# Velocys funding: rounds and investors

> Velocys has raised $40M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Lightrock. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Velocys*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$40M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Venture, $40M Feb 2024
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Feb 2024** Venture **$40M** [Lightrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightrock) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Velocys's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 9 on the team.

- **Matthew Viergutz** Chief Executive Officer
- **Andy Bensley** Chief Operating Officer
- **Jully Torres** Chief Financial Officer
- **Melissa Newsom** Chief People Officer
- **Sachin Joshi** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Nick Leslie** Head of Legal and IP
- **Paul F. Schubert** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Roy Lipski** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Susan Robertson** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Andrew F. Jamieson* *Jan F. Verloop* *Julian F. West* *Pierre F. Jungels* *Sandra F. Shaw*

## Everyone who backed them

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

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=velocys).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Velocys as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Kibo Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kibo-invest) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Velocys

### Who invested in Velocys?

Velocys's investors include Lightrock.

### How much has Velocys raised?

Velocys has raised $40M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Velocys last raise?

Velocys's most recent round was a Venture of $40M in Feb 2024.

### What was Velocys's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $40M in Feb 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Velocys first?

Velocys's first round on record, in Feb 2024, was backed by Lightrock.

### What stage is Velocys at?

Velocys's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2024.

### Where is Velocys based?

Velocys is based in the United States.

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