# Vinli funding: rounds and investors

> Vinli has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include The Westly Group, First Round Capital and e.on. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Vinli*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$20M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$6.5M** Series A **$14M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $14M Feb 2019
- **Step-up i:** 2.1×
- **Investors:** 8

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.

2016 2017 2018 2019

**$6.5M** Series A

**$14M** Series B

- **First round:** Series A, $6.5M
- **Biggest round:** $14M
- **Between rounds:** 3.7 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2019** Series B **$14M** *3 new* *1 returning* [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) [e.on](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e-on) Hal Brierley Hersh Family Investments Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jun 2015** Series A **$6.5M** *5 new* [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) [Cox Automotive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-automotive) [Samsung Global Innovation Center](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-global-innovation-center) Continental ITS From a historical funding record SEC filing: $6.5M sold, first sale May 2015

## Founders and team

From Vinli's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Mark Haidar** Founder & Chairman

- **Matt Himelfarb** CEO
- **Ray Hernandez** Chief Creative Officer
- **Vann Walke** CTO
- **Derek Chapin** Executive Officer i
- **Mahmoud Haidar** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *David Liniado* *Luis Arbulu* *Scott Harper*

## 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 A** 2015 **Series B** 2019 [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [e.on](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e-on) [Cox Automotive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-automotive) [Samsung Global Innovation Center](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-global-innovation-center) Continental ITS Hal Brierley Hersh Family Investments

## Everyone who backed them

[The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) VC firm **2** rounds

[First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) VC firm **1** round

[e.on](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e-on) VC firm **1** round

[Cox Automotive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-automotive) Corporate VC **1** round

[Samsung Global Innovation Center](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-global-innovation-center) VC firm **1** round

Continental ITS no record of our own yet **1** round

Hal Brierley no record of our own yet **1** round

Hersh Family Investments no record of our own yet **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Vinli 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.

[Future Energy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-energy-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Vinli

### Who invested in Vinli?

Vinli's investors include The Westly Group, First Round Capital, e.on, Cox Automotive and Samsung Global Innovation Center, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Vinli raised?

Vinli has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Vinli last raise?

Vinli's most recent round was a Series B of $14M in Feb 2019.

### What was Vinli's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $14M in Feb 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Vinli first?

Vinli's first round on record, in Jun 2015, was backed by First Round Capital, The Westly Group and Cox Automotive and 2 others.

### What stage is Vinli at?

Vinli's latest named round is a Series B, in Feb 2019.

### Where is Vinli based?

Vinli is based in the United States.

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