NextView Ventures and FirstMark Capital have co-led a Nvidia-backed seed round for stealthy autonomous driving technology startup Optimus Ride.
Optimus Ride, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spinout working on driverless vehicle technology, has attracted $5.25m in seed funding from investors including graphics chip producer Nvidia, TechCrunch reported yesterday.
The round was co-led by venture capital firms NextView Ventures and FirstMark Capital, and included Joi Ito, a director at MIT Media Lab, as well as Greycroft Partners, Morado Venture Partners, Haystack and UJ Ventures.
Optimus Ride is still operating in stealth mode and has not revealed details about its…
