Aptera Motors

by Lee Fleming and Olav Sorenson
01 Apr 2022

Aptera is on its second life. It originally began as a VC-backed electric car company in the 1990s. But that first life ended badly, as the company could not raise enough money to keep going in the wake of the financial crisis (Part A). The original founders have resurrected the company with a new, more capital efficient, approach to production (Part B) and a solar panel powered design. To finance the venture, they have been considering using some of the new provisions available for equity crowdfunding, including Reg CF and Reg A+, instead of going the VC route (Part C).

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The case has been developed to cover a variety of issues. One important pasture of discussion is strategy and operations. A second is how the company plans to finance their venture. For both questions, the first life of the company importantly influences how the founders think about these issues.

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Pub Date: April 1, 2022

Discipline: Entrepreneurship

Subjects: Entrepreneurial finance, Strategy, Operations strategy, Business failures, Electric cars, Venture capital, Crowdfunding, Production, Market entry

Product #: B5999-PDF-ENG

Industry: Automobiles

Geography: United States

Length: 8 page(s)

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