Private investment in shared mobility and autonomous vehicles companies surged to $18.5 billion in 1H 2021, rising by 32% over the total raised in 2020. In shared mobility, ride-hailing and micromobility companies like Grab, Kakao Mobility and Didi's Qingju raised the most funding. In autonomous vehicles, robotaxi developers like Cruise, Waymo, Didi's AV unit and WeRide all closed major deals. The number of mobility startups with official or rumored plans to enter public markets rose sharply.