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The Daily Download: J.D. Power Acquires Darwin Automotive
Today we have a big and important deal, as J.D. Power announced it has acquired Superior Integrated Solutions, also known as Darwin...

Steve Greenfield
Jul 7, 20211 min read


The Daily Download: Reynolds Acquires Gubagoo
Automotive Ventures Daily Download Official Press Release Addition of digital retailing and chat platforms position dealers to meet...

Steve Greenfield
Jun 7, 20212 min read


Automotive Tech Leader CDK Global Acquires Digital Retail Platform Roadster
The Automotive Ventures Daily Download Official Press Release Digital Sales Platform Integration to Equip Dealers with Amazon-like...

Steve Greenfield
Jun 1, 20215 min read


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


Steve Greenfield and the CBT News Friday Five: SpinCar Acquires Pulsar AI and More AutoTech News!
Steve Greenfield of Automotive Ventures highlights this week's top five automotive technology deals for CBT News. To see more episodes...

Steve Greenfield
May 13, 20213 min read


Steve Greenfield and the CBT News Friday Five: Red Hot Automotive Market, KAR Global News, and More
Steve Greenfield of Automotive Venture highlights this week's top five automotive technology deals for CBT News. To see more episodes...

Steve Greenfield
May 8, 20213 min read


Record for Auto Tech M&A Activity This Year?
It’s feeling a lot like 2010 all over again, and I’m betting we’re going to see a lot of M&A activity this year as a result. It was...

Steve Greenfield
Apr 1, 20212 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


Consumers Want A Digital Dealership Experience. Don’t Stand In The Way.
The Presidio Group on October 28 sponsored an econference to address the question “How will we really buy a car in the future?” Moderated...

Brodie Cobb & George Karolis
Dec 1, 20205 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


Physical Dealership Buy/Sell Market
An update on the current M&A market and the current and future impacts of the pandemic. We’ve received many questions recently regarding...

Brodie Cobb & George Karolis
Aug 31, 20205 min read


Insights Into Automotive M&A
This article was originally published at Auto Remarketing. $1 trillion is a lot of money. That’s the estimated amount of uninvested “dry...

Steve Greenfield
Jul 13, 20203 min read
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