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    Goodyear Ventures

    Akron, Ohio, United StatesFounded 2020

    Goodyear Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, investing in seed-to-growth-stage startups in emerging mobility technology and sustainable transportation solutions.

    38% of their portfolio is in Robotics & Automation. Average disclosed round size is $38.7M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Aleda Schaffer

    Aleda Schaffer

    Managing Director, Goodyear Ventures

    Michael Kerns

    Michael Kerns

    Senior Director, Material Science

    Chris Varley

    Chris Varley

    Principal, Goodyear Ventures

    Werner Happenhofer

    Werner Happenhofer

    Vice President, Goodyear Tire Intelligence & Solutions

    Chitti Raju

    Chitti Raju

    Senior Corporate Venture Capital Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    8 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Zypp Electric logoZypp ElectricSeries B$25MFeb 2023
    Formant logoFormantSeries A$21MJan 2023
    Revel logoRevelSeries B$126MFeb 2022
    Tactile Mobility logoTactile MobilitySeries C$27MOct 2021
    AmpUp logoAmpUpSeedSep 2021
    Starship Technologies logoStarship TechnologiesSeries A$17MJan 2021
    Starship Technologies logoStarship TechnologiesBridgeJan 2021
    RRecurrent AutoSeries A$16M

    Top Co-Investors

    TDK Ventures2 shared
    Maniv1 shared
    Knighthead Capital Management1 shared
    100Unicorns1 shared
    LVX1 shared
    Hillsven1 shared
    SignalFire1 shared
    GS Futures1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026