfeLens

ACCIDENT DETECTION & ALERTSSplitSecnd

CYBER SECURTIY & INTRUSION DETECTIION

Argus Cybersecurity

THEFT VEHICLE RECOVERYInilex

SMARTPHONE DISTRACTION AVOIDANCE

SafeDrive

FLEET MANAGEMENTSAFETY & FUEL MANAGEMENT

FOCUSPeloton Technology

ANALYTICS FOCUSLytx

COMPLIANCE FOCUSZonar Systems

ROUTE OPTIMIZATIONMetroTech

TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERSQualnetics

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INFOTAINMENT

SEMI AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MAKERSTesla Motors

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MAKERSZMP Inc

AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ENABLERSMobileye

SOFTWARE PROVIDERSOpenSynergy

DRIVING ASSISTANCEMOBILE BASED DRIVER

ASSISTANCEApio Systems

NAVIGATIONNavdy

SENSOR BASED DRIVER SAFETYIPROC

PARKING ASSISTANCEParko

FATIGUE/ ALCOHOL DETECTION

HealthyRoad

NATURAL LANGUAGE DETECTION

Api.ai

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Market Map – Smart Cars

$501M

$107M

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$1.2B $19M

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Smart Cars– Business Model Description

CONNECTED CARS Technologies enabling connectivity of cars to network and its applications

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESAutonomous vehicle makers and

enabling technology providers

DRIVING ASSISTANCETechnologies assisting driver for

navigation, ensuring safety and providing ease of use

Overview Smart cars (in our case) consists of makers or technology providers enhancing autonomous driving or connected vehicles. It consists of seven business models based on technology and functions.• Autonomous vehicles – Autonomous or committed to autonomous vehicle manufacturers, enabling technology providers• Connected Cars – Technologies enabling internet connectivity in cars and services based on connected cars• Driving Assistance – Technologies or services assisting driver like navigation, maps, smartphone based assistance while

maintaining safety of the driver• Security – Physical vehicle security and cyber security technologies• Infotainment – Technology providers for advanced in car infotainment systems• OBD – OBD based technology and service providers primarily targeting individual buyers• Fleet management - Technologies and services for managing fleet of vehicles more effectively and efficiently


Smart Cars– Business Model Description

INFOTAINMENTInfotainment solution providers

SECURITYVehicle and cyber security

ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICSOBD based services primarily

targeting car owners

FLEET MANAGEMENTServices for effectively managing a

fleet of cars


Most Active Investors

Intel Capital

KPCBNew

Enterprise Associates

First Round Capital

AME Cloud

Ventures

Bain Capital

Ventures

Castrol innoVentures

DaimlerMagna

InternationalQualcomm Ventures

Stage 1 Ventures

Volvo Group

Autonomous vehicles

ZMP Inc.Swift

NavigationSwift

NavigatonCruise

AutomationTesla

MotorsSwift

NavigationTriLumina

Connected car

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UIEvolution, CloudMade,

InrixInrix Inrix Carvoyant

Driving Assistance

Api.ai Dash Navdy

OBD Zubie

SecurityArgus

Cybersecurity

Infotainment

Fleet Management

Peloton Technology Telogis

SmartDriveSystems,

Metromile

MetroMile, Zendrive

Local Motion

CensioPeloton

TechnologyZonar

SystemsPeloton

Technology

Peloton Technology,

Lytx


Smart Cars – Company List

DETAILS CLOSE TO 342 COMPANIES (105 FUNDED AND 237 UNFUNDED COMPANIES)

COVERS THE FOLLOWING SECTORS

Autonomous Vehicles

Connected CarDriving

AssistanceInfotainment Security OBD

Fleet Management


Autonomous Vehicles (1/9)

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Infotainment Security OBDFleet

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Company Details Funding Investors

Autonomous vehicle makers

ZMP INC [Tokyo, 2001]: ZMP Inc. is an international company in the field of robotics, autonomous vehicles,automotive technology, sensing technology and related areas. ZMP develops autonomous cars, ADASplatform, sensing systems, robotics and robotics material engineering, R&D and testing support forcustomers. It has partnered with Sony for Aerosense and have released their first drone. They would alsocollaborate for Sony's car ambitions.

Intel Capital


Piaggio Fast Forward [Boston, 2015]: It is a startup created internally by Piaggio, the automotive major. Itaims to create innovative sustainable autonomous transport solutions considering the progress incommunications, information and network technology. It is a part of Harvard i-labs.


Autonomous Tractor Corporation [Fargo, 2014]: ATC produces a product that transforms the existingtractors into driver-less tractors. The product which is a combination of proprietary navigation systemAutoDriver, and proprietary electric wheel motors, eDrive that replaces the existing tractor’s transmission,differential and axles with four simple motors.The company plans to launch a new product called Spirit,that mows, dries and bales the hay in one pass


Robot Taxi [Tokyo, 2015]: It is a JV between Dena Co.,(holds 66% of the JV) a mobile internet publiccompany, and ZMP Inc.,(holds 33% of the JV) autonomous vehicle technology development company.Robot taxi is a driverless taxi service directed mainly towards elders and children in Japan.The companyplans to launch a prototype by 2016 and aims to launch a full-fledged taxi service for the 2020 Olympics tobe held in Japan.


Easymile [Toulouse, 2014]: An electric shuttle dedicated to smart mobility. It operates as a smart mobilityas a service for last mile connectivity. It provides completely autonomous shuttles which can carry upto 12passengers and is operated in private properties like industrial complexes, shopping malls, amusementparks, etc. or public places like assigned urban areas. It is a JV between vehicle manufacturer ( Ligier group )and hi tech robotics company ( Robosoft ).

http://www.zmp.co.jp/

http://www.piaggiofastforward.com/

http://www.autonomoustractor.com/

http://www.robottaxi.com/

http://www.easymile.com/



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Navya technology [Paris, 2014]: Provides an electric, autonomous and intelligent shuttle which cantransport upto 15 passengers and safely drive upto speed of 45 km/hr, mostly on private sites. It is targetedto urban facilities, industrial sites, airports, amusement parks, hospital,etc. October 2015 marked thelaunch of the new NAVYA ARMA, the manufacturer’s first driverless production vehicle. It is owned andaccompanied by Robolution capital, first private equity fund dedicated to service robotics.


nuTonomy [Massachusetts, 2013]: nuTonomy is an MIT spin-off that builds state-of-the art self-drivingcars and autonomous mobile robots. Working with major automotive manufacturers and small, disruptivestartups to reinvent personal mobility for the twenty-first century. They also provide fleet managementsoftware and consulting services for autonomous vehicle development and testing.


BestMile [Lausanne, 2014]: BestMile is a Swiss startup active in the technology sector which developssolutions and services for urban mobility with a focus on last mile issues. Designed to manage any vehiclefleet that brings a solution to the ‘last mile’ problem. BestMile is the world first mobility solutions providerfor driverless and autonomous shuttle services. BestMile offers its clients a web platform for planning,controlling and monitoring several autonomous systems around the world, in real time. Received firstcommercial contract with a major public transport company in Switzerland in November 2015.


dryverless [San Francisco, 2015]: dryverless is a San Francisco-based technology startup that is currently inthe seed stage. Building the first and only peer-to-peer fully autonomous transportation logistics network.It aims at leveraging advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), partnered service providers, and idlevehicle commodities. Member of Microsoft BizSpark and Microsoft Partner Network.


Zoox [Menlo Park, 2013]: A DFJ funded robotics startup in stealth mode based in Palo Alto/Menlo Park isbuilding a technology team for end users to interact with the world's ultimate connected device.It’s thebrainchild of the Australian designer Tim Kentley-Klay and Jesse Levinson, an engineer who worked atStanford University with Sebastian Thrun, the first director of Google’s self-driving car program

http://www.navya.tech/

http://www.nutonomy.com/

http://www.bestmile.com/

http://www.dryverless.com/

http://www.zoox.com/



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AuRo [Bangalore, 2013]: AuRo is a spin-off from a research group of IIT Kharagpur working on autonomousvehicles. The company is presently helping some of the leading automobile companies in buildingautonomous driving systems and ADAS for their cars. Building its autonomous driving software platform'AuRoNav' on which various autonomy apps can be built. The company plans to build autonomous shuttlesfor large complexes like universities, industrial complexes, golf carts, etc. The autonomous shuttles aretested at Santa Clara University and the company is part of summer 2015 batch of Y combinator.

Semi autonomous vehicle makers

Tesla Motors [Palo Alto, 2003]: Tesla Motors is a company that produces a high-performance electricsports car. Introduced in June 2006 to the public complete with a test drive by California Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger, the Tesla Roadster is able to go from 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds, while also delivering100 miles per gallon. Tesla has also released autopilot features which require minimum humanintervention and has machine learning to improve the autopilot by learning from the human interventions.It is working on autonomous technology and believes completely autonomous cars would be a reality by2020. Tesla’s investors include Google's Co-Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In 2015, Tesla announcedthe Powerwall, a battery product for home use.

$554M

Compass Technology Partners, Valor Equity Partners, Google, J.P. Morgan, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Draper

Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Capricorn Investment Group, Technology

Venture Partners US, Daimler, DFJ Growth, U.S. Department of Energy, Fjord Ventures, Aabar Investments,

Panasonic, Office of Systems Integration

Semi autonomous vehicle makers

Faraday Future [Gardena, 2014]: Faraday Future (aka FF) is an early-stage California-based electric vehiclecompany, dedicated to creating electric cars that offer clean, smart, connected mobility for all. FF claimsthat its product which will be launch in 2017 will be "100% electric, zero-emission, fully-connected andpersonalized in ways you've never even considered possible." They are also working on autonomous driveand in-car connectivity. The financial backing of the firm and the CEO are not disclosed in public but thereare various speculations currently. They announced to spend $1 billion on US factory. The companyunveiled its FFZERO1 concept in Jan 2016.

Autonomous driving enablers

Swift Navigation [San Francisco, 2012]: Swift Navigations's product Piksi is a low-cost, high-performanceGPS receiver with Real Time Kinematics functionality for centimetre level relative positioning accuracy. Itssmall form factor, fast position solution update rate, and low power consumption make Piksi ideal forintegration into variety of applications like agriculture, drones and construction and autonomoustransportation. Piksi's open source firmware allows it to be easily customized to the particular demands ofend users' applications, easing system integration and reducing host system overhead. Raised $166k onKickstarter. Sold more about 1,000 modules to more than 300 customers.

$13.6M

First Round Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Felicis Ventures,

VegasTechFund, Lemnos Labs, Fall Line Capital, New Enterprise

Associates, Promus Ventures, First Round, Felicis

http://www.aurobots.com/

http://www.teslamotors.com/

http://www.faradayfuture.com/

http://www.swiftnav.com/



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Autonomous driving enablers

Autonomous Solutions [Petersboro, 2000]: ASI robots is a spinoff from a research group at the Center forSelf Organizing and Intelligent Systems at Utah State University. ASI robots vehicle automation kit allowsuser to drive any vehicle robotically through teleop, remote control or full automation. Technology has anunderlying Mobius software interface. Deere was one of the initial customers of ASI. ASI's technology haswide scale usage in military, mining and farming operations. It provides ADAS solutions, testing systems forautomotive vehicles, automation solutions for various vehicles, command and control center for unmannedvehicles,etc. The research thrust has been autonomous vehicles in various areas.

Autonomous driving enablers - Vision based systems

Mobileye [Jerusalem, 1999]: Mobileye is a pioneer in the development of vision systems for on-boardDriving Assistance Systems; providing data for decision making applications such as Mobileye’s AdaptiveCruise Control, Lane Departure Warning, Forward Collision Warning, Headway Monitoring, High BeamAssistand more. Founded in 1999, the company is recognized as the leading provider of vision-based driverassistance technologies and has been selected by major automotive companies worldwide for theirproduction vehicles. To date, Mobileye’s technology has been launched by BMW 5-Series, 6-Series, 7-Series, Volvo S80, XC70 and V70 models, and Buick Lucerne, Cadillac DTS and STS. Mobileye’s mission is todevelop vision systems for accident reduction and driver assistance. These systems work as a third eye forthe driver by supporting the driver in performing routine driving tasks (e.g., distance keeping, adaptivecruise control) and provide timely warnings (e.g., lane departure warning, forward collision warning) indangerous situations.

$515MGoldman Sachs, FIBI Holding, GlenRock Israel, Delek Group


Quanergy [Sunnyvale, 2012]: Quanergy's LiDAR (light detection and ranging) sensor and softwaretechnology is an advanced imaging system for vehicles. Features include a range of 300 meters, centimetreaccuracy, 360° field of view, all-weather capability, compact size, light weight, low power consumption, andlow price point. Benefits include awareness of all objects and people surrounding a vehicle as well assupport for leading-edge advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). This technology is used to realizesemi-autonomous and autonomous driving. Demonstrated a self driven car in conjunction with Mercedesduring CES 2015.

$34.5MMotus Ventures, Newbury Ventures, Samsung Ventures, TEEC Angel Fund

http://www.asirobots.com/

http://www.mobileye.com/

http://www.quanergy.com/



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TriLumina [Albuquerque, 2010]: TriLumina Corp., is a semiconductor laser technology company whichdevelops, manufactures and integrate powerful laser solutions. TriLumina infrared emitters are capable ofhigh power illumination of laser radar (LiDAR) depth sensing. The two major applications are LiDAR (lightdistance and ranging) for ADAS solutions and NUI (Natural user interface) like 3D sensing, gesturerecognition, eye tracking. The 'light engine' behind this technology is said to improves performance,accuracy and reduce power requirement for such application. It also has compact size making it possible tointegrate in many mobile devices.

$14.25MCottonwood Technology Fund, Sun Mountain Capital, Stage 1 Ventures


AdasWorks [Budapest, 2015]: Spin-off company of Kishonti informatics. The company aims to developartificial intelligence for self driving cars to make automated driving safe and accessible. It providescomputer vision based integrated image processing, sensor fusion and scalable platform for drive assistsystem including pedestrian detection, lane and car detection, trajectory control and others.

$2.5MRobert Bosch Venture Capital, Inventure Oy, Day One Capital


Photoneo [Bratislava, 2013]: The company has a mission is to bring a unique revolutionary 3D scanningtechnology to industry segment and present a new way of software development. This project is focusedespecially on a new 3D camera device development. Relevant software support will represent an integralpart of this device. The project is divided into two main phases. First, produce cameras for industrysegment with applications in bin picking, collision avoidance, autonomous vehicles, face recognition, etc. Inthe second phase we would like to continue with miniaturization of our device and integrate ourtechnology to smart devices.

$2.3M Credo Ventures


PLK Technologies [Seoul, 2003]: Started as an internal corporate venture at Hyundai to develop smartcamera algorithm for smart car project. It provides camera vision based products including Advanced DriveAssist Systems (ADAS), lane departure warning, etc. It is the leading developer of technology in cameravision for Hyundai and Kia and sells its technology to other automotive players and after market players.

http://www.trilumina.com/

http://www.adasworks.com/

http://www.photoneo.com/

http://www.plk.co.kr/



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Nexvision [Marseille, 2002]: Nexvision is a hardware and software design house specialized in optronicsystems & vision solutions in UV, night, SWIR, LWIR/Thermal and Terahertz bands. It provides itsdesigns to various industries like extreme sports, aeronautics, automobile, security and surveillance, etc. Itsautomotive customer includes Renault Nissan.


PYXALIS [Moirans, 2010]: Unique set of IPs and understanding in various domains like high dynamic, globalshutter sensors, high speed devices, large area (up to 400cm²), BSI sensors, NIR, etc. It provides customizedimage sensors with on-chip image processing for various industries medical applications, photography,automotive for object detection.


Chronocam [Paris, 2014]: It develops machine vision sensor technology inspired by biological eye. It claimsto significantly outperform current vision systems. It aims to radically change the machine visiontechnology in various sectors. The technology could have major application in vision systems for drive assistsystems and autonomous vehicles.


Fastree3D [Lausanne, 2013]: Fastree3D develops next generation 3D imaging sensors that recognize andlocate fast moving objects in 3D in real-time, enabling driving assistance or autonomous navigation. Thesensors are leading in resolution, speed, background light filtering and complements sensors such as 2Dcameras, radar, ultrasound. They combine low cost of consumer electronics and features for autonomouscars. It has over 10 patents in this field.


Teledyne Optech [ , 1974]: Teledyneoptech was formed after Teledyne acquired Optech. Optech was aleader in advanced laser based survey and digital imaging instrumentation. Founded in 1974, Optechprovides advanced light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems used in airborne mapping and laserbathymetry, as well as mobile mapping and terrestrial imaging. Imaging and mapping systems finding usagein energy, natural resources and infrastructure industries, as well as government customers.

http://www.nexvision.fr/

http://www.pyxalis.com/

http://www.chronocam.com/

http://www.fastree3d.com/

http://www.teledyneoptech.com/



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CogniVue [Gatineau, 2009]: Cognivue has developed Image cognition processors(ICP) core APEX, tools andsoftware to drive vision performance per area per power. These ICPs allow developers to create embeddedvision products which understand their environment through visual means. Cameras developed using theseICPs find wide usage in automotive, wearable and industrial sectors. Cognivue has entered into partnerships Khronos group, Eyesight, Fraunhofer and other companies to develop embedded vision products.


Velodyne LiDAR [Morgan Hill, 2005]: Velodyne LiDAR manufactures sensor products for light detectionand ranging scanner. Offers HDL-64E LiDAR sensor for obstacle detection and navigation of autonomousground vehicles and marine vessels; HDL-32E LiDAR sensor is small, lightweight, ruggedly built and featuresup to 32 lasers across a 40° vertical field of view; and VLP-16 sensor is small, & cost-effective andprovides Real-time, 360°, 3D distance & calibrated reflectivity measurements. These LiDAR sensorsare used in Google Car and Ford self driving car project.


videantis [Hannover, 2004]: Provides advanced image and video processor IPs. This enables computervision and multi-format video coding. These technologies are important frontiers of advancement in ADASand autonomous cars. They could also help in advancement of augmented reality, natural user interface,face recognition, etc. Deloitte recognized it as one of the 50 fast growing technology company in Germany.


Ibeo Automotive Systems [Hamburg, 2009]: Researched and refined laser based scanning systems andholds around 80 patents in the field. The advancement has led to better drive assist systems and highlyautomated drive systems. The products and evaluation software suite provide a benchmark for third partyADAS manufacturers. Their aim is to make laser based ADAS the norm in automotive industry.


Adasens [Oberhausen, 2006]: ADASENS Automotive GmbH is designated to develop and market machinevision, embedded software solutions for camera based automotive ADAS systems. It provides softwareservices for automotive OEMs in camera based drive assist systems along with IP licensing. Currently, a JVbetween Fico mirrors Spain and Denso Japan since 2013. It started as a subsidiary of OMRON

http://www.cognivue.com/

http://www.velodynelidar.com/

http://www.videantis.com/

http://www.ibeo-as.com/

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Safe Drive Systems [New York City, 2008]: Safe Drive Systems provides RADAR based products likecollision avoidance system warns of collisions and lane departures in all weather for supreme safety, lanedeparture warnings, etc. It does not automatically control the car but only provides warning signals to thedriver. It is currently targeted for the automobile aftermarket. It is a different approach to LiDAR basedADAS solutions by Mobileye which is more focussed on collaborating with OEMs.


VisLab [Parma, 2010]: Spinoff company of University of Parma. Developing machine vision algorithms andintelligent systems. Many results are considered worldwide milestones as claimed by the company. Theapplications include ADAS, active/passive safety systems, automated driving, etc. The company wasacquired by Ambarella in July 2015.


BrightWay Vision Ltd. [Haifa, 2010]: BrightWay Vision develops new vision technology for vehicles, whichprovides the driver with a safer and easier driving experience. This technology, combined with active safetysystems, reduces the risk of car accidents and saves lives. Currently developing an advanced day and night-time system for forward-facing driver assistance functions, based on an active gated-imaging technologynamed BrightEye. It offers all the benefits of a rich, natural and intuitive image, even during harsh weather,with real-time sophisticated computer-vision features, such as Lane Departure Warning, Forward CollisionWarning, Pedestrian Detection, and other automatic capabilities. BrightEye can function as a stand-aloneday and night-time driving solution, or as an integrated solution with existing Advanced Driver AssistanceSystems (ADAS) technologies. The company was spun off from Elbit Systems Ltd., leading defenceelectronics firm.

Autonomous driving enablers - Cruise control providers

Cruise Automation [San Francisco, 2013]: Cruise's RP-1 is an ADAS (Advanced driver assistance systems)system that has three components. The first component is a car mounted sensor to view the road. The nextcomponent includes the actuators that control the steering. The final component is a computer that goes inthe trunk. The user can trigger the ‘Cruise’ button to allow the system to take control of the car. It can steerthe car precisely to keep it in lane, has advanced car and lane tracking, radar based adaptive speed controland collision avoidance. Has a companion smartphone app that allows the user to monitor what the sensorsees. Expected in 2015, costs $10k (with preorders for the first 50 units available) and can be installed onany Audi A4 or S4 (2012 or later). Y Combinator W14 alum. Funded by Y Combinator and Signia VenturePartners.

$16.8MY Combinator, Founder Collective, CrunchFund, SV Angel, AME Cloud

Ventures, Spark Capital

http://www.safedrivesystems.com/

http://www.vislab.it/

http://www.brightwayvision.com/

http://www.getcruise.com/



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Autonomous driving enablers - Software providers

Ottomatika [Pittsburgh, 2014]: It was spun off from Carnegie Mellon University. The team focussed onautonomous vehicle technology and provides advanced software for autonmous driving. It had built thecompletely autonomous Cadillac SUV. Acquired by Delphi in August 2015 to enhance its automated drivingcapabilities. The company provided a product called as 'Ottonomous driving system'.

$2.6M Delphi Ventures


Baselabs [Chemnitz, 2012]: Baselabs offers an innovative software solution for developing advanced driverassistance systems. Baselabs’ software suite and its services allow increasing its customers’ efficiency in theautomotive industry and the performance of driver assistance systems. It provides data fusion in multiplesensor scenarios. Customers are leading OEMs, tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers.

Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen


Hipperos [Belgium, 2014]: HIPPEROS is a family of new multitasking hard real-time operating systems(RTOS) for safety critical applications, specifically designed to provide reliability, predictability andperformance while using multicore architectures efficiency, taking into account their specific constraintsand features.

http://www.ottomatika.com/

http://www.baselabs.de/

http://www.hipperos.com/


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TTTech [Vienna, 1998]: TTTech is the leading supplier of dependable networking solutions based on time-triggered technology and modular safety platforms. It provides Electronic Control Units (ECUs) for ADAS toautomotive OEMs and Ethernet switches for cars. It provides deterministic Ethernet whose reliability ofservice is essential for Internet of Things applications. It finds application in aerospace and industrials apartfrom automotive domain. The technology is used by Audi AG and Audi also has acquired a minority stake inthe firm.

€74M Aeris Capital


Hughes Telematics [Atlanta, 2007]: Hughes Telematics Inc. (HTI) develops a suite of information-based andwireless services that are adaptable to any sort of vehicle platform. The HTI solutions are developed to beopen source architecture, with a telmatics platform “allowing for interconnectivity between multiplecontent providers, call centers and in-vehicle hardware platforms.” HTI also customizes to Aftermarket,Manufacturer, and Fleet solutions. The company is now a part of Verizon telematics.

$67.3M


Autonet Mobile [Marin, 2005]: Company has developed a mobile router that taps into third generationtelecommunications networks to effectively generate a mobile wireless hotspot. Using the app users canlock and unlock a vehicle remotely, manage teenage driving through parental controls, check car healthreports, use in-car Wi-Fi and access other features. AT&T partnered with Autonet to bring LTEconnectivity to Autonet's telematics solution. Customers include Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Maserati, MercedesBenz etc.

$14.6M Alex Fries


Intelligent Mechatronic Systems [Waterloo, 1999]: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems, IMS providestelematics solutions to deliver the ultimate Connected Car experience. The company’s innovations arepioneering the Connected Car category while adding more purpose to every journey by making driverssmarter, safer and greener. IMS has employees in the United States, Canada and the Middle East. IMSheadquarters are located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. IMS has developed a portfolio of more than 140Connected Car patents and patents-pending across a diverse range of technologies throughout NorthAmerica, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. The IMS DriveSync® Connected Car platform is built onover a decade of IMS proprietary technology and research and development conducted within IMS. Theplatform is targeted towards usage based insurance but also can provide host of other services likemonitoring, training, reward points, fleet management, etc.

$4M BEST Funds

http://www.tttech.com/

http://www.hughestelematics.com/

http://www.autonetmobile.com/

http://www.intellimec.com/



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Cohda Wireless [Melbourne, 2004]: Cohda Wireless is a leading developer of Safe Vehicle and ConnectedVehicle design solutions and services for public safety, outdoor, and automotive wireless-based systems.Cohda has applied its significant patent portfolio and in-house skills to develop high-performance wirelessdesigns on highly integrated, low cost, semiconductor chipsets. Customers include automotive OEMs andtier-1s for use in V2X communication.

$1.8M SciVentures Investments, M-Group


Cargo Labs [Portland, 2014]: Of the 1B+ cars on the road today, only three percent have connectivity thatmake them accessible to anyone other than a mechanic. Cargo brings connectivity and a developmentplatform to the world’s largest "mobile device" market - the automobile. Cargo is a small hardware devicethat connects to almost every car on the road. Cargo instantly connects cars to the US-based IntelligentTransportation System, other surrounding cars, and the internet. Moreover, Cargo provides cloudinfrastructure and a common API, turning automobiles into a development platform, just like iOS orAndroid.

$300K


Telit [Sgonico, 1986]: Telit is an enabler of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications worldwideproviding wireless module technology, services and connectivity. It develops, produces and marketsmodules for GSM/GPRS, UMTS/WEDGE/HSDPA, CDMA and Short-Range RF applications. It has applicationspecific connectivity modules for cars enabling connectivity in cars. The IoT Portal offers PaaS applicationenablement and cloud back-end integration services. It acquired NXP's ATOP division and integrated it toform the automotive division.


infatrac [Ladera Ranch, 2011]: Provides machine-to-machine products for connectivity. It focusses on theconnected devices market including cars, homes and industrial applications. It also provides a software forconnected devices which is hardware agnostic.


Intelematics [Melbourne, 1999]: Provides motoring content, vehicle telematics services, smartphone, weband in-dash application development and design, and management of connected vehicle ecosystems. Itintroduced Australia's first vehicle integrated telematics service and the first real-time traffic informationservice.

http://www.cohdawireless.com/

http://www.cargo.ai/

http://www.telit.com/

http://www.infatrac.com/

http://www.intelematics.com/



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Novero [Bochum, 2008]: Focusses on modular gateways for highly secure data transfer to vehicles. It helpsin telematics applications like tracking, vehicle diagnostics, driver behaviour evaluation, etc. Other productsinclude wireless smartphone charging and providing the best possible reception in car with the help ofpatented high-frequency methods and antenna coupling. Clients include major automotive manufacturers.It started out as Nokia automotive business line in 1996 and was established as Novero in 2008 aftermanagement buyout.


Arada Systems [Troy, 2004]: Arada Systems develops, licenses and provides end to end solutions for thenext generation Connected and Semi-Autonomous Vehicle Technologies. Its products include support for802.11p, DSRC, wi fi, GPS, cellular, bluetooth and other technologies and is specifically targeted for creatingvehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure solutions. Lear automotive acquired Arada Systems inNovember 2015.


ROAD TRACK [Mexico City, 2002]: Road Track is the largest automotive OEM telematics service provider inLatin America.. It provides GPS based fleet management solution to track and manage various aspects likesafety, fuel consumption, location, etc. It also provides a connected car platform for location based servicesfor automobiles, theft recovery services,CRM platform, etc. It is primarily after-market but is also a tier-1supplier to GM in Andean.


Redstone [ , 2008]: A company focused on developing a new wireless architecture that allows forubiquitous gigabit connectivity. Their aim is bringing gigabit connectivity to the entire world in a very lowcost and rapidly-deployable manner, enabling irresistible communications experiences that are morehuman and natural, listening to the “crowd” and letting people democratize the new gigabit Internet. Itwould enhance the possibilities in connected car as more bandwidth and is available in both cars and otherdevices on roads.


FutureMove Technologies Co.,Ltd. [Beijing, 2014]: Split into two subsidiaries - SODA technology for B2Cand Futuremove telematics for B2B. The B2B business is services for automotive OEMs for implementingtelematics solutions in their cars. The B2C business consists of providing car sharing solution using mobileapps and in-vehicle devices.

http://www.novero.com/

http://www.aradasystems.com/

http://www.road-track.com/

http://www.redstone.us.com/

http://www.futuremove.cn/



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In-Dash [Cambridge, 2014]: The In-Dash product line offers innovative solutions which enable Internetconnectivity for the car dashboard. The In-Dash USB MirrorLink stick design allows OEM and Tier-1 tocreate their devices customized for the specific Head Units and with predefined service installed andalready available at the first plug.


FiberTree [Atlanta, 2015]: FiberTree aspires to build the first mobile network capable of satisfying theunyielding demands of the burgeoning Connected / Autonomous Vehicle industry. Wireless carriers arestuck in a reactive loop, doing their best to satisfy today's customers. They are not equipped to provide thestable, low-latency and high-bandwidth network that will be necessary to allow Connected Cars andAutonomous vehicles to scale. Fibertree aims to solve this problem using high bandwidth fiber, backuppower, redundancy and safety built-in.


Verizon Telematics, Inc. [Atlanta, 2006]: It provides a telematics platform for OEMs, fleet owners,aftermarket, Usage based insurance and others through a suite of products targeted for each segment.Clients include Mercedez Benz, Volkswagen, State Farm, Towers Watson and others. It is part of UStelecom major Verizon. Verizon acquired Hughes telematics to form Verizon telematics.


Autotalks [ , 2008]: Fabless semiconductor company focussed on V2X market. It is privately held andbelieved to have strong backing of VCs but does not reveal information officially. It provides V2Xcommunication modules and has strong collaborations with leading semiconductor as well as automotiveOEMs.


Link Motion [ , 2014]: Strategic alliance between 6 technology providers. It provides a an integrated in-vehicle software and hardware platform. The platform is open source and customizable. It claims toprovide cost optimization and reduction in maintenance costs due to single board solution. Offices inFinland and China.

http://www.in-dash.com/

http://www.fibertree.co/

http://www.verizontelematics.com/

http://www.auto-talks.com/

http://www.link-motion.com/



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WirelessCar [Gothenburg, 1999]: WirelessCar is a premier global telematics service provider.WirelessCarprovides the backend (service management) system which integrates and aggregates content, services andapplications as well as manage the communication with the vehicles.WirelessCar guarantees automotivegrade, 24/7, delivery of telematics based services under high availability requirements and extensively usewith more than 3 million messages handled per day through operational services in 50+ countriessupported by teams based in US, Europe, Brazil, China, Japan and India.WirelessCar bases its backendplatform Telematics Service Delivery Platform (TSDP) on Next Generation Telematics Pattern (NGTP, anopen source design pattern), providing common components and services, however adopted and brandedto multiple car OEMs, communication networks and geographical markets.WirelessCar’s white labelpositioning and open telematics platform allows our customers (BMW, Volvo Cars, Audi etc.) to leveragethe full value of connected services across the entire spectrum of always being connected:- Safety &Security (stolen vehicle tracking, roadside assistance, automatic crash notification…)- Convenience (Remotestart, door lock/unlock, car locator...)- CRM (fleet/asset management, remote diagnostics, preventivemaintenance...)- Online (social networks, connected navigation, infotainment...). It is wholly owned byVolvo group.


Savari Networks [Santa Clara, 2008]: Savari Networks is headquartered near Santa Clara, CA and has anR&D group in Bangalore, India. The company is focused on delivering solutions for intelligenttransportation systems in the areas of vehicle to infrastructure communications. Offers Mobiwave family ofproducts that include vehicle awareness device, modular communication platform and softwaredevelopment kit; Streetwave roadside unit, a platform for deploying Intelligent Transportation Systemsapplications enabling e-payment application making and roadway safety. SmartCross, SPaT listener andvehicle collision warning system are few of the app offerings integrated with the hardware.

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Airbiquity [Seattle, 1997]: Airbiquity offers it's cloud platform "Choreo"with features such as deviceintegration, network access, and all the platform services in an open, end-to-end connected car servicessolution. Tailored platforms available for: connected vehicle (vehicle services delivery, management andoperations), driver experience (infotainment procurement, delivery and management), driver assistance(personalized security, crisis and convenience assistance) and driver efficiency (optimization of hybrid andEV ownership). Has customers in 50+ countries including Nissan, Ford, Fiat and Renault. More than 30million vehicles are enabled with Airbiquity technology and over 6 million are connected to the Choreoplatform

$70MAcorn Ventures, Kirnaf Investment &

Installment Co, Ignition Partners, Acorn Ventures, Inc.

http://www.wirelesscar.com/

http://www.savarinetworks.com/

http://www.airbiquity.com/



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Telenav [Sunnyvale, 1999]: Telenav is a provider of consumer, enterprise and automotive location-basedservices. Telenav’s solutions provide consumers, wireless service providers, enterprises and automakerswith location-specific, real-time, personalized services such as GPS navigation, local search, mobileadvertising, mobile commerce, location tracking and workflow automation. Telenav’s partners are wirelesscarriers, automobile manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), app developers,advertisers and agencies, as well as enterprises large and small, AT&T, Boost Mobile, China Mobile,Ford, NII Holdings, Sony, Telcel, T-Mobile UK & US, Verizon Wireless and Vivo Brazil.

$33.56MMenlo Ventures, Sycamore Ventures,

iGlobe Partners


CloudMade [London, 2008]: CloudMade provides a range of B2B connected car solutions that can beintegrated to provide better services. They range from connected car content overview (lets automotivemanufacturers deliver rich, content experiences integrated into the native HMI), predictive learning system(user preferences are integrated into interface results), Navigation (maps and navigation SDK), car anddriver analytics (better user and vehicle understanding), map data enrichment. Their main product is theirmap data services with more than 16.2k developers using them.

$15.5MSunstone Capital, Greylock Partners,

Intel Capital


Mojio [Vancouver, 2012]: Mojio is creating an open platform based on data collected via their OBD device.The Mojio dongle also includes GPS and an accelerometer and sends OBD, acceleration, and location datato Mojio’s platform via cellular network and is made available to applications via open APIs. Clientapplications can access vehicle data via secured RESTful calls . Use cases include fleet management,conformance, automated parking payments, car maintenance and real-time traffic.

$10.3MBusiness Development Bank of

Canada, Relay Ventures, 500 Startups


Reviver [San Francisco, 2009]: ReviverMx’s patent-pending PaaS service delivers messaging, telematics,and electronic fee collection functionality to all vehicles on one device. The platform will be an opentelematics solution allowing developers, telematics professionals, and motorists to collaborate on theconnected car, fleet automation, and messaging applications. Currently under development. The platformwill reportedly use smart license plates as the node to connect to the network. Incubated at the Runway.

$2.5M

http://www.telenav.com/

http://www.cloudmade.com/

http://www.moj.io/

http://www.revivermx.com/



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Fuse [Lehi, 2007]: Fuse by Kynetx is a connectivity device which comes with cellular connection and GPS.Once plugged into the car's OBD II port the device can read messages from the car's data bus along withdetails on its current location. This data is then forwarded onto a personal private cloud account where theuser can decide how the data will be used. Some benefits include: trip information (trip classification andstatistics), fuel usage information and car location. Fuse provides an extensible API and open-sourceapplications for iOS and Android. Provides the Fuse device, smartphone app and a cloud service. Raisedmore than $79k on a goal of $60k on Kickstarter.

$2.3M Acxiom


Vehcon [Atlanta, 2012]: Vehcon is a connected vehicle services company. Vehcon utilizes smartphonetechnologies to provide key vehicle data to customers across the automotive ecosystem. Its patent-pendingsolutions capture predictive data for a fraction of the cost of current aftermarket and OEM. These data areutilised by the auto insurers and vehicle parts repairers.

$2.2M


Augmentation Industries [Cologne, 2012]: OBD based car connected platform. Patent pending M2Mtechnology accesses all data a car produces and delivers it (encrypted) over WiFi to the connectedsmartphone, to the MAD backend and to other cars/infrastructure. Provides an Open API that can be usedby developers and OEMs. Awards include: European Space Agency - Cesah award, IBM Smart Camp 2013and Microsoft Bizspark.

$1.9M KfW Bankengruppe


Dash [New York City, 2012]: Dash has developed a smartphone app and a development platform Chassis totap into cars OBD data. Dash's app is available to users to manage and control their car. Chassis is fordevelopers to build apps for fleet management, power insurance and after market solutions.

$1.5M Techstars, Slow Ventures, Urban.Us

http://www.joinfuse.com/

http://www.vehcon.com/

http://www.mad.ai/

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Carvoyant [Tampa, 2011]: Carvoyant provides device and services for drivers, developers and partners tomake it easy and affordable to connect their car to the internet. The device plugs into the OBD port, andthen share data over the cellular network directly with Carvoyant. Carvoyant built programmatic access foreach driver directly into the platform to keep transparency and flexibility central to how drivers use theirpersonal data to engage with various apps & services. Carvoyant puts the driver in control of theirinformation flow while helping large connecting partners like insurance companies, automakers &fleets maximize customer engagement and connected car revenue streams. Has signed up agreements withauto dealer partners, who will be the first to distribute the system more broadly to potential customers.Has revenues of upto $1M and more than 1k registered users. Looking to raise funds up to $1.5M.Customers include FieldAware, Kynetx and DondeEsta.

$387kGazelle Lab, SK Ventures, Stage 1

Ventures


ActiveScaler [Sunnyvale, 2012]: ActiveScaler has developed "In Motion" platform for developer who wantto build app, products and services based on automotive data. Company provides real time API anddevelopment tools to make sense of the data generated by connected automobiles. Company is AlchemistAccelerator alumini.

$28k Alchemist Accelerator

http://www.carvoyant.com/

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High Mobility [Berlin, 2013]: High Mobility has developed a platform using which developers can useproximity events around the vehicle to create new user experiences. Proprietary algorithms in the sensingengine autonomously gather data about the movement and identity of nearby devices, providingsituational awareness. Offering to automotive OEMs and mobility providers includes complete toolkit toimplement such a gateway. Participated in Startup Bootcamp Berlin, receiving $15k in funding and $7k in adesign contest.

$15k Startupbootcamp


eHub Connected [Belgrade, 2014]: Communicate, by Internet, with vehicle (synchronized real-time vehicledata plus GPS position, in-car video camera/DVR and in-car mobiles). Connect any device (PC, notebook,tablet, mobile) to eHub installed in the vehicle (by 3G/4G network), and do live video streaming andremote recording/playback from cameras installed in vehicle. Provide content/services to drivers' andpassengers' mobiles, connected and synchronized with real-time vehicle and video data. Two or moreneighboring vehicles, equipped with eHub unit, can communicate with each other and exchange real-timevehicle data such as GPS position, velocity, acceleration, deceleration, etc. Provides hardware, softwareplatform and allied services.


TheSuperDriver [Jaen, 2014]: Provides a app development platform with drag and drop features. Appdevelopers can connect with OBD data, open data and third party APIs. It also provides cloud basedservices for GPS tracking, driver behaviiour analytics, routing, etc.


FleetCarma [Waterloo, 2010]: FleetCarma is a connected car platform that provides fleet managers withdata about car usage and helps increase efficiency of the fleet. It also provides data to researchers andmanufacturers to understand the car usage and develop new features to enhance uptake of electricvehicles. It is a part of CrossChasm technologies which also has a similar application myCarma for individualelectric car owners.

http://www.high-mobility.com/

http://www.ehub.rs/

http://www.thesuperdriver.com/

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Mobiliuz [Almaty, 2013]: Mobiliuz - is a platform, which collects data from on-board computers of the cars,drivers profiles, analyses it and, through API lets other developers to build their own apps and services fortheir clients. To get the most from Mobiliuz, OBD dongle should be installed in your car. However, one canget a lot of benefits even with basic in-vehicle WiFi modem or Mobiliuz Card, as well as basic mobile apps,connected to the Mobiliuz platform. It also provides asset tracking and fleet management solutions.


OpenCar [Seattle, 2011]: OpenCar's Connect platform gives developers a set of APIs, tools and services tomake apps that can work across a variety of vehicles from different automakers. OpenCar has built a freesoftware development kit (SDK), a HTML framework for running apps in a car. Automakers and theirintegrators can use the OpenCar tools to build profiles that match each vehicle’s visual and functionalinterface design, hardware controls and voice interaction middleware. Developers can build apps on thoseprofiles, which would then be placed in OpenCar’s online clearinghouse for third-party apps, whereautomakers will be able to browse for ideas they might include in future vehicles. OpenCar plans to makemoney by licensing its platform to automakers and and by offering professional services to help them buildtheir unique vehicle profiles. It has signed up Mazda as the first automaker to use its OpenCar Connectplatform.


ClickDrive [Singapore, 2012]: Clickdrive is an open platform device that connects all driving apps andaftermarket monitors. Based on an OBD device, it allows users to run several apps simultaneously viasmartphone, on the device itself, or on Clickdrive’s cloud platform. The device comes with apps which canbe developed against Clickdrive’s SDK or open API. It allows connectivity options, like GSM, 4G or Zigbee.Clickdrive raised $19K in crowdfunding with Indiegogo.


WirelessCities Networks [ , ]: WirelessCities Networks, Mugibox is an OBD based WiFi router. It plugs intothe cars OBD port. Then it connects to the internet through a user provided SIM card. The Mugibox can alsoprovide a local WiFi hotspot along with a public one (useful if the device is used in a bus or taxi). The deviceprovides diagnostic readouts and connects the car to their open connected car platform mugiCloud.Developers can build telematic apps like vehicle diagnostic, vehicle location and tracking, managed WiFihotspot, remote control (windows, heating , engine), maintenance alerts, eco-driving and socialapplications. The products are expected to be on sales in 2016.

http://www.mobiliuz.com/

http://www.opencar.com/

http://www.clickdrive.io/

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INRIX [Kirkland, 2004]: Inrix offers real-time, historical, and predictive traffic information solutions(harvested from anonymous GPS locator devices). Connected Car services include: parking, fuel POI &pricing local search & geocoding, traffic cameras and routing (SDK for integration is also available).Other offerings include Inrix Connected Services, a suite of content services providing navigation OEMs andlocation-based service application developers with solutions for in-vehicle, PND, wireless phone, and otherconnected devices; Inrix Total Fusion, a traffic data service that combines real-time, predictive, andhistorical traffic information; Inrix Real-Time Flow that helps to develop real-time traffic data and trafficspeed maps; and Inrix Nationwide Traffic Alerts that provides real-time congestion alerts for roadways.The company also provides Inrix Real-Time Incidents that provides real-time reporting of traffic incidents.Acquisitions include ITIS Holdings and Parkme.

$143.1MPorsche, August Capital, Venrock, Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Intel Capital


Bright-box [Vienna, 2012]: First product is Remoto which allows car owners to manage their cars remotelyvia smartphone (engine start, open\close doors, car tracking). It also provides a car platform whichprovides data to insurance providers and manufacturers regarding car malfunctions, driver behaviour,accidents, etc. Another product is Dealer Mobility allows car dealers to car owners through smartphoneshelping improve service.


Control-Tec [Allen Park, 2009]: Control-Tec is a worldwide provider of telematics-based data acquisition,management, and analysis services for the transportation industry. It provides data insights during latestage of product testing which saves testing cycles and improves quality. Delphi has announced acquisitionof Control-Tec and the deal is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2015.


Nauto [Palo Alto, 2015]: Nauto uses cameras , computer vision and driving information from a globalnetwork of cars to prevent accidents.Unlike vehicles using static cameras, NAUTO-enabled vehicle becomespart of a network that is constantly learning how to reduce risks.Nauto provides these solutions for bothfleet managers as well as individual companies.Nauto providers the driver information from such cars toinsurers for measurement of risk and driver competence. This helps insurers to design new pricingstrategies , reduce fraudulent claims and losses.

http://www.inrix.com/

http://www.bright-box.eu/

http://www.control-tec.com/

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Nebula Systems Ltd. [Buckingham, 2013]: Nebula Systems provides MECH5, a cloud based automotivedata analytics platform. It claims to provide upto 100 times more vehicle diagnostics information than anyavailable system. MECH5 is targeted at after-market maintenance and individual customers. It also offerstelematics based diagnostic services for insurance providers, fleet management, rentals and road sideassistance providers.


Vehicle Data Science [Oakland, 2013]: VDS offers products based on their core technology, the KinematicMap. It aggregates millions of vehicle traces to create an accurate, information-rich roadway map (minedfrom GPS and other vehicle sensors). It depicts how roads are used, which enables detection of unsafemaneuvers, trajectories, respond to traffic controls, and provide accurate warnings to manage conflictswith other vehicles, and reliably setting an autonomous vehicle's path and speed. Solutions based on theirKinematic map include ADAS, driving automation, usage based insurance and fleet management. Backed bythe NSF, partners include Volpe, Mercedes, IBM, Aegis Tech and 2lemetry.


Dryve [San Francisco, 2014]: Dryve is a big data analytics 'driver intelligence platform' powered by in-carperformance data coupled with users' mobile and social vectors. It helps manufacturers gain a betterunderstanding of their drivers' product-use journey and enables them to precisely target brand messagingfor maximum impact. The startup is currently in stealth mode as of Sep 2014.


Smartcar [San Jose, 2014]: Smartcar is a web service that connects to internet-connected cars such as theTesla Model S and X wirelessly over a cellular network. This allows user's to control their cars climate(scheduling, preset climate, auto climate based driving habits) and charging (scheduling, battery healthpreservation).

http://www.nebulasystems.com/

http://www.vds-corp.com/

http://www.dryve.in/

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UIEvolution [Kirkland, 2000]: UIEvolution provides connected device software and solutions to leadingvertical consumer markets including Automotive, Cruise, Hospitality and Retail. It provides cloud basedsoftware solutions and services for connecting different consumer devices like smartphones and embeddeddigital devices. For cars, it helps in providing cloud based infotainment solutions and other services forenterprises. The solutions are adopted by many automotive OEMs and tier-1 suppliers including Toyota,Lexus, Clarion, DENSO and others. In 2004, the company was acquired by Japanese video game publisherSquare Enix for $58mn but was spun off as an independent entity in late 2007.

$18M Intel Capital, ITOCHU Corporation


Centrafuse [Atlanta, 2004]: Formerly known as Flux Media, Inc., a software company, builds softwaredevelopment frameworks for computing devices. The company offers Centrafuse application integrationframework, which is a development toolkit that allows software engineers, user interface designers, anddevice manufactures for the development, integration, and control of touch-friendly, voice-enabled, andremote-controlled applications for in-vehicle infotainment solutions. It also provides Centrafuse Auto,which is an in-vehicle infotainment and telematics interface that allows OEMs and tier 1 suppliers todevelop open interfaces for GPS navigation, Bluetooth, voice, TTS, and audio mixer applications. Inaddition, it offers development tools, custom design and development, private label, and technical supportsolutions. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia. The founders are not associated with the companynow.

$796k


Connexion Media [Melbourne, 2014]: A technology company specialising in developing andcommercialising software apps and services for the web connected car, mobile device and connectedconsumer electronics markets. The first app is Flex which provides fleet management solutions includingdriving behaviour monitoring. The other app is MiRoamer which is a leading internet car radio. It hascommercial contracts with major automotive manufacturers for providing its SaaS apps customized to theirneeds. It went through a reverse merger and was listed on ASX on August 29, 2014 raising $3.25 million.


iTelematics Software Private Limited [Bangalore, 2012]: iTelematics Software Private Limited is a startupcompany, based in Bengaluru, currently carrying our Research and Development on Vehicle to Vehicle andIn-Vehicle Communication. The company aims to launch products - connected car control application,connecting portable devices to car and similar products for homes.

http://www.uievolution.com/

http://www.centrafuse.com/

http://www.connexionltd.com/

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Lixar [Ottawa, 2000]: Provides software services for connected devices with expertise in automotivesegment. Collaborated with Delphi automotive, QNX and Verizon for introducing innovative products inconnected car market. It won the Technology Innovation Award from Delphi and a few other with theircollaboration. Its service ranges from smartphone app development to Microsoft Azure cloud platform.


HUML [Munich, 2012]: Software partners for various OEMs and tier-1s for car connectivity solutions.Expertise in Android Auto, CarPlay, Mirrorlink and strong partnerships with various technology providers.


ProSyst [Cologne, 1997]: ProSyst is a software vendor, offering the middleware for the Internet of Things.Roots are in the field of Java, OSGi and embedded software. This is a niche field and ProSyst has 130+ OSGiexperts who were also involved in creating the specifications. Bosch Software Innovations GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bosch Group acquired ProSyst in February 2015.


Abalta Technologies [Torrance, 2003]: Abalta connects cars, enterprises and consumers through aportfolio of software services and solutions.The solutions are based on improving connectivity betweensmartphone and the car and mapping solution. It works with OEMs and tier 1s to offer these products aswell as services.


ATS Advanced Telematic Systems GmbH [Berlin, ]: Providing state of the art technology for the connectedcar by bridging the gap between the IT and automotive industries. Software development for telematicsand connected car for automotive players.

http://www.lixar.com/

http://www.go-huml.com/

http://www.prosyst.com/

http://www.abaltatech.com/

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Movimento Group [Gothenburg, 2003]: Movimento develops powerful and easy to use vehicle networktools for the automotive industry and have a full suite of product and services. The main technology is OTA(on the air) reflashing of software for major automotive OEMs. This helps in forwarding the vision of asoftware defined car and easy and secure updation of automotive software. It also claims to provideanalytics on the car usage to the automotive companies.

$9.4M Eqvitec Partners Oy, Industrifonden

Remote car software updation

Arynga [San Diego, 2012]: Arynga delivers innovative vehicle software management solutions to theautomotive industry. Their flagship product CarSync, is an efficient, and intelligent platform for remotelyupdating and maintaining vehicle software and firmware. CarSync ensures the integrity of embeddedsystems for the lifetime of the vehicle, reducing recall rates caused by software glitches, and in effect,saves vehicle Original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier One suppliers time and money, whileimproving customer satisfaction. Arynga is headquartered in San Diego, California, with engineering andR&D offices in Poland.

$250k

http://www.movimentogroup.com/

http://www.arynga.com/


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Dash [Sunnyvale, 2002]: Dash navigation produces devices and software for in car navigation systems.Their first product Dash Express is an Internet-enabled personal navigation device. The device will beconnected through a cellular data network or a WiFi. The device will collect data about traffic conditionsfrom all other Dash drivers in order to enhance traffic routing. Users can connect Dash to various websitessuch as Zillow, Platial, Craiglist and get the information in their cars, along with how far away each place is.It has been acquired by Blackberry in 2009.

$65M

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, SkyMoon Ventures,

Crescendo Ventures, Gold Hill Capital, ZenShin Capital, Deep Fork Advisors,

DAG Ventures, TriplePoint Capital

Navigation

WayRay [Lausanne, 2012]: WayRay is developing holographic navigation systems for cars, using ARtechnology since 2015. Drivers need not use any headgear to visualize these holographic navigation on theroad. Prior to that, it was involved in connected cars space, and developed an OBD dongle to track driving.Has branches in Moscow, SF and China, along with Switzerland.

$6M

Navigation

Floeder automotive [Hamburg, 2009]: Provides RAPS - Route Attribute Prediction Server which helps innavigation for ADAS. Unlike commercial navigation systems, RAPS computes a Most Probable Pathdepending on various inputs like vehicle position, inputs from braking assistant, pedestrian detectionmodule, etc. It claims to provide better suggestions of routes to the user.

Navigation

Signal labs [San Francisco, 2015]: Signal Labs, based in San Francisco, has reinvented the traffic sign. Patentpending software warns drivers of upcoming hazard, such as dangerous intersections, unofficial pedestriancrossings, two-way stop signs and dozens of other unseen risks. Uses statistical models and both public andproprietary data to inform drivers when they are at risk. The product is primarily sold to fleet customersand distributed as a smartphone app.

http://www.dash.net/

http://www.wayray.com/

http://www.floeder-automotive.com/

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Vicinity Systems [Dublin, 2013]: Vicinity Systems® (www.VicinitySystems.com) is a technology start-upbased in Dublin, Ireland. The company develops next-generation navigation products for consumervehicles. Vicinity’s technologies represent an advancement over existing navigation products - providingthe motorist with a description of the journey ahead and permitting the user to find the most ‘economicalroute’. Vicinity Systems was awarded 1st prize at the European Space Agency’s prestigious technologyawards, the Galileo Masters. Vicinity was also named as runner-up in several other awards, including 2013Transport Technology of the Year, and 2013 Engineering Technology of the Year. Vicinity’s customersinclude car manufacturers, road haulage companies, and emerging navigation providers. The company isprivately funded and supported by the National Space Centre and Enterprise Ireland.

Navigation

Sygic [Bratislava, 2004]: Sygic develops and sells turn-by-turn voice guided GPS navigation for a wide rangeof mobile devices in 30 languages working together with map providers to support maps for all regions. Italso provides HUD navigation app which turns the smartphone into wind shield display. The Blackbox appwould record the essential data to act as proof for insurance claims and accidents. Sygic has been honoredby Deloitte as the #6th Technology Fastest-growing Technology Company in Central & Eastern Europefor the years 2007 and 2008. Technology Company in Central & Eastern Europe for the year 2009.Sygic has been honored by Deloitte as the #13th Technology Fastest-growing Technology Company inCentral & Eastern Europe for the year 2010 and #143 in EMEA.

Mobile based driver assistance

Apio systems [Reston, 2012]: Apio systems provides a cloud based platform which harnesses the powerfulsensors in smart devices like smartphones and uses proprietary machine learning techniques to createsituational awareness for the driver. It also analyzes the driver behaviour and gives more customized alertsto the driver through deep learning algorithms. It can upload the entire trip data to the cloud and sendsignals in case of crash. An Apio enabled smartphone is able to autonomously detect a broad range of road,traffic and driving conditions including how well the driver is driving, identification of various road hazards,traffic flows and impediments. It tries to create a more safe and efficient drive using smart devices.

$8.26M Lerer Hippeau Ventures


Navmii [London, 2007]: Navmii puts smart navigation, real time traffic, community hazard reporting anddriver scores on smartphone. It is GPS based and can be used offline. Navmii is live in 90 countries and hasover 23 million users.

$3.13M

http://www.vicinitysystems.com/

http://www.sygic.com/

http://www.driversiti.com/

http://www.navmii.com/



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Drivemode [San Jose, 2014]: Drivemode (based in San Jose and Japan) is a free app that simplifies theuser's phone’s interface, granting driving safety and freedom. The Drivemode app offers access to commonphone functions like calls, messages, navigation, apps and music. In addition to using bright colors and biganimations to reduce the need to look at the phone while driving, it also uses voice narration to let the userknow which part of the menu they are in with the intention of significantly reducing the user's need to lookat the phone. Currently in beta. Working with automakers to embed their technology directly into cars.Founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs from Zipcar and Tesla Motors. Won the Grand Prize at the 2014 AndroidApplication Award. Received $10k in donations from readers of Yo Koga's blog.

$2.65M Incubate Fund


GreenOwl Mobile [Markham, 2009]: GreenOwl Mobile is a location-based media company that deliverstraffic and other information to drivers through its intuitive and personalized audio app. GreenOwl’sTrafficAlert app provides audio traffic and other content, as well as contextual audio advertising to driversin a safe and intuitive way. The company is transforming how traffic reports are delivered: safely, just intime, personalized and actionable. GreenOwl is also spearheading the development of voice location-based advertising platform that represents the future for mobile audio and in-car advertising. The app isfree to users and GreenOwl partners with radio and TV stations and other brands to drive rapid useradoption, bring advertisers to its voice platform and share ad revenue. The company also gets revenuefrom traffic data sales to government and businesses.

$2M


DrivePower [Saint Paul, 2011]: DriveScribe turns the user's phone into a "driving coach." Aimed at helpingnew drivers learn the rules-of-the-road, the app monitors speed, and blocks all texts, updates and callswhile the car is in motion. It uses GPS, social media, real-time voice feedback and a jamming function toblock texts and calls. The app will tell drivers to slow down if they're going too fast. Parents of teens cansign up for updates that let them know if their teen has violated any roadway laws. Drivers accrue pointsfor being safe behind the wheel, which can eventually be used to buy giftcards.

$887k


iOnRoad [Ramat Gan, 2010]: Ionroad is a smartphone based driving assistant. The app utilizes thesmartphone’s camera and sensors to detect vehicles in front the user's car as well as any deviations fromthe driving lane, and generates an audio-visual warning when in danger. The company has receivednumerous awards including the CES 2012 innovation award, best augmented reality app of 2011, and oneof Gartner’s cool vendors in automotive for 2012. Acquired by Harman in April of 2013

$150k Qualcomm

http://www.drivemode.com/

http://www.greenowlmobile.com/

http://www.drivescribe.com/

http://www.ionroad.com/



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Driving Curve [Taipei, 2013]: Driving curve is a driving behavior app for smartphones. It tracks the user'sdriving behaviour using GPS and the in-built sensors in smartphones. When the user stops the app, itautomatically analyzes and records information about acceleration, braking speed, fuel usage, and routedistance. The user collects points and badges for safe driving and can compare their performance withother users. Driving Curve is currently part of the TMI incubator program.

TMI Holding Corp.


eiver [Paris, 2012]: SaveCode SAS provides mobile and web software solutions to help control energy costsand collects driving data. The first product is Eiver which is a smartphone based driving assistance systemthat rewards good drivers. It uses GPS sensor data and proprietary algorithms to come up with a drivingscore and offers reward points for good driving. It also offers an enterprise solution for fleet managementwhich uses OBD tool provided by partners and can be used for as a complete fleet management solutionalong with driving behaviour analysis. For the B2C market, it uses the freemium model and sells overalldata to eneterprises without revealing individual identities.


Divine solutions [Dubai, 2013]: DriveSafe monitors and analyzes driving behavior. It alerts for overspeeding and un-controlled behaviors. Its smart driving mode, pre-alerts drivers for some events that helpdriver to control speed before something wrong happens. The founder has plans to include vehicle-to-vehicle communication and reporting in the future to enhance the usage of the app. The founder is stillworks as software engineer at Dubai airport.


OPTALERT [Melbourne, 2004]: Optalert delivers fatigue management solutions using wearable glassesconnected to smartphones for individual use. It could also be used for fleet management or workforcemanagement to detect the drowsiness levels of workers. The patented technology is being leased byvarious industries like mining, construction, etc.

http://www.drivingcurve.com/

http://www.eiver-car.com/

http://www.drivesafeapp.net/

http://www.optalert.com/



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Connected signals [Eugene, 2010]: Connected Signals (originally, Green Driver) is a high-tech startup,focused on providing traffic signal state and predictions to drivers, automakers, and others. Knowing thecurrent state of traffic lights and how they will change creates opportunities to increase driving safety,increase fuel efficiency, and improve the driving experience. Applications range from EnLighten, which tellsdrivers when the light they are stopped at will turn green, to vehicle powertrain optimization based on thestate of upcoming lights. The app communicates securely with existing traffic-signal infrastructure, andhandle translation of different manufacturers' signal data to a common format. BMW announcedintegration EnLighten for new models in July 2015.


RoadGazer [San Francisco, 2015]: Smartphone app which aims to be an intelligent personal voice-drivenco-pilot for roadtrips. It considers the interests of the person to schedule itinerary for the trip. Interactswith the driver for stops, restaurants, sight-seeing, etc. and gives audio tours. The founder was


LewatMana.com [Jakarta, 2008]: Aggregates traffic information based on crowd sourced CCTV feeds,images and comments from individual subscribers to provide live traffic data on a map which helps forroute planning. The company is based out of Jakarta, Malaysia which is infamous for traffic jams and theservice is available for Jakarta only. LewatMana mainly monetizes through its B2B (data feed subscriptionvia API and ad revenue) and B2C business models (paid app, in-app-purchases and premium operatorservice). It is currently funded by its promoters and revenues. It was awarded the 2011 Netextplorateur ofthe year award in Paris and Google maps has partnered with it for providing local content.


Project-RAY: Smartphones for the Blind and Visually Impaired [ , 2011]: RAY is an integrated portabledevice designed to assist the community of visually impaired people and their families in their daily life.RAY leverages latest mobility technologies to increase independence, enrich social life and improveaccessibility of essential services for the visually impaired. The research has also led to RAYgo which is aproduct for distraction free driving and uses bluetooth signals for using apps without even looking at thesmartphone. RAYgo got crowdfunded on indiegogo.com and has partnered with Qualcomm wireless reachinitiative. RAYgo may be spun off as a separate company.

http://www.connectedsignals.com/

http://www.roadgazer.com/

http://www.lewatmana.com/

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NaviDeck [San Francisco, 2013]: NaviDeck serves the role of the driver’s personal assistant, managingtypical tasks on behalf of him in an efficient and driver-friendly way. It provides an app for voice based andgesture based control of the smartphone for music, maps, etc. Currently it provides Tunedeck for Spotifyand Navideck.


Traffline [Mumbai, 2012]: Smartphone application that provides real-time traffic information in 9 cities inIndia including Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai and Pune. Has multiple twitter handles whichtweets live traffic info for respective cities. Data is collected from two sources - flow data from movingprobes (GPS taxis, public transport) and accidents/events from crowdsourcing. Flagship product of BirdsEye Tech, that has raised funding from Qualcomm Ventures, IAN and Matrix Partners.

Sensor based driver safety

IPROC [Vina Del Mar, 2015]: It uses sensors and computer vision to study the road condition and vehicle togive predictive warnings and recommendations about driving. It also monitor vehicle health, warns aboutcollisions and intrusion. It aims to provide vehicle security and safe driving to all cars.


Smartautolabs [New York City, 2015]: A hardware system that adaptively adjusts a vehicle’s side view/rearview mirrors using computer assistance. Adjustments are made to correspond to the position of thedriver’s eye and sitting position. It will also assist in highway entrance and hilly driving conditions byadjusting mirrors for different road geometries. This system uses an advanced Human interactiontechnology to assist in driving a vehicle more safely on road. This system is compatible with existingvehicles on the road with electronically adjustable mirrors.


Assistant.ai [Palo Alto, 2014]: Assistant.ai is a personal assistant for smartphones, tablets and can beintegrated into wearables, cars or other such devices. It is a multilingual assistant (8 languages), usesnatural language technology to answer questions, find information, and connect to web services (likeWikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Evernote, Yelp, and others). It also supports speak-to-sendemails and text message as well as social media updates. It is powered by Api.ai and is a part of Speaktoit.

http://www.navideck.com/

http://www.traffline.com/

http://www.iproc.co/

http://www.smartautolabs.com/

http://www.assistant.ai/



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HealthyRoad [Porto, 2013]: Development of biometric analysis systems designed for driver sleepiness orfatigue detection. The HealthyRoad Technology plans to be first applied to the road transportation marketin order to contribute for the reduction of the number of road accidents, through the sleepiness andfatigue detection and warning system. As soon as the driver enters in an early stage of these riskyconditions, this technology makes a warning sign and advises the driver to make a pause. The technologyuses eye tracking, face detection and movements as inputs for the system. Primarily focussed on Europeansectors such as passengers and goods transportation, logistics and distribution, taxi services, emergencyservices, public safety forces, rent-a-car services, etc.

$40K Start-Up Chile


Guardvant Inc [Tucson, 2010]: GuardVant offers safety and security systems to improve productivity,safety and security at mine, plant and port operations. GuardVant OpGuard is a non-intrusive fatiguemonitoring system. GuardVant ProxGuard is a radar, video, and GPS system for proximity awareness andcollision avoidance to reduce blind spots. OpGuard and ProxGuard address operator fatigue and blindspots. The system could also have potential uses in normal cars and fleet management solutions. Currentlyit is only targeted at mines, plants and ports operations.


Great Changes, Inc. [ , 2007]: Develops software for detection of drowsy driving and fatigue. Snoozecontrol contains ADAS features using conversational artificial intelligence. The company owns some patentsin this field and would be willing to lease them to other technology providers.


Guttersberg [Simbach Am Inn, 1999]: Intelligent steering wheel which can sense if the driver has fallenasleep, medical conditions and alert the relevant authorities. It also links with semi-autonomous systems tosafely stop the vehicle. The sensor system could find other applications in automotive like gear shifting, andother fields like gaming, aviation, etc. It is owned by Guttersberg consulting which provides R&Dservices to automotive industry.

http://www.healthyroad.pt/

http://www.guardvant.com/

http://www.greatchanges.com/

http://www.guttersberg-automotive.com/



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Sober Steering [ , 2009]: Developing a biosensor system embedded in the steering wheel of a vehicle,detecting intoxication through natural interaction between hands and steering wheel. Engages an auto-lockif alcohol content in the driver's body is found to be inappropriate. Part of Sensor Diagnostics, Inc.


Seeing Machines [Braddon, 2001]: Seeing Machines is an Australian company manufacturing vision baseddriver monitoring system. Whenever device detects drowsiness and fatigue it sounds alarm to avoidaccident. Device has wide scale usage in industries involving humans operating heavy machinery andassessing trainees in simulators.


CarVi [Sunnyvale, 2014]: Carvi has developed a device which uses inbuilt camera to monitor road andprovide real time hazard warnings and collecting key data on users driving skills. In March 2015 Carvi raisedover $100K on Indiegogo.

Speech/ natural language detection

Api.ai [Palo Alto, 2014]: The api.ai platform combines natural language understanding with speechrecognition and synthesis, enabling speech interfaces to be easily added to any solution(Mobiles ,Wearables , IoT Devices , Websites). The Platform uses machine learning to learn by example.The solutionis for developers working on device management which are connected to the internet. it is a part ofSpeaktoit , which is working on a virtual assistant , assistant.ai . The api.ai platform provides integrationwith devices running on android , ios , python and Unity.The api.ai can support 14 languages

$ 8.6M Intel Capital, Plug & Play Ventures


SHEnetics [San Diego, 2012]: SHEnetics offers a natural language platform and virtual assistant withapplications for connected car platforms, connected home solution and other IoT applications. Theirsolution allows rapid development of devices that require voice based smart assistants. Named a coolcompany in San Diego by the San Diego Venture Group (2 years in a row). Team claims to have over 20years of experience in creating and launching virtual assistant products and technology.

Analytics Ventures

http://www.sobersteering.com/

http://www.seeingmachines.com/

http://www.getcarvi.com/

http://www.api.ai/

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Capio [San Francisco, 2015]: Capio is an advanced AI platform that understands the preference, schedulesand habits through deep learning. Based on 10+ patents in deep learning, speech recognition and naturallanguage they are trying to build a "life co-pilot". They aim to have a substantially better in-car voiceactivated interface.

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Parko [Tel Aviv, 2012]: Parko is a crowd-sourced solution for parking. Collect and analyze data on otherdrivers' parking behaviors to deliver intelligent parking availability information. Provides the most optimalroute for finding parking with real-time updates from other drivers. Parko gives a door-to-door ETA(Estimated Time of Arrival), taking into account the expected parking search time. Parko's solutionsare being integrated into navigation and parking payment companies as a suite of easy-to-embed SDKs, APIlibraries and dashboards.It is selected by Tumml, the San Francisco based accelerator for its program for2015

$1.6M OurCrowd, SparkLabs Global Ventures

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Vroomin [London, 2014]: Vroomin is a app focused on becoming the Facebook for vehicles with the use oftheir license plates. It enables a user to plug in a number plate into the app, sending a message to theregistered user of the car. It helps in connecting with fellow drivers through the number plate for providingalerts or communicating. It could also help in avoiding parking tickets as volunteers can help pay it and getsome cash in return. It is incubated by Founders Space.

http://www.capio.ai/

http://www.parko.com/

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CloudCar [Los Altos, 2011]: CloudCar provides automation services for connected cars. Data from serviceslike Facebook, Spotify and the user's calendar is reduced to its barest kernel and moulded to fit theCloudCar interface. The system can suggest alternate routes based on traffic conditions without requiringany direct input into the navigation screen form the driver. Founding team are alums of Caltech, Stanford,Apple and Microsoft and hold numerous patents on their names.

$11.5M Redpoint, DCM, Passport Capital

Livio [Ferndale, 2008]: Livio offers its Livio Connect system to automakers and stereo manufacturers, fromGeneral Motors to Pioneer. Livio Connect allows users to port popular broadcast (NPR) and streamingmusic services (Rdio) into their stereos, as well as integrating apps from Escort, Accuweather, and Waze.Acquired by Ford in September of 2013.

$5.18M

Beringea Private Equity, Western Tech, Angel Street Capital, North

Coast Technology Investors, Invest Detroit

Joyride [San Francisco, 2012]: Drivers can listen to the internet they love while driving. Working withGoogle on Android Auto platform for better driving experience. Currently it provides a podcast and a mediaplayer which was retired in September 2015. It also has skyviapp which is a voice assistant on Android.

$1M Freestyle Capital, Cowboy Ventures

Zipurb [New York City, 2014]: Provider of hardware+software solutions for transportation in urban areas.Its flagship product, Tripcam, is a connected car accessory to geo-record trips and long drives. Also providessafety and connected features to cars. Currently in beta as of Oct 2014. Has offices in US and India.

$150K

nonda [Palo Alto, 2014]: Smart hardware startup founded in Palo Alto. It launched Hub+, first USB-C hubfor the new MacBook 12 on Kickstarter. It also produces Zus which is a smartphone charger for cars. It alsoprovides location of the car using a smartphone for easily searching parked vehicles. It has additionalfeatures like lighting and better cooling while charging.

China Growth Capital

http://www.cloudcar.com/

http://www.livioconnect.com/

http://www.getjoyride.com/

http://www.zipurb.com/

http://www.nonda.co/


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DriveSync [ , 1999]: Monitor cars performance and enjoy infotainment with DriveSync connected cartechnology. DriveSync will work with any vehicle that supports the OBD II. It provides distraction freesmartphone usage while driving with voice controlled music, internet radio and texting. It also allows toconnect with drivers based on GPS locations.It is a product by Intelligent Mechatronics Systems (IMS) groupwhich is a leader in connected car technology.

AwareStack [San Francisco, 2015]: AwareStack is a device to cloud fully aware stack SDK and Device Store,selling devices that support the iBeacon and Eddystone protocols. Awarecar is its first product which used abluetooth and iBeacon powered device in car to know where the car was parked through the smartphone.It can be integrated with other apps for knowing the commute time, navigate and set calender meetings. Itplans to use the same technology for devices other than cars for smart homes and offices.

StudioFeed USA, LLC [Los Angeles, 2011]: SubPac is a high-fidelity tactile audio device that quietly anddirectly transfers low frequencies to body. It is being used by music professionals and has recentlyannounced that Peugeot has integrated the SubPac technology into their Fractal concept car.

AutoConnected [San Jose, 2009]: AutoConnected Inc. is a San Jose, California based consumer electronicsmanufacturer dedicated to enhancing the automotive entertainment and communications experience. Thecompany’s mission is to manufacture and sell the vDash line of “smart” car stereos for the automotivemarket. Unlike iPhone and Android where voice is just an app, vDash integrates voice recognition into theuser interface, delivering an “eyes-up” driver-centric user experience.

ARKAMYS [Paris, 1998]: Innovative software and services in audio signal processing. The Sound Experts inAutomotive, Mobile phone & connected devices industries. Software for audio enhancement by noisecancellation, better audio rendering and engine noise enhancement for better in-car infotainmentexperience.

http://www.drivesync.com/

http://www.awarestack.com/

http://www.thesubpac.com/

http://www.autoconnectedinc.com/

http://www.arkamys.com/


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NXTdrive [ , 2013]: NXTdrive is a new, innovative smartphone app that enables users to transform theirdriving time into a more productive, efficient and pleasant experience. It provides gesture based controlthrough a patent pending device which can be mounted on body or steering wheel and can be used tocontrol the smartphone using Android app. It helps in messaging, selecting music, reading out messages,navigation, etc.

GenieCam [Valley, 2013]: GenieCam is an IP connected car solution. GenieCam provides continuous HDvideo and audio recording, location services, vehicle telematics with complete vehicle and driver analytics,facial processing for distracted or drowsy drivers, with continuous high speed Internet connection andnotification capability. Internet connection provides a high speed 4G WiFi hot spot for all passengers to usefor business or infotainment while in the vehicle.

MightyCarma, Inc [Santa Clara, 2012]: MightyCarma is a stealth mode early-stage company in SiliconValley founded by Robotics and Autonomous Vehicle engineers. The company is applying robotics,machine vision and big data analysis technologies to create revolutionary consumer product. Theiraffordable and easy to install system provides warning to help avoid accidents and track the car. Aura - thesmart dock can be used for answering and calling, taking pictures, voice commands, navigation through thesmartphone.

Infotainment software solutions

OpenSynergy [Berlin, 2007]: OpenSynergy GmbH engages in the development and integration ofautomotive software. Its services include software development and software architecture consulting inthe domains of infotainment and AUTOSAR. The company offers a development platform that bridges thegap between the infotainment domain and AUTOSAR-based vehicle functions, as well as it integrates withvehicle software architecture. It serves automotive value chains, including original equipmentmanufacturers, and tier1 and tier2 suppliers.

$1.15M Hasso Plattner Ventures

http://www.nxtdrive.com/

http://www.selkainc.com/

http://www.mightycarma.com/

http://www.opensynergy.com/


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AUPEO! [Berlin, 2008]: Personal Radio is online radio that learns the choices of the user and provides apersonalized audio feed. As both a platform, content provider and content aggregator, Aupeo focuses ondeveloping unique technologies for in-vehicle use cases to simplify the challenges facing automakers whenintegrating cloud audio content globally to offer drivers a seamless and high-quality experience. It is usedby various autmotive OEMs for enhancing in-vehicle infotainment experience. It is available for after-market as well and is used in various other products from smartphone apps to connected TVs.

IBB - VC Fonds Technologie Berlin, Ventegis Capital, J.C.M.B. Beteiligungs

GmbH


Ficonic Solutions [Jyvaskyla, 2014]: Licenses software products providing connectivity betweensmartphone or cloud to the car dash board. It also provides software services for connected car solutions toauto makers. It offers a cost effective solution for auto makers and suppliers to easily integrate connectivitysolutions in their products.


QNX Software Systems Limited [Ottawa, 1980]: QNX software is the preferred choice for life-criticalsystems such as air traffic control systems, surgical equipment, and nuclear power plants. Its multimediafeatures have QNX software turning up in everything from in-dash radios and infotainment systems to thelatest casino gaming terminals. QNX has emerged as a leader in RTOS and embedded software suite forconnected cars especially in in-vehicle infotainment systems. It is used by a number of OEMs and currentlyhas more than 50% market share in this segment. It is part of Blackberry which acquired it from Harman.


Pelagicore [Gothenburg, 2009]: Pelagicore is a technology and product development company whichfocuses on applying Open Source software in the automotive infotainment industry. It provides softwareplatform based on open source software to enhance user experience in auto mobiles. Currently workingwith Volvo, Nvidia, Mercedez Benz.


Swedspot [Trollhattan, 2012]: Swedspot AB was founded beginning of 2012 in Trollhättan, Sweden as spin-off from the Swedish car-manufacturer Saab Automobile. It is a fast growing, high-tech software companythat delivers modern and open infotainment, instrument cluster and connectivity solutions for vehiclesusing Android ecosystem. Swedspot's customers are in the international automotive industry.

http://www.aupeo.com/

http://www.ficonicsolutions.com/

http://www.qnx.com/

http://www.pelagicore.com/

http://www.swedspot.com/


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Navity [Pittsburgh, 2013]: NAVITY is a venture to enhance driver licensing decisions with intelligentvehicles. Their mission is to link technologies advancing driver evaluation, training, and safety for peopleseeking to obtain or retain a driver’s license. The system captures steering, braking, and verbal cueassistance by a professional driving evaluator using activity recorders and embedded sensing in theevaluation vehicle.

CarEye [Houston, 2014]: Device to prevent child and pet heatstroke deaths in vehicles. CarEye is a solarpowered device that detects motion and heat signals to notify a car owner and/or emergency respondentsthat a child or pet is left in the car with critical conditions. CarEye will prevent child and pet heatstrokedeaths. Currently both the founders are still employees of MNCs and the company is in a very early stage.They have tried raising money through kickstarter.

Accident detection and notification

SplitSecnd [Nashville, 2010]: Splitsecnd adds emergency response capability to any vehicle without theneed for professional installation. It includes cellular and GPS radios, a speakerphone, and a microphoneand plugs into a car's cigarette lighter or power port (it also has battery backup). If Splitsecnd detects thevehicle has been in an accident, it automatically uploads its GPS location to Splitsecnd's emergency callcenter servers in New Hampshire. Then it connects automatically to a representative on the phone, whocan talk to people in the car, assess the nature of the situation, and dispatch local authorities as necessary.A call button lets user's contact an emergency specialist manually as well. Another included feature,"Family Finder," lets user's track a given device's location on the Web.

$5.05MJumpStart Foundry, Tennessee Community Ventures, Launch

Tennessee, Mountain Group Capital


irezQ [Akarp, 2012]: Theroad safety app is an automatic car crash detection, warning and rescue appdesigned for travelling with any sort of ground vehicle. It warns about accidents near the vehicle so thatone can avoid it. It also contact other vehicles in case the vehicle one is driving meets with an accident.With the premium service, it also connects with hospitals, ambulances and other support staff foremergency support. All the founders have moved to anther companies and the company has a new owner.

$150k Digital Information AB

http://www.forceofnavity.com/

http://www.careye.me/

http://www.splitsecnd.com/

http://www.irezq.com/


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ROAWDS [Barcelona, 2014]: ROAWDS is a life-saving smart device linked to a Smartphone App-an extralifeline in an emergency on the road. The ROAWDS device uses highly accurate, built-in sensors combinedwith a powerful algorithm to automatically detect accidents and immediately send your location andmedical information to the emergency services on your behalf. It also offers additional features like traveltime, fuel consumptions, routes, etc. It is currently present in Spain and operated in 10 languages by RACC,Spain's largest automobile club. Won the first prize in Auto Apps challenge 2015 arranged by GPS BusinessNews in Brussels.


Elsys Intelligent Devices [Thiruvananthapuram, 2014]: Raksha, a product of Elsys Intelligent Devices, isdeveloping a sensor based technology product that can be integrated into a user's vehicle. The product hasinbuilt sensors to detect accidents which can automatically connect to the company's help center in thecase of an accident. The platform also has an accident severity measurement component. The platformautomatically alerts family members via SMS, alerts emergency assistance centre & local emergencyproviders along with the precise location. Also assists with the cases of roadside assistance for flat tire,breakdown or fuel outage situations. The platform also stores user's medical history for ready reference toattending doctors. Available for pre-order at INR 6999.

Cyber security and Intrusion detection

Argus Cybersecurity [Tel Aviv, 2013]: Argus provides intrusion prevention system (IPS) and alertingsolutions which prevents a vehicle’s critical components from being hacked. Threats are identified usingdeep packet inspection (DPI) algorithms which scans all traffic in a vehicle’s network, identifies abnormaltransmissions and enables real-time response to threats. It also generates reports and alerts based onmonitoring of a vehicle’s cyber health. Integrates with automobiles like cars and commercial vehiclethrough OBD-II dongles in dashboard or internally without modifying any existing architecture of vehicle.Product is deployed by automobile makers during manufacturing or later by Tier 1 suppliers andaftermarket connectivity providers to prevent a single points of failure. Provides updates to deployedsystems via using Argus Secure Cloud servers and real-time Over-The-Air (OTA) updates. Founding team areformer members of the intelligence arm of the Israel Defense Forces.

$30MMagma Venture Partners, Vertex

Ventures, Magna International, Allianz Group, SBIホールディングス（株）

http://www.roawds.com/

http://www.raksha.me/

http://www.argus-sec.com/


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TowerSec [Ann Arbor, 2011]: TowerSec provides automotive security solutions through ready to embedsoftware solution for OEMs, component manufacturers and telematics providers. Poducts includeEcushield, Tcushield and M2MShield. Ecushield is an on board, embedded software solution which providesintrusion detection & prevention system (IDS/IPS) & a firewall and Tcushield is an (IDS/IPS) forprotection against cyber-attacks on telematics units and Infotainment systems by blocking maliciouscommunication and M2MShield prevents DDOS attack in machine-to-machine communication. Productsintegrates with the existing fleet management systems without making any modifications to hardware& software and updates via over-the-air (OTA). Winner of Red Herring North America 2015 and finalistin Tu-Automotive Awards 2015.

IncWell


Ifcar [Venice, 2015]: Uses hardware, software and contextual data to make the car more safe. It detectsintrusion and sends alert to the smartphone, honks and turns off the engine. It could also be used formonitoring children in the car. It detects heat and presence of child and automatically pulls the windowsdown and alerts on smartphone. The car can be remotely turned on/off, air conditioning could be turnedon/off using smartphone. It won the Battlehack prize of $100000 in 2015.


Olympus Sky [San Diego, 2014]: Provides security solutions for communication in cars. It provides securitysolutions for both in-car communication between Electronic Control Units and connected carcommunication like V2V and V2I communication. With the increasing software and its criticality in cars, thesecurity of software will become more important in the future.


Unblinkr [Herndon, 2015]: UnBlinkr is a stealth mode cybersecurity startup developing a real timeintrusion detection system (IDS) for IoT focused at automobiles. Solution supports partly & fullyautomated vehicles designed with current architecture. Features include telematics defensse by scanning& network traffic analysis; immunity against emerging virus infecting the electronic control unit (ECU)of vehicles; exploit shield to prevent unwarrnted data transfers & spyware and automatic updates& upgrades.

http://www.tower-sec.com/

http://www.ifcar.it/

http://www.olympussky.com/

http://www.unblinkr.com/


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Security Inmotion [Tel Aviv, 2015]: Security Inmotion provides software solutions for the security ofconnected cars. Software comprises of set of engines built on android which can be deployed withinfotainment systems to detect and isolate malicious software installed within the native programs or inany application added later on to the system. Provides device fingerprinting to connect other recognizablemobile devices in cars. Solution includes CAN-bus Inspection/Zero-Day-Updates which monitors alertsoriginated in infotainment systems and then deliver updates to secure them.


Arilou [Tel Aviv, 2012]: Arilou develops cyber security solutions and provide consulting services forautomotive industry. Provides firewall solution that isolates the critical parts of the car (engine, brakes,steering) from the connected non-critical parts (such as infotainment, telematics, TPMS). Solution preventusage of entire bandwidth on CAN bus by a single device and block the messages generated by bug orthreats in cars. Deliver analysis and testing of whole platform including engine control unit (ECU).

Camera based safety systems

LyfeLens [Austin, 2014]: Lyfelens is developing a dash cam that connects the car and smartphone toprovide users with insight of actions happening in and around the vehicle via realtime data, live video feedsand push notifications. Motion and sound detection sensors also monitor a user’s vehicle for unsafe orsuspicious activity, automatically capturing video and alerting the user. LyfeLens also gives option of 4G LTEWiFi hotspot.

$75K


Fenderhawk [San Francisco, 2015]: Plans to build a camera based device mounted near the front vehiclenumber plate which would help in car security ( intrusion detection ) and parking assistance. It also plans toprovide possible collision detection warnings on smartphone. The functional prototype is built and theproject is seeking funds on kickstarter as on 21st December 2015.


RoadAngel [Silverstone, 2002]: UK leader in smart camera for continuous video recording for accidentdetection and reporting, car protection in parking, blackspot detection, etc. It also provides GPS basedsolutions like asset tracking and alerts regarding speed bumps and speed limits. The company was startedby Dave Clark and Joe Eagle but has gone through management change a few times.

http://www.security-inmotion.com/

http://www.ariloutech.com/

http://www.lyfelens.com/

http://www.fenderhawk.com/

http://www.roadangelgroup.com/


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Caruma technologies [San Francisco, 2015]: Caruma is a clever all-in-one connected car device thatconnects your car to the cloud. Caruma delivers intelligent notifications, helpful insights, and dual HD videothat live-streams wirelessly to smartphone. It also acts as wi-fi hotspot, alert notification system and easyvideo upload to social networking sites.


RoadEyes [Neuilly-sur-Seine, 2011]: Road eyes provides automatic video cameras once a person enters thecar and related software to analyze your drive after its over. It is targeted both at individual car owners andfleet owners for safer drive and as proof during accidents.The company is supported by OSEO - a companywhich finances French SMEs.


C-tower [Rehovot, 2015]: C-Tower is a full 360 online camera controlled by a mobile App that providessecurity for the car while parked and complete footage of a scene in the event of an accident.

Theft vehicle recovery

MyDrivingPal IoT [San Francisco, 2015]: It provides a hardware + software system which works on cellularnetwork and tracks the device it is attached to. It can give heat warnings to avoid pet or child deaths incars. It could track the car and also help in identification of lost vehicles and recovery. It can also be used totrack other important things like bike, children or geo-fence. It is available on ordering and the device is 3Dprinted.


GMT Connect [ , 2009]: Provides asset management solutions based on GPS for workforce and fleetowners. It also has safety systems to track vehicles and turn off engines remotely using a smartphone. Italso has features like fuel tracking, geo-fencing and others.

http://www.carumacam.com/

http://www.road-eyes.com/

http://www.c-tower.co/

http://www.mydrivingpal.com/

http://www.gmtconnect.com/


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Inilex [Phoenix, 2003]: It is a leader in global telemetry products and services for fleet management,leasing, auto finance and others. Through myskylink.com it provides GPS based products for automotivetheft recovery products for consumers and law enforcement agencies. The company is acquired by SpireonInc. which is a open connected car platform company and a portfolio company of Bertram Capital.

Smartphone distraction avoidance

The SMARTwheel [Boston, 2015]: It is an intelligent steering wheel cover which detects if both the handsare on the steering wheel while driving, if one hand is not on the steering wheel for a long time or thehands are too close which could suggest use of smartphones. The cover could further be used for gesturerecognition for smartphone controls but does not currently feature it. It comes with a companion app forreal-time alerts. It is targeted for safety specially for teen drivers. It was featured on the reality TV showshark tank.


SafeDrive [Leiden, 2014]: SafeDrive is the iOS, Android and Windows Phone app that gives points for notusing the phone while driving. As you drive more, you earn more points. The points can be used for buyingproducts with discounts from partner companies. For each sale generated, SafeDrive app gets a salescommission. With SafeDrive the partner companies get a new lead generation channel, a responsiblemobile channel for promoting new products and metrics on their CSR budget spending. It is part of XL teamwhich is a mobile app development company.


Road Rules [San Francisco, 2014]: Road Rules is a connected cars start-up that provides rules basedautomation of cars. Their app will work with both connected and unconnected cars will allow drivers toautomate lives in terms of their car. Currently under development.

http://www.inilex.com/

http://www.smartwheelusa.com/

http://www.getsafedrive.com/

http://www.roadrules.co/


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Automatic [San Francisco, 2013]: Automatic has two main components to it: a small hardware dongle thatconnects to a car’s on board computer, which provides data about the state of the car and trips it makes, aswell as a mobile app that collects and analyses all that data. The dongle is a smart Driving Assistant that cansave money on gas, remember parking location and even call for help in a crash. Link learns the way userdrives the car and then give him audio suggestions on how to save on fuel and maintain the car in anoptimized way. Uses BLE to save smartphones energy. Automatic came out of research at UC Berkeley. Adeveloper API is currently in alpha. Has an estimated $1M+ in annual revenue. Incubated at Y-Combinator.

$32MUSAA, Amicus Capital, Y Combinator, Comcast Ventures, Anthemis Group,

Lumia Capital, RPM Ventures


Zubie [ , 2012]: Zubie makes a hardware dongle and provides associated apps that deliver real-timefeedback about the vehicle and driver. The dongle plugs into the car’s steering column and aggregates dataabout system functions, and can suggest tune-ups or other actions. Zubie also purports to save driversmoney by alerting them to issues before they turn into costly repairs, and by pointing out more fuel-efficient routes. Zubie’s business solution includes fleet-management and Usage-Based-Insurance (UBI).Intended for fleets with up to 20 vehicles, the application shows each vehicle’s route and diagnosticinformation, with the option to set up geo-fencing alerts. Zubie has released an open API, Zinc to allowdevelopers to build on top of their platform.

$19.9MOPENAIR Equity Partners, Castrol

innoVentures, Best Buy, Nokia Growth Partners


Mavizon Technologies [New Albany, 2006]: Mavizon provides OBD based device which coupled with asmartphone app would provide an easy to use solution to track the car, its condition and driving behaviour.It also has Drive which can turn your smartphone as a driving assistant. Another product is Parenteen whichhelps parents to monitor safe teen driving. The Mavizon platform can be used for other applications as wellbut currently they provide these three products. Mavia won top prize at the 2010 CEA i-stage event andwas featured in 2011 and 2012 Consumer Electronics show.

$6.9M BlueSky Capital

http://www.automatic.com/

http://www.zubie.com/

http://www.mymavia.com/


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AutoBot [Beijing, 2014]: Autobot has released two products: AutoPro and AutoBot Mini. The devices canbe hooked either to a car’s OBD-II module or cigarette lighter to track important real-time drivinginformation, including car performance, fuel consumption, driving habit analysis, driving route records,traffic advice and maintenance reminders. The two gadgets retail at RMB599 (US$96) and RMB129,respectively.

$6M Gobi Partners


iTrans Technologies [Bangalore, 2009]: Itrans has developed end to end solution for connecting andmaintaining mobile assets. Solutions include an hardware, firmware and OBD interface, mobile apps, IoTplatform for data storage, processing and management and analytics engine.

$2.1M


SenseData [Washington D.C., 2013]: AutoPro (by Sense Data) is vehicle diagnostic device for user's whowant an instant report on their vehicle's condition. It is an OBD based device that pairs with the user'ssmartphone (Android, iOS and Windows Phone). It allows generation of an instant, real-time maintenancereport. Consumers and auto enthusiasts can detect potential problems without the need to visit amechanic.

$1M


ULU [Ljubljana, 2014]: Has developed an OBD based tracking device for businesses. ULU device connectsthe car to cloud and gathers location, weather and other data and sends it to businesses to help them indecision making for future usage strategy. ULU is prominently used by companies in insurance, dealershipand leasing business.

$561k


Motosmarty [Leuven, 2012]: Digital Driving Pass (DDPaat ) is an independent telematics platformconnecting driving behavior and car use information with people and companies while respecting drivers’privacy. It provides an open platform for developing telematics applicatons for cars. This could help inusage based insurance (UBI), road side assistance, driver behaviour analysis, fleet management, etc. Itbelieves that this could be a natural extension to traditional driving license for car users.

$500K IWT.BE

http://www.vgoapp.com/

http://www.itransglobal.com/

http://www.itsautopro.com/

http://www.ulu.io/

http://www.digitaldrivingpass.com/


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Protectus Technologies [San Francisco, 2014]: Carlock (Protectus Technologies) is a simple GPS based cartracking device. The Carlock device fits into the cars OBD port and uses it's own dedicated GSM connectionto track the car. The user can switch tracking on and off through their phone. The device can also beconfigured to send alerts in case of any activity such as engine starts, vibration or the device beingremoved. Requires monthly subscription. Incubated at Startlabs.

$125K StartLabs


CaRPM [Gurgaon, 2015]: CaRPM connects with the engine control unit (ECU) of car and analyses variousparameters like fuel economy, etc. Any on board diagnostics (OBD2) bluetooth scanner can act as interfacebetween ECU & app and displays analysed data. Claims users can also compare prices, serviceduration & quality while choosing service centre through app. Raised seed funding of $100k from GHVAccelerator in Dec 2015.

$100k GHV Accelerator


TheCarForce [Houston, 2015]: TheCarForce is claimed to be a vehicle service concierge leveragingconnected vehicle technology. When vehicle needs any type of maintenance or repair, OBD device alertsCarforce which then claims to handle all of the logistics and communications to retrieve users vehicle.

$100k Seed Sumo


Pitstop [ , 2015]: OBD2 hardware, cloud analytics and mobile app notifications for alerting servicerequirements of vehicles before the parts fail. It targets individual car owners, fleet owners, servicestations, dealers and car manufacturers for better customer engagement. The company was selected inTechstars mobility 2015 startups.

$100K


xGear [Sunnyvale, 2013]: Pakistan-based startup xGear has developed an OBD based diagnostics device forcars. The xGear device plugs into a car’s on-board diagnostics port under the steering wheel and transmitsdata wirelessly to the cloud. This data can then be accessed by owners using their smartphones or laptops(API for developers under development). Features include: maintenance, trip summary, fuel management,live tracking and behavior monitoring. Incubated at Plan 9 and at Pakistan’s Startup Cup. Failed to raise itsIndiegogo goal of $10k.

$40k Start-Up Chile

http://www.carlock.co/

http://www.carpm.in/

http://www.thecarforce.com/

http://www.getpitstop.io/

http://www.xgear.io/


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CarIQ [Pune, 2013]: CarIQ offers a connected car platform based on an OBD plug and play device. Featuresinclude: critical alerts, car service alerts, battery monitoring, location information, car condition, towingalerts, crash alerts, personalized driving tips and fuel economy. More features will be released over time.Its system consists of a plug and play OBD device, and a iOS/Android/web dashboard for receiving alertsand notifications. One97 communications backed. QPrize India 2014 winner

$20k Persistant Systems


AdviseAuto [Montreal, 2015]: AdviseAuto's solution provides real-time analytics of connected cars datathrough an easy to understand web and mobile application. The solution portfolio also includes a retrofittelematics system for non-connected cars. It uses an OBD based device which provides diagnostic scanbefore the vehicle arrives for service. It also provides service alerts, fault indicators for the car owner tounderstand the issues in the car. It helps the car dealer to improve service and enhance customerretention.


Carly [Munich, 2014]: Provides OBD adapters and smartphone apps customized for different German carmanufacturers to take advantage of the unique features provided by each manufacturer.


Ridelogik [Bangalore, 2014]: Developed by Reckone Inventions Pvt Ltd, ridelogik is a physical device withintegrated software installed on a motorbike to record and analyse riding data, characteristics and enginehealth. The data is shared through an app installed on your phone. The device also sends crash alerts, helpsto locate the bike and connect with fellow riders. Incubated at Startup Village Kochi, Kerala, and currentlybased out of Bangalore, India. Yet to launch.


Athena [Seoul, 2014]: Athena’s "TiA" is a connected car system which provides connection between avehicle and wherever a driver needs such as repair shop, insurance company, emergency call center, anddriver's mobile devices. TiA collects all data of vehicle through its device including internal soundness,external shocks, driving patterns, and a risk of theft in a real time basis. Thereby, it helps a driver maintainhis or her car in optimal condition, save money getting a discounted insurance premium, prevent theft andaccident, and obtain more value when used car is to be sold. It also provides infotainment systems andsafety devices for cars.

http://www.mycariq.com/

http://www.adviseauto.com/

http://www.mycarly.com/

http://www.ridelogic.co/

http://www.athenakorea.co.kr/


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AutoWiz [Bangalore, 2014]: AutoWiz App on the mobile combines with AutoWiz OBD device in the car tomake it a smart car. The mobile plugs into your car's data feed in the cloud and claims to bring the real timecar location tracking, driving behavior insights, car theft/tow alarms, car health reports etc. It is a part ofSenSight Technologies.


CHZL [Chennai, 2014]: Hardware device offered along with a smartphone app that enables users to tracktheir driving record, understand fuel usage among others. It is a plug-play solution.


Nexo [Bangalore, 2015]: Nexo is a suite of products that include a pod, bluetooth and a mobile applicationwhich will engage with the car. The Pod plugs into a standard port under the dashboard of the car andconnects with the car's computer to access data about your driving and the health of the car. Then the podwirelessly connects with the smartphone using bluetooth and securely sends data which is analyzed on theservers through proprietary algorithms. The app represents the trips and detailed reporting on the drivingbehaviour and compares the stats to averages of other Nexo drivers.


Fullr [ , 2014]: Innovative OBD device and a mobile app for tracking fuel consumptions and analytics ondriving behaviour, providing tailor made insurance plans. The Fullr Community is powered by a smartdongle which connects to the car and a smartphone app that shows precise fuel costs to every destinationfor your exact car model, automatically displays fuel expenses to every destination visited in the past, andsuggests the most efficient route to take anywhere by leveraging the power of the Fullr Community andintelligent Big Data analysis. Currenlty, bothe the co-founders have mentioned have moved on the beemployees of other companies.


OBDclick [Lille, 2015]: OBD device which communicates with smartphone app for easy access of diagnosticinformation. Aims at individual customers who want to identify the car problems themselves. The founderis still employed with Airbus group and the company is in a very early stage.

http://www.autowiz.in/

http://www.chzl.mobi/

http://www.nexo.io/

http://www.fullr.io/

http://www.obdclick.com/


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seamless [Cambridge, 2014]: OBD 2 device which gives the location and safety status of the car tosmartphone maps. It is positioned as a safety device for car owners who are worried about thewhereabouts of the car.


caMetric [Sydney, 2014]: Connects service stations to cars and provides diagnostic information for easydetection of the problem


Autonect [Coventry, 2014]: OBD2 based device transmits diagnostic information to smartphone viabluetooth. The smartphone is connected with dashboard of car supplier to help track car service due,component health, faults, breakdowns and accidents. It aims to have more involved customer experiencefor car buyers and increasing service revenues for the car dealers. Went on Seedrs for crowdfunding with atarget of £300,000. It has also received grant funding from Coventry University.


CAARMO, Inc. [Washington, 2013]: Provides a OBD based plug in device for remote diagnostics, alerts toservice, diagnostic information for auto service stations. Partners with automotive service and repairplayers for increasing customer engagement and satisfaction.


OOCAR [Paris, 2015]: Provides OBD device and smartphone, web app to track and monitor vehicles. Alsoprovides analysis of driving behaviour and alerts about security, car maintenance, etc.

http://www.seamless.li/

http://www.cametric.com/

http://www.autonect.com/

http://www.caarmo.com/

http://www.oocar.com/


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Vinsnap [Atlanta, 2011]: Vinsnap is an automotive technology company that builds business-to-consumerand business-to-business software applications. Product Portfolio Vinsnap Custom Connected CarSolutions Vinsnap has partnered with cellular-based OBDII device and software companies to build aproprietary connected car platform. Using this, Vinsnap builds custom connected car solutions forbusinesses. Vinsnap App: Organizing Car Shopping Vinsnap, helps auto shoppers, add vehicles to theirshopping list by taking a picture of a VIN to get all the information about a car. The app provides vehicledetails, pricing, photos and the ability to purchase vehicle history reports in the app.


Geotab [Oakville, 1998]: Geotab has developed hardware and software for fleet management. Itshardware is small form factor device that simply plugs directly into vehicle’s OBD II port and starts trackingthe vehicles location, detects accidents and captures advanced vehicle data, device is also used for training.As a part of the package it has also developed Mygeotab scalable fleet management software.


WirelessCities Networks SL [Pamplona, 2013]: OBD2 plug-in device which can create a wi-fi hotspot usingany 4G SIM card. The wi-fi can be used by the passengers as well as the vehicle. It also has MugiCloud towhich the vehicle can connect and innovative customized telematics applications can be developed using it.The device is portable and the company is planning to launch it in early 2016.


Innova Electronics [Irvine, 2006]: OBD2 based device which provides easy and understandable vehiclediagnostic information. It has a SaaS platform for those who want to integrate it into their software. It alsoprovides reports on mobile devices and can be used to monitor vehicle health and maintenance schedules.The diagnostic reports can be used to pin-point the problem. It is targeted towards fleet owners, insuranceproviders, software developers, auto service providers and individual car owners.


M2B-Group LLC [Moscow, 2009]: Software and hardware system to remote diagnostic and control cars.Model - B2B2C. Service stations and dealers get equipment to support car owner in every day car using.This solution is free for service stations, with plug-n-play installation mode and rich possibilities for carowner. The device can be used by the consumer to track the car, get messages in case of emergency and bythe service stations to get the logs about performance of the car. Kot-system is a part of M2B group whichis a offshore software provider based in France.

http://www.vinsnap.com/

http://www.geotab.com/

http://www.mugicloud.com/

http://www.carmd.com/

http://www.kot-system.ru/


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Hustlebox [San Francisco, 2014]: Hustlebox tracks vehicle mileage and expenses for sales professionals forIRS deductions, and company reimbursements. It has a OBD device plugged into the car which detectswhen ar was turned off or on. When customer turns off car, he receives an SMS asking if the trip wasbusiness or personal. Customers can also tag their trips based on a activity or a business client and get viewof all their vehicles on map with live status. Also produces Excel spreadsheet that contains sheets detailingtrips for submisssion to IRS or employer.


Datadrive [Reykjavik, 2015]: Open platform for connected cars data and are partnering up with car serviceand solution providers and developers that can use our API to create something unique for vehiclesowners. We have also created the basic APP that connects the vehicle to the owners smartphone, allowinghim to see detailed information about his vehicle, fuel consumption, km, trips, error codes from engine andmore.


Velio [Hong Kong, 2012]: Velio makes vehicle telematics solutions mass markets by enabling for vehicledata to be embedded into web and mobile software. Company fulfills hardware and telecom requirementsand provides a cloud API that developers can interact with to build connected cars.


dashroad [Detroit, 2014]: Dashroad is building a OBD device to connect car to cloud and use its apps toenable various functionalities. Is also developing apps around analytics for enterprise customers.

http://www.hustlebox.us/

http://www.datadrive.is/

http://www.velio.com/

http://www.dashroad.com/


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Eliocity [Lille, 2011]: Eliocity has developed a device which connects to cars OBD port and relaysinformation about motion, driver movement and is used for remote monitoring.


Finova [ , 2014]: Finova has developed an OBD device which when connected to cars OBD device act as areal time remote diagnostics system allowing real time monitoring of cars. It also acts as a communicationchannel between client and dealership to push invoices and other communications.


Katasi [Boulder, 2009]: Katasi works with telecom provider’s network technology to limit distractions onusers phone while driving. When user enters car carrier network is notified by the Katasi system that anindividual is driving, allowing the carrier to limit texting and other distracting capabilities on the subscriber'smobile phone according to the subscriber's wishes. Full mobile functions are restored once driver stopsdriving.


Picotek [Cambridge, 2013]: Picotek is a cloud based M2M company, offering comprehensive vehicletelematics solutions for land, marine and air based motor vehicles for commercial and consumerapplications. Picotek's telematics system is a subscription based service with variety of affordable servicepackages. It can be accessed from web, tablet and mobile applications.


Drust [Paris, 2014]: Drust has developed Akolyt, an OBD devices that tracks vehicle stats in real time andadvises user on their driving behavior. Additionally it also detects accidents, provides trip stats and act as apersonal assistant to user. In March 2015 raised $70K of $35K goal on Indiegogo.

http://www.xee.com/

http://www.finova.io/

http://www.katasi.com/

http://www.pico-tek.com/

http://www.drust.io/


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DRVEN [Toronto, 2014]: DRVEN is an early stage startup providing OBD based services to car owners. Itclaims to digitally link the car with smart phones and other smart devices. It claims to help reduce fuelcompensation and save maintenance costs. It provides various services as on demand basis without have tosubscribe to all their services. It is incubated at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto.


AWAKEN IoT [Strasbourg, 2015]: Awaken is developing a device that will provides real time notification toemergencies, notification during a vehicle theft, vehicle diagnostic, preventive maintenance.


Carfit [San Francisco, 2015]: Car.fit and its app claim to optimize car costs and to save on gas andmaintenance. It provides visual feedback and senses car’s vibrations and claims to understand the state ofthe car.


Yatis [Bangalore, 2015]: Users need to connect a smart device to the car and install an app. Allows users tomonitor fuel consumption, car health and location. Identifies driving flaws and allows users to comparedriving skill with friends. Currently in beta mode.


My Fuel Book [Chennai, 2014]: Offers a device and mobile app for users to track their car performance,fuel consumption, distance travelled and perform analytics. The device also tracks aspects such as vehiculartraffic on a particular route, number of speed breakers or potholes on a route and transmits them to otherapp users. Other features include park-track (parking tracking), black box, smart horn (senses the horn andalerts the user in back what’s the hold up on the traffic). Can be pre-ordered at a price of USD 69.

http://www.drven.co/

http://www.awaken.fr/

http://www.car.fit/

http://www.yatis.in/

http://www.myfuelbook.com/


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Munic [Paris, 2008]: Munic.Box is a wireless enabled OBD device that integrates complete scan tooltechnology. Munic Box can be programmed to periodically scan the vehicle and retrieve valuableinformation. Thanks to its unique and advanced OBD Stacks interface, Munic box enables the user toconduct a complete scan of virtually every ECU in any vehicle. Upon connection, Munic box will retrieve theVehicle Identification Number (VIN) and synchronize this information with an online library covering almostall vehicles. Once done, Munic Box will then upload the instruction set required to fully scan the variousECUs onto the device allowing a deep scan of the vehicle. Also has Cloud SDK's for applicationdevelopment.


Drive Pulse [Menlo Park, 2013]: Drive Pulse is an always on (via a T-Mobile cellular connection), cartracking device that connects to the cars OBD port. It keeps track of the users car and send alerts to theirsmartphone. Data and alerts available include: bad driving warning (configurable), parking location,emergency locator and mileage tracking. Available for preorder as a $100 per year subscription. LSVPsummer fellow. Founding team consists of Stanford students


AutoTranz [Mumbai, 2012]: AutoTranz Engineers Pvt. Ltd. is engaged in providing hardware and softwarethat allows for connected, secure vehicles controlled using mobile apps. Offerings include personal tracker,vehicle tracking solution, vehicle security, crash alerts, car health updates, fleet management and severalothers through its products: Animus, Secure 2, Secure 1 and STrack. Incubated at Zone Startups, a startupincubation programme by Toronto-based Ryerson Futures Inc. launched in a joint venture with the BombayStock Exchange Institute in Mumbai.


Lemur Vehicle Monitors [St. Johns, 2006]: Lemur Vehicle Monitors offers in-vehicle accessories thatcommunicate with the vehicle to provide users with vehicle diagnostics and driving feedback. TheirBlueDriver product is a Bluetooth based OBD device, that pairs with the user's smartphone or tablet (iOSand Android) and can: read and clear engine codes, generate repair reports, check for smog and captureand share live data.

http://www.munic.io/

http://www.drivepulseapp.com/

http://www.autotranz.in/

http://www.lemurmonitors.com/


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Devtoaster [San Francisco, 2008]: Rev by Devtoaster is an engine diagnostics device that works iOS devices(through Wi-Fi). The OBD device pairs with the user's smart phone and allows the user to log data as well asreset and view engine codes. It can record and visualize important engine data such as: vehicle speed, rpm,fuel consumption, engine coolant temp, fuel pressure, fuel level barometric pressure etc.


Torque-bhp [Milton Keynes, 2011]: Torque-bhp (part of Ian J Hawkins) allows user's to view live OBDengine data on their Android phone (connects via Bluetooth). Features include: customizable dashboardscreens (on the smartphone), retrieve fault codes and clear check engine lights (view descriptions on built-in databases) and upload data to the user's webserver or the torque web viewer. A variety


CellAssist [Amherst, 2008]: Cellassist offers connected vehicle solutions for both consumers andenterprise. For consumers they offer an OBD based solution that pairs with the user's smartphone viaBluetooth and includes: engine check (interprets engine codes for the user), maintenance (reminders) andfuel savings (highlights issues, compare mileage with other users). For enterprise they offer tailoredsolutions for enhanced roadside assistance (pull VIN, DTC, freeze frame, and other live sensor data withinseconds), fleet safety management (monitors safe driving behavior) and driving schools (provides access toonline scheduling, rosters and session details).


Strados [Chicago, 2014]: Strados is an app that helps people understand their car. Using the Translator, aBluetooth-enabled, low-energy device that plugs into a car’s OBD port, Strados translates a car’s data intoemotions, colors, and text to describe its health and sends it to a user's smartphone. Strados analyzes anyissues and comes up with solutions along with cost estimates and severity ratings to make sure a driver isarmed with the proper knowledge when getting the car fixed. Strados has reportedly broken even onpreorder sales and signups.


Truvolo [San Jose, 2013]: Truvolo is an OBD based connected car device intended to allow parents to keepan eye on their children's driving habits. Features include: driver monitoring (rash driving alerts, speedingalerts, arrival notification), car location, predictive engine warning alerts, and fuel efficiency. Raw enginediagnostics data is also available to the user. Failed to raise it's $100k goal on Indiegogo.

http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev

http://www.torque-bhp.com/

http://www.cellassist.com/

http://www.strados.co/

http://www.truvolo.com/


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Fixd [Atlanta, 2014]: Fixd comprises of a vehicle sensor and accompanying app (Android, iOS expectedsoon). The vehicle sensor plugs into a car's OBD-II port and connects to the app via Bluetooth. Fixdmonitors the vehicle's diagnostics and provides information about any problems that arise. This includesthe severity of the vehicle's running condition, indicated using a traffic light system, and an indication ofhow urgently issues should remedied. Estimated cost of repair is also provided. Developed at start-upsummer (GaTech internship for start-ups with $15k investment). Raised more than $37k on a goal of $30kon Kickstarter.


Drivebot [Bangkok, 2014]: Drivebot is a connected car device. The dongle plugs into a car's OBD-II port. Itthen pairs with the user's smartphone (iOS and Android) via Bluetooth. The cars health (e.g., engine,transmission, brake and steering system status) can be monitored via the Drivebot app. Beyond this, user'scan avoid costly “too late” visits to a mechanic and discover optimal driving routes as well as habits usingDrivebot's analytics. Has raised more than $112k on a goal of $35k on Indiegogo.


GoFar [Sydney, 2014]: GoFar provides smart car driving solution which offers a smart device that can beconnected to car’s OBD port. Also provides a patented eco display system that can be attached in the caritself. The GoFar device measures and monitors all vital stats of the car such as Fuel Purchased, fuelconsumed, cost of energy generation by the engine etc. and send this data to the registered nearbysmartphone via BLE. GoFar also provides a smartphone app for recording and visualizing all vital car stats.Unreleased to the public as of Nov. 2014.Winner of the regional Seedstars World regional event in Sydney.


OBD Solutions [Phoenix, 2010]: OBDLink (by OBD Solutions) produces on-board diagnostics products thatconnect to the user's car to their smartphone via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Once connected user's have access toa variety of apps (Android, iOS and Windows) made for OBD devices(based on ELM327 command set).Raised more than $640k on a $35k goal on Kickstarter with more than $7500 backers.

Usage Based Insurance

MetroMile [San Francisco, 2011]: MetroMile provides a plug-in device for cars that connects to an iPhoneapp and quantifies driving performance. MetroMile’s app helps the user analyse car vital stats, fuel usage,call roadside assistance, report a broken window, or a keep a copy of the insurance card. MetroMile givesaway its app and device for free by selling insurance. MetroMile will retroactively bill the user for insurancebased only on the distance they have driven, thus leading to around $500 in savings to the user per year.

$14MNew Enterprise Associates, Index Ventures, First Round Capital, SV

Angel, Felicis Ventures

http://www.fixdapp.com/

http://www.drivebot.io/en

http://www.gofar.co/

http://www.obdlink.com/

http://www.metromile.com/


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Censio [Allston, 2013]: Censio offers a smartphone app that monitors driving habits and recommendsusers ways to drive safely and save on auto insurance. The app rates users on their ways of driving. Betterdriving improves the score while harsh braking or cornering reduces the score. The insurance companiescan better profile their risks using the data obtained from the app.

$13MGeneral Catalyst Partners, Bain Capital

Ventures, Lakestar


Telematic IQ [Santa Monica, 2014]: OBD based device and telematics to track driving behaviour andvehicle condition for usage based insurance (UBI). It also integrates mobile based insurance buying andintegrates UBI actuarial models along with driving scores.


ingenie [Leatherhead, 2009]: Rewards users based on their driving habits. Ingenie insurance comes with adevice fitted to car's OBD port which then tracks how a user drives car. It sends out driving review every 10days and offers discount on insurance accordingly. They claim that their customers get upto 21% extradiscount on insuring with Ingenie. They currently have operations in the UK and Canada. In January 2014,Ingenie was acquired by Quindell plc which already held 49% in the company.

Smartphone based personal assistant

Vinli [Dallas, 2014]: Vinli offers an OBD module that connects to the user's phone and allows the driveraccess to a catalogue of standard Vinli applications - plus access to any applications developed using theirplatform. A more advanced module is available with on board GPS, Wi-Fi and Emergency call. Enterpriseplans with features like tailored deployment options, custom BI & app development, high availabilitySLA and support is also available. Vinli secured $6.5M in funding from Samsung global innovation centerand 3 other investors.

$6.5M The Westly Group


DrivePro [Madrid, 2015]: OBD based device which connects with smartphone for diagnostics, fuelmanagement, tracking routes and finding the location of the parked car. It is a device bycuidamostucoche.com which is a car service stations database and provides the nearest service station withratings.

http://www.cens.io/

http://www.telematiciq.com/

http://www.ingenie.com/

http://www.vin.li/

http://www.drivepro.es/


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EcoShifter [Brighton, 2015]: EcoShifter (Beta) for Android helps save fuel by giving real time advice whiledriving. The main feature is the gear change indicator that lets you know when you have to shift gearthrough voice and visual alerts. Moreover, it displays real time data such as revs, speed or throttle. UsesOBD based data and communicates with the smartphone over bluetooth. A very early stage alumnus andthe founder is steel working at a private compan


Carnot Technologies [Mumbai, 2015]: Plans to launch an OBD based device for car owners which helps intracking and safety, gives diagnostics, helps in performance monitoring and reduce carbon emissions. Invery early stage and plans to launch a kickstarter campaign for crowd funding.


Voyomotive [San Francisco, 2011]: OBD2 based device and wireless relays for wireless features for the carthrough a smartphone app. It provides diagnostic information, lock/unlock doors and trunk throughsmartphone app, speed alerts, alerts to other drivers and other features by connecting throughVoyomotive cloud. It aims to increase driver safety, convenience and fuel efficiency. As of November 2015,it had raised $77k for a target of $50k with 19 days remaining.


GRIN Technologies Inc [Cupertino, 2014]: GRIN Technologies builds technology for Connected Life. Thefirst product is called CarMind. CarMind is a Connected Car Cloud Client controlled by voice and gestures.Together with the GRIN Connector, an advanced keyfob-based authenticator for the connected lifeexperience (patent pending) and a smarter, secure OBD scanner to provide automotive info, Carmind aimsat providing a distraction free driving experience. CarMind is a dedicated in-car device with naturallearning, a personal assistant for your daily routine. CarMind also includes a secure payment gateway toassist with everyday purchases.


Metaiot [Bangalore, 2015]: Metaiot's product, Vehico is an intelligent assistant for car which provides withall the driving and diagnostics data. Few of the features are an intelligent real time location trackingsystem, accident detection and notification system, in-car wifi. It has two modules, pre-trip module whichhelps in planning your trip beforehand and post-trip analytics which helps in determining the driving habits,behavior of the driver. Vehico claims to have a self-diagnostics tool which gives access to the car's problemsin real time without visiting a mechanic.

http://www.ecoshifter.com/

http://www.getcarnot.com/

http://www.voyomotive.com/

http://www.grintech.net/

http://www.metaiot.com/


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Zene [Gurgaon, 2015]: Zene is a plug-and-play device for cars that allows users to track car's health(constantly checks car's engine system for any defect). Other features include accident alerts, fuel economyassistance (in-car alerts when cars goes beyond the economical threshold), remote tracking, geo zones andsmart trip logs. Also allows users to share their car's performance, trip information, badges or awardsearned, driving performance on Facebook, Twitter and Google. Rebranded from Zene.io. The device storesthe performance of the car which can be potentially used by insurance companies.


Petrolr [Denver, 2013]: Petrolr is a connected car, telematics app aimed at SMBs as well as individualconsumers. It connects to the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) port (OBD device not sold by Petrolr) in theuser's vehicle and transmits driving behavior directly to the user's smartphone via Bluetooth. The app helpsuser's better understand their costs allowing more informed budgeting. It also allows user's to competeagainst their peers. Currently in beta for Android.

Distracted driving prevention

obdEdge LLC [Baton Rouge, 2009]: obdEdge, LLC, doing business as cellcontrol, provides distracted drivingprevention solutions. Its cellcontrol uses an automobile’s on board diagnostic computer and phone/devicesoftware to put a stop to texting, e-mail, Web browsing, and phone use while operating a vehicle. Thecompany serves employees, teenage drivers or family members, small businesses, corporations, andgovernment agencies, as well as operators of interstate commercial motor vehicles and hazardous materialtransportation vehicles. obdEdge, LLC was founded in 2009 and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

$600k

http://www.getzene.com/

http://www.petrolr.com/

http://www.cellcontrol.com/


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Telogis [Aliso Viejo, 2001]: Telogis provides comprehensive cloud-based location intelligence platform forcompanies that require dynamic routing, real-time work order management, navigation, telematics andmobile integration services for their mobile workforces. Their products include: fleet (GPS fleet trackingand management), progression (mobile workforce dispatch and management), route (route and capacityplanning), mobile (work order system that connects to back office software with compliance checking),integration (API to integrate the all Telogis services into enterprise software) and Geobase (SDK forgeospatial software development). Its products and services are used and distributed in more than 100countries worldwide. Has made 6 acquisitions between 2009 and 2012 including Darby CorporateSolutions, Remote Dynamics, Intergis, Maptuit and Navtrak.

$120MKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Cross

Creek Advisors, General Motors Ventures, Fontinalis Partners

FleetMatics [Rolling Meadows, 2004]: FleetMatics is a provider of GPS tracking systems for small andmedium-sized businesses delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Its fleet management softwareprovides driver details, vehicle activity and planning for fleet maintenance. Also provides field servicemanagement software with features for work order, scheduling, invoicing, reports etc. and integrates withthe accounting software such as Xero, Quickbooks etc. Claims to serves more than 15,000 customers,tracking more than 281,000 vehicles worldwide. Acquired sagequest in 2010.

$108MInvestcorp Gulf Investments, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Institutional

Venture Partners

Quartix [Newtown, 2001]: Quartix’s award-winning, in-vehicle tracking technology enables subscribers,ranging from small businesses to major corporations, to maximise efficiency of fleet operations.Commercial benefits include significantly lowered fleet operating costs, more responsive delivery times andimproved vehicle security. The user-friendly technology also assists employers in meeting a wide range ofduty of care responsibilities. Technology used is telematics and GPS for tracking upto seconds level.

$17.7M Bank of Scotland Equity Investments

Spireon [Knoxville, 2003]: Spireon (formed with the merger of Procon and Enfotrace) provides fleetmanagement and field service solutions. It provides features for GPS tracking, behaviour monitoring, timetracking and federal compliance tools for HOS, ELD and DVIR etc. using a OBDII device. Its workforcemanagement solution provides feature for field services such as scheduling, dispatching and accountingalong with a mobile app for field with customer information, communication and other features. It is aportfolio company of Bertram Capital.

$7.71M

http://www.telogis.com/

http://www.fleetmatics.com/

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AssetTrackr [Bangalore, 2013]: AssetTrackr uses GPS and GPRS technologies to provide real time trackingof vehicles – fleet, buses, personal car and corporate transportation. Solutions include vehicle tracking,fleet management, fuel and temperature monitoring and taxi dispatch solution. Its product, SafeKar is apersonal vehicle tracking product primarily for chauffeur-driven cars to track and manage the vehicle,identify the misuse or dangerous driving by the driver. It also provides maintenance reminders, averagemileage, odometer tracking and route history. Follows a subscription model for its products. Customersinclude DTDC, The Professional Couriers, GMR, ABIR Infrastructure, BigBasket etc. Investors include KiranBasani, CEO of AddOnUSA; Prasad BVN, VP at Aspen Technology.

$500k

ThinAir Wireless [Houston, 2004]: Thin Air Wireless offers systems and solutions for Fleet Management aswell as Asset tracking and monitoring based on a saas model and allows integration with external sensorsand systems. Its services are offered both on a web and mobile based application.

$108k

Prova Systems [Carbondale, 2010]: Prova systems has developed Fleet Genius, which is an OBD2 vehicleplugin that provides vehicle trip, usage and utilization tracking. Additionally it also provides fleetmaintenance software to enable businesses to manage fleets. The Fleet Genius system also tracks fuelusage, driver safety behavior monitoring and a policy engine to set up alerts for preventive maintenanceschedules, vehicle diagnostic warnings and unsafe drive behavior. Prova’s line of wireless OBD-2 vehiclemonitors, analysis products and wireless sensors capture real-time operational diagnostics for use in itsown Fleet Genius SaaS application and 3rd party partner applications. In August 2015, Prova's Fleet Geniuswas ranked as best low cost vehicle fleet tracking system.

$85KBenjamin Franklin Technology

Partners

http://www.assettrackr.com/

http://www.thinairwireless.com/

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Pixelated [Kuala Lumpur, 2013]: Pixelated provide the next generation web-based GPS tracking and fleetmanagement solution. Using the latest web technology and modern user interface, Pixelated strives toprovide the most user friendly yet useful fleet management service. Pixelated employs advanced GPStrackers that utilize both GPS and GLONASS positioning system. This provides redundancy and augmentedprecision capability. The fleet management software is used by significant number of customers inMalaysia. Other solutions include public bus tracking system and GPS based shp tracking system.

$15k

Community Safety Resistance [Null, 2015]: Provides GPS based tracking and fleet management solutionsfor various industries. It provides basic GPS based tracking and monitoring in the African region.

Actsoft Inc [Tampa, 1996]: Actsoft operates in the field of M2M, GPS Tracking, Fleet Tracking, Route andVehicle Optimization and Wireless Forms for Employee and Business Performance. It has applications infields like fleet management, mobile workforce management and inventory management.

FleetLeed [Toronto, 2014]: FleetLeed provides dynamic, real-time, data about the fleet. It focusses ontracking, health monitoring and active reporting. It has configurable software to set conditions for alertnotifications. It is a product by Mojio

Sycada Mobile Solutions [Amsterdam, 2005]: Sycada has more than 15 years of experience in mobile datasolutions such as GPS tracking & tracing, remote machine monitoring and field-force solutions. Sycadais certified Fleet solutions Partner of Garmin Inc. and Global M2M partner of Vodafone. The servicesinclude fleet management and tracking, fiscal trip reporting, asset and cargo security, etc. It has offices inAmsterdam, Munich and Athens with services across Europe.

http://www.katsana.com/

http://www.communitysafetyrenaissance.co.za/

http://www.actsoft.com/

http://www.fleetleed.com/

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SafeFleet [Timisoara, 1994]: ETA Automatizari Industriale is a telematics specialized company that offersthe SafeFleet fleet management solution and several other M2M solutions. It has recently launched a OBD2based tracking device as well. The company has clients mainly in Romania, but also in Italy, Kosovo, Turkey,Albania, Georgia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, US and Brasil.

Verilocation [Northampton, 1996]: Transport management system using GPS based fleet tracking andGarmin integration for two way communication, job scheduling. The company is a sole proprietorship andlocated and operates in UK.

Track Link Limited. [Sliema, 2014]: Track Link Limited provides vehicle, asset and personal trackingsystems, with fleet management solutions for live monitoring and control. It is located in Malta. Thesolutions are GPS based and are used for tracking and monitoring vehicles, pets, assets, people and findsusage in fleet and asset management, insurance telematics.

Omnitracs [Dallas, 1988]: Best-in-class, end-to-end fleet management solutions from the pioneer ofcommercial vehicle telematics. One of the largest fleet management provider in the world with more than50000 customers tracking assets in over 70 countries.

Track Your Truck [New Lenox, 1998]: GPS vehicle tracking devices for small and midsized companies. Itprovides GPS tracking devices, cellular devices, passive GPS devices for tracking solutions. It also providesfleet management software for risk management, increasing efficiency, mobile based tracking, etc.

http://www.safefleet.eu/

http://www.verilocation.com/

http://www.tracklink.com.mt/

http://www.omnitracs.com/

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E-Drive Tech [ , 1988]: E-Drive Technology (EDT) is manufacturer and provider of smart fleet managementsystems, fuel management systems and automotive telematics solutions. It gives analytical reports both onweb and mobile platform. It is a part of Road Trac group, largest OEM telematics provider in Latin America.

Whrzt [Dallas, 2015]: Whrzt has developed a solution to track fleet during movement. Device relays realtime data of vehicle location, fuel usage and mileage updates. User can have a look at the real time statsusing smart phone app or web browser.

Responsible Fleet [Phoenix, 2015]: Responsible fleet gps is a fleet management software for businesses.Uses a OBD II device plugged into the vehicle to track the vehicle and gives dashboard with routeoptimization, mapping using google maos, maintenance scheduling, messaging with driver, enginediagnostics and more.

MAPPING CONTROL [ , 2006]: Mapping Control is a leading company in the onboard telematics activity fornearly 10 years. It provides an onboard telematic box, a service package and a mobile App for drivers. Theservices are arranged in 5 categories from tax management, tracking to driving behaviour analysis.

Trackunit Telematics [Pandrup, 1998]: Trackunit is a professional fleet management system for machineryand vehicles. The system streamlines fleet management and optimises profitability. The system works witha small GSM/GPS unit installed in a machine or vehicle that uploads data to a server. These data can beaccessed via the Trackunit Manager web portal or app for smartphone. Trackunit A/S is a subsidiary of M-tec Holding Pandrup ApS owned by Svend M. Hansen and Jesper Fjeldsø.

http://www.e-drivetech.com/

http://www.whrzt.com/

http://www.responsiblefleet.com/

http://www.mappingcontrol.com/

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Masternaut [Paris, 1996]: Largest telematics provider in Europe for fleet management solutions.Masternaut provides a SaaS-based Mobile Resource Management (MRM) application suite for businessesof all sizes to help them achieve greater operational efficiencies. Research, information and events forthose looking to manage driver behaviour, risk, safety, efficiency, vehicle utilisation, customer service andthe total cost of vehicle ownership and mobility for businesses through telematics, vehicle tracking, GPSand CAN-Bus technology. With customers in 32 countries, Masternaut has multiple offices and partnersthroughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia. It was acquired by Summit Partners andFleetCor technologies in June 2014

Isotrak [Milton Keynes, 1999]: Isotrak is the leading provider of GPS vehicle tracking and fleetmanagement solutions to some of the largest Fortune 500 companies globally. It started in UK and hasrecently moved to the North American market. It provide a complete fleet management solutions fromtracking, analytics to camera systems to avoid fraudulent insurance claims during accidents.

Revivermx [San Francisco, 2009]: Reviver is reinventing the license plate. It has replaced tin with siliconand re-formed it as node in a connected car network. Reviver's platform transforms any vehicle into amember of a universal fleet of vehicles with capabilities ranging from telematics, messaging, and electronicfee collection.

IMETRIK [Montreal, 2005]: M2M device, network and applications for remote asset control. It providesGPS based tracking and provides equipment, software for the entire chain. Applications include fleetmanagement, remote asset management and tracking, usage based insurance, vehicle finance telematicssolutions.

http://www.masternaut.com/

http://www.isotrak.com/

http://www.reviver.io/

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Teletrac Inc. [Garden Grove, 1988]: Focused on its mission to deliver comprehensive fleet intelligencesolutions by increasing customer safety and enhancing overall business efficiency. The company works upand down the solutions curve from price-sensitive customers looking for basic GPS vehicle tracking, toenterprise customers looking for hours of service solutions, third-party data integrations and nativebusiness intelligence needs. Fleet Director® is Teletrac’s primary software platform. Integrated with BingMaps, the system provides single or multi-map views in multiple configurations. Highly customizable, assettracking can take place at the individual vehicle, subfleet, watch list or entire fleet level. Already provenand trusted by more than 20,000 fleets of all sizes and tracking more than 200,000 vehicles in 87 countries,Teletrac saves fleet owners time, money and reduces their carbon footprint. It is a part of DanaherCorporation and has merged with Navman wireless.

Navman Wireless USA [Glenview, 1988]: Navman Wireless, a vehicle tracking and fleet managementcompany,minimizes overhead by reducing fuel usage, vehicle wear and tear, and maintenance costs.Navman Wireless monitors more than 220,000 vehicles owned by over 17,000 organizations.That makes itone of the top SaaS providers of GPS-based fleet and asset management technology in the world. It is apart of Danaher corporation. It has also merged with Teletrac to form a global telematics leader and are inthe process of having a common management with a common president.

AVLView [Singapore, 2009]: AVLView [ Automatic Vehicle Locate & View ] on Cloud track vehicles onmap, monitor fuel usage, helps cut operational losses in half and increase fleet/driver productivity. It givesinstant alerts on events to improve green driving, timely delivery; automates trip schedule & notifiesyou on vehicle maintenance. Built around the concept of SaaS (Software as a Service), AVLView can becustomized with one’s own logo, URL, theme, features etc enabling one to manage the platform accordingto their comfort. The software is available in multiple languages.

Direct Tracking AUS [Brisbane, ]: Direct Tracking offer a variety of options for fleet management and assettracking through the use of data loggers and GPS trackers. Company has combined a cloud based softwareplatform with a GPS device, global satellite and cellular networks to enable asset tracking.

http://www.teletrac.com/

http://www.navmanwireless.com/

http://www.avlview.com/

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Rhino Fleet Tracking [Argyle, 2007]: Rhino Fleet Tracking provides fleet management software. Providesfeatures to which include visibility of entire fleet on google maps, tracking and monitoring vehicles onspeed, mileage, driver stops, idle periods, fuel consumption, maintenance and labor costs etc.

Market-ip [Namur, 2000]: Telefleet the geolocation solution and Geomanagement specific constructionsector to increase efficiency and improve worker productivity. It provides fleet management, driverbehaviour tracking, geographical planning, optimization of routes and security solutions for assetmanagement in construction industry.

WayKonect [Lille, 2014]: OBD based fleet management, vehicle tracking, diagnostics and security companylocated in France. It provides web based and mobile based platform to monitor the vehicles anddifferentiates with customer support and data security. It has decent number of corporate customers inFrance.

Telematik [ , 2012]: Telematik is a startup based in Tunisia with participation from Tunisie telecom, no.1telco operator in Tunisia. It provides 'Fleetium', which is a telematics and fleet management app forbusinesses. It positions itself as cheaper alternative to Tom Tom Lite.

Beek [Tlaquepaque, 2006]: M2M and telematics used for connecting owners with assets. Launched theproduct in partnership with cold storage, transportation and cattle industries.

http://www.rhinofleettracking.com/

http://www.telefleet.com/

http://www.waykonect.com/

http://www.telematik.tn/

http://www.gobeek.com/



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Synovia Solutions [Indianapolis, 2012]: Synovia Solutions formed after merger of Synovia and Everydaysolutions provides fleet management solutions to school bus, commercial, private, law enforcement, andmunicipal fleets. It combines the GPS enabled fleet tracking with management functionality, including webbased integrated comparative analysis, and time and attendance. In 2012 Synovia merged business withEveryday solutions.

Analytics focus

Local Motion [Mountain View, 2011]: Local Motion is provides the tools necessary for businesses toreduce waste and right-size their fleets of cars. The startup manufactures a module that can be installed inany vehicle to make it more shareable. It has a small box that connects to a car’s on-board computer toallow users to unlock doors, while providing valuable usage information that feeds back into a SaaS-baseddashboard for managing a fleet. Also has a mobile app for drivers to book vehicles and cloud basedplatforms to see the usage history, maintenance status, GPS tracking, analytics etc. Local Motion wasincubated at the Lemnos Labs hardware incubator.

$6M

Lemnos Labs, Draper & Associates, Morado Venture Partners,

VegasTechFund, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz

Analytics focus

Springworks [Stockholm, 2007]: Springworks is a technology company specializing in M2M and mobilesolutions for vehicles. They offer an M2M platform for motor vehicles that was developed as part of theVolvo On Call project. They also offer fleet management solutions for industry. Using an OBD based device(uploads driving data to the cloud) that allows fleet operators to monitor fuel costs and other drivingparameters and provide analytics as well. A consumer version for better driving is being planned as well.

Teliasonera

Analytics focus

ActiveFleets [Mumbai, 2008]: Developer of hardware device with GPS and wireless communicationcapabilities that are installed into vehicles. Features of the hardware + software backend solution for thebusiness include real-time location updates, accessible data in the form of maps, charts and analyticalreports for info on distance traveled, stops taken along with vehicle activity updates on SMS. Part ofNetcent Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Analytics focus

DRVR [Bangkok, 2014]: Big data analysis focussed on driving behaviour to improve fleet efficiency, directcosts and deliver improved customer service. It also gather data important for driving more business.

http://www.synoviasolutions.com/

http://www.getlocalmotion.com/

http://www.springworks.se/

http://www.activefleets.com/

http://www.drvr.co/



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Analytics focus

Glydel [Bangalore, 2014]: Glydel is an early stage, seed-funded startup based in US/India focused onbuilding intelligent solutions for Indian market. The company is building a cloud based intelligence platform(IoT platform) for SMBs and consumers in automobile space. OneFleetTM is the flagship product of thecompany and can be used for on-demand cloud based analytics for tracking your vehicles.

Analytics focus

The Floow Limited [Sheffield, 2012]: Provides motor insurers, car makers and fleet operators withactionable insights to increase customer loyalty and ROI. They have a proprietary 'White Box' self installeddevice and applications for Android and Apple platforms, which are fully compatible with any telematicdata source. The Floow’s fully managed platform improves premium pricing, reduces claims etc. They havea team of experienced executives specialised in Telematics, Computer science, Data mining, Automotiveand User Experience Design.The Floow operates without geographic boundaries from its offices in the UK(London and Sheffield) and California (Palo Alto). The Floow bagged the UBI Customer Value LeadershipAwards in 2014.

Analytics focus

VinLogx [Saint Louis, 2013]: VINLogx acquires, stores, and analyzes unique vehicle information, providingsolutions to multiple markets for the data captured from a vehicle’s electronic subsystems. It captures andanalyzes multiple data points from each vehicle this data is used to create a unique vehicle identity.Applications include asset authentication, fleet management, insurance.

Analytics focus - Driving behaviour analysis

Lytx [San Diego, 1998]: Lytx designs and manufactures video driver safety programs used by commercialfleets. The company focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of poor driving behavior bycombining sight and sound with real-time driver feedback and coaching resulting in reductions in collision-related costs and fuel consumption. Target markets include waste management and sanitation; concreteand construction; transit, para transit and motor coach; utilities, telecom and services; trucking anddistribution; government and municipality vehicles

$154M

Menlo Ventures, JMI Equity, Integral Capital Partners, Insight Partners,

Leader Ventures, Triangle Peak Partners, Welsh, Carson, Anderson &

Stowe, VolvoGroup

http://www.glydel.net/

http://www.thefloow.com/

http://www.vinlogx.com/

http://www.lytx.com/



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GreenRoad [San Jose, 2006]: GreenRoad enables commercial fleets, insurers and consumers to measure,improve and sustain safe and fuel efficient driving behavior. The company comprehensive services are realtime, in vehicle feedback, coaching, reporting and risk analysis tools to empower drivers to improveimmediately. Web based applications rate driving skills and behavior and provide real time feedback todrivers. Fleet management and risk and safety professionals use this data to train drivers. Claimedreduction in crashes by up to 50 percent and fuel usage and emissions by up to 10 percent.

$98.9M

Benchmark, Israel Growth Partners, Generation Investment Management,

Amadeus Capital Partners, Virgin Green Fund, dag ventures, Amadeus,

DAG Ventures, Balderton Capital, Balderton


Zendrive [San Francisco, 2013]: Zendrive is a data-driven insights (using machine learning) and toolplatform for fleets, drivers and insurers. Using data from the user's driving behavior, speed, accelerationand braking, as well as tracking common routes and frequent destinations all measured via smartphone.This data is used to reduce and monitor risky driver behavior, allow management and optimization of anentire fleet from a dashboard, and monitor drivers and communicate with them in real-time via alerts andSMS. An SDK is available for integration into apps. Seed investors include Max Levchin, Jerry Yang and TimFerriss.

$1.5MFirst Round Capital, BMW, Expansion Venture Capital, Fontinalis Partners


Cloud Your Car [Wroclaw, 2012]: Cloud Your Car is a Internet of Things startup which provides 'Car Plug',activity tracker that fits in a standard cigarette lighter socket sending live data through 3G. Car Plug is adriving coach, teaching defensive driving rules through instant feedback whenever inefficient drivingbehaviour was detected.

$435k Innovation Nest


IoT Labs [London, 2014]: IoT labs is IoT automative innovations company with its first product beingKonetik ( previously known as Smartdrive ). Konetik drive is an OBD device to track small and middle levelfleets. In addition to performing all standard fleet management functions it also provides driver coachingfunctionality.

$15K

http://www.greenroad.com/

http://www.zendrive.com/

http://www.cloudyourcar.com/

http://www.smartdrive.io/



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Lightmetrics [Bangalore, 2015]: LightMetrics uses computer vision and machine learning to collect andanalyze data on driving quality, using a smartphone mounted on the dash. Computer vision is used to senserisky behaviors like overspeeding, traffic light jumping and tailgating. This data, along with inputs fromother smartphone sensors, is aggregated in the cloud, and driver profiles are built around metrics likesafety, comfort and fuel efficiency. This solution can be used by the fleet managers where in the livedashboards give a comprehensive overview of driver behavior, and advanced analytics and also can beused by insurance providers to price premiums based on driving habits and risk profiles.


Magnasoft [Bangalore, 2000]: Northstar is a child safety solution which offers bus tracking, driver analysis,video surveillance for school bus and schools. Unique mobile surveillance system helps secure the safety ofschool going children during transit. Uses GPS, RFID and video surveillance to provide complete childtransportation safety. It is a product by Magnasoft which is a leading provider of outsourced geospatial andengineering services across 172 counties


Samaritan [Dallas, 2015]: OBD device focussed on driver behaviour and vehicle safety analysis. It istargeted towards parents who want to monitor teen driving and for fleet owners who want to understandthe driving behaviour of the drivers and avoid unsafe conditions. It also helps in other fleet managementareas like fuel management, repairs and maintenance management, etc. It is launching a kickstartercampaign in January 2016.


Cretif [Gandhinagar, 2015]: Offers a vehicle monitoring solution which records accelerometer data andGPS data and give analytics on driver's performance. Uses algorithms to analyze data and derive relevantresults. Also offers a mobile app for parents to monitor schoolbus movement, get notifications and monitordriver performance. Founding team from IIT Gandhinagar.


Carme [Rome, 2015]: OBD device with connection to cloud for easy monitoring and tracking for fleetmanagement. It can also be used for car sharing and car pooling. Early stage startup and is in the first phaseof Telecom Italia's #WCAM accelerator.

http://www.lightmetrics.co/

http://www.northstar.global/

http://www.mysamaritan.net/

http://www.cretif.com/

http://www.carme.io/



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Roadsense [Manchester, 2012]: RoadSense is a powerful, flexible and feature-rich fleet tracking solution. Ithas also launched combined telematics and 3G camera device which gives a better way to track driverbehaviour to the fleet owners. It has significant number of clients across 20 countries. It earlier providedthe application as high-end 'Rolls Royce' product and has launched it to the general market in 2012.

Compliance focus

Zonar Systems [Seattle, 2001]: Zonar Systems designs and develops electronic fleet inspection, tracking,and operations solutions for public and private fleets. It offers mobile platforms, including 2020 Androidtablet, a mobile device for the transportation industry that provides fleet managers operationalinformation and electronic vehicle inspection report system, Zonar also makes an electronic vehicleinspection report device, which allows simple truck inspections before and after trips, logging theinformation digitally so physical reports can be eliminated. The device allows for the capture andtransmission of inspection, compliance and maintenance data. As of July 2015 Zonar had some 400,000telematics devices installed.

$50M Daimler

Compliance focus

Automile [San Francisco, 2013]: Company aims to connect all cars to the cloud via a low cost, self-installed,and simple to use device that works globally on all vehicles. The first product, Automile PRO, automates tripreporting and legal compliance whilst offering significant savings to fleet owners through reducing fleetrisk, lower insurance and maintenance costs, and higher overall safety. Launched in September 2014, todaythe product is used by many fleets in Europe and the US. The company plans to enter other consumerfacing applicatons after establishing itself in the fleet management space. It is registered both in US andSweden. It is the same company as automile.se which is also included in this list.

$5.35M Dawn Capital, Point Nine Capital

Safety & Fuel management focus

SmartDrive Systems [San Diego, 2004]: SmartDrive is an innovator in fuel management and driver safety.Smart Drive products find usage across a variety of industries, from waste management, retail andwholesale to food distribution, transit and armored car. SmartDrive records comprehensive video baseddata from the road to avoid collisions, reviews fuel and safety performance, and provides therecommendations and tools for fleet managers to respond. SmartDrive has been listed as a “Top RankedVenture Backed Company” by the Wall Street Journal.

$168M

Oak Investment Partners, Revolution Ventures, Founders Fund, Western

Technology Investment, New Enterprise Associates, EdelsonTechnology Ventures, Stanford

University, Wabco India

http://www.roadsense.co.uk/

http://www.zonarsystems.com/

http://www.automile.com/

http://www.smartdrive.net/



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Peloton Technology [Menlo Park, 2011]: Peloton Technology is a Silicon valley based company working toreduce accidents and fuel costs. Peloton’s system uses radar and DSRC vehicle to vehicle communicationsto link active safety systems between pairs of trucks, reducing collision related expenses and fuel costs. Thedrivers remain fully engaged and retain steering control, while the system controls acceleration and brakingsimilar to adaptive cruise control. This arrangement leads to reduction in aerodynamic drag thus reducingfuel consumption. Lockheed Martin, Intel Capital and 8 there Fortune 500 transport tech companies havebacked Peloton.

$33.9M

Band of Angels, Intel Capital, Lockheed Martin, Systex Products Corporation, Magna International, Castrol innoVentures, VolvoGroup,

UPS, Sand Hill Angels, Birchmere Ventures


Petratec [Tel Aviv, 2005]: Gasngo offers a wide variety of solutions for automatic refueling, vehicleidentification and fleet management for monitoring and controlling fuel expenses. Uses cutting edgetechnology ensuring that fuel is dispensed to designated, authorized vehicles. Since its inception in 2005,Gasngo has been committed to developing innovative AVI systems, based on the most up to date PassiveRFID and Wireless communication technologies. The system is deployed in sites around the world,including retail, commercial stations and home depots in Israel, Latin America, UK, France, and USA.

$12M


SupaTrak [Swindon, 1993]: GPS vehicle tracking, vehicle telematics, in cab job management &connected fleet management. It focusses on fuel management and CO2 emissions reduction.

$1.03M YFM Venture Finance


Securant [Clearwater, 2002]: Securant is the owner and distributor of the FuelSafe Fuel and FleetManagement System. Businesses around the world operating fleets of vehicles have a major problem withfuel theft, losing an estimated 10% to 40% of their fueling expenditures annually. Fuel Fraud is also aproblem for government entities that have no way to track fuel sales, resulting in billions in lost taxrevenues annually. Securant’s FuelSafe Fuel and Fleet Management System is the only existing productable to effectively and completely eliminate the theft of fuel and other fuel related fraud and therebyprevent millions in lost revenues.

$750k

http://www.peloton-tech.com/

http://www.gasngo.com/

http://www.supatrak.com/

http://www.securant.org/



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Fuel Jack [Glasgow, 2008]: Innovative vehicle fuel guarding and auditing solutions. Fueljack has a patentedRFid fuel pump solution. Products are available for constant fleet monitoring and asset tracking. They aimto reduce fuel costs and avoid fleet thefts while getting performance updates and real-time accident alerts.


Fueloyal [Chicago, 2014]: Fueloyal technology is an Enterprise class Fuel Fleet management Service,focused on managing devices based on location. The information and data collected from the mobileindividual can be used in many areas and can be connected to a variety of back ends for reporting, datamining and intelligence. It aims at reducing fuel misuse and theft in trucking companies.


Liquitrack [Cape Town, 2015]: Tracking and monitoring fuel consumptions assets in the organization. Itkeeps track and gives report of both movable and immovable assets along with monitoring otherparameters like fuel temperature, load, voltage, etc. The founders are still working in other profession orbusiness. The company has offices in Somerset, England and Cape Town, South Africa

Route optimization

Drivewyze [Edmonton, 2011]: Drivewyze Inc. is an innovative technology service provider to thetransportation industry. Privately owned and operated, Drivewyze Inc. is a subsidiary of Intelligent ImagingSystems Inc., a provider of industry leading road safety equipment and software services since 2003.Drivewyze provides apps with voice and visual alerts to indicate weigh bridges and inspection sites on theway before hand. This helps the truckers to avoid them if possible and save money for the transportationcompanies.

$7.5MEmergence Capital Partners, iNovia

Capital

Route optimization

Automa Systems [Berkeley, 2011]: Automa’s software-as-a-service web and mobile products bring state-of-the-art decision automation technology to the transportation industry. Automa provides fullyautomated routing and dispatch for ground transportation companies through the use of highly scalableMachine Learning algorithms. This technology dispatches and re-routes vehicles in real-time to minimizerunning costs and maximize asset utilization. Their technology applies to applications such as for-hirepersonal transportation, on-demand bus systems, trucking and tomorrow’s self-driving cars. Both thefounders of the company have joined other companies and the company is most probably shut down.

http://www.fueljack.com/

http://www.fueloyal.com/

http://www.liquitrack.com/

http://www.drivewyze.com/

http://www.automasystems.com/



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Route optimization

Routist [Florence, 2011]: KKT is a spin-off company of the Università degli Studi di Firenze. KKT developsroutist.com, a web-based routing optimization software to schedule and track fleets of vehicles or on-the-road teams serving customer orders. It allows to efficiently manage fleets by combining cloud, mobile andbusiness analytics technologies. The fleet can then share plans and order status progress using routist.commobile apps. The team comprises of Operations Research experts. It is a product of KKT srl which wasacquired by Fleetmatics in 2014.

Technology providers

Vulog [Nice, 2006]: Vulog, a French SME and European leader in car Sharing technology, offers in-cartechnology and a modular software platform that allow mobility operators to implement all types of CarSharing services (public, corporate, etc.), covering vehicles used for Round Trip, One Way and Free FloatingCar Sharing, and all vehicle types.

$11.14MECO Technologies Ltd., Aalto

University, Paca Investissement, Opus


Blue Skies Networks [Newport, 2001]: Blue Sky Network is a satellite tracking and communicationssolutions provider: hardware, software, service, and support for aviation, land mobile, and marine. Usingboth the Iridium satellite network as well as GSM connectivity, Blue Sky Network offers dual mode trackingsolutions, the HawkEye 5300. Applications include fleet management, safety, asset tracking, flight tracking,flight following, personnel tracking, logistics/business process improvements, supply chain management,and more. Blue Sky Network was founded in 2001 and, with its pioneering back-end, SkyRouter (revampedin 2011 to include multiple maps, remote parameter updates, OBDII integration, compound rules, andmore), is one of the prominent commercial satellite tracking provider. Specialties Satellite Tracking, FleetManagement, Flight Following, Satellite Communications

$1M


Nimble Wireless [San Marcos, 2006]: Nimble Wireless provides M2M and connected wireless products andservices using cellular, GPS, WiFi, RFID and Zigbee technologies. Offers two wireless products for assettracking namely "Toucan P" and "Toucan PT". These devices when inserted in the vehicles enablecustomers to track them using computer or mobile. These devices support A-GPS, are weather proof andhave a battery life of 90 days. Customers can track, manage and get alerts about their products using a webapplication "IRIS". Also provides remote monitoring solutions for temperature, energy and dieselgenerator.

$500k AngelPrime

http://www.routist.com/

http://www.vulog.fr/

http://www.blueskynetwork.com/

http://www.nimblewireless.com/



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Qualnetics [Bellingham, 2003]: Qualnetics specializes developing, licensing and selling wirelessconnectivity solutions for the mobile market. substantial experience on a wide variety of platformsincluding Black Boxes, Dongles, Mobile Wireless Host Spots, Personal Navigation Devices, Smart Phones,consumer medical devices. It provides software for vehicle connectivity solutions including GPS tracking,cellular tracking, fleet management, etc. Qualnetics was acquired by Velvac in October 2014 and thecompany now operates under the name of Road IQ.

$442k


FleetRover [Toronto, 2014]: FleetRover is an online fleet tracking and asset management hardware forlogistics operators. Its flagship product "BlueRover" is an industrial grade, weather proof tracking andtelematics device. Allows businesses to track vehicle's location, driving behaviour, travel time, fuelconsumption and engine health using internet. Raised $180k seed fund from three angel investorsincluding Tim Chen (CEO of Nerdwallet) and Sanjay Venkat (former VP, Bank of America and partner atCadian Capital).

$180k


ERM Telematics [Rishon LeZion, 1985]: ERM designs & manufactures fleet management solutions. Itprovides innovative vehicle security and GPS tracking solutions. It provides comprehensive hardware andcustomizable solutions for the customers. It is a subsidiary of NASDAQ listed Ituran group which is a leaderin theft prevention, vehicle recovery, fleet management and driving behaviour analysis solutions.


Oner Electronics [Guangzhou, 2005]: GPS tracking for car in real time. It also provides fleet management,fuel/temperature monitoring, OBD based data tracking, dual sim GPS tracker, GPS tracker with camera,RFID, etc. It is a part of Guangzhou Zhuo Kai Electronic Technology Limited which is affliated to Chinaelectronics technology group and Guangdong Information Industry Department.


Road IQ [Bellingham, 2014]: Provides telematics based solution for fleet owners. The device includesmultiple cameras for recording which could act as a monitoring and safety mechanism. It takes inputs fromvarious devices in various formats and also acts as 4G LTE or wi-fi hotspot. The device can be used forproviding various services for fleet owners. Road IQ was spun off as a new company by Velvac afteracquisition of Qualnetics.

http://www.qualnetics.com/

http://www.fleetrover.com/

http://www.ermtelematics.com/

http://www.onertrack.com/

http://www.road-iq.com/



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Ready Track Pty Ltd [Sydney, 2014]: Ready Track provides GPS Tracking Systems to suit all needs. VehicleTracking, Personal Tracking, Asset Tracking and Fleet Management Systems using GPS device andsmartphone. It provides a dash mountable display tab to easily communicate with the fleet . It also helps ininsurance claims reduction, vehicle theft notifications, SOS during accidents, etc.


Keyzee [Zaventem, 2014]: JV between Continental and D'leteren. It provides a smartphone based keylessaccess to car using bluetooth or NFC connection. Targeted for car sharing, fleet management and carrentals.


Tapkey GmbH [Vienna, 2014]: Tapkey turns smartphones into super-secure keys for all kinds of smartlocks. It has a strong IP ( patents ), partners ( top lockmaker supporting hardware development ), it aims totarget keyless entry for hotel rooms, car rentals, offices, etc.

http://www.readytrack.com.au/

http://www.keyzee.eu/

http://www.tapkey.com/



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Navigation - Display systems

Navdy [San Francisco, 2013]: Navdy's transparent heads-up display (HUD) is a compact, dash-mounted unitthat features a high-quality projection display paired with voice and gesture control. The Navdy HUDintegrates with the user's smartphone and car’s instruments (accessed via the vehicle’s OBD II port) toemulate the functionality of a high-end projection display, whilst adding voice and gesture controls. Thedevice can be paired with a smartphone to allow any function that the phone has – such as maps,messages, and music streaming – to be accessed or even read aloud by Navdy. Also displays information,such as speed, RPM, distance-to-empty, fuel economy, tire-pressure warning or battery-voltage warning,from the car’s computer. Raised $1M on Tilt, an open crowdfunding platform. Users can pre-order for$299, which cost $499 in retail.

$26.5M

Upfront Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Lightbank, Ludlow Ventures, MESA+,

Promus Ventures, Wareness, Formation 8, Qualcomm Ventures


Navx [Paris, 2006]: NAVX sources, aggregates and distributes geolocalized content that can be used in GPSand, more generally, in any location-aware devices. they provide solutions to a growing base of end-usersowning a GPS or mobile phone, and to companies selling devices. Their portfolio of content includes gasprices, speedcam locations, parking spaces, wifi hotspots, restaurants, bars, etc. To companies, Navxprovides content that enhances their offering and allows them to generate additional revenues throughsubscriptions. For end-users, The website enables end-users to select, pay and download content to theirGPS for a monthly or yearly subscription fee.

$3.4M Innoven Partners


Mishor 3D [Shefayim, 2010]: Mishor's flagship product is ShadowBox - a flexible and scalable AugmentedReality rendering agent, which can be integrated into a variety of platforms such as vehicle Head Units(Infotainment), Heads Up Display (HUD) units, Smart Glasses, Wearable Displays and more. It aims toshowcase a full windshield HUD converging driving safety systems with navigation and infotainment. It hassigned a deal with Ford for technology assistance and is looking to partner with other OEMs.

$3M Horizon Ventures, Blumberg Capital


Exploride Technologies [Kochi, 2014]: Exploride is an application to project important information aboutautomotives (speed, fuel, driving instructions) to drivers. This is done using a bluetooth device whichtransmits the information to a transparent display on the windshield. Drivers can also access theinformation using simple hand and voice gestures. Raced past $100K crowdfunding target within 5 days oflaunch on Indiegogo.

$70K

http://www.navdy.com/

http://www.navx.info/

http://www.mishor3d.com/

http://www.exploride.com/



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GlassTesla [Mountain View, 2014]: A Google Glass app for the Tesla Model S. Wearable computing meetsthe electric car. The app displays charging status, maps, range, lock status, temperature, etc. It is a part ofSmartcar Inc. which is a stealth mode startup focussing on connected car applications.


Sensedriver technologies [Boston, 2011]: HUD by Sensedriver Technologies. Portable Head-up Displaywhich aims to avoid distracted driving. The HUD display connected with smartphone would allowdistraction free viewing of messages and navigation equipment. It is currently backed by KIC Ventures, aprivate equity firm.


Cognitive AI technologies [Chicago, 2015]: Carloudy is a ultra-portable, completely wireless, smart head updisplay for cars. It is semi-transparent and works well in both sunlight and darkness. It claims to have abetter user experience, high capacity battery and can be controlled by voice and via bluetooth through thesteering wheel controls. It would be starting its kickstarter campaign to raise money.


HaloAI [Shenzhen, 2014]: HaloAI is automotive head-up displays maker in China. This product embeddedtwo camera inside, analyze Touch-less gesture recognition in car and traffic information outside the car.The focus on human-computer interaction products and are currently focussed on the automotiveaftermarket in China.


HUDWAY [Izhevsk, 2013]: HUDWAY provides mobile app and smartphone-supported HUD for carnavigation. Introduced their HUD, HUDWAY Glass, at CeBIT 2015 in Hannover. Drivers get assistance fromthe display projected onto their HUD's glass. Their HUD is currently raising funds on kickstarter, as ofOct'15; and sells for $49. Provides GPS Navigation app for driver safety in low-visibility conditions. Yet tolaunch Speedometer app for speed limit alerts in Nov'15.

http://www.glasstesla.com/

http://www.smarthudsystem.com/

http://www.carloudy.com/

http://www.haloai.com/

http://www.hudwayapp.com/



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Making Virtual Solid, LLC [New Milford, ]: MVS has developed prototype HUD using True 3D technology toimmerse the navigational images right into the landscape infront of the driver.


DD Technologies [Vancouver, 2013]: DD Technologies offers IRIS: a heads-up display (HUD) system thatprojects incoming phone calls, text messages, emails and more through a heads up display mounted on theuser's console. It also supports GPS navigation. The device is controlled via smartphone app (Android,Blackberry and iOS). The device code will be open source allowing developers to write apps as well asimprove the existing system. Heading for an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign with an expected release inearly 2015.

http://www.mvs.net/

http://www.ddtechnologiesinc.com/


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