Who invested in Yoshi

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 & EVsInternet

Y Combinator: S16

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$42Mraised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

$2.1MRound$14MSeries A$26MSeries C

Latest round: Series C, $26MApr 2024
Step-upi: 1.9×
Investors: 10 (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.

20172018201920202021202220232024

$2.1MRound$14MSeries A$26MSeries C

First round: Round, $2.1M
Biggest round: $26M
Usual gap between rounds: 6.2 years

The rounds

Apr 2024
Series C$26M4 new
Source recorded
Feb 2018
Series A$14M5 new
- GM Ventures
- Kevin Durant
- Arab Angel Fund
- Rich Kleiman
- ExxonMobil/ Y Combinator
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Dec 2017
Jan 2017
Round$2.1M1 new
- ZhenFundLead
Reported by TechCrunch

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Bryan FristExecutive Officer, Directori
Nick AlexanderExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediMark MitchellTroy R. Simms

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.

Round2017Series A2018Series C2024

GM VenturesKevin DurantArab Angel FundRich KleimanExxonMobil/ Y Combinator

Everyone who backed them

ZhenFundVC firm1round, led 1

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

Liquid 2 VenturesVC firm1round

Altair CapitalPrivate equity1round

AAF Management Ltd.VC firm1round

GM VenturesCorporate VC1round

Kevin DurantVC firm1round

Arab Angel FundVC firm1round

Rich KleimanAngel1round

ExxonMobil/ Y Combinatorno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Yoshi 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.