Connected Car Firm Vinli Raises $13.5M, Partners With Germany’s E.ON
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Dallas —Vinli, a connected car analytics startup, announced today it has raised a Series B funding round of $13.5 million. Investors in the round include German utility E.ON, The Westly Group in Menlo Park, CA; Hersh Family Investments, which is based in Irving, TX; and Hal Brierley, a longtime Dallas airline executive. As electric vehicles are becoming more common, there is opportunity to leverage the data they are gathering, such as information on battery performance or usage, says Matt Himelfarb, Vinli’s COO. “With the information from the car itself, we are closing a gap in our data world for eMobility,” Frank Meyer, E.ON’s senior vice president for innovation and customer solutions, said in the statement. “By combining customer vehicle and network data, we can identify trends at an early stage and will continually create new digital mobility offerings for our customers.”