# Wheels funding: rounds and investors

> Wheels has raised $94M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include DBL Partners, Alumni Ventures and Bossa Invest. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Wheels*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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

**$94M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 4 sources

**$37M** Series A **$50M** Round **$6.5M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $6.5M Apr 2021
- **Biggest round:** $50M Round · Oct 2019
- **Investors:** 11 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2019 2020 2021

**$37M** Series A

**$50M** Round

**$6.5M** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $37M
- **Biggest round:** $50M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2021** Venture **$6.5M** *5 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [TDK Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tdk-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $6.5M sold, first sale Mar 2021
- **Oct 2019** Round **$50M** *1 new* [DBL Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbl-partners) Lead Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $33M sold, first sale Dec 2018
- **Jan 2019** Series A **$37M** *5 new* [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Tenaya Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenaya-capital) [Bullpen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullpen-capital) [3L Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3l) [Crosscut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut) Reported by FinSMEs and 1 other

## Founders and team

From Wheels's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team.

- **Shlomo Crandus** Chief Executive Officer
- **Joe Hanlon** Chief Financial Officer
- **Sarah Doll** Chief People Officer
- **Suresh Rajapakse** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Beth R Clifford** Sponsor i
- **David R Zook** Sponsor i
- **Robert R Helms** Sponsor i

## 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** 2019 **Round** 2019 **Venture** 2021 [DBL Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbl-partners) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Tenaya Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenaya-capital) [Bullpen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullpen-capital) [TDK Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tdk-ventures) [3L Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3l)

## Everyone who backed them

[DBL Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbl-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1

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

[Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round

[Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) VC firm **1** round

[Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) VC firm **1** round

[Tenaya Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenaya-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Bullpen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullpen-capital) VC firm **1** round

[TDK Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tdk-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[3L Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3l) Private equity **1** round

[Crosscut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut) Private equity **1** round

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## Quick answers about Wheels

### Who invested in Wheels?

Wheels's investors include DBL Partners, Alumni Ventures, Bossa Invest, Quiet Capital and Wavemaker Partners, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Wheels raised?

Wheels has raised $94M across 3 rounds since 2019.

### When did Wheels last raise?

Wheels's most recent round was a Venture of $6.5M in Apr 2021.

### What was Wheels's biggest round?

Wheels's largest round on record is $50M (Undisclosed round), in Oct 2019, led by DBL Partners.

### Who backed Wheels first?

Wheels's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by Naval Ravikant, Tenaya Capital and Bullpen Capital and 2 others.

### What stage is Wheels at?

Wheels's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2021.

### Where is Wheels based?

Wheels is based in the United States.

### Who led Wheels's rounds?

DBL Partners led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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