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BMW Startup Programs & Corporate Open Innovation Analysis Transportation · Automotive

Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) manufactures and sells luxury cars and motorcycles worldwide. It produces everything from convertible sports cars to luxury sedans to touring motorcycles with large displacement engines. The special fascination of the BMW Group not only lies in its products and technology, but also in the company’s history, written by inventors, pioneers and brilliant designers. Today, the BMW Group, with its 31 production and assembly facilities in 15 countries as well as a global sales network, is the world’s leading manufacturer of premium automobiles and motorcycles, and provider of premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group sets trends in production technology and sustainability as an innovation leader with an intelligent material mix, a technological shift towards digitalisation and resource-efficient production. At the same time, flexibility and continuous optimisation of value chains ensure competitiveness. With Efficient Dynamics, the BMW Group consistently implements the principle of sustainable mobility and is steadily reducing its vehicles’ fuel consumption and emissions. At the same time, flexibility and continuous optimisation of value chains ensure competitiveness.
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In StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index, BMW ranks #22 globally and #2 in Germany. It ranks #2 in the Transportation industry and #1 in the Automotive subindustry.

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Corporate Startup Activity Index
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#2
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#1
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Key metrics

BMW Startup Activity Metrics

BMW has supported 101 startups through programs and investments, with those companies raising a combined $47.7 billion over the last ten years. The company currently operates 3 active startup programs.

Overview

Explore BMW's investments, startup programs, and corporate open innovation activity

BMW has deployed more than $610 million in startup investments through BMW i Ventures and partnership programs, strengthening its position as one of the leading innovation-driven corporations globally.

The company currently runs 3 active startup programs supporting 101 startups worldwide across industries such as Ecommerce & Retail, Energy & Environment, Fintech, and Hardware & IoT. Its venture arm BMW i Ventures has invested in over 100 startups since it was founded in 2011.

The corporate-innovation activity is concentrated in Software & Data, Hardware & IoT, and Energy & Environment, categories where BMW's scale provides outsized leverage to early-stage startups.

Activity breakdown

Where BMW-associated startups operate

Sector, HQ-city and program-location breakdowns for the startups associated with BMW. Unlock the full breakdown with StartupBlink Pro.

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Programs & CVC

BMW Startup Programs and Corporate Venture Capital initiatives

BMW engages startups through 3 active programs, supporting 101 startups in total based on our database.

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BMW — Corporate Self
Corporate Venture / Investment
Investment Program
2 startups
BMW i Ventures
BMW i Ventures
Corporate Venture / Investment · est. 2011
Investment Program
BMW i Ventures invests in cutting-edge solutions focusing on BMW’s current and future business in the technology and customer and service space. BMW i Ventures invests in high-performance co
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BMW Machine Learning Challenge
Startup Activation · est. 2022
Startup Activation Program
BMW two-phase online machine-learning coding challenge on HackerEarth built around an object-identification problem statement.
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BMW Startup Garage
Startup Activation
Startup Activation Program
The BMW Startup Garage is the Venture Client unit of the BMW Group. As a Venture Client, the BMW Group becomes a client of a startup, at an early stage when its product, service or technology
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List of Startups

Top startups associated with BMW

BMW's top 5 associated startups have raised 69% of the $47.7 billion raised in the last ten years across all 101 associated startups, led by Northvolt at $22.8 billion. BMW is associated with 91 active startups and 10 exits. BMW i Ventures supports the largest number of startups, with 100 associated startups.

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Startups associated with BMW
StartupSB ScoreIndustryHQ cityLink Type to CorporationLinked via
TuroTuroSB 690Ecommerce & RetailSan FranciscoProgram InvestmentBMW i Ventures
MotorwayMotorwaySB 643Ecommerce & RetailLondonProgram InvestmentBMW i Ventures
ChargePointChargePointSB 640Hardware & IoTCampbellProgram InvestmentBMW i Ventures
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Corporate Startup Activity Index · 2025

Global Corporate Open Innovation Rankings

Explore the top 372 corporations in StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index. BMW ranks #22 globally and #2 in Germany. It accounts for 10.2% of the measured corporate startup activity in the Transportation industry and 13% of the activity generated by corporations in Germany. Unlock more granular data on each corporation with StartupBlink Pro.

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