Venture Capital Investors

Fontinalis Partners

Fontinalis Partners is a VC investing group that helps its portfolio companies by accelerating their success.

Venture Investor Overview

Venture Investor
Fontinalis Partners
Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Activity Level
70 transactions
Funds Raised
At least $113.3 million
Industry Focus
Alternative Energy
Electronics
Energy & Battery
FinTech
Manufacturing
Security
Semiconductors
Software

Contact Information

Contact
Ralph Booth
Title
Founding Partner
Mailing Address
1 Woodward Ave. 1600
Detroit, MI 48226
USA
Phone
(313) 432-0321
Website
www.fontinalispartners.com
Email Address
Not Recorded

Background Information

Overview
Fontinalis Partners works closely with management teams to build long-standing equity value of companies providing society with the transportation and mobility solutions of tomorrow.
Profile
Fontinalis Partners LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Fontinalis Partners Company Twitter Account
Company News
Fontinalis Partners News
Facebook
Fontinalis Partners on Facebook
YouTube
Fontinalis Partners on YouTube
Last Transaction
6/11/2025

Transaction History

Our records indicate that Fontinalis Partners invested in the VC transactions listed below. Dollar amounts are for the entire raise, which may include other investors.

Company
Date
Amount
zeroRISC
6/11/2025
$10,000,000
Hgen
9/17/2024
$5,000,000
Etched
6/25/2024
$120,000,000
Swift Solar
6/12/2024
$27,000,000
Condoit
4/17/2024
$4,250,000
Mitra Chem
8/16/2023
$60,000,000
Verity
7/11/2023
$11,000,000
ChipFlow
7/6/2023
$1,547,000
Carputty
12/6/2022
$12,300,000
VulcanForms
7/5/2022
$355,000,000
Chain.io
6/15/2022
$11,000,000
CelLink
2/28/2022
$250,000,000
Vecna Robotics
2/2/2022
$65,000,000
Sibros
2/1/2022
$70,000,000
Veho
12/22/2021
$125,000,000
Karamba Security
12/3/2021
$10,000,000
Coros
11/22/2021
$6,100,000
SkyRyse
10/28/2021
$200,000,000
FreightWaves
5/24/2021
$16,000,000
Highland Electric Transportation
2/26/2021
$235,000,000
Loop Insurance
1/22/2021
$3,250,000
Robust.AI
10/29/2020
$15,000,000
Humatics
9/17/2020
$30,000,000
FreightWaves
7/27/2020
$37,000,000
Helm.ai
3/27/2020
$13,000,000
Axle
1/31/2020
$1,400,000
Vecna Robotics
1/9/2020
$50,000,000
CelLink
10/31/2019
$22,500,000
Gatik
6/10/2019
$4,500,000
Ouster
3/26/2019
$60,000,000
FreightWaves
2/28/2019
$20,000,000
Ike Robotics
2/6/2019
$52,000,000
Humatics
1/8/2019
$28,000,000
Wise Systems
12/7/2018
$7,000,000
Tomorrow.io
10/5/2018
$45,000,000
Ouster
12/12/2017
$27,000,000
Tomorrow.io
11/28/2017
$15,000,000
Lunar Wireless
11/3/2017
$4,100,000
Humatics
9/20/2017
$18,000,000
Cargo
7/11/2017
$1,750,000
Karamba Security
5/17/2017
$12,000,000
Donut Media
5/10/2017
$800,000
GoKid
2/1/2017
$1,000,000
Motoroso
1/13/2017
$293,550
Karamba Security
9/30/2016
$2,500,000
Elementum
6/16/2016
Unknown
nuTonomy
5/24/2016
$16,000,000
TransLoc
4/1/2016
$8,000,000
Autonomous Marine Systems
3/31/2016
$1,600,200
ZenDrive
2/4/2016
$13,500,000
nuTonomy
1/29/2016
$3,600,000
Cosmos Labs
11/17/2015
$208,000
Zagster
5/22/2015
$4,554,575
Lyft
5/18/2015
$150,000,000
ZenDrive
12/31/2014
Unknown
Telogis
9/10/2014
Unknown
Streetline
7/1/2014
$10,000,000
Zagster
5/28/2014
$1,200,000
QuickPay
12/13/2013
$5,500,000
Nano-C
3/28/2013
Unknown
Masabi
3/21/2013
$2,800,000
Parkmobile
2/8/2013
$6,300,000
Streetline
1/10/2013
$25,000,000
Zagster
10/19/2012
$1,000,000
QuickPay
8/2/2012
$3,500,000
Wheelz
2/23/2012
$13,700,000
QuickPay
2/17/2012
Unknown
Life360
12/13/2011
$3,500,000
ParkMe
9/28/2011
Unknown
Streetline
6/14/2011
$15,000,000

 

Investor Contacts

Title
Name
Email & Social
Managing Partner
Ralph Booth
  Ralph Booth LinkedIn Profile  Ralph Booth Twitter Account  Ralph Booth News  Ralph Booth on Facebook
Managing Director
Christopher Cheever
  Christopher Cheever LinkedIn Profile  Christopher Cheever Twitter Account  Christopher Cheever News  Christopher Cheever on Facebook
Founder & Partner
Bill Ford
  Bill Ford LinkedIn Profile  Bill Ford Twitter Account  Bill Ford News  Bill Ford on Facebook
Partner
Laura Petterle
  Laura Petterle LinkedIn Profile  Laura Petterle Twitter Account  Laura Petterle News  Laura Petterle on Facebook
Partner
Chris Stallman
  Chris Stallman LinkedIn Profile  Chris Stallman Twitter Account  Chris Stallman News  Chris Stallman on Facebook

 

Funds

Our database includes the following fund closing(s) for Fontinalis Partners. If we are missing funds, please contact us.

Fund Description
Vintage Date
Fund Amount
Fontinalis Capital Partners II
11/25/2015
$100,000,000
Fontinalis Mobile Technologies (EDS)
6/18/2010
$2,725,000
Fontinalis Mobile Technologies (PMI)
2/9/2010
$10,596,754

 

Portfolio Companies

Fontinalis Partners has invested in the companies below, according to our database records. If we are missing a portfolio company, please let us know.

Tech Company
Autonomous Marine Systems
Axle
Cargo
Carputty
CelLink
Chain.io
ChipFlow
Condoit
Coros
Cosmos Labs
Donut Media
Elementum
Etched
FreightWaves
Gatik
GoKid
Helm.ai
Hgen
Highland Electric Transportation
Humatics
Ike Robotics
Karamba Security
Life360
Loop Insurance
Lunar Wireless
Lyft
Masabi
Mitra Chem
Motoroso
Nano-C
nuTonomy
Ouster
ParkMe
Parkmobile
QuickPay
Robust.AI
Sibros
SkyRyse
Streetline
Swift Solar
Telogis
Tomorrow.io
TransLoc
Vecna Robotics
Veho
Verity
VulcanForms
Wheelz
Wise Systems
Zagster
ZenDrive
zeroRISC

 

 

 

 

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