BMW Group Startup Garage
by BMW Group
Global venture client unit connecting startups with BMW Group for paid PoCs and long-term partnerships.
BMW Group, headquartered in Munich and one of the world's largest premium carmakers, reaches into the startup world through two main channels. The first is BMW Startup Garage, a venture-client unit that buys prototypes and runs paid pilots with early companies; the second is BMW i Ventures, its corporate venture-capital arm, which invests in mobility, sustainability, manufacturing, and supply-chain technologies.
The Startup Garage runs on a venture-client model: rather than taking equity, BMW becomes a startup's first paying customer and validates the technology inside its own production and R&D environment. BMW i Ventures, based in Mountain View and Munich, manages a multi-fund portfolio across automotive software, advanced materials, battery technology, and industrial automation, and the group also runs the BMW TechOffice Munich and open-innovation calls around autonomous driving, electrification, and digital services.
For Indian founders, the opening lies in BMW's procurement and pilot routes for deep-tech, mobility, materials, and manufacturing startups. Teams building automotive software, battery chemistries, sensors, sustainable materials, or factory-automation tools can apply to the Startup Garage from India, and BMW's local R&D and IT presence through BMW TechWorks India widens those opportunities. Because the engagement runs on procurement and strategic investment rather than grants, it suits revenue-stage deep-tech ventures over ideation-stage teams, offering credibility, a paying customer, and a way into the global automotive supply chain. It is online at bmwgroup.com.
BMW Group currently has 1 program listed in this directory, including BMW Group Startup Garage. Each program page covers the funding amount, eligibility and application process.
BMW Group is listed as a vc / investor. It is not a government body, and its programs follow the organisation's own selection process.
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This directory is compiled from publicly available official sources and is provided for general information only. It does not constitute legal, financial, tax or professional advice. Funding amounts, eligibility criteria, required documents, deadlines and availability are determined by each program authority and change with every cycle, so the details shown here may be incomplete or out of date. Always confirm the current terms on the official program source before you apply or take any decision.
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