# Nauto funding: rounds and investors > Nauto has raised $159M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include Playground Global, Index Ventures and Greylock. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/nauto (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Nauto* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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 Education Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$159M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2024 - **Biggest round:** $159M Series B · Jul 2016 - **Investors:** 11 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. 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **$159M** Series B **?** Venture - **First round:** Series B, $159M - **Biggest round:** $159M - **Between rounds:** 8.2 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* *1 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) Source recorded - **Jul 2016** Series B **$159M** *6 new* [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus) [Toyota AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ai) [General Motors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-motors) Greylock Partners/ BMW iVentures Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Mar 2016 ## Founders and team From Nauto's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 14 on the team. - **Zach Greenberger** Chief Executive Officer - **Yoav Banin** President - **André Cardote** Chief Product Officer - **Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz** Chief Technology Officer - **Eoghan Slye** Chief Marketing Officer - **Eran Shir** Chief AI Officer - **Jayesh Patel** Chief Financial Officer - **Jon Miller** VP of Enterprise Growth - **Francis Suarez** Board member - **Jen Vescio** Board member - **Michael Eisenberg** Board member - **Reid Hoffman** Board member - **Yann LeCun** Board member - **Stefan Heck** Non-executive chairman Advisers *Luc Vincent* ## 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 B** 2016 **Venture** 2024 [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus) [Toyota AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ai) [General Motors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-motors) ## Everyone who backed them [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) VC firm **2** rounds [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) VC firm **1** round [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **1** round [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **1** round [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Company **1** round [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus) VC firm **1** round [Toyota AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ai) VC firm **1** round [General Motors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-motors) Corporate VC **1** round Greylock Partners/ BMW iVentures 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=nauto). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Nauto 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. [BMW i Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bmw-i-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site [Comcast](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast) Accelerator Per its own site [Trucks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trucks-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Nauto ### Who invested in Nauto? Nauto's investors include Playground Global, Index Ventures, Greylock, SoftBank and SoftBank Vision Fund, and 6 more on record. ### How much has Nauto raised? Nauto has raised $159M across 2 rounds since 2016. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Nauto last raise? Nauto's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2024. ### What was Nauto's biggest round? Nauto's largest round on record is $159M (Series B), in Jul 2016. ### Who backed Nauto first? Nauto's first round on record, in Jul 2016, was backed by SoftBank BB Corp, Playground Global and Draper Nexus and 3 others. ### What stage is Nauto at? Nauto's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2024. ### Where is Nauto based? Nauto is based in the United States. ## Companies like Nauto In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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