I founded CloudMade in 2007, raised three rounds of venture capital funding, pivoted the business three times and exited to Valeo, a French CAC40 automotive supplier.
CloudMade now works with 7 car makers who are adopting its intelligent vehicle solutions, has over 100 employees in 6 global locations and is investing heavily in its machine learning technology roadmap.
In 2012-13 I pivoted CloudMade into the automotive industry and opened up business with car makers in Germany, France and the US. I put in place a B2B sales model and a product value proposition that let a 25 person startup successfully sell into some of the biggest industrial companies in the world.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.Early stage automotive/mobility startups with innovative tech looking to develop their business models and sell into automotive OEMs and Tier 1s.
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