United States · Series A startup

Who invested in Optimus Ride

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.

Manufacturing

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$23Mraised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources

$5.3MSeed$18MSeries A

Latest round: Series A, $18MNov 2017
Step-upi: 3.4×
Investors: 3 (2 led)

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2017

$5.3MSeed$18MSeries A

First round: Seed, $5.3M
Biggest round: $18M
Between rounds: 13 months

The rounds

Nov 2017
Series A$18M1 new
- Greycroft
Reported by AmericaninnoSEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Oct 2017
Oct 2016
Seed$5.3M2 new
- FirstMarkLead
- NextView VenturesLead
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $4.2M sold, first sale Oct 2016

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Ryan ChinExecutive Officer, Directori
Sertac KaramanExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediAmish JaniJohn EltonRamiro Almeida

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.

Seed2016Series A2017

FirstMarkL

NextView VenturesL

Greycroft

Everyone who backed them

FirstMarkVC firm1round, led 1

NextView VenturesVC firm1round, led 1

GreycroftVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Optimus Ride 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.