Nexar

A Vision AI company transforming the physical world into digital insights through a global network of smart, connected car cameras.

Automotive & Mobility Technologies
Acquired by Nauto
Series D New York, United States Founded 2015
Last updated 2026-07-26
Total raised
$149.5M
Last: Undisclosed Round 2025-08
Stage
Series D
Founded
2015
Headcount
141
HQ
New York, United States
Sector
Automotive & Mobility Technologies

About

Nexar is building a real-world intelligence platform for the Physical AI era. It operates one of the largest naturalistic driving intelligence platforms globally, powered by a live network of hundreds of thousands of cameras and a rapidly growing dataset of safety-critical events. The platform transforms this data into actionable intelligence used across multiple industries, including autonomous vehicles (AV), advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), fleets, insurance, and public safety. Nexar's mission is to digitize the physical world, fostering safer roads, intelligent infrastructure, and accelerating autonomous driving innovation through its crowd-sourced vision network.

Funding history · 5 rounds · $149.5M total

2021-10
D Round $53.0M
★ Qumra CapitalAlephCatalystRegah VenturesCorner VenturesLa Maison PartnersAtreides ManagementState Farm VenturesValor Equity PartnersSienna Venture Capital
2020-03
C Round $52.0M
★ Corner VenturesSompoAlephMicronIbex InvestorsMosaic VenturesSamsung Next TLVLa Maison PartnersAtreides ManagementNationwide Insurance
2017-12
B Round $30.0M
★ Aleph★ True Ventures★ Tusk Ventures★ Slow Ventures★ Mosaic Ventures★ Alibaba Innovation Ventures
2016-05
A Round $10.5M
★ Aleph★ True Ventures★ Slow Ventures★ Mosaic Ventures
2015-04
Seed $4.0M
★ Aleph★ Slow Ventures

Headcount over time

From 87 (2019-01) to 148 (2026-03) · +61 (+70%) · 19 points · source: Finder history + radar grounding
1500 2019-01 2026-03

Q&A

What is Nexar's current status?
Nexar was acquired in July 2026 by Nauto.
When did Nexar appoint Zach Greenberger as CEO?
Nexar appointed Zach Greenberger as its new Chief Executive Officer in September 2024.
What significant AI model did Nexar launch in October 2025?
In October 2025, Nexar launched BADAS (Beyond ADAS), a foundation AI model designed to redefine safety benchmarks for autonomous vehicles and driver assistance systems.
What was a key partnership announced by Nexar in November 2024?
In November 2024, Nexar partnered with Lyft to drive the future scaling of autonomous vehicles, aiming to establish a foothold in the autonomous vehicle market starting in Atlanta.
What award did Nexar win in May 2026?
In May 2026, Nexar's real-world AI platform, Nexar Vera, which includes BADAS 2.0.
What new product did Nexar introduce in February 2026?
In February 2026, Nexar introduced Nexar Risk Index, a tool to help insurers and Departments of Transportation predict road risk before crashes occur.
What was the amount and lead investors of Nexar's Series D round?
Nexar raised $53,000,000 in its Series D round in November 2021, with lead investors Qumra Capital and State Farm Ventures.
What was the purpose of Nexar's acquisition of Veniam in August 2022?
Nexar acquired Veniam in August 2022 to leverage vehicles as engines of data.

Team · 2

Eran Shir
Founder · Co-Founder & CPO
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz
Founder · Co-Founder & CTO

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Automotive & Mobility Technologies
Technologies
Target customers

Highlights

Patents

Tags

driverscomputer-visionautomotivecrowdsourcingvideo-analyticssmart-cityclaim-managementcamerasartificial-intelligencemobile-applicationsinsurance-companiesconnected-vehiclescloud-basedlocalizationsensorsinsurtechparkingroad-safetysmart-mobility
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External links

Websitegetnexar.com
LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/10460529
Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexar
Wikidatawikidata.org/wiki/Q28221936

Identifiers & details

Founded2015
Employees (exact)141
Wikidata QIDQ28221936

Acquisitions & public offerings

Acquired by Nauto 2026-07

AcquiredDateAmount
Nauto2026-07
Veniam2022-08

Radar intelligence

Patents

EPO16

Publications (Crossref)

Works5

GitHub

Top reposNexar-Visual-Localization, BADAS-Open, challenge2-evaluation, code-orange-ios, wst-infra

Web history (Wayback)

Domaingetnexar.com

Wikidata

QIDQ28221936

Certificate / subdomain footprint

Subdomains66