About
I’m Reilly Brennan, co-founder and partner at Trucks, a venture capital fund for entrepreneurs building the future of transportation. We’ve backed companies like Gatik, Bear Flag Robotics, Roadster, JetZero, May Mobility, Skyryse and about 100 more.
My goal is to build the most powerful network in transportation. While many investors believe they are in the ‘dealflow’ business, I am in the ‘people flow’ business. Here are some of the tools I built to cultivate this network of remarkable people:
- I write a newsletter about deals and news in transportation, FoT which comes out every Sunday night. It is read weekly by over 10,000 auto, aviation and transportation executives, analysts and investors.
- I have a transportation job board, MobilityJobs.com. If you are a startup you can use the job board for free with the code ‘Trucks’ when you post a job. Tens of thousands of jobs have been posted (and filled!) since its launch.
- I host the annual Das Tegernsee transportation summit, along with my friend Rob Coneybeer, in a small town in the Bavarian Alps. For over a decade this event has become a special gathering for founders and executives across major transportation markets.
Prior to Trucks, I was Executive Director for Stanford’s automotive research program, Revs, and taught at Stanford in the School of Engineering and the d.school. Before that I was a member of the Le Mans-winning factory Corvette C5-R program. My personal land speed record is 168 mph, behind the wheel of a Chaparral 2E.
I have a disproportionate love for my home state of Michigan and am the co-founder of Tuebor, an honor pledge wherein individuals commit to invest in one State of Michigan-based startup per year. I have taken the Tuebor pledge to make a Michigan investment every year for the rest of my life.
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