Connected Car
Dr. Cohen also runs Next Gear Ventures, a private-equity firm. Both firms are corporate partners of Drive TLV and have expressed an interest in seeing new startups when they come to the U.S., said Nir Dashti, head of value creation at Drive TLV. “We plan to visit Atlanta each year with a new batch, and continually promote their engagements with the corporate partners in the broader U.S.,” Mr. Dashti told Global Atlanta in an email. Car makers aren’t the only players in the smart mobility sector, which as Drive TLV defines it includes areas like the autonomous/connected car, electrification, drone aviation, energy, insurance, shared economy, logistics, semiconductors, smart city, aviation and more. In the electrification arena, Addionics provides smart 3D electrodes helping improve the performance of battery modules, while SafeFields reduces radiation from magnetic power trains of electrified vehicles.