Who invested in Wayve

5 rounds we have observed, with the 24 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.

AIAutomotive & EVsLogisticsRobotics

Raised 6 months agoValuation: $8.6B, Mar 2026

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$1.8Braised across 5 rounds since 2015, from 8 sources

$455KSeed$20MSeries A$500MSeries D$1.2BSeries D$60MRound

Latest round: Round, $60MApr 2026
Biggest round: $1.2BSeries D · Feb 2026
Investors: 24 (8 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.

20172019202120232025

$455KSeed$20MSeries A$500MSeries D$1.2BSeries D$60MRound

First round: Seed, $455K
Biggest round: $1.2B
Usual gap between rounds: 4.2 years

The rounds

Apr 2026
Round$60M3 new
Reported by TechStartups
Feb 2026
Series D$1.2B14 new3 returning
- Balderton CapitalLead
- AlvenLead
- EclipseLead
- SoftBank Vision Fund 2Lead
- Mercedes BenzLead
- StellantisLead
- NissanLead
- NVIDIA
- Qualcomm Ventures
- Icehouse Ventures
- SE Ventures
- Microsoft
- British Business Bank
- Baillie Gifford
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
- Schroders Capital
- Capital Group funds
Reported by TechCrunch and 3 others
Sept 2025
Series D$500M1 new
- NVIDIALead
Reported by TechCrunch
Nov 2019
Series A$20M5 new
Reported by VentureBeat
Sept 2015
Seed$455K1 new
- Mercia Fund Management
From a historical funding record

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.

Seed2015Series A2019Series D2025Series D2026Round2026

EclipseLL

Balderton CapitalLNVIDIAL

AlvenLSoftBank Vision Fund 2L

Everyone who backed them

EclipseVC firm2rounds, led 2

Balderton CapitalVC firm2rounds, led 1

NVIDIACompany2rounds, led 1

AlvenVC firm1round, led 1

SoftBank Vision Fund 2Growth equity1round, led 1

Mercedes BenzCorporate VC1round, led 1

StellantisGrowth equity1round, led 1

NissanGrowth equity1round, led 1

Qualcomm VenturesCorporate VC1round

Icehouse VenturesVC firm1round

QualcommCorporate VC1round

Firstminute CapitalVC firm1round

SE VenturesCorporate VC1round

MicrosoftCorporate VC1round

British Business BankCorporate VC1round

Fly VenturesVC firm1round

Baillie GiffordAsset manager1round

Ontario Teachers' Pension PlanVC firm1round

Mercia Fund ManagementVC firm1round

Schroders CapitalHedge fund1round

AMDGrowth equity1round

Arm HoldingsGrowth equity1round

Compound VenturesVC firm1round

Capital Group fundsGrowth equity1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 8 firms list Wayve 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.