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Who invested in Lit Motors?
Lit Motors's investors include Benchmark, Mark Pincus, Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim, Yves Béhar and Damon Way, and 1 more on record.
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$1.2MSeed$1.0MSeed$1.6MCrowdfunding
United States · Crowdfunding startup
Who invested in Lit Motors
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$3.8Mraised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources
$1.2MSeed$1.0MSeed$1.6MCrowdfunding
- Latest round
- Crowdfunding, $1.6MApr 2025
- Step-upi
- 1.6×
- Investors
- 6
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.2M Jan 2013
- Biggest round
- $1.6M Crowdfunding · Apr 2025
- Usual gap between rounds
- 11.1 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Apr 2025Crowdfunding$1.6M
No investor was named in the report.
Source recordedSEC filing: $25K sold, first sale May 2025
- Mar 2014Seed$1.0M6 new
From a historical funding record
- Jan 2013Seed$1.2M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record
Founders and team
From Lit Motors's own website: 1 founder, 3 on the team.
- Bill WebbVP Industrial Product Design
- Stefan SchaeperVP Chassis & Integration
- Natalia AmijoCreative Director of Product Design
AdvisersVolker Kaese
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.
Seed2013Seed2014Crowdfunding2025
BenchmarkMark PincusJung-Ju (Jay) KimYves BéharDamon WayKelly Slater
BenchmarkMark PincusJung-Ju (Jay) KimYves BéharDamon WayKelly SlaterEveryone who backed them
Mark PincusAngel1round
Jung-Ju (Jay) KimInvestment firm1round
Yves BéharVC firm1round
Damon WayAngel1round
Kelly SlaterAngel1round
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists Lit 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.
Quick answers about Lit Motors
How much has Lit Motors raised?
Lit Motors has raised $3.8M across 3 rounds since 2013.
When did Lit Motors last raise?
Lit Motors's most recent round was a Crowdfunding of $1.6M in Apr 2025.
What was Lit Motors's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $1.6M in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Lit Motors first?
Lit Motors's first round on record, in Mar 2014, was backed by Benchmark, Mark Pincus and Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim and 3 others.
What stage is Lit Motors at?
Lit Motors's latest named round is a Crowdfunding, in Apr 2025.
Where is Lit Motors based?
Lit Motors is based in the United States.
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