Gian Vergnetti

Car IQ is on a mission to streamline the way the world pays. Our cutting-edge payments solution, Car IQ Pay, eliminates the physical card completely and connects your vehicle directly to merchants to make secure and seamless payments. Car IQ integrates with existing tech stacks and uses telematics and vehicle data to provide fleets with detailed insights, allowing them to follow every payment and eliminate fraud. Car IQ consolidates all transactions into a single ledger, reducing reconciliation and enabling fleets to manage their spending more effectively. Merchants in Car IQ’s Network can better understand their customers needs and take advantage of technology-forward marketing opportunities with personalized, location-based offers tailored to the needs and preferences of individuals. This ground breaking technology mitigates risk with each transaction, eliminating friendly fraud, chargebacks and disputes. Car IQ is headquartered in San Francisco, California and backed by strategic investors including Visa, Forte Ventures, State Farm Ventures®, TELUS Ventures, Avanta Ventures (the corporate venture arm of CSAA Insurance Group), Bridgestone, Navistar, and Circle K. Car IQ is a financial technology company and not a bank. Credit Card Services are provided and issued by Lewis & Clark Bank, Member FDIC.

IPKeys Cyber Partners deliver impenetrable cyber security protections for North American power utilities, public safety organizations and critical infrastructure providers. Our vision is to provide instantaneous detection, alerting, and resolution of cyber security and operational anomalies while streamlining critical infrastructure and operational compliance.

Automakers need HD maps to make safe and reliable self-driving vehicles. Dynamic Map Platform’s decades of geospatial mapping experience led to world-first, centimeter-level, automotive HD map accuracy. Now, DMP (formerly Ushr Auto) is the world’s only market-tested HD map maker. As leading automakers appeal to millions of drivers to trust their brand to make vital control decisions, DMPs superior technology is there to reduce the risks and elevate driver confidence. DMP is the leading geospatial measurement and mapping company supplying HD maps and software for today’s semi-autonomous vehicles. Since 2017, DMPs precise HD maps have powered hands-free highway driving that is uniquely safe and confident. Today, DMP’s talented engineers are creating HD maps and software applications for the next wave of semi-autonomous vehicles. DMP North America is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan with map operations in Lompoc, California. For more information, please visit www.dmp-maps.com.

GeoDigital - The Future is Precisely Here. From maximizing the uptime of power grids, to driving toward autonomous vehicles, to providing spatial insight for complex industrial challenges – GeoDigital is expanding the frontiers of our digital planet to make life better for the real one. It’s the world of the Internet of Things, of mobility changing the way we work and live. Anything that can be connected, will be. When infrastructure, assets, vehicles and people are synchronized and working in harmony with the world around them we can improve reliability, safety and do more with less. By combining 3D maps built on remote sensing and imaging technologies such as LiDAR with industry analytics and location-based work management software, GeoDigital enables customers to digitize, analyze, explore, and work with digital precision to solve complex geospatial challenges like no other. Today and in our increasingly autonomous future, GeoDigital is unleashing the power of big spatial data and insight to guide people, cars, machines and infrastructure for a safer, more reliable and productive world.

Innovation Partnerships is the University of Michigan unit responsible for the commercialization of University research discoveries and reports to the U-M Office of Research. We enhance these research discoveries to encourage licensing and broad deployment with existing businesses and newly-formed U-M start-ups. U-M Tech Transfer has earned a reputation for performance among the top 10 of all universities. We Are Inspired To redefine how world-class university research can fuel a region and solve the world’s great challenges. We Believe In Purpose It’s our job to give every U-M technology its very best chance to positively impact the world. Stewardship We acknowledge the enormous responsibility we have to our inventors and the technologies entrusted to our care. Experimentation Like the scientists we serve, we believe in challenging assumptions, testing new approaches, and deploying innovative solutions. Innovation We believe in the transformative power of research, and we are inspired to create new models for university tech commercialization. Service We believe in providing phenomenal inventor-centered customer service. Trust We understand that it is our duty to provide transparent, proactive, and honest advice. Collaboration We believe that we accomplish more by working together, and sharing our individual knowledge. Diversity We know that we do our best work when we harness the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our team members. Relationships It’s our objective to create long-term relationships that serve the University of Michigan community – not just win negotiations. Impact We are motivated to change lives, positively impact society, and advance our region’s innovation ecosystem. Joy We enjoy working with one another and we believe in celebrating success.

Car IQ is on a mission to streamline the way the world pays. Our cutting-edge payments solution, Car IQ Pay, eliminates the physical card completely and connects your vehicle directly to merchants to make secure and seamless payments. Car IQ integrates with existing tech stacks and uses telematics and vehicle data to provide fleets with detailed insights, allowing them to follow every payment and eliminate fraud. Car IQ consolidates all transactions into a single ledger, reducing reconciliation and enabling fleets to manage their spending more effectively. Merchants in Car IQ’s Network can better understand their customers needs and take advantage of technology-forward marketing opportunities with personalized, location-based offers tailored to the needs and preferences of individuals. This ground breaking technology mitigates risk with each transaction, eliminating friendly fraud, chargebacks and disputes. Car IQ is headquartered in San Francisco, California and backed by strategic investors including Visa, Forte Ventures, State Farm Ventures®, TELUS Ventures, Avanta Ventures (the corporate venture arm of CSAA Insurance Group), Bridgestone, Navistar, and Circle K. Car IQ is a financial technology company and not a bank. Credit Card Services are provided and issued by Lewis & Clark Bank, Member FDIC.

IPKeys Cyber Partners deliver impenetrable cyber security protections for North American power utilities, public safety organizations and critical infrastructure providers. Our vision is to provide instantaneous detection, alerting, and resolution of cyber security and operational anomalies while streamlining critical infrastructure and operational compliance.

Automakers need HD maps to make safe and reliable self-driving vehicles. Dynamic Map Platform’s decades of geospatial mapping experience led to world-first, centimeter-level, automotive HD map accuracy. Now, DMP (formerly Ushr Auto) is the world’s only market-tested HD map maker. As leading automakers appeal to millions of drivers to trust their brand to make vital control decisions, DMPs superior technology is there to reduce the risks and elevate driver confidence. DMP is the leading geospatial measurement and mapping company supplying HD maps and software for today’s semi-autonomous vehicles. Since 2017, DMPs precise HD maps have powered hands-free highway driving that is uniquely safe and confident. Today, DMP’s talented engineers are creating HD maps and software applications for the next wave of semi-autonomous vehicles. DMP North America is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan with map operations in Lompoc, California. For more information, please visit www.dmp-maps.com.