Who invested in Starship Technologies

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$68Mraised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

$18MSeed$50MSeries C

Latest round: Series C, $50MOct 2025
Step-upi: 2.8×
Investors: 5

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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.

20172019202120232025

$18MSeed$50MSeries C

First round: Seed, $18M
Biggest round: $50M
Between rounds: 8.8 years

The rounds

Oct 2025
Series C$50M4 new
Source recorded
Jan 2017
Seed$18M1 new
- Daimler AG
Reported by FinSMEs

Founders and team

From Starship Technologies's own website: 1 founder, 3 on the team.

Ahti HeinlaCo-Founder, CEO, CTO

Anneli AljasVP Finance
Heidy KermaVP People Operations And Internal Infrastructure
Mary AdamsGeneral Counsel

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.

Seed2017Series C2025

Shasta Ventures

European Investment Bank

TDK Ventures

Specialist VCDaimler AG

Everyone who backed them

Shasta VenturesVC firm1round

European Investment BankGovernment1round

TDK VenturesCorporate VC1round

Specialist VCVC firm1round

Daimler AGInvestment firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 10 firms list Starship Technologies 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.