Who invested in AUTO1 Group

3 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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.

Automotive & EVsInternet

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$815Mraised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources

$118MSeries D$405MRound$293MDebt

Latest round: Debt, $293MSept 2025
Biggest round: $405MRound · May 2017
Investors: 11

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The funding story

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

201520172019202120232025

$118MSeries D$405MRound$293MDebt

First round: Series D, $118M
Biggest round: $405M
Usual gap between rounds: 8.3 years

The rounds

Sept 2025
Debt$293M5 new
Source recorded
May 2017
Round$405M3 new
Reported by FinSMEs
Apr 2015
Series D$118M3 new
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From AUTO1 Group's own website: 1 founder, 1 on the team.

Christian BertermannCEO, Co-Founder & acting CFO

Karol NiznikSupervisory Board

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.

Series D2015Round2017Debt2025

Goldman Sachs

Citibank

SoftBank

DN CapitalSoftBank Vision Fund

Cherry Ventures

DST Global

Target GlobalBaillie Gifford

Piton Capital

Everyone who backed them

Goldman SachsPrivate equity1round

CitibankGrowth equity1round

SoftBankInvestment firm1round

DN CapitalVC firm1round

SoftBank Vision FundVC firm1round

Cherry VenturesVC firm1round

DST GlobalPrivate equity1round

Target GlobalVC firm1round

Baillie GiffordAsset manager1round

Piton CapitalVC firm1round

Princeville GlobalVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list AUTO1 Group 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.