Waymo

About

Waymo improves transportation by developing self-driving technology developed in Google’s labs.

Mountain View,California,United States
1001 - 5000
http://www.waymo.com/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised: $2.25B
Industries: Automotive,Sensor,Software,Transportation
Founded date: Jan 17, 2009
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Waymo LLC
Also Known As: The Google Car,Google self-driving car project

Waymo stands for a new way forward in mobility. it is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.

Waymo improves transportation by building software and sensor technology developed in Google’s labs since 2009. In October 2015, they achieved the world’s first fully self-driving trip on public roads, in a car without a steering wheel or pedals. They refine Waymo technology through one billion miles of simulation testing each year, and the cars have self-driven over two million miles on public roads across four U.S. cities.

It was founded in 2009 and is located in Mountain View, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

3

$5.50B

Waymo has raised a total of $5.50B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 16, 2021 from a Private Equity（PE） round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jun 16, 2021	Private Equity（PE）	$2.50B	12	—	—	Detail
May 12, 2020	Private Equity（PE）	$750M	3	Fidelity Management and Research Company Perry Creek Capital T. Rowe Price	—	Detail
Mar 2, 2020	Series Unknown	$2.25B	7	Silver Lake Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Mubadala Capital Ventures	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

1

Waymo has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 10, 2013, when Zivame.com raised $6M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 10, 2013 Zivame.com	Series B	$6M	E-Commerce	Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

6

12

Waymo is funded by 12 investors. Silver Lake and Magna International are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Silver Lake	—	Private Equity（PE）
Magna International	—	Private Equity（PE）
Alphabet	—	Private Equity（PE）
Andreessen Horowitz	—	Private Equity（PE）
AutoNation	—	Private Equity（PE）
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board	—	Private Equity（PE）
Fidelity Management and Research Company	—	Private Equity（PE）
Mubadala Capital Ventures	—	Private Equity（PE）
Perry Creek Capital	—	Private Equity（PE）
T. Rowe Price	—	Private Equity（PE）