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Automotive Ventures

Automotive Ventures is a venture capital firm based in the United States. Automotive Ventures has backed 2 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 2 tracked rounds. The most recent was Brilliant Harvest's US$4M seed round in February 2026. Automotive Ventures most often invests alongside Alpaca VC, AltaML and Builders VC.

VC based in US. 2 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 2 tracked rounds.

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Type
VC
HQ country
US
Companies
2
Tracked rounds
2
Led
0
First tracked deal
Pitstop, Apr 2023
Latest tracked deal
Brilliant Harvest, Feb 2026

Portfolio

CompanyRounds joined (date, round size)Company's total raisedRole
Brilliant HarvestSeed · Feb 2026 · US$4M roundUS$4M—
PitstopSeed · Apr 2023 · C$3.8M roundC$3.8M—

A round's size is the whole round as announced, not this investor's cheque.

Frequent co-investors

Alpaca VC (1 shared round), AltaML (1 shared round), Builders VC (1 shared round), FTW Ventures (1 shared round), In Revenue Capital (1 shared round), NYA Ventures (1 shared round), SaaS Ventures (1 shared round), Service Provider Capital (1 shared round)

Data as of November 10, 2026.

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