Marcus Behrendt is a Managing Partner at BMW i Ventures, the venture capital fund of the BMW Group, based in Mountain View and Munich. He studied management and engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and spent his early career in car development, working on driver assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control and steer-by-wire before moving from BMW corporate to BMW i Ventures in 2018. His stated focus covers automotive technologies including autonomous driving, control systems, powertrain, electrification and batteries, as well as ASIC development, additive manufacturing, logistics and robotics. He was quoted as Managing Partner in the April 2026 launch of the firm's 300 million dollar Fund III.
Education
Management and Engineering, Technical University of Berlin
Previous Experience
Car development at BMW Group, working on driver assistance systems including adaptive cruise control, ESP, steer-by-wire and drive-by-wire