# Lyft funding: rounds and investors > Lyft has raised $4.4B across 14 rounds since 2009. Investors include Mayfield Fund, Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lyft (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lyft* 14 rounds we have observed, with the 39 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. Consumer Apps Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.4B** raised across 14 rounds since 2009, from 14 sources **$300K** Seed **$1.2M** Seed **$6.0M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$60M** Series C **$250M** Series D **$530M** Series E **$150M** Series E **$600M** Round **$1.0B** Round **$500M** Round **$200M** Round **$600M** Round **$450M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $450M Sept 2025 - **Biggest round:** $1.0B Round · Oct 2017 - **Investors:** 39 (3 led) 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. 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 **$300K** Seed **$1.2M** Seed **$6.0M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$60M** Series C **$530M** Series E **$150M** Series E **$600M** Round **$1.0B** Round **$450M** Debt - **First round:** Seed, $300K - **Biggest round:** $1.0B - **Usual gap between rounds:** 10 months ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Debt **$450M** *2 new* *4 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) [Autotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/autotech-ventures) Source recorded - **Jun 2018** Round **$600M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) Lead [Research Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/research-company) Lead Reported by TechCrunch - **Mar 2018** Round **$200M** *1 new* [Magna](https://millionrounds.com/fund/magna) Reported by Cleantechnica - **Dec 2017** Round **$500M** *3 new* [CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg) Lead [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund Reported by TechCrunch - **Oct 2017** Round **$1.0B** *1 new* [Google's CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-s-capitalg) Reported by Fortune - **Apr 2017** Round **$600M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) [KKR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr) [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) [AllianceBernstein](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliancebernstein) Janus Reported by FinSMEs - **May 2015** Series E **$150M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) [Machine Shop Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/machine-shop-ventures) [Didi Kuaidi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/didi-kuaidi) [Icahn Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icahn-enterprises) From a historical funding record - **Mar 2015** Series E **$530M** *6 new* [Aslanoba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aslanoba-capital) [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) [SierraMaya360](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierramaya360-vc) [Kortschak Investments L.P.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kortschak-investments-l-p) [Altpoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altpoint-capital-partners) [Didi Kuaidi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/didi-kuaidi) From a historical funding record - **Apr 2014** Series D **$250M** *6 new* *3 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners) [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) [Third Point Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-point-ventures) [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) [Melo7 Tech Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/melo7-tech-partners) From a historical funding record - **May 2013** Series C **$60M** *1 new* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Jan 2013** Series B **$15M** *4 new* *3 returning* [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) [Ooga Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ooga-labs) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Sept 2011** Series A **$6.0M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [AFSquare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afsquare) [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Aug 2010** Seed **$1.2M** *3 new* [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Keith Rabois](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois) [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Jun 2009** Seed **$300K** *1 new* [fbFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fbfund) Reported by techcrunch.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 E** 2015 **Series E** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Debt** 2025 [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) L [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) [Didi Kuaidi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/didi-kuaidi) ## Everyone who backed them [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) VC firm **4** rounds [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **3** rounds [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **3** rounds [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) VC firm **3** rounds [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **2** rounds [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) Growth equity **2** rounds [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Didi Kuaidi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/didi-kuaidi) Growth equity **2** rounds [CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg) Corporate VC **1** round, led 1 [Research Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/research-company) Investment firm **1** round, led 1 [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) VC firm **1** round [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) VC firm **1** round [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) VC firm **1** round [Keith Rabois](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois) VC firm **1** round [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) Asset manager **1** round [Aslanoba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aslanoba-capital) VC firm **1** round [KKR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr) VC firm **1** round [Autotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/autotech-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Third Point Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-point-ventures) VC firm **1** round [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) Investment firm **1** round [AFSquare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afsquare) VC firm **1** round [AllianceBernstein](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliancebernstein) VC firm **1** round [SierraMaya360](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierramaya360-vc) VC firm **1** round [Kortschak Investments L.P.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kortschak-investments-l-p) Family office **1** round [Melo7 Tech Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/melo7-tech-partners) VC firm **1** round [Ooga Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ooga-labs) VC firm **1** round [fbFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fbfund) VC firm **1** round [Altpoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altpoint-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round [Machine Shop Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/machine-shop-ventures) Growth equity **1** round [Magna](https://millionrounds.com/fund/magna) Investment firm **1** round [Google's CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-s-capitalg) Growth equity **1** round [Icahn Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icahn-enterprises) Growth equity **1** round Janus no record of our own yet **1** round Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund 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=lyft). ## Also claim to have backed them These 17 firms list Lyft 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. [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Alpha Wave Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-wave-global) Private equity Per its own site [Scooter Braun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scooter-braun) Angel Per its own site [Light Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/light-street-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Smile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smile-group) Venture studio Per its own site [Oceanic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oceanic-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Aliya Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aliya-capital-partners) Private equity Per its own site [Startup Ignition Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-ignition-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [ACI Global Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aci-global-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Aidenlair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aidenlair-capital) Investment firm Per its own site [Bridger Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bridger-growth-partners) Family office Per its own site [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site [Horsman Holdings LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horsman-holdings-llc) Family office Per its own site [Kayak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kayak-ventures) Angel network Per its own site [Midway Venture Partners, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/midway-venture-partners-llc) Growth equity Per its own site [Samudra Pacific Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samudra-pacific-capital-partners) Family office Per its own site [Sweetwater Private Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sweetwater-private-equity) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Lyft ### Who invested in Lyft? Lyft's investors include Mayfield Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Floodgate and K9 Ventures, and 34 more on record. ### How much has Lyft raised? Lyft has raised $4.4B across 14 rounds since 2009. ### When did Lyft last raise? Lyft's most recent round was a Debt of $450M in Sept 2025. ### What was Lyft's biggest round? Lyft's largest round on record is $1.0B (Undisclosed round), in Oct 2017. ### Who backed Lyft first? Lyft's first round on record, in Jun 2009, was backed by fbFund. ### What stage is Lyft at? Lyft's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2025. ### Where is Lyft based? Lyft is based in the United States. ### Who led Lyft's rounds? CapitalG led the Undisclosed round in 2017; Fidelity led the Undisclosed round in 2018. ## Companies like Lyft In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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