# Waymo funding: rounds and investors

> Waymo has raised $27B across 3 rounds since 2024. Investors include Fidelity, T. Rowe Price and Alphabet. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Waymo*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 28 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.

AI Automotive & EVs Logistics Robotics

Raised 1 month ago Valuation: $30B, Oct 2024

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$27B** raised across 3 rounds since 2024, from 11 sources

**$5.6B** Series C **$16B** Series D **$5.0B** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $5.0B Oct 2026
- **Led by:** Clarus Ventures and Sixth Street and 1 more
- **Biggest round:** $16B Series D · Feb 2026
- **Investors:** 28 (7 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.

2025 2026

**$5.6B** Series C

**$16B** Series D

**$5.0B** Debt

- **First round:** Series C, $5.6B
- **Biggest round:** $16B
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2026** Debt **$5.0B** *11 new* *2 returning* [Clarus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone) Lead [Sixth Street](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sixth-street) Lead [PIMCO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pimco) Lead [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Blue Owl](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-owl) [Oaktree Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oaktree-capital-management) [Apollo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apollo) [AB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ab-capital) [HPS Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hps-investment-partners) [Diameter Capital Partners Lp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diameter-capital-p) [Loomis, Sayles & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/loomis-sayles-and-company) Reported by Firms' own news pages
- **Feb 2026** Series D **$16B** *10 new* *7 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) Lead [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) Lead [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) Lead [Alphabet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet) Lead [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Silver Lake Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silver-lake) [CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg) [Mubadala Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mubadala-capital) [BDT & MSD Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdt-and-msd-partners) [Perry Creek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perry-creek) Reported by Crunchbase News and 6 others
- **Nov 2024** Series C **$5.6B** *7 new* [Alphabet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet) Lead [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Silver Lake Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silver-lake) [Perry Creek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perry-creek) Reported by TechCrunch and 2 others

## Founders and team

From Waymo's own website: 11 on the team.

- **Dmitri Dolgov** Co-Chief Executive Officers
- **Tekedra Mawakana** Co-Chief Executive Officers
- **Nick Webb** Vice President of Systems Engineering
- **Ryan McNamara** Vice President, Operations
- **Satish Jeyachandran** Vice President, Engineering
- **Amar Mehta** Chief Legal Officer
- **Becky Bucich** Chief People Officer
- **Mauricio Peña** Chief Safety Officer
- **Saswat Panigrahi** Chief Product Officer
- **Steve Fieler** Chief Financial Officer
- **Suzanne Philion** Chief Marketing Officer

## 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 C** 2024 **Series D** 2026 **Debt** 2026 [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Alphabet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet) L L [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Silver Lake Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silver-lake) [Perry Creek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perry-creek) [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) L [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) L [Clarus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone) L

## Everyone who backed them

[Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **3** rounds

[T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) Private equity **3** rounds

[Alphabet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet) VC firm **2** rounds, led 2

[Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **2** rounds

[Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **2** rounds

[Silver Lake Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silver-lake) Private equity **2** rounds

[Perry Creek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perry-creek) Growth equity **2** rounds

[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[Clarus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[Sixth Street](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sixth-street) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[PIMCO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pimco) Asset manager **1** round, led 1

[Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **1** round

[Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) VC firm **1** round

[Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Private equity **1** round

[Blue Owl](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-owl) Asset manager **1** round

[CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg) Corporate VC **1** round

[Mubadala Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mubadala-capital) Corporate VC **1** round

[Oaktree Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oaktree-capital-management) Fund of funds **1** round

[AB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ab-capital) Growth equity **1** round

[Apollo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apollo) Company **1** round

[BDT & MSD Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdt-and-msd-partners) Investment bank **1** round

[HPS Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hps-investment-partners) Angel **1** round

[Diameter Capital Partners Lp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diameter-capital-p) Private equity **1** round

[Loomis, Sayles & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/loomis-sayles-and-company) Hedge fund **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Waymo 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.

[Next Round Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-round-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-blomfield) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Waymo

### Who invested in Waymo?

Waymo's investors include Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global Management, and 23 more on record. Clarus Ventures led its latest round.

### How much has Waymo raised?

Waymo has raised $27B across 3 rounds since 2024.

### When did Waymo last raise?

Waymo's most recent round was a Debt of $5.0B in Oct 2026, led by Clarus Ventures.

### What was Waymo's biggest round?

Waymo's largest round on record is $16B (Series D), in Feb 2026, led by Sequoia Capital.

### Who backed Waymo first?

Waymo's first round on record, in Nov 2024, was backed by Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global Management and 4 others.

### What stage is Waymo at?

Waymo's latest named round is a Debt, in Oct 2026.

### Where is Waymo based?

Waymo is based in the United States.

### Who led Waymo's rounds?

Alphabet led the Series C in 2024; Sequoia Capital led the Series D in 2026; Clarus Ventures led the Debt in 2026.

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