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Investors have a renewed interest in the automotive technology space, and as a result, the industry is experiencing a record amount of investment activity. 

At this year’s Used Car Week in November, we are excited to announce the launch of the National Auto Venture & Investors Conference (NAVIcon).

Teaming with Steve Greenfield, the founder of Automotive Ventures, the newest Cherokee Media Group event will provide content and conversations around the industry’s biggest deals and reveal innovative, early-stage auto tech startups. 

As the latest addition to the popular Used Car Week, NAVIcon will provide attendees with a broader perspective across the entire M&A and innovative auto tech landscapes. 

The National Auto Venture & Investors Conference will draw investors, auto tech companies and interested industry players. The event will arm executives, dealers and investors with information and visibility into innovative early-stage companies as potential investment or partnership opportunities, or those that have technology that might be adopted to create a competitive market advantage. 

Analysis of recent deals will provide valuable information to those interested in future M&A, investments and networking-building opportunities.

The National Auto Venture & Investors Conference is the industry’s largest venture conference, gathering together entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders for a high-caliber conference. Our mission is to connect auto tech startups and investors with the resources, network, clients and partnerships they need to grow. NAVIcon plays an important role in the auto tech ecosystem. Our advisory team has worked to recruit the best companies, investors and sponsors to bring the event to life.

We are looking for the most promising companies from across the auto tech landscape to pitch at NAVIcon 2021.

Used Car Week will be held Nov. 15-19 at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas. 

The First Block of UCW (Nov. 15-17)  features the Pre-Owned Con (retail); Auto Fin Con, presented by DRN and MVTRAC (finance/fintech) and Repo Con (collections/repossessions/recovery). 

The Second Block (Nov. 17-19) features the cornerstone event of the week: the National Remarketing Conference (wholesale), presented by SmartAuction and the newly launched National Auto Venture & Investors Conference.  

Attendees have the option of selecting:

—First Block-only
—Second Block-only
— All-Access. 

Based on those selections, registered attendees are free to build the agenda of their choosing by attending sessions from any tracks of content they desire.

The National Auto Venture & Investors Conference will provide an intelligent and insightful platform for executives, dealers and companies that represent markets through venture capital; private equity; early-, growth- , and mature-stage companies; mergers and acquisitions and more.