Who invested in ZoomCar

8 rounds we have observed, with the 19 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 & EVsInternetLogistics

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$120Mraised across 8 rounds since 2013, from 9 sources

$1.0MSeed$1.6MSeed$8.0MSeries A$11MVenture$25MSeries C$24MSeries B$40MSeries C$9.2MRound

Latest round: Round, $9.2MNov 2024
Biggest round: $40MSeries C · Feb 2018
Investors: 19 (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.

201320152017201920212023

$1.0MSeed$1.6MSeed$8.0MSeries A$11MVenture$25MSeries C$24MSeries B$40MSeries C$9.2MRound

First round: Seed, $1.0M
Biggest round: $40M
Usual gap between rounds: 13 months

The rounds

Nov 2024
Round$9.2M4 new1 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $9.2M sold, first sale Nov 2024
Feb 2018
Series C$40M1 new2 returning
- Mahindra & Mahindra/ SequoiaLead
- FundersClub
- Nokia Growth Partners
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $4.0M sold, first sale Mar 2018
Jul 2016
Series C$25M1 new
- Ford Motor Company
Reported by FabnewzSEC filing: $586K sold, first sale Jul 2012
Jul 2016
Series B$24M1 new
- Ford Motor Company
Reported by Fabnewz and 1 otherSEC filing: $586K sold, first sale Jul 2012
Jul 2015
Venture$11M1 new3 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $3.3M sold, first sale Apr 2015
Oct 2014
Series A$8.0M4 new3 returning
- Sequoia Capital
- FundersClub
- Basset Investment Group
- Empire Angels
- Mohandas Pai
- Abhay Jain
- Triangle Growth Partners
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $8.9M sold, first sale Oct 2014
Oct 2013
Seed$1.6M3 new1 returning
- M12
- Blue Cloud Ventures
- Empire Angels
- A. Lloyd Thomas
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $994K sold, first sale Oct 2013
Oct 2013
Seed$1.0M4 new
Reported by vccircle.comSEC filing: $994K sold, first sale Oct 2013

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.

Seed2013Seed2013Series A2014Venture2015Series C2016Series B2016Series C2018Round2024

Empire Angels

Sequoia Capital

FundersClubBasset Investment Group

Nokia Growth PartnersMahindra & Mahindra/ SequoiaL

Everyone who backed them

Empire AngelsAngel network4rounds

Sequoia CapitalVC firm3rounds

FundersClubVC firm3rounds

Basset Investment GroupVC firm3rounds

Nokia Growth PartnersVC firm2rounds

Mahindra & Mahindra/ Sequoiano record of our own yet1round, led 1

Peak XVVC firm1round

M12Corporate VC1round

Sony Innovation FundCorporate VC1round

VentureSouqVC firm1round

Max VenturesVC firm1round

Blue Cloud VenturesVC firm1round

Ford Motor CompanyGrowth equity1round

Mohandas PaiAngel1round

Lady Barbara JudgeVC firm1round

A. Lloyd Thomasno record of our own yet1round

Abhay Jainno record of our own yet1round

Ford Motor Companyno record of our own yet1round

Triangle Growth Partnersno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 6 firms list ZoomCar 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.