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Grounded: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

Grounded develops modular specialty vehicles and mobile workspaces built on electric and hybrid commercial vehicle platforms.

groundedevs.com LinkedIn Detroit, United States 1-10 employees Founded 2022
Total raised
$5.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Seed
Aug 2026

Grounded has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $5.0M announced in Aug 2026.

That round is below the $7.5M median round size for United States companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Grounded Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$5.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Seed
$5.0M in Aug 2026
Employees
1-10
reported band
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Detroit, United States
Investors on record
5
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Aug 2026.

Grounded Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$5.0M

Grounded Investors

Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund Also Capital Animal Capital 81 Collection Michigan Rise

Grounded Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Sam Shapiro
Founder & CEO
Locked
Oje Aboyade
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Grounded team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file, 2 have a LinkedIn profile.

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Grounded Funding in Context

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M
16,485
$3.1M

Grounded's latest round of $5.0M is below the median round in United States. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Grounded Funding FAQs

What does Grounded do?

Grounded develops modular specialty vehicles and mobile workspaces built on electric and hybrid commercial vehicle platforms.

How much funding has Grounded raised?

Grounded has raised $5.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $5.0M announced in Aug 2026.

When did Grounded last raise funding?

Grounded's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $5.0M, announced in Aug 2026.

Who has invested in Grounded?

Investors on record for Grounded include Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund, Also Capital, Animal Capital, 81 Collection, Michigan Rise.

Who founded Grounded?

FundedIQ lists Sam Shapiro (Founder & CEO) at Grounded.

Where is Grounded headquartered?

Grounded is based in Detroit, United States.

How many employees does Grounded have?

Grounded is in the 1-10 employee band.

When was Grounded founded?

Grounded was founded in 2022.

About FundedIQ's Grounded Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Grounded is left off this page rather than filled in.

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