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The Westly Group — 2018 Investments

3 investments dated 2018 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Teslatesla.cominNASDAQ: TSLANov 2018

Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery storage and solar products, and develops autonomous driving software.

Palo Alto, US

Elon Musk(Founder)inJeffrey B Straubel(Co-founder; CTO until 2019, Director since 2023)Martin Eberhard(Founder)inMarc Tarpenning(Founder)inJerome M Guillen(Executive Officer)inDeepak Ahuja(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsCapital Q® Ventures Inc.DBL PartnersDraper AssociatesFuture VenturesInfinite CapitalKluz Ventures+17 more

Gecko Roboticsgeckorobotics.comin𝕏Series A · Aug 2018 · $7M

Gecko Robotics builds robots equipped with sensors and cameras to inspect industrial structures like boilers for structural defects, replacing dangerous manual inspections at height.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsPittsburgh, US

Jake Loosararian(Cofounder & CEO)inTroy Demmer(Cofounder)inIan Miller(CTO)inFalon Fox(Director of HR \u0026 TA)Jaclyn Goldstein(Head of Recruiting)Nate Kurtz(Technical Recruiter)

Co-investorsAlpha PartnersBase Venture Management, Inc.Cox EnterprisesCubit CapitalDrive CapitalFifth Down Capital+46 more

Sterbluesterblue.comin𝕏Seed · Dec 2018 · $2M

Sterblue provides drone-based inspection services for energy and infrastructure assets, including wind turbines, transmission grids, distribution grids, and civil engineering structures.

AI & Machine LearningEnergyRobotics

Geoffrey Vancassel(Founder)in

Co-investorsContrarian VenturesGagarin Capital PartnersPlug and Play VenturesTaver Capital

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