# Ouster funding: rounds and investors

> Ouster has raised $287M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Carthona Capital, Fontinalis Partners and SVB Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Ouster*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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 Deeptech Robotics

Raised 4 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$287M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$27M** Series A **$60M** Debt **$200M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $200M Jul 2026
- **Step-up i:** 3.3×
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2019 2021 2023 2025

**$27M** Series A

**$60M** Debt

**$200M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $27M
- **Biggest round:** $200M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7.3 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Round **$200M** *2 returning* [Carthona Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carthona-capital) [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) Source recorded
- **Mar 2019** Debt **$60M** *5 new* *1 returning* [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Carthona Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carthona-capital) [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) [Runway Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway-growth-capital) Constellation Tech participation form Cox Enterprises Reported by FinSMEs
- **Dec 2017** Series A **$27M** *5 new* [Carthona Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carthona-capital) [Amity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amity) [Constellation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/constellation) Cox Enterprises/ Fontinalis Tao Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

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

- **Charles Angus Pacala** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Mark Angus Frichtl** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Ashok M. Rao* *David Angus Blau* *Isaac Angus Pritzker* *Riaz M. Valani* *Susan Angus Heystee* *Zachary Angus Frankel*

## 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** 2017 **Debt** 2019 **Round** 2026 [Carthona Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carthona-capital) [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Amity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amity) [Constellation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/constellation) [Runway Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway-growth-capital) Constellation Tech Cox Enterprises/ Fontinalis participation form Cox Enterprises Tao

## Everyone who backed them

[Carthona Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carthona-capital) VC firm **3** rounds

[Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[Amity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amity) Private equity **1** round

[Constellation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/constellation) VC firm **1** round

[Runway Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway-growth-capital) Private credit **1** round

Constellation Tech no record of our own yet **1** round

Cox Enterprises/ Fontinalis no record of our own yet **1** round

participation form Cox Enterprises no record of our own yet **1** round

Tao no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Ouster 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.

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

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

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

[1945 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1945-capital) Family office Per its own site

[Futurist Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/futurist-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ouster

### Who invested in Ouster?

Ouster's investors include Carthona Capital, Fontinalis Partners, SVB Capital, Amity and Constellation, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Ouster raised?

Ouster has raised $287M across 3 rounds since 2017.

### When did Ouster last raise?

Ouster's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $200M in Jul 2026.

### What was Ouster's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $200M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ouster first?

Ouster's first round on record, in Dec 2017, was backed by Carthona Capital, Amity and Constellation and 2 others.

### What stage is Ouster at?

Ouster's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2026.

### Where is Ouster based?

Ouster is based in the United States.

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