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Holly Wu
Director, M&A, Venture and Partnerships, Mercedes-Benz
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Holly Wu leads technology M&A, venture investing, and strategic partnerships for Mercedes-Benz in North America, covering deals in electrification, digitization, and AI. Mercedes-Benz's 2025 equity stake in humanoid robot maker Apptronik, which is piloting robots in the automaker's manufacturing plants, falls within her group's remit. Before Mercedes-Benz she held investment roles at GrubMarket, SAIC Capital, Guggenheim Partners, and GAMCO Investors, and worked in equity research at KBW. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in finance from NYU Stern.
Relevant Investments
Apptronik
Builds humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics tasks like material handling and inspection.
Strategic equity investment 2025
apptronik.com
YASA
Makes lightweight, high performance axial flux electric motors for electric vehicles.
Acquired 2021
www.yasa.com
Liquid AI
Builds efficient AI foundation models that run on edge devices including vehicles.
Strategic partnership 2026
www.liquid.ai
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