Daimler and Mizmaa Ventures invest in mobility status AI startup Anagog

Israeli startup and developer of the mobility status AI engine and big data analytics solutions, Anagog, announced today it has closed the initial closing phase of its Series-B round of financing. The round was co-led by Daimler AG, the automotive OEM, and Mizmaa Ventures, a California-HK based VC, specializing in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data venture investments.

Founded in 2010 by Gil Levy and Yaron Aizenbud, Tel Aviv-based Anagog is the developer of JedAI – the first on-handset AI engine that converts sensors data into real-time and predicted mobility status and location information without dependency on server communication. With over 25 million users globally and billions of data points daily,through 100 mobile services in different domains, Anagog collects valuable Big Data and offers BIsense – the first web-tool for on-the-fly analytics of brick-and-mortar businesses worldwide. With its award-winning technology, Anagog is a game-changing partner for AI solutions providers, mobile apps, automotive OEMs, retailers, smart cities and IoT.

“We are very pleased and honored to welcome Daimler and Mizmaa as our new investors,” said Ofer Tziperman, CEO of Anagog. “Our ongoing business collaboration with Daimler has been a perfect opportunity to recognize the mutual synergies between Anagog’s array of mobility innovations and Daimler’s long-term vision of mobility services. We are also delighted to have the experienced team of Mizmaa on-board. Their intimate knowledge of our potential markets will be a superb asset for Anagog. We are working with our Round B co-leaders to conclude this financing round with more lucrative investors that can help drive forward our vision for mobility innovation.”

“We want to provide not only our customers, but all smartphone owners with the best digital services. We improve every digital touchpoint in the mobility behavior of our customers and thus increase the independence of our customers,” says Sabine Scheunert, Vice President of Digital and IT for Marketing & Sales Mercedes-Benz Cars. “The investment in Anagog brings us a lot closer to this goal.”

Isaac Applbaum Founder & General Partner of Mizmaa Ventures added “Our investment in Anagog complements Mizmaa’s drive to invest in cutting-edge technologies that can significantly impact their respective industries. We are impressed by Anagog’s team of experts in machine learning, data science, signal processing, and low-level programing. Their deep understanding of smartphones, IoT hardware, and operating systems is a huge benefit. We are confident their technology is ideally-suited to several key domains, including transportation, mobile networks, banking, insurance and AdTech.”