Ring 5 · Detroit, MI / Boston
Fontinalis Partners
Mobility, transportation, autonomous systems, supply chain software, and enabling technologies.
Mobility-focused VCNurture · 36.6
Source record
Stage gate
Seed to Series B
Typical check
Fund-dependent; source references large mobility fund and early-stage activity
People
Verify current partners.
Strategic value
Infrastructure and transaction/data systems lens; Detroit institutional network.
Introduction paths
Detroit mobility cluster and TechTown.
Likely objections
Bankabil may be outside mobility unless evidence infrastructure is applied to autonomous/- transactional systems.
Meeting strategy
Deprioritize unless a mobility/AI evidence angle is strategically useful.
Verification requirement
Verify current public information, investment mandate, team members, and check range before live outreach.
Scoring
Vertical fitModerate for transactional/supply-chain infrastructure · ~17/35 est.
Strategic fitMedium future-fit · ~48/100 est.
- Warmth bonus
- +2
- Timing bonus
- +6
- Friction penalty
- −10
- Priority
- 36.6
Warmth state
Ring 5 cadence
Batched trips and structured partner-level outreach.
Statewide corporate and institutional capital pool.
TRIP — Batched structured trip.