# Cazoo funding: rounds and investors

> Cazoo has raised $298M across 4 rounds since 2018. Investors include General Catalyst, Octopus Ventures and stride.vc. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Cazoo*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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

**$298M** raised across 4 rounds since 2018, from 4 sources

**$38M** Round **$27M** Round **$32M** Round **$200M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $200M Sept 2023
- **Step-up i:** 6.2×
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

**$38M** Round

**$27M** Round

**$32M** Round

**$200M** Debt

- **First round:** Round, $38M
- **Biggest round:** $200M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2023** Debt **$200M** *3 new* *2 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [L Catterton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/l-catterton) Source recorded
- **Dec 2019** Round **$32M** *2 new* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Mubadala Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mubadala-capital) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Sept 2019** Round **$27M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [stride.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stride) [Dmg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dmg-ventures) Entrée Capital Reported by FinSMEs
- **Dec 2018** Round **$38M** *3 new* [Octopus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus) [stride.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stride) [Dmg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dmg-ventures) Reported by Tech.eu

## 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 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2019 **Debt** 2023 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [stride.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stride) [Dmg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dmg-ventures) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [L Catterton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/l-catterton) [Mubadala Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mubadala-capital) [Octopus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus) Entrée Capital

## Everyone who backed them

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds

[Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[stride.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stride) VC firm **2** rounds

[Dmg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dmg-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **1** round

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

[L Catterton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/l-catterton) Private equity **1** round

[Mubadala Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mubadala-capital) Corporate VC **1** round

[Octopus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus) Hedge fund **1** round

Entrée Capital 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=cazoo).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Cazoo 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.

[Target Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-global) VC firm Per its own site

[Annox Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/annox-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Dust Road Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dust-road-ventures) Family office Per its own site

[Novum Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novum-capital) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cazoo

### Who invested in Cazoo?

Cazoo's investors include General Catalyst, Octopus Ventures, stride.vc, Dmg Ventures and BlackRock, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Cazoo raised?

Cazoo has raised $298M across 4 rounds since 2018.

### When did Cazoo last raise?

Cazoo's most recent round was a Debt of $200M in Sept 2023.

### What was Cazoo's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $200M in Sept 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Cazoo first?

Cazoo's first round on record, in Dec 2018, was backed by Octopus, stride.vc and Dmg Ventures.

### What stage is Cazoo at?

Cazoo's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2023.

### Where is Cazoo based?

Cazoo is based in the United Kingdom.

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