# Meru funding: rounds and investors

> Meru has raised $5.7M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Y Combinator, FJ Labs and Valor Capital Group. Every round with its source.

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

Mexico · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Meru*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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

Y Combinator: W21

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$3.0M** Seed **$2.7M** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $2.7M May 2023
- **Biggest round:** $3.0M Seed · Jan 2023
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2023 2024

**$3.0M** Seed

**$2.7M** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Seed, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $3.0M
- **Between rounds:** 4 months

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Pre-seed **$2.7M** *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded
- **Jan 2023** Seed **$3.0M** *3 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital) Source recorded

## 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** 2023 **Pre-seed** 2023 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round

[Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=meru).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Meru 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.

[Marathon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marathon-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Emles Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emles-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Meru

### Who invested in Meru?

Meru's investors include Y Combinator, FJ Labs and Valor Capital Group.

### How much has Meru raised?

Meru has raised $5.7M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did Meru last raise?

Meru's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $2.7M in May 2023.

### What was Meru's biggest round?

Meru's largest round on record is $3.0M (Seed), in Jan 2023.

### Who backed Meru first?

Meru's first round on record, in Jan 2023, was backed by Y Combinator, FJ Labs and Valor Capital Group.

### What stage is Meru at?

Meru's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in May 2023.

### Where is Meru based?

Meru is based in Mexico.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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