# Yoshi funding: rounds and investors > Yoshi has raised $42M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include ZhenFund, Y Combinator and Liquid 2 Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/yoshi (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 & EVs Internet Y Combinator: S16 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$42M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$2.1M** Round **$14M** Series A **$26M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $26M Apr 2024 - **Step-up i:** 1.9× - **Investors:** 10 (1 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. 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 **$2.1M** Round **$14M** Series A **$26M** Series C - **First round:** Round, $2.1M - **Biggest round:** $26M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 6.2 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2024** Series C **$26M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Altair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altair-capital-2) [AAF Management Ltd.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaf-management-ltd) Source recorded - **Feb 2018** Series A **$14M** *5 new* [GM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gm-ventures) [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) [Arab Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arab-angel-fund) [Rich Kleiman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rich-kleiman) ExxonMobil/ Y Combinator Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Dec 2017 - **Jan 2017** Round **$2.1M** *1 new* [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) Lead Reported by TechCrunch ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Bryan Frist** Executive Officer, Director i - **Nick Alexander** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Mark Mitchell* *Troy 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. **Round** 2017 **Series A** 2018 **Series C** 2024 [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Altair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altair-capital-2) [AAF Management Ltd.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaf-management-ltd) [GM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gm-ventures) [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) [Arab Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arab-angel-fund) [Rich Kleiman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rich-kleiman) ExxonMobil/ Y Combinator ## Everyone who backed them [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Altair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altair-capital-2) Private equity **1** round [AAF Management Ltd.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaf-management-ltd) VC firm **1** round [GM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gm-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) VC firm **1** round [Arab Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arab-angel-fund) VC firm **1** round [Rich Kleiman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rich-kleiman) Angel **1** round ExxonMobil/ Y Combinator 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=yoshi). ## 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. [SGH CAPITAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sgh-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Yoshi ### Who invested in Yoshi? Yoshi's investors include ZhenFund, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Altair Capital and AAF Management Ltd., and 5 more on record. ### How much has Yoshi raised? Yoshi has raised $42M across 3 rounds since 2017. ### When did Yoshi last raise? Yoshi's most recent round was a Series C of $26M in Apr 2024. ### What was Yoshi's biggest round? Its most recent round, $26M in Apr 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Yoshi first? Yoshi's first round on record, in Jan 2017, was backed by ZhenFund. ### What stage is Yoshi at? Yoshi's latest named round is a Series C, in Apr 2024. ### Where is Yoshi based? Yoshi is based in the United States. ### Who led Yoshi's rounds? ZhenFund led the Undisclosed round in 2017. ## Companies like Yoshi In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Tolan** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tolan)[**Applied Intuition** $640M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-intuition)[**American Metal** $1.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/american-metal)[**Flai** $32M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flai)[**Waymo** $27B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/waymo) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app