The Tesla Mafia — Dealroom

559 VC-backed startups founded by Tesla alumni. $1.4T combined value, 28 unicorns. The chart shows 21 of them.

Companies

  1. Thinking Machines Lab

    Founder: Mira Murati · Valuation: $12B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  2. Aurora

    Founder: Sterling Anderson · Valuation: $8.9B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Mobility, Robotics · HQ: Pittsburgh, United States

  3. Verkor

    Founder: Christophe Mille · Valuation: $4.6B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Mobility, Energy · HQ: Grenoble, France

  4. Form Energy

    Founder: Mateo Jaramillo · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Energy · HQ: Somerville, United States

  5. Tekion

    Founder: Jayaprakash Vijayan · Valuation: $4B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Marketing · HQ: Pleasanton, United States

  6. Modular AI

    Founder: Chris Lattner · Valuation: $3.1B · Founded 2022 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  7. The Bot Company

    Founder: Paril Jain · Valuation: $2B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Robotics · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  8. 1KOMMA5°

    Founder: Philipp Schröder · Valuation: $1.4B · Founded 2021 · Sector: Energy, Marketplace · HQ: Hamburg, Germany

  9. Lucid Motors

    Founder: Bernard Tse · Valuation: $1.3B · Founded 2007 · Sector: Energy, Mobility · HQ: Newark, United States

  10. Enter

    Founder: Henrique Vaz · Valuation: $1.2B · Founded 2023 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Legal · HQ: Brazil

  11. Sunday

    Founder: Tony Zhao · Valuation: $1.1B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Robotics · HQ: Mountain View, United States

  12. Electric Hydrogen

    Founder: Dorian W. · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Energy · HQ: Natick, United States

  13. Reliable Robotics

    Founder: Robert Rose · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Mobility, Robotics · HQ: Mountain View, United States

  14. Span

    Founder: Arch Padmanabhan Rao · Valuation: $980M · Founded 2018 · Sector: Home Living, Energy · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  15. Heron Power

    Founder: Drew Baglino · Valuation: $840M · Founded 2024 · Sector: Semiconductors, Energy · HQ: Scotts Valley, United States

  16. Monarch Tractor

    Founder: Mark Schwager · Valuation: $798M · Founded 2019 · Sector: Robotics, Food · HQ: Livermore, United States

  17. Seurat Technologies

    Founder: Erik Toomre · Valuation: $594M · Founded 2015 · Sector: Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment · HQ: Wilmington, United States

  18. Sublime Systems

    Founder: Leah Ellis · Valuation: $450M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Energy · HQ: Somerville, United States

  19. Osmo

    Founder: Rohinton Mehta · Valuation: $420M · Founded 2023 · Sector: Wellness Beauty, Enterprise Software · HQ: Cambridge, United States

  20. Sibros

    Founder: Michael Carmel · Valuation: $350M · Founded 2018 · Sector: Mobility, Robotics · HQ: San Jose, United States

  21. Wallbox

    Founder: Enric Asuncion · Valuation: $65M · Founded 2015 · Sector: Mobility, Energy · HQ: Barcelona, Spain

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