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    InMotion Ventures

    London, United KingdomFounded 2016

    InMotion Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), investing in early-stage startups tackling critical enterprise challenges in climate, industrial, and enterprise technologies. Since 2016, it has been one of Europe's most active corporate investors, providing patient capital, domain expertise, and strategic access to the JLR and Tata Group networks.

    Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $18.5M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    19

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Mike Smeed

    Mike Smeed

    Managing Director

    Riz Ismail

    Riz Ismail

    Finance Director

    Louis Fearn

    Louis Fearn

    Principal

    Sam Nasrolahi

    Sam Nasrolahi

    Principal

    Edouard Chavassieu

    Edouard Chavassieu

    Associate

    Maria Levin

    Maria Levin

    Investment & Scouting Lead

    William Morgan

    William Morgan

    Investment & Scouting Lead

    Oliver Fitz-Gibbon

    Oliver Fitz-Gibbon

    Platform

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    26 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    GGenphoenixUnknown$18MAug 2026
    BeyondMath logoBeyondMathSeed$18.5MFeb 2026
    Parable logoParableSeedNov 2025
    Bumper logoBumperSeries BAug 2025
    BeyondMath logoBeyondMathSeed$8.5MAug 2024
    Uncaged Innovations logoUncaged InnovationsSeed$5.6MJul 2024
    Carmoola logoCarmoolaSeries A$19.5MJan 2024
    Envisics logoEnvisicsSeries C$100MSep 2023
    ev.energy logoev.energySeries B$33MJul 2023
    Chipflow logoChipflowPre-Seed$1.5MJul 2023
    Gen Phoenix logoGen PhoenixUnknown$18MMar 2023
    GGenphoenixGrowth$18MJan 2023
    Bumper logoBumperSeries A$12MDec 2021
    BBattery ResourcersSeries B$20MApr 2021
    BBattery ResourcersUnknown$20MJan 2021
    BBy MilesSeries BJan 2020
    Urgent.ly logoUrgent.lySeries B$21MJan 2019
    Bumper logoBumperSeries A$30M
    Matta logoMattaSeed$14M
    Verax logoVeraxSeed$7.6M
    BBy MilesSeries A
    Caura logoCauraSeed$4.2M
    SPLT logoSPLTSeed
    Festicket logoFesticketSeries D$10.5M
    Uncaged logoUncagedSeed$5.6M
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    Last updated: 9 September 2026