# AUTO1 Group funding: rounds and investors > AUTO1 Group has raised $815M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Goldman Sachs, Citibank and SoftBank. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/auto1-group (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Germany · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 & EVs Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$815M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources **$118M** Series D **$405M** Round **$293M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $293M Sept 2025 - **Biggest round:** $405M Round · May 2017 - **Investors:** 11 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. 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$118M** Series D **$405M** Round **$293M** Debt - **First round:** Series D, $118M - **Biggest round:** $405M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 8.3 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Debt **$293M** *5 new* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) Source recorded - **May 2017** Round **$405M** *3 new* [Target Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-global) [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) [Princeville Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/princeville-global) Reported by FinSMEs - **Apr 2015** Series D **$118M** *3 new* [DN Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital) [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) [Piton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/piton-capital) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From AUTO1 Group's own website: 1 founder, 1 on the team. **Christian Bertermann** CEO, Co-Founder & acting CFO - **Karol Niznik** Supervisory 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 D** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Debt** 2025 [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [DN Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) [Target Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-global) [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) [Piton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/piton-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **1** round [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth equity **1** round [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **1** round [DN Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital) VC firm **1** round [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **1** round [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) VC firm **1** round [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) Private equity **1** round [Target Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-global) VC firm **1** round [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) Asset manager **1** round [Piton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/piton-capital) VC firm **1** round [Princeville Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/princeville-global) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=auto1-group). ## 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. [Simile Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/simile-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [InterAlpen Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interalpen-partners) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about AUTO1 Group ### Who invested in AUTO1 Group? AUTO1 Group's investors include Goldman Sachs, Citibank, SoftBank, DN Capital and SoftBank Vision Fund, and 6 more on record. ### How much has AUTO1 Group raised? AUTO1 Group has raised $815M across 3 rounds since 2015. ### When did AUTO1 Group last raise? AUTO1 Group's most recent round was a Debt of $293M in Sept 2025. ### What was AUTO1 Group's biggest round? AUTO1 Group's largest round on record is $405M (Undisclosed round), in May 2017. ### Who backed AUTO1 Group first? AUTO1 Group's first round on record, in Apr 2015, was backed by DN Capital, DST Global and Piton Capital. ### What stage is AUTO1 Group at? AUTO1 Group's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2025. ### Where is AUTO1 Group based? AUTO1 Group is based in Germany. ## Companies like AUTO1 Group In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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