# Drive Motors funding: rounds and investors > Drive Motors has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Peter Thiel and Emagen Investment Group, Inc.. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/drive-motors (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Drive Motors* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$10M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$5.2M** Seed **$5.0M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $5.0M Jun 2019 - **Biggest round:** $5.2M Seed · Aug 2017 - **Investors:** 7 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 **$5.2M** Seed **$5.0M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $5.2M - **Biggest round:** $5.2M - **Between rounds:** 22 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2019** Round **$5.0M** *3 new* [Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) [Ally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ally-ventures) [iDom Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idom-capital) Reported by FinSMEs - **Aug 2017** Seed **$5.2M** *4 new* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Emagen Investment Group, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emagen-entertainment-group) [Perkins Coie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perkins-coie) Bullpen Capital/ Y Combinator Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $5.3M sold, first sale Jul 2017 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Aaron Krane** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Duncan Davidson* ## 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. **Seed** 2017 **Round** 2019 [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) [Emagen Investment Group, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emagen-entertainment-group) [Perkins Coie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perkins-coie) [Ally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ally-ventures) [iDom Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idom-capital) Bullpen Capital/ Y Combinator ## Everyone who backed them [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) Angel **1** round [Emagen Investment Group, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emagen-entertainment-group) VC firm **1** round [Perkins Coie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perkins-coie) Corporate VC **1** round [Ally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ally-ventures) VC firm **1** round [iDom Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idom-capital) Venture studio **1** round Bullpen Capital/ Y Combinator 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=drive-motors). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Drive Motors as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [abenteuer.ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abenteuer-ventures) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about Drive Motors ### Who invested in Drive Motors? Drive Motors's investors include Khosla Ventures, Peter Thiel, Emagen Investment Group, Inc., Perkins Coie and Ally Ventures, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Drive Motors raised? Drive Motors has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Drive Motors last raise? Drive Motors's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $5.0M in Jun 2019. ### What was Drive Motors's biggest round? Drive Motors's largest round on record is $5.2M (Seed), in Aug 2017. ### Who backed Drive Motors first? Drive Motors's first round on record, in Aug 2017, was backed by Khosla Ventures, Emagen Investment Group, Inc. and Perkins Coie and 1 others. ### What stage is Drive Motors at? Drive Motors's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jun 2019. ### Where is Drive Motors based? Drive Motors is based in the United States. ## Companies like Drive Motors In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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