Stephan Baral

Corporate Development, Strategy & Business Development Leader | M&A, Partnerships, Growth | Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY)

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 8 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2020
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8
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8y
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Portfolio

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Investor
Dec 2020
Cresta is the AI operating system for customer experience, where human and AI agents work together to power the entire customer lifecycle. Cresta automates conversations and back-office processes, augments human work, and puts insight into action, so each conversation makes the next one better. Companies like United Airlines, CVS Health, and Marriott use Cresta to turn every interaction into a competitive advantage. Learn more at Cresta.com.
Investor
Nov 2020
Playbook is the #1 creator economy platform for creators in fitness, wellness, and sports. Our combination of mobile SaaS tools and services enables todays creator class to turn their iPhone training content into a meaningful income. Start creating yourself today: www.joinplaybook.com
Board Observer
Sep 2020
Rally is a platform for buying & selling equity shares in collectible assets. Together, we rally to make investing behind ideas, emotions, and communities safe, easy, and accessible. The result… A 21st Century Portfolio, for everyone.
Investor
Feb 2020
At Drivably, we fill a distinct void in the automotive industry for dealers and consumers alike. Our proprietary technology moves used vehicles efficiently, to the right dealerships and markets. By optimizing this process, we will enable dealers to get the right vehicles at the right price for their businesses while enabling consumers to get the most value for their cars, instantly.
Investor
May 2019
Fontinalis Partners is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups on the new frontiers of efficient movement, industrial innovation, and sustainability. Fontinalis backs ambitious founders building iconic companies.
Investor
Feb 2019
Founded in 2016, NIO Capital is a professional investment firm that focuses on investments in energy, automobiles, and deep technology sectors. NIO Capital insists on ESG sustainable investments focusing on innovations in decarbonization and digitalization. Our portfolio companies include CATL (SZSE: 300750), Ronbay Technology (SHSE: 688005), United Winners (SHSE: 688518), Momenta, Inceptio, Pony.ai, Innovusion, Black Sesame Technologies, etc.
Investor
May 2018
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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2024
Venture Partner
Sep 2024
We are a venture studio built to drive the creation of next generation, integrated mobile apps. By leveraging our technology, capital and studio model, we partner with founders to explore, create, and scale multi-service, integrated apps.
Expert Network Member
Jun 2024
Fusion Fund invests in promising start-up companies who have technology barriers in their business models. We invest in many industries including connected industries (robotics, mobility), network technologies (connectivity, security), artificial intelligence (computer vision, NLP), and digital health/medical devices. Our sweet spot are the Seed and Pre-A rounds. In addition to the financial support we provide portfolio companies, the entrepreneurial Partners at Fusion Fund provide vision, strategy, product marketing, and guidance drawn from our diverse background.
2020
Investor
Dec 2020
Cresta is the AI operating system for customer experience, where human and AI agents work together to power the entire customer lifecycle. Cresta automates conversations and back-office processes, augments human work, and puts insight into action, so each conversation makes the next one better. Companies like United Airlines, CVS Health, and Marriott use Cresta to turn every interaction into a competitive advantage. Learn more at Cresta.com.
Investor
Nov 2020
Playbook is the #1 creator economy platform for creators in fitness, wellness, and sports. Our combination of mobile SaaS tools and services enables todays creator class to turn their iPhone training content into a meaningful income. Start creating yourself today: www.joinplaybook.com
Board Observer
Sep 2020
Rally is a platform for buying & selling equity shares in collectible assets. Together, we rally to make investing behind ideas, emotions, and communities safe, easy, and accessible. The result… A 21st Century Portfolio, for everyone.
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2018–2020 · 8 investments
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