Welcome back to the latest episode of “The Future of Automotive” on CBT News, where we put recent automotive and mobility news into the context of the broader themes impacting the industry.
I’m Steve Greenfield from Automotive Ventures, and I’m glad that you could join us this week.
This week, I’m excited to announce the newest investment out of our new fund, LoanBridge.ai.
At Automotive Ventures, we’re always looking to back founders who are reimagining broken, inefficient systems in the automotive ecosystem.
With LoanBridge, we found a team that’s not only tackling one of the most overlooked and operationally painful parts of auto finance—vehicle tracking and recovery—but doing so with a smart, scalable, and deeply integrated solution.
The vehicle repossession industry is plagued by outdated software, manual processes, and a patchwork of disconnected data. As loan delinquencies rise and recovery timelines stretch longer, lenders are bearing the cost—both financially and operationally—of this dysfunction.
Traditional repossession methods can take upwards of seven days to locate and retrieve a vehicle. Lenders often rely on license plate recognition or rudimentary VIN tracking systems that only offer periodic snapshots of a vehicle’s location. These tools fail to deliver the real-time insight needed to act quickly and efficiently.
LoanBridge has built an AI-powered platform that tracks vehicles in near real-time—without the need for GPS hardware or aftermarket installation. By leveraging VIN-only tracking and aggregating data from impounds, law enforcement, and private tow records, LoanBridge gives lenders a clearer view of their asset portfolios than ever before.
More importantly, LoanBridge closes the loop between lenders and repossession networks. The platform integrates directly into leading repo assignment systems, turning insights into action and reducing recovery times from seven days to just a few hours in many cases.
For lenders, the ROI is immediate and compelling: higher recovery rates, faster repossessions, and reduced fees from storage and impound delays.
At Automotive Ventures, we invest in the future of auto commerce—particularly in companies that are modernizing legacy infrastructure with data, automation, and software. LoanBridge checks all those boxes.
Their traction in the subprime and mid-prime lending markets is just the beginning. With a compelling GTM strategy and a strong pipeline of enterprise customers, LoanBridge is poised to become a foundational piece of the auto finance stack.
We’re excited to partner with Alex and the team as they reshape how vehicles are tracked, recovered, and ultimately financed. If you’re a lender, fleet operator, or technology partner interested in learning more, we encourage you to check out LoanBridge.ai.
So, with that, let’s transition to Our Companies to Watch.
Every week we highlight interesting companies in the automotive technology space to keep an eye on. If you read my weekly Intel Report, we showcase a company to watch, and we take the opportunity here on this segment each week to share that company with you.
Today, our new company to watch is Mach.io.
MACH provides the most advanced and commercially proven autonomy solutions in the industry.
They have a mission to empower non passenger vehicle OEMs, by providing world-class, dynamic solutions in perception, navigation, route planning, monitoring, and connectivity.
Think about verticals that could benefit from autonomous vehicles such as Agriculture, Construction, Industrial and Marine.
The strategic process Mach takes with their customers integrates complex technology in a simple process.
Their unique expertise allows them to quickly assess the pain points our customers face, create straightforward solutions, and supply the technology required for them to commercialize their highly differentiated products.
If you’d like to learn more about MACH you can check them out at www.Mach.io.
So that’s it for this week’s Future of Automotive segment.
If you’re an AutoTech entrepreneur working on a solution that helps car dealerships, we want to hear from you. We are actively investing out of our DealerFund.
Don’t forget to check out my first book, “The Future of Automotive Retail,” and my brand-new book, “The Future of Mobility”, both of which are now available on Amazon.com.
Thanks (as always) for your ongoing support and for tuning into CBT News for this week’s Future of Automotive segment. We’ll see you next week!
