Tolga Onuk

Product & SaaS Entrepreneur | Built Venture-Backed Platforms | Ai | Mobility | Payments | Finance | GTM and Growth Strategy Leadership

📍 Los Angeles, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Investor & Shareholder
Mar 2020
NIO is a pioneer and a leading company in the premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a sustainable and brighter future together. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, develops, jointly manufactures and sells premium smart electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in autonomous driving, digital technologies, electric powertrains and batteries. NIO differentiates itself through its continuous technological breakthroughs and innovations, such as its industry-leading battery swapping technologies, Battery as a Service, or BaaS, as well as its proprietary autonomous driving technologies and Autonomous Driving as a Service, or ADaaS. NIO’s models for sale include the all-new smart electric flagship SUV ES8, the smart electric flagship coupe SUV EC7, the smart electric mid-large SUV ES7, the smart electric flagship sedan ET7, the all-new smart electric all-round SUV ES6, the all-new smart electric coupe SUV EC6, the smart electric mid-sized sedan ET5, and the smart electric tourer ET5T.
Investor & Shareholder
Mar 2020
We make clean-energy alternatives that are Efficient, Economical, and most importantly, Easy. Mullen is a Southern California based company that owns and partners with several synergistic businesses all working towards the unified goal of creating clean and scalable energy solutions. Starting out in 2012 as Mullen Motors, Mullen Technologies has evolved over the past decade in sync with consumers and technology trends. Today, Mullen is working diligently to provide exciting electric vehicle options built entirely in the United States and made to fit perfectly into the American consumer’s life. We are striving to make EVs more accessible than ever and Mullen has created an end-to-end ecosystem which takes care of all aspects of EV ownership, right from research to financing to servicing. Watch out for the revolutionary Mullen FIVE, our pure electric-SUV crossover - https://www.mullenusa.com/reserve-now
Investor & Shareholder
Mar 2020
Unstoppable Commercial Electric Trucks. Class 4-6 Chassis Cabs.
Investor Partner & Equity Shareholder
Dec 2018
We lead ambitious seed rounds.
Private Investor
May 2014
CurbStand is redefining the valet industry, elevating the customer experience and upgrading the traditional valet business operations. Historically, there has been very little motivation for valet operators to change the way they do business. However, times are changing. With a new generation of consumers that demand accountability for services and ease of use of products, CurbStand is doing to valet, what Uber is doing to the Taxi industry.
Private Investor & Shareholder
May 2014
CurbStand is redefining the valet industry, elevating the customer experience and upgrading the traditional valet business operations. Historically, there has been very little motivation for valet operators to change the way they do business. However, times are changing. With a new generation of consumers that demand accountability for services and ease of use of products, CurbStand is doing to valet, what Uber is doing to the Taxi industry.
Experience · 14 entries
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2025
Founder & Managing Director
Sep 2025
Building the next generation mobility network across north America 🇺🇸
2020
Investor & Shareholder
Mar 2020
NIO is a pioneer and a leading company in the premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a sustainable and brighter future together. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, develops, jointly manufactures and sells premium smart electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in autonomous driving, digital technologies, electric powertrains and batteries. NIO differentiates itself through its continuous technological breakthroughs and innovations, such as its industry-leading battery swapping technologies, Battery as a Service, or BaaS, as well as its proprietary autonomous driving technologies and Autonomous Driving as a Service, or ADaaS. NIO’s models for sale include the all-new smart electric flagship SUV ES8, the smart electric flagship coupe SUV EC7, the smart electric mid-large SUV ES7, the smart electric flagship sedan ET7, the all-new smart electric all-round SUV ES6, the all-new smart electric coupe SUV EC6, the smart electric mid-sized sedan ET5, and the smart electric tourer ET5T.
Investor & Shareholder
Mar 2020
We make clean-energy alternatives that are Efficient, Economical, and most importantly, Easy. Mullen is a Southern California based company that owns and partners with several synergistic businesses all working towards the unified goal of creating clean and scalable energy solutions. Starting out in 2012 as Mullen Motors, Mullen Technologies has evolved over the past decade in sync with consumers and technology trends. Today, Mullen is working diligently to provide exciting electric vehicle options built entirely in the United States and made to fit perfectly into the American consumer’s life. We are striving to make EVs more accessible than ever and Mullen has created an end-to-end ecosystem which takes care of all aspects of EV ownership, right from research to financing to servicing. Watch out for the revolutionary Mullen FIVE, our pure electric-SUV crossover - https://www.mullenusa.com/reserve-now
Investor & Shareholder
Mar 2020
Unstoppable Commercial Electric Trucks. Class 4-6 Chassis Cabs.
2018
New Wave Holdings
Private Investor & Shareholder
Dec 2018
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