Ep. 7 — Quin Garcia of Autotech Ventures
In this episode of the Smarter Cars podcast, we interview Quin Garcia, a Managing Director at Autotech Ventures. Autotech Ventures is a venture firm in Silicon Valley focused exclusively on funding ground transport companies, including companies involved in connected, shared and automated vehicles and the ecosystems/supply chains around them. We discuss with Quin his views on successful business models for autonomous vehicles and likely market outcomes and consolidation in the space.
Prior to Autotech Ventures, Quin was part of the founding team at Better Place, responsible for partnerships with automakers and auto parts suppliers while living in Israel, Japan, and China. Prior to that, he was a management consultant at Strategic Management Solutions, serving automaker and consumer electronics clients.
Quin has an MS degree in Management Science and Automotive Engineering from Stanford, where he worked at Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab developing autonomous vehicles. While earning his BS degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell, he was a leader of the Cornell Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team.
You can find more about Quin and Autotech Ventures here: http://autotechvc.com/expertise/#team-4
