# Motive funding: rounds and investors > Motive has raised $1.4B across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Index Ventures, Insight Partners and BlackRock. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/motive (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Motive* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Raised 2 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.4B** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources **$150M** Venture **$1.3B** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $1.3B Sept 2026 - **Step-up i:** 8.7× - **Investors:** 7 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. 2026 **$150M** Venture **$1.3B** Debt - **First round:** Venture, $150M - **Biggest round:** $1.3B - **Between rounds:** 14 months ## The rounds - **Sept 2026** Debt **$1.3B** *2 new* *3 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Base10 Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base10-partners) Source recorded - **Jul 2025** Venture **$150M** *5 new* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) Source recorded SEC filing: $150M sold, first sale May 2025 ## Founders and team From Motive's own website: 2 founders, 6 on the team. **Shoaib Makani** Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder **Obaid Khan** Co-Founder and former COO, Motive - **Shulamite White** Chief Legal Officer and Head of People - **Amish Babu** Chief Technology Officer - **Chirag Shah** Chief Financial Officer - **Hemant Banavar** Chief Product Officer - **Jiphun Satapathy** Chief Information Security Officer - **Patrick Richards** Chief Information 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. **Venture** 2025 **Debt** 2026 [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Base10 Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base10-partners) ## The exit Exit Buyer Price When Acquired [Alcatel-Lucent](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alcatel-lucent) $62M Oct 2008 From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=motive). ## Everyone who backed them [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **2** rounds [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **1** round [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **1** round [Base10 Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base10-partners) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=motive). ## Quick answers about Motive ### Who invested in Motive? Motive's investors include Index Ventures, Insight Partners, BlackRock, General Catalyst and Kleiner Perkins, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Motive raised? Motive has raised $1.4B across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did Motive last raise? Motive's most recent round was a Debt of $1.3B in Sept 2026. ### What was Motive's biggest round? Its most recent round, $1.3B in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Motive first? Motive's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by Index Ventures, Insight Partners and Kleiner Perkins and 2 others. ### What stage is Motive at? Motive's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2026. ### Where is Motive based? Motive is based in the United States. ## Companies like Motive In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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