# Aurora funding: rounds and investors

> Aurora has raised $1.1B across 5 rounds since 2018. Investors include Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Greylock. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Aurora*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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 26 Oct 2026

**$1.1B** raised across 5 rounds since 2018, from 5 sources

**$90M** Round **$530M** Series B **$12M** Series A **$483M** Round **$2.5M** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $2.5M Apr 2025
- **Biggest round:** $530M Series B · Feb 2019
- **Investors:** 14

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.

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$90M** Round

**$530M** Series B

**$12M** Series A

**$483M** Round

**$2.5M** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Round, $90M
- **Biggest round:** $530M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.7 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Pre-seed **$2.5M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- **Aug 2024** Round **$483M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) Source recorded
- **Oct 2021** Series A **$12M** *5 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) [Lemniscap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lemniscap) [Electric Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/electric-capital) [Fabric Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabric-ventures) Source recorded
- **Feb 2019** Series B **$530M** *6 new* *2 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) [Shell Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shell-ventures) [Re:invent](https://millionrounds.com/fund/re-invent) Sequoia/ Amazon Reported by FinSMEs
- **Mar 2018** Round **$90M** *2 new* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) Reported by FinSMEs

## 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.

**Round** 2018 **Series B** 2019 **Series A** 2021 **Round** 2024 **Pre-seed** 2025 [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Lemniscap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lemniscap) [Electric Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/electric-capital) [Fabric Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabric-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) VC firm **1** round

[T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) Private equity **1** round

[Lemniscap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lemniscap) VC firm **1** round

[Electric Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/electric-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Fabric Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabric-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Shell Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shell-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Re:invent](https://millionrounds.com/fund/re-invent) Venture studio **1** round

Sequoia/ Amazon no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=aurora).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list Aurora as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[SevenX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sevenx-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Lingotto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lingotto) Asset manager Per its own site

[IOSG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iosg-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[D1 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/d1-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Drops Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drops-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Puzzle Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/puzzle-ventures-2) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Aurora

### Who invested in Aurora?

Aurora's investors include Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greylock, Sequoia Capital and Alumni Ventures, and 9 more on record.

### How much has Aurora raised?

Aurora has raised $1.1B across 5 rounds since 2018.

### When did Aurora last raise?

Aurora's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $2.5M in Apr 2025.

### What was Aurora's biggest round?

Aurora's largest round on record is $530M (Series B), in Feb 2019.

### Who backed Aurora first?

Aurora's first round on record, in Mar 2018, was backed by Index Ventures and Greylock.

### What stage is Aurora at?

Aurora's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Aurora based?

Aurora is based in the United States.

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