Top 47 Transportation Venture Capital Firms (2026)

1. Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures provides accredited investors access to venture capital, creating diversified portfolios through alumni-focused funds and co-investments with leading firms. Their model has supported the growth of over 1,400 companies, including SimpliSafe and BlockFi, while offering investors the flexibility to back entire funds or select individual deals.

2. Plug and Play

Through its global innovation platform and accelerator programs, Plug and Play connects early-stage startups with corporations and investors across dozens of industries. This ecosystem fosters collaboration between emerging companies and established enterprises, helping to scale businesses like Honey, Truebill, and Life360.

3. Eclipse Ventures

Eclipse Ventures partners with seed-stage founders to modernize physical industries like manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. The team of former operators provides deep engagement and guidance on operating practices and fundraising to help build generational companies in sectors that propel economies.

4. Lux Capital

With over $5 billion in assets, Lux Capital backs founders at the frontiers of science and technology, from seed-stage ideas to growth-stage companies. The firm’s team, which has built over 20 companies from the ground up, provides hands-on guidance to help startups in complex sectors like robotics, biotech, and aerospace build their businesses.

5. Canary

Canary provides early-stage capital to Brazilian founders building companies across sectors like fintech, healthcare, and SaaS. The firm's partners draw from their own experience building successful companies, including a Latin American unicorn, to support a portfolio that features Docket, Trybe, and Gupy.

6. Autotech Ventures

Autotech Ventures manages more than $400 million to invest in startups creating the future of ground transportation, including connected, autonomous, and electric vehicles. The firm helps companies like Lyft scale by providing not just capital, but also deep industry intelligence and access to a network of corporate partners.

7. Atomico

Atomico partners with ambitious tech founders, primarily in Europe, from the seed stage onward to help them build globally disruptive companies. The firm’s team of former operators from companies like Skype, Google, and Twitter provides deep experience to help portfolio companies, including Supercell, scale their operations worldwide.

8. HV Capital

HV Capital invests in European internet and technology companies from their earliest stages through their entire growth journey. Their ability to support companies through every growth phase has helped build international successes like Zalando, Delivery Hero, and Flixbus.

9. One Way Ventures

One Way Ventures backs immigrant founders at the seed stage, providing capital for tech startups across the US and Canada. They primarily invest in software, fintech, and AI companies, offering the crucial early-stage capital needed for growth.

10. Contrarian Ventures

Contrarian Ventures backs seed-stage climate tech founders across Europe and Israel building the technology for a decarbonized economy. With a hands-on, platform-based approach, they use community initiatives like the Energy Tech Summit to mobilize resources and support portfolio companies such as Pvcase.