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Recently Funded Automotive Startups

Updated Sep 2026

Funded Automotive startups number 7 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Automotive startup funding landscape, along with the 7 most recently funded Automotive startups.

Camarillo and Chongming hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Automotive startups closed 5 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.6B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $11M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $6.1M and $818M.

Capital concentrates in mid-sized teams across the United States and China. These firms possess enough scale for operational maturity but remain small enough for agile pivots. Sourcing efforts find a concentration of established entities rather than early seed projects. This maturity simplifies the identification of stable targets for enterprise partnerships.

Automotive funded startup statistics

Funded Automotive startups
7
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
4
5 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$1.6B
3 of 5 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$11M
middle half $6.1M to $818M

Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2025.

7 most recently funded Automotive startups

7 shown

Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.

M
Maple Leaf Car Rental
Chongming, China · Automotive
Maple Leaf Car Rental focuses on the leasing of high-end cars and focuses on assets.
Series B ·
Undisclosed
A
Seoul, South Korea · Automotive
AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including…
Venture - Series Unknown ·
$11M
B
Camarillo, United States · Automotive
Big Brand Tire & Service is an automotive company that provides car maintenance, oil and filter change, brake…
Private Equity ·
$1.6B
D
Direct Drive Technology
Dongguang, China · Automotive
Direct Drive Technology provides direct drive solutions to replace the reduction gears in any machine.
Series B ·
Undisclosed
A
Seattle, United States · Automotive
Avants is a top-tier membership program designed for car enthusiasts. Members have the opportunity to…
Seed ·
$1.2M
C
Carsup
Paris, France · Automotive
Carsup was established in 2019 after a simple observation: owners of exceptional cars, whether old or modern,…
Series A ·
$6.4M
T
San Francisco, United States · Automotive
The next generation of ride-sharing applications from Tribal Rides will support self-driving vehicles. You…
Series Unknown ·
$110k

Countries with the most funded Automotive startups

Where funded Automotive startups are headquartered, by the country on the company record.

Country
Funded startups

Where are funded Automotive startups located?

Where funded Automotive startups are based, by the city on the company record.

City
Funded startups

Funding stages of funded Automotive startups

How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded Automotive startups break down by stage.

Stage
Rounds, last 24 months

A further 1 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.

About the FundedIQ Automotive startup funding data

FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.

Figures on this page cover the 7 funded Automotive startups currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2 of 5 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Automotive startups is dated Oct 2025.

The table above shows the 7 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.

Frequently asked questions

How many funded Automotive startups are there?

FundedIQ tracks 7 funded Automotive startups. This page lists the 7 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.

How much funding have Automotive startups raised?

Automotive startups tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.6B in disclosed capital across 5 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 4 rounds in the last 12 months. 3 of those 5 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.

Which countries have the most funded Automotive startups?

United States leads with 3 companies, ahead of China (2), France (1) and South Korea (1).

Which cities have the most funded Automotive startups?

Camarillo leads with 1 companies, then Chongming (1), Dongguang (1) and Paris (1).

What is a typical funding round size for Automotive startups?

The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $11M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $6.1M and $818M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.

What is the most common funding stage for Automotive startups?

Series B is the most common labelled stage, with 2 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Private Equity (1) and Seed (1). A further 1 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.

How often is the Automotive startup funding data updated?

The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Automotive startups is dated Oct 2025. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.

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