# Motorway funding: rounds and investors

> Motorway has raised $48M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include LocalGlobe, Marchmont Ventures and Index Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Motorway*

2 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 Internet

Raised 9 months ago Valuation: $1.3B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$48M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$14M** Series A **$34M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $34M Feb 2026
- **Step-up i:** 2.4×
- **Investors:** 6 (1 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.

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

**$14M** Series A

**$34M** Debt

- **First round:** Series A, $14M
- **Biggest round:** $34M
- **Between rounds:** 6.6 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2026** Debt **$34M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Trinity Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-capital) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) Source recorded
- **Jun 2019** Series A **$14M** *2 new* [Marchmont Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marchmont-ventures) Lead [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Motorway's own website: 2 founders, 6 on the team.

**Tom Leathes** CEO & Founder

**Harry Jones** Co-Founder

- **James Wilson** Chief Operating Officer
- **Naomi Walkland** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Nehal Bhayani** Chief People Officer
- **Tanya Cordrey** Chief Product Officer
- **Asif Ghulamali** VP of Finance
- **Nic Hartley** VP of Seller Services

## 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 A** 2019 **Debt** 2026 [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Marchmont Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marchmont-ventures) L [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [Trinity Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-capital) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2)

## Everyone who backed them

[LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) VC firm **2** rounds

[Marchmont Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marchmont-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) VC firm **1** round

[Trinity Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-capital) VC firm **1** round

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) Family office **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Motorway 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.

[Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity Per its own site

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office Per its own site

[BMW i Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bmw-i-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Motorway

### Who invested in Motorway?

Motorway's investors include LocalGlobe, Marchmont Ventures, Index Ventures, Founder Collective and Trinity Capital, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Motorway raised?

Motorway has raised $48M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Motorway last raise?

Motorway's most recent round was a Debt of $34M in Feb 2026.

### What was Motorway's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $34M in Feb 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Motorway first?

Motorway's first round on record, in Jun 2019, was backed by Marchmont Ventures and LocalGlobe.

### What stage is Motorway at?

Motorway's latest named round is a Debt, in Feb 2026.

### Where is Motorway based?

Motorway is based in the United Kingdom.

### Who led Motorway's rounds?

Marchmont Ventures led the Series A in 2019.

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