# Luminar funding: rounds and investors > Luminar has raised $485M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include 1517 Fund, Peter Thiel and The Westly Group. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/luminar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Luminar* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. AI Automotive & EVs Logistics Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$485M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 3 sources **$250M** Round **$35M** Round **$200M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $200M May 2025 - **Biggest round:** $250M Round · Jul 2019 - **Step-up i:** 5.7× - **Investors:** 8 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. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$250M** Round **$35M** Round **$200M** Debt - **First round:** Round, $250M - **Biggest round:** $250M - **Between rounds:** 5.8 years ## The rounds - **May 2025** Debt **$200M** *1 new* [Yorkville Advisors Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yorkville-advisors-global) Reported by TechCrunch - **May 2025** Round **$35M** *1 returning* [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) Source recorded - **Jul 2019** Round **$250M** *7 new* [Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) [Canvas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canvas-fund) [G2VP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/g2vp) Moore Strategic Ventures LLC Nick Woodman Reported by Businesswire SEC filing: $87M sold, first sale Jun 2019 ## Founders and team From Luminar's own website: 5 on the team. - **Fabio Laura** Vice President, Product Engineering & Operations - **Greg Scharenbroch** Vice President of Global Engineering - **Glen DeVos** CEO - **Christine Chambers** CFO - **James Byun** CCO - Chief Commercial Officer ## 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. **Round** 2019 **Round** 2025 **Debt** 2025 [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) [Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) [Canvas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canvas-fund) [G2VP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/g2vp) [Yorkville Advisors Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yorkville-advisors-global) Moore Strategic Ventures LLC Nick Woodman ## Everyone who backed them [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) Angel **1** round [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) VC firm **1** round [Canvas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canvas-fund) VC firm **1** round [G2VP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/g2vp) VC firm **1** round [Yorkville Advisors Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yorkville-advisors-global) Investment firm **1** round Moore Strategic Ventures LLC no record of our own yet **1** round Nick Woodman 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=luminar). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Luminar 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. [Invariantes Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invariantes-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Doorga Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/doorga-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Le Mercier's Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/le-mercier-s-capital) Family office Per its own site [Techsyn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techsyn-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Luminar ### Who invested in Luminar? Luminar's investors include 1517 Fund, Peter Thiel, The Westly Group, Canvas Ventures and G2VP, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Luminar raised? Luminar has raised $485M across 3 rounds since 2019. ### When did Luminar last raise? Luminar's most recent round was a Debt of $200M in May 2025. ### What was Luminar's biggest round? Luminar's largest round on record is $250M (Undisclosed round), in Jul 2019. ### Who backed Luminar first? Luminar's first round on record, in Jul 2019, was backed by Peter Thiel, The Westly Group and 1517 Fund and 4 others. ### What stage is Luminar at? Luminar's latest named round is a Debt, in May 2025. ### Where is Luminar based? Luminar is based in the United States. ## Companies like Luminar In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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