# Terra Motors funding: rounds and investors

> Terra Motors has raised $159M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital and Mizuho Corporate Bank.

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

Japan · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Terra Motors*

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 Manufacturing

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$159M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$10M** Venture **$10M** Series B **$139M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $139M Aug 2025
- **Step-up i:** 13.8×
- **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.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$10M** Venture

**$10M** Series B

**$139M** Series D

- **First round:** Venture, $10M
- **Biggest round:** $139M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7.3 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Series D **$139M** *2 new* *2 returning* [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) [Pegasus Tech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pegasus-tech-ventures) Source recorded
- **Mar 2018** Series B **$10M** *3 new* [Minato Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/minato-ventures) Fenox Venture Capital/ Chiba Yamaguchi Reported by e27
- **May 2014** Venture **$10M** *5 new* [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [Fenox Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fenox-venture-capital) [Shinsei Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shinsei-bank) [Aizawa Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aizawa-securities) 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.

**Venture** 2014 **Series B** 2018 **Series D** 2025 [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) [Fenox Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fenox-venture-capital) [Pegasus Tech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pegasus-tech-ventures) [Shinsei Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shinsei-bank) [Aizawa Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aizawa-securities) [Minato Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/minato-ventures) Fenox Venture Capital/ Chiba Yamaguchi

## Everyone who backed them

[SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **2** rounds

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

[Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) VC firm **1** round

[Fenox Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fenox-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Pegasus Tech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pegasus-tech-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Shinsei Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shinsei-bank) Investment firm **1** round

[Aizawa Securities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aizawa-securities) Investment firm **1** round

[Minato Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/minato-ventures) VC firm **1** round

Fenox Venture Capital/ Chiba no record of our own yet **1** round

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

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## Quick answers about Terra Motors

### Who invested in Terra Motors?

Terra Motors's investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Fenox Venture Capital and Pegasus Tech Ventures, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Terra Motors raised?

Terra Motors has raised $159M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did Terra Motors last raise?

Terra Motors's most recent round was a Series D of $139M in Aug 2025.

### What was Terra Motors's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $139M in Aug 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Terra Motors first?

Terra Motors's first round on record, in May 2014, was backed by SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital and Fenox Venture Capital and 2 others.

### What stage is Terra Motors at?

Terra Motors's latest named round is a Series D, in Aug 2025.

### Where is Terra Motors based?

Terra Motors is based in Japan.

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