Vay

Mobility · Berlin, DE

Remote teledriver-operated car service, an alternative to robotaxis.

Founders

Thomas von der Ohe (Germany · ♂) — After six years in Silicon Valley shipping Amazon Echo devices and working on self-driving at Zoox, he returned to Europe to co-found Vay, applying a teledriving (remote-driver) approach as a near-term path to driverless mobility.
Fabrizio Scelsi (♂) — Co-founded Vay in 2018, contributing automotive hardware and safety-engineering expertise to the teledriving venture.
Bogdan Djukic (♂) — Co-founded Vay in 2018, bringing software and engineering expertise to build the remote-driving technology stack.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Nov 2025	Funding round Berlin-based Vay will receive up to $410M from Grab ($60M upfront, $350M tied to milestones) to expand its remote driving model in the US.	$410M
Oct 2024	Debt Vay, a Berlin teledriving startup, secured a €34M EIB loan backed by InvestEU to expand its remote-driving car-sharing service.	$37M
Mar 2022	Funding round Vay took an undisclosed angel investment from backers including Gustav Soderstrom, Noor van Boven and Anna Brandt.	—
Dec 2021	Series B Berlin mobility startup Vay (teledriving) raised USD95M led by Kinnevik with Coatue, Eurazeo, Atomico, Creandum and La Famiglia.	$95M

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