Who invested in SMART WIRES

4 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Energy

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$104Mraised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources

$3.0MSeries A$18MSeries B$17MSeries C$65MGrowth

Latest round: Growth, $65MJan 2025
Step-upi: 3.7×
Investors: 2

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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.

2012201420162018202020222024

$3.0MSeries A$18MSeries B$17MSeries C$65MGrowth

First round: Series A, $3.0M
Biggest round: $65M
Usual gap between rounds: 17 months

The rounds

Jan 2025
Growth$65M1 new
- Alumni Ventures
Source recorded
Jun 2015
Series C$17M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $17M sold, first sale May 2015
Mar 2014
Series B$18M1 returning
- RiverVest
From a historical funding record
Oct 2012
Series A$3.0M1 new
- RiverVest
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From SMART WIRES's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 12 on the team.

Joanna LohkampChief Executive Officer
Ami ChmielewskiVice President of Finance
Arvind KrishnaChief of Engineering
Hêdd RobertsGeneral Manager, Europe & APAC
Joaquin PeiranoGeneral Manager, Americas
Melanie MillerGeneral Counsel
Alexandra PressmanExecutive Officeri
Frank KreikebaumExecutive Officeri
Gregg RotenbergExecutive Officer, Directori
Gregory TibbittsExecutive Officeri
Haroon InamExecutive Officeri
Mark FreymanExecutive Officeri

On the board, as filediAnthony ArnerichChristopher BassJay SchmelterMark LewisNicholas WalrodSteven SpeckerThomas Voss

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 A2012Series B2014Series C2015Growth2025

RiverVest

Alumni Ventures

Everyone who backed them

RiverVestVC firm2rounds

Alumni VenturesVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list SMART WIRES 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.