48 mobility investors in California, including 41 in the San Francisco Bay Area

Top 5 mobility investors in California, ranked by recent fund activity

Among firms with a published profile and a dated fund or deal in the last 24 months. The rule: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (35: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (25; half of that when the sector is stated only), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (15) and completeness of the public record (10). Regional focus is our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. The same rule orders the whole list; it is repeated in the method box.

1. Kleiner Perkins

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Menlo Park, CA · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth · Focus: Mobility, AI, Fintech, Proptech · Latest activity: New fund, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $995M (SEC Form D, 2026)

   Latest fund filing dated Aug 2026; $995M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2026); states mobility and transport as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 2 named decision-makers on file.

2. Toyota Ventures

   Type: Corporate VC · HQ: Los Altos, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A · Focus: Mobility, AI, Energy, Climate Tech · Latest activity: Portfolio news, Oct 2026 · Private fund assets: $928M (SEC Form ADV)

   Portfolio news dated Oct 2026; $928M on file (SEC Form ADV); states mobility and transport as a focus; names the US as where it invests.

3. Translink Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Palo Alto, CA · Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B · Focus: Mobility, AI, Developer Tools, B2B · Latest activity: New fund, Sep 2026 · Fund size on file: $174M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Latest fund filing dated Sep 2026; $174M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); states mobility and transport as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

4. Autotech Ventures

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Menlo Park, CA · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B · Focus: Mobility, AI, Logistics, Fintech · Latest activity: New fund, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $25M (SEC Form D, 2026)

   Latest fund filing dated Aug 2026; $25M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2026); states mobility and transport as a focus; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

5. Draper Associates

   Type: VC firm · HQ: San Mateo, CA · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A · Focus: Mobility, AI, Fintech, Healthtech · Latest activity: New fund, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $301M (SEC Form D, 2025)

   Latest fund filing dated Oct 2026; $301M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2025); states mobility and transport as a focus; 8 named decision-makers on file.

First 24 of 48 mobility investors in California

You are seeing 24 of 48. The full list adds 24 more investors and 248 named decision-makers.

41 mobility investors in the San Francisco Bay Area

25 of the 41 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months; the median fund size on file is $80M (SEC Form D, 26 firms); the most recent fund filings are from Draper Associates (Oct 2026), Earthshot Ventures (Oct 2026) and Scrum Ventures (Sep 2026); of the 37 with a stage on file, seed (33), pre-seed (15) and Series A (12); the count covers the metro area, by city: San Francisco (14), Palo Alto (9) and Menlo Park (3); the paid file holds 207 named decision-makers for them.

The first 5 in list order: Kleiner Perkins, Toyota Ventures, Translink Capital, Autotech Ventures and Draper Associates. They are ranked with the rest of the list, by the same rule.

How these 48 break down

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