# Roadster funding: rounds and investors > Roadster has raised $17M across 4 rounds since 2014. Investors include Kima Ventures, Slow Ventures and FJ Labs. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/roadster (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Roadster* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$17M** raised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources **$1.8M** Seed **$15M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $15M Jun 2018 - **Step-up i:** 8.3× - **Investors:** 7 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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 **?** Seed **?** Seed **$1.8M** Seed **$15M** Series B - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 5 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2018** Series B **$15M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Costanoa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa-ventures) Source recorded - **Feb 2015** Seed **$1.8M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Sept 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) [Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) From a historical funding record - **Aug 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Aslanoba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aslanoba-capital) From a historical funding record ## 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** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Series B** 2018 [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) [Costanoa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa-ventures) [Aslanoba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aslanoba-capital) [Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) ## Everyone who backed them [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) Angel **1** round [Costanoa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Aslanoba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aslanoba-capital) VC firm **1** round [Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=roadster). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Roadster 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. [Trucks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trucks-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site [advisors.fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advisors-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Sugar Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sugar-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Roadster ### Who invested in Roadster? Roadster's investors include Kima Ventures, Slow Ventures, FJ Labs, Fabrice Grinda and Costanoa Ventures, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Roadster raised? Roadster has raised $17M across 4 rounds since 2014. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Roadster last raise? Roadster's most recent round was a Series B of $15M in Jun 2018. ### What was Roadster's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Jun 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Roadster first? Roadster's first round on record, in Aug 2014, was backed by Aslanoba Capital. ### What stage is Roadster at? Roadster's latest named round is a Series B, in Jun 2018. ### Where is Roadster based? Roadster is based in the United States. ## Companies like Roadster In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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