Trucks Venture Fund 3

About Trucks Venture Fund 3

Trucks Venture Fund 3 is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Mobility Transport, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Mobility Transport

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage founder decarbonizing or automating transportation

transportation

decarbonization

autonomous vehicles

early-stage

battery/energy storage

Bullish Signals

5 notable exits incl. IPO & acquisitionsexternal

Fund 3 announced, actively deployingexternal

Joby Aviation NYSE exitexternal

John Deere, Delphi, Intuit acqui-hiresexternal

Invested in lithium-ion battery recycling (Cling)website

Roadster acq. by CDK Globalwebsite

Weekly FoT newsletter — active communitywebsite

Ag-tech exit: Bear Flag → John Deerewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Narrow vertical: transportation onlyexternal

SF-based, likely geography-biasedexternal

Small team: single named partner visiblewebsite

Founder Do's

Build in transportation or mobility

Focus on safety or decarbonization

Target early-stage funding

Show path to mass accessibility

Reach out directly via website

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch non-transportation verticals

Don't come late-stage

Don't ignore sustainability angle

Key GPs & Partners

Puneeth Meruva

Partner

transportation-focusedearly-stageLP-turned-Partner

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$70M

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Website

Key People

Reilly Brennan

Puneeth MeruvaPartner