MOTION VENTURES
As the world is changing at an unprecedented pace, with growing demand for energy and resources, we innovate and push the boundaries of technology to contribute to energy efficient, decarbonizing and circular solutions. With our digitally enabled drives, motors, powertrains and services, we support customers and partners to achieve better performance, safety and reliability.
ADVANCING THE FUTURE OF INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE
ABB Motion Ventures is the venture capital arm of ABB Motion, a global technology leader in drives, motors, and powertrains. Our model combines venture capital with open innovation. Beyond investment, we partner with visionary founders to scale solutions that improve performance, safety, reliability, energy efficiency, and decarbonization across industries. We provide deep industrial expertise, engineering capabilities, and access to ABB’s global customer and technology ecosystem to accelerate technical validation, solution development, and commercialization
Together, we help transform breakthrough technologies into scalable industrial solutions that deliver measurable value for customers while shaping the future of industrial systems, electrification, and digitalization.
INVESTMENT THEMES
<p>Our investment themes reflect the key technology areas shaping the future of industrial motion.</p>
Next-generation electric machines
<p>Motor and generator technologies that advance efficiency, power density, sustainability and reliability. We are interested in new machine concepts, alternative materials and designs that reduce dependence on critical raw materials, and solutions that perform in demanding and high-value applications.</p>Power Electronics & Semiconductors
<p>Next-generation power conversion and semiconductor technologies that raise efficiency, power density and intelligence across industrial drives and systems. We are interested in advances in components, architectures, sensing and thermal performance that improve how power is converted and controlled.</p>AI for asset reliability, efficiency, services & engineering
<p>AI and digital technologies that maximize uptime, performance, efficiency and productivity across the asset lifecycle. We are interested in solutions that improve how industrial assets are monitored, operated, serviced and engineered – from condition insight and predictive operations to smarter field service and faster system design.</p>Electrification platforms for energy-intensive processes
<p>Scalable technologies that electrify and decarbonize energy-intensive processes and heavy mobility. We are interested in solutions that bring electrification to demanding industrial and heavy mobility applications, including energy storage, grid-supporting technologies, and electric drivetrain innovation.</p>Circularity, sustainable materials & new business models
<p>Technologies and commercial models that close the loop and unlock new sources of value. We are interested in approaches to circularity and sustainable materials across the product lifecycle, as well as new business and service models that shift value from products toward outcomes.<i></i></p>OUR INVESTMENTS
<p>We invest in pioneering companies shaping the future of industrial motion, electrification, and digital industrial systems. Beyond capital, we provide access to ABB’s global customer network, industrial expertise, and technical capabilities – helping startups accelerate from innovation to real-world deployment.</p> <p>Our portfolio companies leverage this platform to scale faster, strengthen their technologies in mission-critical environments, and drive efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across industrial operations.</p>
MEET OUR TEAM
Contacts
Analia Troncoso
Global Head of Strategy, Business Development and Sustainability, Motion Business Area, ABB
Olga Peters
Head of ABB Motion Ventures
Rayann Barazi
Ventures Analyst