Who invested in Rivian

5 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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 & EVsLogisticsManufacturing

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$9.2Braised across 5 rounds since 2019, from 5 sources

$700MRound$500MRound$350MRound$6.6BDebt$1.0BRound

Latest round: Round, $1.0BJul 2025
Led by: Volkswagen
Biggest round: $6.6BDebt · Nov 2024
Investors: 5 (2 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.

2019202020212022202320242025

$700MRound$500MRound$6.6BDebt$1.0BRound

First round: Round, $700M
Biggest round: $6.6B
Usual gap between rounds: 7 months

The rounds

Jul 2025
Round$1.0B1 new
- VolkswagenLead
Reported by TechCrunch
Nov 2024
Debt$6.6B1 new
- Department of EnergyLead
Reported by TechCrunch
Sept 2019
Round$350M1 new
- Cox Automotive
Reported by FinSMEs
Apr 2019
Round$500M1 new
- Ford Motor Company
Reported by FinSMEs
Feb 2019
Round$700M1 new
- Amazon
Reported by FinSMEs

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.

Round2019Round2019Round2019Debt2024Round2025

VolkswagenLDepartment of EnergyLAmazon

Ford Motor Company

Cox Automotive

Everyone who backed them

VolkswagenVC firm1round, led 1

Department of EnergyInvestment firm1round, led 1

AmazonCompany1round

Ford Motor CompanyGrowth equity1round

Cox AutomotiveCorporate VC1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Rivian 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.

Holman Growth VenturesCorporate VCPer its own site