Proterra: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)
Proterra is a leader in the design and manufacture of zero-emission, heavy-duty electric vehicles, enabling bus fleet operators to significantly reduce operating costs while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities across North America. The company’s configurable Catalyst platform is designed to serve the daily mileage needs of a wide range of transit routes on a single charge. With industry-leading durability and energy efficiency based on rigorous U.S. independent testing, Proterra products are proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in America, with offices in Silicon Valley, South Carolina, and Los Angeles. Proterra's revolutionary battery-electric transit vehicles help fleet operators abandon fossil fuels, improve environmental quality, and reduce operating costs. Together with their customers, they have prevented more than 55 million pounds of greenhouse gases from escaping into the atmosphere and avoided burning some 2 million gallons of fuel. The company was established in 2004 and is based in Burlingame, California, USA.
Proterra has raised $200M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $200M announced in Oct 2020.
That round is above the $15M median round size for Energy companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Proterra Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Oct 2020.
Proterra Funding Rounds
Proterra Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Proterra team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.
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Proterra's latest round of $200M is above the median round in Energy. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Proterra Funding FAQs
What does Proterra do?
Proterra is a leader in the design and manufacture of zero-emission, heavy-duty electric vehicles, enabling bus fleet operators to significantly reduce operating costs while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities across North America. The company’s configurable Catalyst platform is designed to serve the daily mileage needs of a wide range of transit routes on a single charge. With industry-leading durability and energy efficiency based on rigorous U.S. independent testing, Proterra products are proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in America, with offices in Silicon Valley, South Carolina, and Los Angeles. Proterra's revolutionary battery-electric transit vehicles help fleet operators abandon fossil fuels, improve environmental quality, and reduce operating costs. Together with their customers, they have prevented more than 55 million pounds of greenhouse gases from escaping into the atmosphere and avoided burning some 2 million gallons of fuel. The company was established in 2004 and is based in Burlingame, California, USA.
How much funding has Proterra raised?
Proterra has raised $200M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $200M announced in Oct 2020.
When did Proterra last raise funding?
Proterra's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $200M, announced in Oct 2020.
Who is the CEO of Proterra?
Jack Allen is listed as CEO at Proterra.
Where is Proterra headquartered?
Proterra is based in Burlingame, California, United States.
How many employees does Proterra have?
Proterra is in the 501-1000 employee band.
How does Proterra's funding compare to other Energy startups?
Proterra's latest round of $200M is above the $15M median round size for Energy companies on FundedIQ across 2,284 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Proterra 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 Proterra is left off this page rather than filled in.
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