Investors map · Worldwide

Who invests in autonomous driving

56 investors have backed two or more of the 124 autonomous driving startups worldwide on our map, in rounds we track. Grouped by kind, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed; the most active has backed 9.

56investors on the map
4kinds of investor
Soma Capitalbacked the most (4)
VC firmsmost common kind

VC firms

42

+18 more

Corporate investors

6

Government funds

5

Accelerators

3

Segment by segment

VC firms

42 investors

  1. Soma CapitalVC firmUnited States4 backed
  2. Khosla VenturesVC firmUnited States3 backed
  3. Temasek HoldingsVC firmSingapore3 backed
  4. Trucks Venture CapitalVC firmUnited States3 backed
  5. DynamoVC firmUnited States3 backed
  6. EclipseVC firmUnited States3 backed
  7. Cherubic VenturesVC firmUnited States3 backed
  8. Liquid 2 VenturesVC firmUnited States3 backed

Corporate investors

6 investors

  1. NVenturesCorporate investorUnited States2 backed
  2. Intel CapitalCorporate investorUnited States2 backed
  3. Google VenturesCorporate investorUnited States2 backed
  4. TDK VenturesCorporate investorUnited States2 backed
  5. Qualcomm VenturesCorporate investorUnited States2 backed
  6. SoftBank BB CorpCorporate investorJapan2 backed

Government funds

5 investors

  1. Korea Development BankGovernment fundSouth Korea4 backed
  2. BpifranceGovernment fundFrance3 backed
  3. Export Development CanadaGovernment fundCanada2 backed
  4. European Investment BankGovernment fundLuxembourg2 backed
  5. National Science FoundationGovernment fundUnited States2 backed

Accelerators

3 investors

  1. Y CombinatorAcceleratorUnited States9 backed
  2. Plug and PlayAcceleratorUnited States6 backed
  3. Creative Destruction LabAcceleratorCanada2 backed

How this map is made. Every investor here has backed two or more startups on our autonomous driving map, in rounds we track. Grouped by the kind of investor, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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