# Optimus Ride funding: rounds and investors > Optimus Ride has raised $23M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include FirstMark, NextView Ventures and Greycroft. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/optimus-ride (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$23M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources **$5.3M** Seed **$18M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $18M Nov 2017 - **Step-up i:** 3.4× - **Investors:** 3 (2 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. 2017 **$5.3M** Seed **$18M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $5.3M - **Biggest round:** $18M - **Between rounds:** 13 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2017** Series A **$18M** *1 new* [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) Reported by Americaninno SEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Oct 2017 - **Oct 2016** Seed **$5.3M** *2 new* [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) Lead [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) Lead Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $4.2M sold, first sale Oct 2016 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Ryan Chin** Executive Officer, Director i - **Sertac Karaman** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Amish Jani* *John Elton* *Ramiro 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. **Seed** 2016 **Series A** 2017 [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) L [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) L [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) ## Everyone who backed them [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=optimus-ride). ## 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. [Nelstone Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nelstone-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Verve Ventures VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verve-ventures-vc) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Optimus Ride ### Who invested in Optimus Ride? Optimus Ride's investors include FirstMark, NextView Ventures and Greycroft. ### How much has Optimus Ride raised? Optimus Ride has raised $23M across 2 rounds since 2016. ### When did Optimus Ride last raise? Optimus Ride's most recent round was a Series A of $18M in Nov 2017. ### What was Optimus Ride's biggest round? Its most recent round, $18M in Nov 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Optimus Ride first? Optimus Ride's first round on record, in Oct 2016, was backed by FirstMark and NextView Ventures. ### What stage is Optimus Ride at? Optimus Ride's latest named round is a Series A, in Nov 2017. ### Where is Optimus Ride based? Optimus Ride is based in the United States. ### Who led Optimus Ride's rounds? FirstMark led the Seed in 2016. ## Companies like Optimus Ride In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Apex** $1.1B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex)[**ZwitterCo** $58M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zwitterco)[**Peak Energy** $163M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-energy)[**Arda** $233M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/arda)[**Origin** $121M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/origin)[**Jeevy Fabrication** Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/jeevy-fabrication) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app