Vay

Germany - Berlin

• 14/12/2021
• Series B
• $95,000,000

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Vay is a technology-enabled mobility company that aims to bring sustainable, affordable and door-to-door-mobility services to metropolitan areas. The company plans to launch its first service with teledriven electric cars on European public streets this year. Teledrivers bring the car directly to a valid pick-up location for the customer and pick it up after the journey is completed, eliminating the time-consuming search for a parking spot. While in the car, the customers drive themselves. In addition to teledriving, Vay aims to gradually introduce autonomous driving functions in the system as it is safe and permitted to do so.

Vay was founded in Berlin in September 2018 by Thomas von der Ohe, Fabrizio Scelsi and Bogdan Djukic. Vay's team of 150+ people combines talent from multiple worlds: from automotive and safety engineering to software, product, regulatory, operations and many more.

Vay recently raised a USD 95m Series B funding round. Investors include Kinnevik, Coatue, Eurazeo, Atomico, La Famiglia and Creandum as well as prominent Business Angel Investors such as former Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette, Spotify’s Chief Technology & Chief Product Officer Gustav Söderström and Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg.

The company has offices in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany, as well as in Portland, OR.

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Thomas von der OheCo Founder

Germany - Berlin Metropolitan Area

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My passion is building & shipping tech products that people love.

By taking a different approach to autonomous driving, Vay is on track to launch the first driverless, commercial fleet on European public streets, starting this year:

1. You click a button in the VayApp
2. We bring you an electric VayCar within a few minutes
3. You drive it to your final destination and leave the car
4. No need to park it as we take care of that

Vay’s team members have previously worked at companies such as Tesla, Google, Waymo, Zoox, Amazon, Uber as well as Audi, BMW, and Daimler. We are backed by leading European investors and have offices in Berlin, Hamburg, and Portland, US. The above service is just the beginning towards a safer and more sustainable future!
Come join us as. :)

Previously:
Together with great teams, I've shipped our own dynamic carpool solution, the 1st Amazon Echo, the 1st Amazon Tap and the 1st public road testing for a self driving car at Zoox in the Silicon Valley.
I hold a M.Sc. in Computer Science & Entrepreneurship from Stanford University.

I'd also love to help push technology & entrepreneurship in Europe! So if you think I can help in any way, please reach out.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-von-der-ohe/?originalSubdomain=de