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BMW’s investment in startups — Transmission

The German automaker is looking to the future

Kaylee Nix
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Key Takeaways:

  • BMW iVentures invests in startups focused on improving vehicle technology and sustainability.
  • Their investment strategy aims to benefit the entire automotive industry, not just BMW.
  • The podcast features managing partners Kasper Sage and Marcus Behrendt discussing the program.
  • The program is considered crucial for the future of automotive technology.
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On this episode of Transmission, Sebastian Blanco welcomes Kasper Sage and Marcus Behrendt, managing partners at BMW iVentures.

BMW iVentures invests in startups that will help the automaker build better, cleaner vehicles, but it also wants to invest in companies that will help all automakers build better, cleaner vehicles. Sage and Behrendt talk about how this program works and why it is crucial to the future of the automotive technology space. 

You can find more Transmission episodes and recaps for all our live podcasts here

Kaylee Nix

Kaylee Nix is a meteorologist and reporter for FreightWaves. She joined the company in November of 2020 after spending two years as a broadcast meteorologist for a local television channel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kaylee graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2018 and immediately made the Tennessee Valley her home. Kaylee creates written summaries of FreightWaves live podcasts and cultivates the social media for FreightWaves TV.