# Alta Motors funding: rounds and investors

> Alta Motors has raised $33M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include Marc Tarpenning, Modara Technologies and Bob Fox. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/alta-motors (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Alta Motors*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$33M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources

**$800K** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$4.5M** Series A **$27M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $27M Jun 2017
- **Step-up i:** 6×
- **Investors:** 7

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

**$800K** Seed

**$1.0M** Seed

**$4.5M** Series A

**$27M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $800K
- **Biggest round:** $27M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2017** Round **$27M** *2 new* Bob Fox Grassy Creek Ventures/ Mountain Nazca Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2014** Series A **$4.5M** *5 new* [Marc Tarpenning](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-tarpenning) [Modara Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/modara-technologies) Cedarville Investments Martin Eberhard Pedro Zapata Gil From a historical funding record
- **Oct 2013** Seed **$1.0M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by pevc.dowjones.com
- **Oct 2012** Seed **$800K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by pevc.dowjones.com

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Round** 2017 [Marc Tarpenning](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-tarpenning) [Modara Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/modara-technologies) Bob Fox Cedarville Investments Grassy Creek Ventures/ Mountain Nazca Martin Eberhard Pedro Zapata Gil

## Everyone who backed them

[Marc Tarpenning](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-tarpenning) Angel **1** round

[Modara Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/modara-technologies) VC firm **1** round

Bob Fox no record of our own yet **1** round

Cedarville Investments no record of our own yet **1** round

Grassy Creek Ventures/ Mountain Nazca no record of our own yet **1** round

Martin Eberhard no record of our own yet **1** round

Pedro Zapata Gil no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Alta Motors as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Third Shore Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-shore-group) Advisor Per its own site

## Quick answers about Alta Motors

### Who invested in Alta Motors?

Alta Motors's investors include Marc Tarpenning, Modara Technologies, Bob Fox, Cedarville Investments and Grassy Creek Ventures/ Mountain Nazca, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Alta Motors raised?

Alta Motors has raised $33M across 4 rounds since 2012.

### When did Alta Motors last raise?

Alta Motors's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $27M in Jun 2017.

### What was Alta Motors's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $27M in Jun 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Alta Motors first?

Alta Motors's first round on record, in Oct 2014, was backed by Marc Tarpenning, Modara Technologies and Cedarville Investments and 2 others.

### What stage is Alta Motors at?

Alta Motors's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jun 2017.

### Where is Alta Motors based?

Alta Motors is based in the United States.

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