# Tempo Automation funding: rounds and investors

> Tempo Automation has raised $132M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Lux Capital, Uncork Capital and Lockheed Martin. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Tempo Automation*

4 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 Industry 4.0 Manufacturing

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$132M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources

**$8.0M** Series A **$45M** Series C **$79M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $79M Nov 2022
- **Step-up i:** 1.8×
- **Investors:** 10 (1 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.

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

**?** Seed

**$8.0M** Series A

**$45M** Series C

**$79M** Debt

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $79M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.8 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2022** Debt **$79M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) Source recorded
- **May 2019** Series C **$45M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) Lead [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) [Golden Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds) [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) [Cendana Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cendana-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $45M sold, first sale Apr 2019
- **Jun 2016** Series A **$8.0M** *1 new* [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Jan 2015** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Bolt](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bolt-3) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 8 on the team.

- **Brady Bruce** Executive Officer i
- **George Pang** Executive Officer i
- **Gerardo Adame** Executive Officer i
- **Jeffrey McAlvay** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Jesse Koenig** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Ryan Saul** Executive Officer i
- **Shashank Samala** Executive Officer i
- **Sudeep Goswami** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Joy Weiss* *Matthew Granade* *Sri Chandrasekar* *Zavain Dar*

## 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** 2015 **Series A** 2016 **Series C** 2019 **Debt** 2022 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [Golden Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds) [Bolt](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bolt-3) [Cendana Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cendana-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **1** round

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

[Golden Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds) Angel network **1** round

[Bolt](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bolt-3) VC firm **1** round

[Cendana Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cendana-capital) Fund of funds **1** round

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## Quick answers about Tempo Automation

### Who invested in Tempo Automation?

Tempo Automation's investors include Lux Capital, Uncork Capital, Lockheed Martin, Point72 Ventures and Alumni Ventures, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Tempo Automation raised?

Tempo Automation has raised $132M across 4 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Tempo Automation last raise?

Tempo Automation's most recent round was a Debt of $79M in Nov 2022.

### What was Tempo Automation's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $79M in Nov 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Tempo Automation first?

Tempo Automation's first round on record, in Jan 2015, was backed by Bolt.

### What stage is Tempo Automation at?

Tempo Automation's latest named round is a Debt, in Nov 2022.

### Where is Tempo Automation based?

Tempo Automation is based in the United States.

### Who led Tempo Automation's rounds?

Point72 Ventures led the Series C in 2019.

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