Michael Cohen

Investor in Mobility & Deep Tech

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 18 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2023
VC🌍 United States
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Sep 2023
Sicona produces Silicon-Carbon (SiC) anode materials that supercharge next-gen Lithium-ion batteries. Our innovative battery materials technology delivers an +20% increase in energy density and an +40% increase in the charge rate over conventional graphite-only Lithium-ion battery cells By leveraging silicon metal Sicona delivers high performance battery materials at mass market scale, without costing the earth
Investor
Apr 2023
The world is rapidly adopting green hydrogen as the clean energy carrier for decarbonizing global industries across the board – transportation, energy, metals, chemicals, construction, and others comprise the vast majority of carbon emitting industries. Today, using hydrogen for decarbonization depends on rare, expensive precious metals used as catalysts for producing clean hydrogen and converting it to clean power. H2U electrocatalyst discovery is an unprecedented, proprietary, end-to-end ultrahigh throughput AI and data-driven process focused on discovery of new catalysts for generation of clean hydrogen and fuel cell power production. The process prepares, characterizes, and quantifies the catalytic activity of millions of compositions per month and then closes the loop with big data analysis and AI to refine/guide the search. H2U Technologies is also developing a novel and disruptive PEM Electrolyzer design, made to drive rapid and large scale adoption of grid scale electrolysis. Our company is co-founded by Motus Ventures and H2U Chief Science Advisor, Dr Nathan Lewis, the George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. Nate was the founding Director and Scientific Director of JCAP - the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, at Caltech, where he was the Principal Investigator on the winning $122M award from DOE for research and study of groundbreaking catalysts for clean hydrogen generation. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/h2u-technologies-closes-11m-in-series-a-funding-from-jericho-energy-ventures-freeflow-ventures-volo-earth-ventures-and-hess-corporation-301493523.html?tc=eml_cleartime
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May 2022
We aim to make transit more sustainable, safe, accessible and equitable for everyone by building a better autonomous vehicle technology that works in the real world. Weve delivered shared, on-demand rides to communities at ten sites across the U.S. and Japan.
Investor
Mar 2022
Swift Navigation is a global technology company pioneering reliable, affordable high-accuracy satellite positioning to unlock autonomy and automation at scale. Its SkylarkTM Precise Positioning Service improves the accuracy of standard Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as GPS, from several meters to a few centimeters. Skylark powers more than 10 million vehicles and devices deployed by leading automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, robotics companies, and IoT system integrators. Learn more about how Swift is building the infrastructure to enable a safer and more productive future at swiftnav.com.
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Sep 2021
TetraMem is developing cutting-edge analog computing solutions for AI applications, offering exceptional performance with ultra-low power consumption.
Investor
May 2021
Sonatus is accelerating vehicle software innovation and the transition towards software-defined vehicles. Our platforms and products serve as the key building blocks that allow automotive companies and their ecosystem to innovate faster and deliver continuous improvements in costs, capabilities, reliability, and user experience over the vehicle lifespan. Sonatus’ award-winning software platform is in mass production vehicles from Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis today and will grow to millions of cars by 2024. The company has raised more than $110 million USD with world-class automotive, technology, and venture investors including Foxconn, Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia Corporation, LG Electronics, Marvell, SAIC Capital, Translink Capital, UMC Capital, and Wanxiang Group Company. Sonatus is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA (Silicon Valley), with offices in Paris, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo. Sonatus is a trademark of Sonatus, Inc. For more information visit www.sonatus.com.
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Aug 2020
Envisics is a globally renowned innovator in dynamic holography, developing new technologies for the future of head-up display (HUD) and augmented reality (AR). Driven by our Dynamic Holography Platform, our mission is to redefine the way people see and interact with their vehicles and the world around them. Holographic augmented reality in head-up displays (AR-HUD) overlays pertinent and useful information upon the real world, all within the driver’s field of view, enhancing their ability to make informed decisions. Headquartered in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom with a presence in the United States and Europe, our team consists of highly talented individuals including world-leading scientists and engineers. We pride ourselves in adopting a positive working environment, encouraging innovation, creativity and collaboration across all areas of the business. Our technology is truly ground-breaking; coupled with our partnerships with some of the world’s leading automakers and tier-one suppliers, Envisics is creating the future of holographic technology, giving rise to the reality of smarter and safer vehicles.
Investor
Mar 2019
Miles is a universal rewards app empowering anyone to earn miles automatically for all forms of travel and commute. You can then redeem your miles from retailers such as Vudu, Walgreens, Silvercar, Ray-Ban, Getaround and many more. Similar to a frequent flyer program, but for all forms of transportation, Miles delivers value for every mile traveled, across every mode of travel, anywhere in the world. Whether by car (as a driver, passenger or rideshare), plane, train, subway, bus, boat, bicycle, or on foot, the Miles app effortlessly awards users’ travel - regardless of where their journey takes them. Miles can be saved or redeemed at any time - with the value increasing every month as more merchants accept them as a form of payment. Download Miles today to start getting rewarded! - https://app.getmiles.com/in Learn more: • Website: www.getmiles.com • Twitter: twitter.com/getmilesapp • Facebook: www.facebook.com/getmilesapp
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Apr 2018
what3words is the simplest way to talk about location. It has divided the world into 3m x 3m squares, each with a unique 3 word address. Now people can refer to any precise location – a delivery entrance, a picnic spot or a drone landing point – using just three simple words. what3words is used by businesses and governments to operate more efficiently, and by individuals to find and share locations. Over 650 businesses, government organisations and NGOs in over 170 countries are using 3 word addresses.
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Oct 2017
DeepMap is focused on the mapping and localization challenge for autonomous vehicles. We work with leading organizations in the automotive sector across the globe. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, GSR Ventures, Generation, Goldman Sachs, NVIDIA, and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. Publicly announced customers include Bosch, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Ridecell, and SAIC. We are based in Palo Alto, Calif., with a world-class team from Google Earth, Google Maps, Apple Maps, Baidu Maps, NVIDIA, and more. “Maps explicitly designed to be read by machines are a critical enabling technology for safe autonomy. DeepMap fills a vacuum in the market.” — Dr. Ingo Ramesohl, Managing Director, Bosch
Investor
Jun 2017
Developing advanced automotive and aerial imaging SPEKTRA radar technology that enables unmatched range and point-cloud resolution in all weather conditions, fulfilling the needs of today’s missing ADAS sensor. The core technology is based on combining the best of analog front-end beamforming MARCONI/POLARIS and steering with virtual MIMO arrays architectures. These flexible and scalable Lego-like architectures meet OEM next generation performance metrics within target price and size factors. Metawave’s core technology is also being in millimeter wave telecom sector with focus on enhanced speed, bandwidth and coverage through low cost, infrastructure light deployments. The beamforming solutions for 5G communications include high-performance passive KLONE reflectors and active, analog TURBO repeaters. Founded in 2017, Metawave is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA. Visit Metawave at www.metawave.co, email us at info@metawave.co, and follow us on Twitter @metawavecorp, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Investor
May 2017
Developing advanced automotive and aerial imaging SPEKTRA radar technology that enables unmatched range and point-cloud resolution in all weather conditions, fulfilling the needs of today’s missing ADAS sensor. The core technology is based on combining the best of analog front-end beamforming MARCONI/POLARIS and steering with virtual MIMO arrays architectures. These flexible and scalable Lego-like architectures meet OEM next generation performance metrics within target price and size factors. Metawave’s core technology is also being in millimeter wave telecom sector with focus on enhanced speed, bandwidth and coverage through low cost, infrastructure light deployments. The beamforming solutions for 5G communications include high-performance passive KLONE reflectors and active, analog TURBO repeaters. Founded in 2017, Metawave is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA. Visit Metawave at www.metawave.co, email us at info@metawave.co, and follow us on Twitter @metawavecorp, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Board Member
Oct 2016
We’re the world’s first connected carsharing marketplace, on a mission toward empowering people to carshare everywhere. We developed the world’s first connected device for carsharing, which allows users to rent, find, and unlock Getaround cars using the Getaround app.
Investor
Jun 2016
The Vicarious business has been acquired by Intrinsic, a robotics software and AI company at Alphabet. Together, we share an exciting mission to unlock the economic and creative potential of industrial robotics for millions of businesses, entrepreneurs and developers. Learn more about the work we will do together at www.intrinsic.ai. — Before joining Intrinsic, Vicarious built a thriving business as a turnkey robotics solutions integrator using AI to automate tasks too complex for traditional automation, by leveraging their deep expertise in neuroscience. Vicarious was founded in 2010 by Scott Phoenix and Dileep George, and backed by over $200M from investors like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Samsung. Its technology has been published in peer-reviewed journals like Science and Science Robotics and featured by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MIT, Wired, and more.
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May 2015
Automatic, a SiriusXM company, empowers drivers with knowledge about themselves and their cars so they can worry less whenever they hit the road. We believe you shouldn’t have to buy a new car to have a better driving experience, and that Automatic can bring the future of driving to today’s automobiles. With Automatic's low-profile, install-it-yourself adapter and mobile app, most vehicles model year 1996 or later can be transformed into connected vehicles. Automatic helps customers drive safer and smarter with applications that diagnose engine trouble, detect accidents, send emergency response when needed, save money, and more. Acquired by SiriusXM in 2017, we’ve evolved into a connected vehicle service with the infrastructure and capabilities to deliver Automatic across several distribution channels. We are based in San Francisco, but our team comes from every corner of the world. We obsess about creating beautiful and well-engineered products to deliver a service platform that makes a real difference in people’s lives. We’re big on ideas, low on ego, and love working together.
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Sep 2023
Sicona produces Silicon-Carbon (SiC) anode materials that supercharge next-gen Lithium-ion batteries. Our innovative battery materials technology delivers an +20% increase in energy density and an +40% increase in the charge rate over conventional graphite-only Lithium-ion battery cells By leveraging silicon metal Sicona delivers high performance battery materials at mass market scale, without costing the earth
Investor
Apr 2023
The world is rapidly adopting green hydrogen as the clean energy carrier for decarbonizing global industries across the board – transportation, energy, metals, chemicals, construction, and others comprise the vast majority of carbon emitting industries. Today, using hydrogen for decarbonization depends on rare, expensive precious metals used as catalysts for producing clean hydrogen and converting it to clean power. H2U electrocatalyst discovery is an unprecedented, proprietary, end-to-end ultrahigh throughput AI and data-driven process focused on discovery of new catalysts for generation of clean hydrogen and fuel cell power production. The process prepares, characterizes, and quantifies the catalytic activity of millions of compositions per month and then closes the loop with big data analysis and AI to refine/guide the search. H2U Technologies is also developing a novel and disruptive PEM Electrolyzer design, made to drive rapid and large scale adoption of grid scale electrolysis. Our company is co-founded by Motus Ventures and H2U Chief Science Advisor, Dr Nathan Lewis, the George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. Nate was the founding Director and Scientific Director of JCAP - the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, at Caltech, where he was the Principal Investigator on the winning $122M award from DOE for research and study of groundbreaking catalysts for clean hydrogen generation. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/h2u-technologies-closes-11m-in-series-a-funding-from-jericho-energy-ventures-freeflow-ventures-volo-earth-ventures-and-hess-corporation-301493523.html?tc=eml_cleartime
2022
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May 2022
We aim to make transit more sustainable, safe, accessible and equitable for everyone by building a better autonomous vehicle technology that works in the real world. Weve delivered shared, on-demand rides to communities at ten sites across the U.S. and Japan.
Investor
Mar 2022
Swift Navigation is a global technology company pioneering reliable, affordable high-accuracy satellite positioning to unlock autonomy and automation at scale. Its SkylarkTM Precise Positioning Service improves the accuracy of standard Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as GPS, from several meters to a few centimeters. Skylark powers more than 10 million vehicles and devices deployed by leading automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, robotics companies, and IoT system integrators. Learn more about how Swift is building the infrastructure to enable a safer and more productive future at swiftnav.com.
2021
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Sep 2021
TetraMem is developing cutting-edge analog computing solutions for AI applications, offering exceptional performance with ultra-low power consumption.
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