# ClearMotion funding: rounds and investors

> ClearMotion has raised $215M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include World Innovation Lab Wil, New Enterprise Associates and Qualcomm Ventures.

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

United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *ClearMotion*

2 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$215M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

**$100M** Series C **$115M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $115M Jan 2019
- **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.

2017 2018 2019

**$100M** Series C

**$115M** Series D

- **First round:** Series C, $100M
- **Biggest round:** $115M
- **Between rounds:** 23 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2019** Series D **$115M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Qualcomm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm) [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [NewView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newview) [Bridgestone Americas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bridgestone-americas) AARP Innovation Fund Eileses Reported by FinSMEs
- **Feb 2017** Series C **$100M** *4 new* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Qualcomm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-ventures) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [Eileses Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eileses-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $100M sold, first sale Jan 2017

## Founders and team

From ClearMotion's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 5 on the team.

- **Christian Steinmann** CEO
- **Abhi Ranganeni** VP Engineering Development
- **Joseph T Belter** VP Research Engineering
- **Lorna Mayer** VP Finance & HR
- **Michael Grannell** VP Global Sales and Business Operations

On the board, as filed i *Jeffrey Samberg* *Timothy Connor* *Yan Zhu* *Zackary Anderson*

## 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 C** 2017 **Series D** 2019 [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Qualcomm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-ventures) [Qualcomm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm) [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) [NewView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newview) [Eileses Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eileses-capital) [Bridgestone Americas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bridgestone-americas) AARP Innovation Fund Eileses

## Everyone who backed them

[World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) VC firm **2** rounds

[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **1** round

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

[Qualcomm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm) Corporate VC **1** round

[Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) Corporate VC **1** round

[NewView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newview) Growth equity **1** round

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

[Bridgestone Americas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bridgestone-americas) VC firm **1** round

AARP Innovation Fund no record of our own yet **1** round

Eileses 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=clearmotion).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list ClearMotion 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.

[M12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Gly Capital Management Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gly-capital-management-limited) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about ClearMotion

### Who invested in ClearMotion?

ClearMotion's investors include World Innovation Lab Wil, New Enterprise Associates, Qualcomm Ventures, Qualcomm and Microsoft, and 5 more on record.

### How much has ClearMotion raised?

ClearMotion has raised $215M across 2 rounds since 2017.

### When did ClearMotion last raise?

ClearMotion's most recent round was a Series D of $115M in Jan 2019.

### What was ClearMotion's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $115M in Jan 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ClearMotion first?

ClearMotion's first round on record, in Feb 2017, was backed by New Enterprise Associates, Qualcomm Ventures and World Innovation Lab Wil and 1 others.

### What stage is ClearMotion at?

ClearMotion's latest named round is a Series D, in Jan 2019.

### Where is ClearMotion based?

ClearMotion is based in the United States.

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