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Electrifying mobility.
Automating the future.

We invest in technologies transforming how the world moves — from electric vehicles to self-driving robotaxis and automated logistics systems

Our mission is to drive the world's transition to sustainable mobility by supporting visionary founders. We invest in disruptive early-stage startups led by ambitious teams. Since 2013, our experienced team has been driving the mobility transition and since 2004, the energy transition. Partnering with strategically aligned investors from the automotive, transportation, and energy sectors, we empower our portfolio companies to become global leaders.

ABOUT

MobilityFund is an established German fund manager dedicated to shaping the future of mobility through early-stage venture capital.
Rooted in a decade of investing experience, we combine deep sector expertise with a disciplined, long-term investment approach. Our journey began in 2013 as active business angels in mobility and logistics technology. In 2017, we institutionalized our investment strategy, obtained BaFin registration in 2018, and closed our first fund in 2019. Since then, our assets under management have grown steadily across fund generations and dedicated SPVs, reflecting both strong investor trust and the performance of our portfolio.

Today, our focus has evolved from the broad CASE framework (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electrification) toward two transformative forces shaping the industry:
Electrification and Automating — across vehicles, infrastructure, logistics operations, and the broader mobility ecosystem.

We invest primarily in Europe while selectively exploring opportunities in the United States and Israel. Our strategy centers on B2B business models and software-driven solutions in passenger and goods mobility across road, rail, air, and sea. At seed stage we typically serve as the first institutional investor, backing founders who have launched their initial products, generated early revenues, and are ready to scale. Alongside our diversified main funds, we provide SPVs for targeted, single-company investments to deepen our partnerships with exceptional teams.

We create value by combining capital with industry expertise and access to a powerful network. Our investors include international leaders from automotive retail, automotive supply, energy utilities, consulting, logistics, and ship ownership - all united by a shared conviction that the transition toward electrified and increasingly automated mobility is only accelerating.

MobilityFund Fund III continues this trajectory: a focused, experienced, and trusted partner for founders building the next generation of mobility technology.

We invest on the road, on water and in the air

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Investment Example Road
Based on open source, Pionix's firmware and software solutions are designed to run on every EV charger in the world and boost the global energy transition.
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"Transportation is poised to change more in the next decade

than any time since the invention of the automobile." 

Goldman Sachs

TEAM

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DR. JAN-CHRISTOPH RICKERS

Managing Partner

20+ years experience building and managing institutional funds

Co-founder of WINDPOOL, a € 150m wind farm portfolio

10+ years investing experience in mobility startups

Member of the investment committee​

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DR. MARTIN HOHLA

Partner

20+ years experience operating and selling technology companies in Europe and Silicon Valley

Active board member, advisor, and investor in European technology companies

Member of the investment committee​

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DR. FERDINAND RUST

Partner

25+ years experience in investment banking and building and managing successful institutional funds
Co-founder of an investment boutique and WINDPOOL

Member of the investment committee
 

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SAMUEL BAKER

Partner

 Co-founded and scaled a top-tier European mobility technology company
Founder and managing partner at MobilityVC

Member of the Investment Committee​

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BRUNO SERRANO

Iberia Partner

Former General Manager at Kaufmann Ventures, the CVC of the largest commercial vehicle dealer in the Southern Hemisphere

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CHRISTOPHER GRUEN

UK Partner

Managing director at NovAzure, a boutique focused on the decarbonization of the energy and mobility sector

Former senior manager at Shell

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MORTEN VON KROGH

Nordics Partner

20+ years experience managing and scaling car rental companies in the Nordics 

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MobilityVC emerged as a spin-off from MobilityFund and operates as a global network connecting incumbents and startups. It drives collaboration, offers strategic support and funding, and hosts conferences and events across the mobility sector.

OUR FOUNDERS SAY

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"The MobilityFund team impressed us with their deep market knowledge and the strong conviction on our market entry strategy."

Laura Schwarze

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CONTACT

MobilityFund

Osakaallee 4
20457 Hamburg

Germany

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