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AUTOMOTIVE VENTURES
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Automotive technology news, perspectives and insights from Steve Greenfield and industry influencers.


Greenfield's Point of View - June 2021
Achieving Outsized Returns in AutoTech Investments In my teenage years I voraciously consumed as many business and investing books as I...

Steve Greenfield
May 31, 20212 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - May 2021
Automotive is Spawning Unlevel Playing Fields My most influential professor was Patrick Noonan, who taught Strategic Decision Analysis...

Steve Greenfield
May 2, 20212 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - April 2021
The Fragility of Our Supply Chain This past week, a 1,300-foot, 220,000-ton container ship called the Ever Given caught the attention of...

Steve Greenfield
Apr 1, 20215 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - March 2021
From the March 2021 Intel Report. What are you doing at Automotive Ventures? I have the pleasure of catching up frequently with Private...

Steve Greenfield
Mar 1, 20214 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - February 2021
I recently had a call with a Family Office that manages over $1 billion dollars of assets, who wanted my perspective on the future of the...

Steve Greenfield
Feb 1, 20217 min read


Top Automotive Deals of 2020
Let’s now turn to the largest and most important automotive technology deals of 2020 and put them into context. Counting downwards: Deal...

Steve Greenfield
Jan 1, 20215 min read


2021 Predictions
I’ve always enjoyed writers who take a stab at predicting what’s going to happen over the coming year. I’ve respected those even more who...

Steve Greenfield
Jan 1, 20217 min read


10 Themes That Impacted Automotive in 2020
Looking back on the year, we have a lot to choose from, but here are the top ten themes that most impacted the automotive industry. 1....

Steve Greenfield
Jan 1, 20218 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - December 2020
Automotive Tech M&A Accelerating One Month To Go… The year has flown by. This will be my last newsletter for the year, the next one...

Steve Greenfield
Dec 1, 20206 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - November 2021
The COVID Premium in Automotive Technology It’s been an interesting year. At the beginning of the pandemic, companies were suffering...

Steve Greenfield
Nov 2, 20209 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - October 2020
A Mad Rush of M&A Before The End of the Year? It looks like we may experience a bunch of acquisition activity between now and the end of...

Steve Greenfield
Oct 1, 20208 min read


Greenfield's Point of View - September 2020
What’s With the Stock Market? U.S. stocks wrapped up a banner month, with the S&P 500 posting its best August in more than 30 years. The...

Steve Greenfield
Sep 2, 20207 min read


The Grand Experiment Continues (aka: This Might Take A Bit Longer To Resolve)
McKinsey & Company notes that digital commerce adoption has accelerated ten years forward in just 90 days’ time; it’s remarkable how...

Steve Greenfield
Aug 2, 202010 min read
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