#76 – Future of Mobility LIVE – Investing in Sustainable Mobility Solutions with Chris Thomas & Gabriel Scheer

This episode comes from the panel discussion portion of the first Future of Mobility LIVE virtual event, recorded on November 11, 2021. The conversation features Chris Thomas, Co-Founder and Partner at Assembly Ventures and Gabriel Scheer, Director of Innovation at Elemental Excelerator. Future of Mobility LIVE is designed to bring together individuals who are working towards the common mission of making transportation safer and more sustainable. The event includes live networking sessions designed to plant the seeds for future collaboration, as well as a panel discussion focused on having a transparent discussion about the optimal path forward. If you missed this event, make sure to follow me (Brandon Bartneck) on LinkedIn to catch the next LIVE event in early 2022. For now, please enjoy the audio from the panel discussion. Links: Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/FoMLIVE1 Gabriel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielscheer/ Elemental Excelarator’s website: https://elementalexcelerator.com/ Chris’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherthomas/ Assembly Ventures Medium page: medium.com/assembly-ventures Chris’s bio: Chris Thomas is a Co-Founder of the Detroit Mobility Lab, an entity dedicated to helping Detroit become one of the world’s foremost future mobility ecosystems. He is also Co-Founder and Partner of Assembly Ventures. Prior to the Detroit Mobility Lab he co-founded Fontinalis Partners and worked to build it into one of the premier investment firms in next-generation mobility. While at Fontinalis, he participated in some of the largest exits in the mobility space, including nuTonomy, Karamba Security, ParkMe,  Parkmobile, Life360, Ouster, and SmartKargo. Prior to Fontinalis Chris served in the U.S. Army as a Communications Officer in the U.S. and Iraq. Before joining the military, Chris worked as an Investment Banker at UBS within its Technology and Energy groups in New York and San Francisco. Gabriel’s Bio: Gabriel Scheer is Director of Innovation at Elemental Excelerator, working with the organization’s energy and mobility portfolio companies and partners. He leverages his deep experience with mobility, renewables, and energy efficiency to help companies grow and thrive, with the aim of shifting the global paradigm away from carbon-based solutions. Prior to Elemental, Gabriel worked for three different micromobility companies, and was on the founding team at Lime as the first government relations staffer. He has also previously served as General Manager for car-sharing company Zipcar. Additionally, he spent three years at Frog Design and built his own social innovation consultancy. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License