About Smrt Ventures
Smrt Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Singapore, Singapore. As of Jun 2021, Smrt Ventures has invested in 8 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in Singapore based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Transportation and Logistics Tech to Auto Tech and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Ample Overall, Smrt Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, namely Ample. A lot of funds co-invest with Smrt Ventures, with names like PTT sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Smrt Ventures has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A & Series C
Portfolio Unicorns
Smrt Ventures' List of Top Investments
Smrt Ventures has a portfolio of 8 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investmentis in SwiftlyTheir portfolio spans across Singapore, United States and China. They have invested in Transportation and Logistics Tech, Auto Tech, High Tech and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series C stages. Here is the list of top investments by Smrt Ventures:1. Swiftly
Swiftly provides a tech-enabled platform that offers transit planning and management solutions. It offers data-driven software solutions like Transtime offers real-time transit information, Metronome offers vehicle operations management solutions, Insight offers transit analytics solutions. It offers solutions to plan, schedule, and manages the operations of transit.
Key facts about Swiftly
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $13M
- Employee Count: 147 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Ford, StartX and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 09, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Ample
Provider of modular battery swapping for electric vehicles. The company delivers fully charged batteries to electric vehicles using modular battery swapping technology. This technology allows for a quick exchange of depleted batteries with fully charged ones. The modular design adapts to various electric vehicle makes and models.
Key facts about Ample
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $301M
- Employee Count: 59 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: WorldQuant Ventures, Shell and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 19, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. SWAT
Provider of AI-powered mobility solutions for employee transport management. It provides routing technology to derive the optimal fleet size, plan employee transport by aggregating data, design custom solutions tailored to personalized considerations, on-demand booking without app, and more.
Key facts about SWAT
4. VersaFleet
Versafleet is a provider of cloud-based solutions for fleet transport management. It has features for job order management, scheduling, dispatching, route optimization, with the VersaDrive app for drivers for up-to-date job details, photos, e-signatures capture, and updating order status. The pricing model is dependent on the number of drivers in the fleet and the plan opted for.
Key facts about VersaFleet
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: SGD 0 - 1M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.57M
- Employee Count: 22 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: SEEDS Capital, Prestellar Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 14, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Dishangtie
Key facts about Dishangtie
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Shenzhen (China)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $376M
- Employee Count: 82 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: ITOCHU, Qiming Venture Partners and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 13, 2023, $*****
Smrt Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Ample.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Smrt Ventures' Investments by Stage
Smrt Ventures has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.1M and 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $160M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Series C | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Smrt Ventures' Investments by Sector
Smrt Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Auto Tech, Transportation and Logistics Tech, Consumer, High Tech and Travel and Hospitality Tech. Notably, it has invested in 7 Tech companies, 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Auto Tech | 4 |
Transportation and Logistics Tech | 4 |
Consumer | 3 |
High Tech | 3 |
Travel and Hospitality Tech | 3 |
Others | 11 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Smrt Ventures' Investments by Geography
Smrt Ventures has made most investments in Singapore (2), followed by United States where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Singapore | 2 |
United States | 2 |
China | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Smrt Ventures' recent investments
Smrt Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Smrt Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 25, 2021 | United States | Series C | 4037 | [+4] | |
Jun 08, 2021 | Singapore | Series A | 5429 | [+2] | |
May 17, 2021 | China | Series C | 2109 | [+2] | |
Aug 20, 2020 | United States | Series A | 1153 | - | |
Nov 27, 2019 | Singapore | Series A | 1410 | [+4] |
Unicorns in Smrt Ventures' Portfolio
Smrt Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Ample. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Ample which became a unicorn in 2021.Here is a list of unicorns in Smrt Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
58 | Provider of modular battery swapping for electric vehicles | 2014 | San Francisco | Series D | h{{tvlj |
Team profile of Smrt Ventures
Smrt Ventures has a team of 1 member located in Singapore. Smrt Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Smrt Ventures
Over the past 7 years, 54 investors have co-invested in Smrt Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Smrt Ventures: Aster, Samsung NEXT and 30 others have invested in rounds before Smrt Ventures. There is 1 company where Aster has invested before Smrt Ventures and 1 company where Samsung NEXT has invested before Smrt Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Smrt Ventures: 10 investors entered a company along with Smrt Ventures. These include investors like PTT (1 company).
- Invested after Smrt Ventures: A total of 12 investors have invested in Smrt Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include JMI Management (1 company), SHAKTI (1 company) and Blackstone (1 company).
Recent News related to Smrt Ventures
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Singapore autonomous vehicle startup bags ‘multimillion-dollar’ series A moneyTech in Asia•Jun 08, 2021•Moovita, Yinson, Smrt Ventures
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DST drives to $100m series CGlobal Corporate Venturing•May 18, 2021•Ingka, Smrt Ventures, Dishangtie
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Chinese EV Ops Platform DST Car Nets $100M Funding Led By IKEA’s IngkaVOLANEWS•May 17, 2021•Ingka, Smrt Ventures
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New energy logistics vehicle digital platform "Ground Rail" received US$100 million in Series C financing36Kr•May 16, 2021•Dishangtie, Ingka, Smrt Ventures, Wenzhou Runxin Machinery Manufacturing and 7 others
