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Motion Ventures

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Motion Ventures drives industry adoption. We are, by design, focused on giving our portfolio companies the best chance to succeed through a deep global network of corporate partners, industry executives and government agencies.

We invest in:

  • World-class founders at Seed and Series A stage companies
  • ​Digitally enabled solutions to large cross-supply chain problems
  • Enablers accelerating sustainable and resilient maritime supply chain

Motion Ventures combines assets in the corporate consortium for digital solutions of the future to:

  1. Accelerate industry adoption
  2. Shorten B2B sales cycles
  3. Find product-market-fit

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