# Optimotive funding: rounds and investors

> Optimotive has raised $2.0M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Version One Ventures, Garage Capital and 1517 Fund. Every round with its source.

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

Canada · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Optimotive*

One round we have observed, with the 3 investors named in it. 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

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.0M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.0M Sept 2024
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Seed **$2.0M** [Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) [Garage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital-2) [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Optimotive's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Andrew Ishimaru** Chief Growth Officer
- **Michael Frank** VP of Growth
- **Chris Winters** Client Success Manager
- **Eyner Roman** Client Success Manager
- **Tiffany Scott** Brand Director

## Everyone who backed them

[Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) VC firm **1** round

[Garage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital-2) VC firm **1** round

[1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Optimotive 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.

[Invariantes Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invariantes-fund) VC firm Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Optimotive

### Who invested in Optimotive?

Optimotive's investors include Version One Ventures, Garage Capital and 1517 Fund.

### How much has Optimotive raised?

Optimotive has raised $2.0M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Optimotive last raise?

Optimotive's most recent round was a Seed of $2.0M in Sept 2024.

### What was Optimotive's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.0M in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Optimotive first?

Optimotive's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by Version One Ventures, Garage Capital and 1517 Fund.

### What stage is Optimotive at?

Optimotive's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2024.

### Where is Optimotive based?

Optimotive is based in Canada.

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