# Cox Automotive: portfolio, investments and team

> Cox Automotive is a corporate vc based in United States. 5 investments on record, latest Sept 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-automotive (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Cox Automotive

Last cheque observed Sep 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC

Series A Series B Venture Analytics Bioinformatics Automotive

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **2603** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$190M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Cox Automotive highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $190M

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Analytics Bioinformatics Automotive
- **Based in:** Atlanta, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Rivian](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivian)** US · FinSMEs **$350M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Fyusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyusion)** US · FinSMEs **$30M** Sole investor
- **2015** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Vinli](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinli)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 4 others
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Getaround](https://millionrounds.com/company/getaround)** Series B · US **$24M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[AutoMD](https://millionrounds.com/company/automd)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **11** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**4** of 15 we have independently watched raise

[Cox Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/company/cox-enterprises)[Fullpath](https://millionrounds.com/company/fullpath)[Xtime](https://millionrounds.com/company/xtime)[vAuto](https://millionrounds.com/company/vauto) Autotrader Browsehappy Central Dispatch Cox Fleet Dealer Dealertrack KBB Manheim Manheim NextGear Capital VinSolutions

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[Dealertrack](https://millionrounds.com/company/dealertrack)** **$4.0B** Jun 2015

**[Xtime](https://millionrounds.com/company/xtime)** **$325M** Nov 2014

## The cheque

Series A Series B Venture

Median round joined **$190M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$190M**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *1*
- Series B *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Cox Automotive put money into.

[**Rivian** $350M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivian)[**Fyusion** $30M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyusion)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Cox Automotive in their description, not their title.

- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 5 Dec 2022 · 57 min Ira Pearl, Cox Enterprises Mentions [Cox Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-enterprises)[Cox Automotive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-automotive) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Cox Automotive

### What does Cox Automotive invest in?

Cox Automotive invests most often at Series A and Series B (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Analytics, Bioinformatics and Automotive.

### How active is Cox Automotive?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2019.

### What has Cox Automotive invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Rivian (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019) and Fyusion (Undisclosed round, Apr 2019).

### How big are Cox Automotive's cheques?

The median round it joins is $190M.

### Does Cox Automotive lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Cox Automotive invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Cox Automotive investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2019.

### What kind of investor is Cox Automotive?

Cox Automotive is a corporate VC based in Atlanta, United States.

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