# Lit Motors funding: rounds and investors > Lit Motors has raised $3.8M across 3 rounds since 2013. Investors include Benchmark, Mark Pincus and Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lit-motors (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Crowdfunding startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lit Motors* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 **$3.8M** raised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources **$1.2M** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$1.6M** Crowdfunding - **Latest round:** Crowdfunding, $1.6M Apr 2025 - **Step-up i:** 1.6× - **Investors:** 6 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. 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$1.2M** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$1.6M** Crowdfunding - **First round:** Seed, $1.2M - **Biggest round:** $1.6M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 11.1 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2025** Crowdfunding **$1.6M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded SEC filing: $25K sold, first sale May 2025 - **Mar 2014** Seed **$1.0M** *6 new* [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Mark Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-pincus) [Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jung-ju-jay-kim) [Yves Béhar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yves-behar) [Damon Way](https://millionrounds.com/fund/damon-way) [Kelly Slater](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kelly-slater) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2013** Seed **$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. **Daniel Kim** CEO, CTO, and Founder - **Bill Webb** VP Industrial Product Design - **Stefan Schaeper** VP Chassis & Integration - **Natalia Amijo** Creative Director of Product Design Advisers *Volker 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. **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2014 **Crowdfunding** 2025 [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Mark Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-pincus) [Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jung-ju-jay-kim) [Yves Béhar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yves-behar) [Damon Way](https://millionrounds.com/fund/damon-way) [Kelly Slater](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kelly-slater) ## Everyone who backed them [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **1** round [Mark Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-pincus) Angel **1** round [Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jung-ju-jay-kim) Investment firm **1** round [Yves Béhar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yves-behar) VC firm **1** round [Damon Way](https://millionrounds.com/fund/damon-way) Angel **1** round [Kelly Slater](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kelly-slater) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=lit-motors). ## 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. [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Lit Motors ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like Lit Motors In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Applied Intuition** $640M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-intuition)[**American Metal** $1.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/american-metal)[**Waymo** $27B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/waymo)[**Flai** $32M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flai)[**Bloom** $418M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloom)[**Simple Energy** $199M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-energy) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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