# HZO funding: rounds and investors

> HZO has raised $119M across 7 rounds since 2011. Investors include Horizons Ventures, Translink Capital and Harris & Harris Group. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *HZO*

7 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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 Manufacturing

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$119M** raised across 7 rounds since 2011, from 7 sources

**$7.0M** Series B **$3.0M** Venture **$3.6M** Venture **$20M** Series B **$15M** Venture **$70M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Venture Jun 2022
- **Biggest round:** $70M Debt · Apr 2019
- **Investors:** 9

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.

2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**$7.0M** Series B

**$3.0M** Venture

**$3.6M** Venture

**$20M** Series B

**$15M** Venture

**$70M** Debt

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series B, $7.0M
- **Biggest round:** $70M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 16 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 returning* [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Translink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/translink-capital) Source recorded
- **Apr 2019** Debt **$70M** *1 new* Cathay Bank Reported by FinSMEs
- **Aug 2015** Venture **$15M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Aug 2015
- **Jul 2014** Series B **$20M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Translink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/translink-capital) [Harris & Harris Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harris-and-harris-group) [Vy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vy-capital) [Prudence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prudence) [Iron Gate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iron-gate-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Jun 2014
- **May 2013** Venture **$3.6M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $3.6M sold, first sale May 2013
- **Dec 2011** Venture **$3.0M** *1 new* [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Dec 2011
- **Aug 2011** Series B **$7.0M** *3 new* [Harris & Harris Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harris-and-harris-group) [Prudence Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prudence-holdings) Pike Capital Partners Reported by finsmes.com

## 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 B** 2011 **Venture** 2011 **Venture** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Debt** 2019 **Venture** 2022 [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Translink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/translink-capital) [Harris & Harris Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harris-and-harris-group) [Vy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vy-capital) [Prudence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prudence) [Iron Gate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iron-gate-capital) [Prudence Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prudence-holdings) Cathay Bank Pike Capital Partners

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Translink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/translink-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Harris & Harris Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harris-and-harris-group) Growth equity **2** rounds

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

[Prudence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prudence) VC firm **1** round

[Iron Gate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iron-gate-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Prudence Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prudence-holdings) Growth equity **1** round

Cathay Bank no record of our own yet **1** round

Pike Capital Partners no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list HZO 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.

[InterAlpen Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interalpen-partners) Private equity Per its own site

[Morgan Brook Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-brook-capital) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about HZO

### Who invested in HZO?

HZO's investors include Horizons Ventures, Translink Capital, Harris & Harris Group, Vy Capital and Prudence, and 4 more on record.

### How much has HZO raised?

HZO has raised $119M across 7 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did HZO last raise?

HZO's most recent round was a Venture in Jun 2022.

### What was HZO's biggest round?

HZO's largest round on record is $70M (Debt), in Apr 2019.

### Who backed HZO first?

HZO's first round on record, in Aug 2011, was backed by Harris & Harris Group, Prudence Holdings and Pike Capital Partners.

### What stage is HZO at?

HZO's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2022.

### Where is HZO based?

HZO is based in the United States.

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