Nokia may have finally offloaded its device and services division to Microsoft after its $7.2 billion deal was completed last month, but it is starting May with an interesting announcement: it is launching a fund that will invest $100 million in connected car startups. The ‘Connected Car Fund’ fund will be managed by Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) and “will identify and invest in companies whose innovations will be important for a world of connected and intelligent vehicles,” the Finish company says. The fund will be closely aligned with Nokia’s HERE mapping division (which it didn’t sell to Microsoft), with the aim of finding companies…
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