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May Mobility Funding, Investors & Competitors
May Mobility has raised $307M across 7 funding rounds, most recently a $7M strategic investment round in May 2025.
Last May Mobility funding round
$7M
Strategic investment · May 2025
Cumulative funding May Mobility raised
$307M
across 7 funding rounds
Key investors in May Mobility
Y Combinator
Toyota Ventures
BMW i Ventures
Maven Ventures
SV Angel
Trucks Venture Capital
Millennium Technology Value Partners
Cyrus Capital Partners
About May Mobility
May Mobility is an autonomous vehicle company deploying driverless shuttles for public transit in cities across the United States and Japan. Their AI-driven technology optimizes routes based on traffic patterns and commuter data, serving partnerships with communities in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Tokyo since 2017. The Austin-headquartered firm operates low-speed fleets that have logged over one million autonomous miles.
Founded
2017
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2B & B2G
Revenue model
Services
May Mobility Funding History
May Mobility has raised a total of $307M across 7 funding rounds.
May Mobility's first fundraising round was a $100K pre-seed round in August 2017. The most recent completed round was a $7M strategic investment round in May 2025.
May Mobility funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Strategic investment | ITOCHU (lead) | $7M | May Mobility is a U.S.-based autonomous vehicle technology company that develops AV software and provides autonomous shuttle services to municipal and business customers. On May 29, 2025, it announced a capital and business alliance with ITOCHU Corporation, a Japanese trading house, including ITOCHU's investment of 1 billion yen ($6.9 million). The partnership aims to accelerate driverless deployments globally, starting with remote monitoring services using ITOCHU group company BELLSYSTEM24. The collaboration leverages May Mobility's AV technology with ITOCHU's strengths in IT infrastructure, geographical data, and business process outsourcing to support mass-scale operations in Japan and overseas. May Mobility partners with ride-hail platforms like Lyft for launches in U.S. markets such as Atlanta and Uber in Arlington, Texas, alongside plans for thousands of vehicles. This ITOCHU tie-up supports scaling Tele-assist and Rider Support platforms for millions of riders. May Mobility has deployed AVs across diverse U.S. and Japanese environments, completing nearly half a million rides in 19 deployments worldwide. Strategic backers include Toyota and NTT from prior rounds, with total funding approaching figures from earlier raises like the $105 million Series D in late 2023 or early 2024. |
| Nov 2023 | Series D | NTT Group (lead); Toyota Ventures; Cyrus Capital Partners; State Farm Ventures; Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance; BMW i Ventures; Millennium Technology Value Partners; Trucks Venture Capital | $105M | May Mobility, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company founded in 2017, develops and deploys proprietary autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, partnering with cities, transit agencies, municipalities, and governments to provide accessible and sustainable transportation solutions. The company focuses on Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) AV tech for municipal and business fleets, with deployments in the US, Canada, and Japan, including over 350,000 autonomous driving trips across 12 cities in North America and Japan as of November 2023. On November 7, 2023, May Mobility closed a $105 million all-equity Series D round led by NTT Group, with participation from Toyota Ventures, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company, State Farm Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Cyrus Capital, Millennium Technology Value Partners, and Trucks Venture Capital. This brought total funding to approximately $300 million. The investment accelerates commercialization of AV technology and services in the US, Canada, and Japan, scales operations toward profitability, and grants NTT exclusive distribution rights for May Mobility's AV tech in Japan, in collaboration with Toyota to build an autonomous driving ecosystem. Prior rounds included a $111 million Series C in July 2022 led by SPARX Group's Mirai Creation Fund II, bringing total funding to $194 million then (initial Series C investment raised total to $166 million), with investors like Toyota Motor Corporation, Tokio Marine, and others. May Mobility had provided over 300,000 revenue-generating rides in nine cities by mid-2023, including international deployment in Higashihiroshima, Japan, and aimed for driver-out commercial operations in 2023 using platforms like Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS and e-Palette. The Series D fundraising occurred amid industry challenges, such as Cruise suspending its self-driving taxi program, yet validated May Mobility's business model through commitments from strategic investors like NTT and Toyota. Funds support engineering expansion, global customer growth, rider experience enhancements, and technology advancements for broader AV adoption. |
| Jul 2022 | Series C | Mirai Creation Fund (lead); SPARX Group (lead) | $111M | May Mobility is a developer of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology focused on creating safe, sustainable shuttle solutions for public transportation applications. The company's proprietary Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) system had delivered more than 320,000 autonomy-enabled rides across public transit deployments in the U.S. and Japan at the time of the Series C round. The company maintains strategic partnerships with major automotive companies, particularly Toyota Motor Corporation, collaborating on the Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicle platform and later the e-Palette platform. May Mobility completed its Series C funding round in two tranches: an initial closing of $83 million in January 2022 led by Mirai Creation Fund II (managed by SPARX Group Co., Ltd.), followed by a final closing of $111 million in July 2022. The expanded round brought total funding to $194 million and was supported by new investors including SoftBank, State Farm Ventures, Next Century Ventures, SAIC, Wanxiang, Karma, and 10x Group, alongside returning investors Toyota Ventures, Millennium Technology Value Partners, Cyrus Capital Partners, and others. The funding was designated to increase engineering headcount, expand the global customer base, enhance rider experiences, invest in technology advancements, and support driver-out commercial operations targeted for 2023. |
| Dec 2019 | Series B | Toyota (lead); Maven Ventures; Palm Drive Capital | $50M | May Mobility is an autonomous Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) provider based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, focused on deploying autonomous shuttle services for first-mile and last-mile urban transportation. The company was founded in 2017 and operates autonomous shuttles in three U.S. cities: Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Providence, Rhode Island, with 25 low-speed autonomous vehicles in operation at the time of the Series B round. May Mobility's autonomous shuttle technology serves the broader U.S. first and last mile transportation market, valued at approximately $28 billion. In December 2019, May Mobility closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Toyota Motor Corporation, with participation from SPARX Group, Millennium Technology Value Partners, Cyrus Capital Partners, BMW iVentures, Toyota AI Ventures, and other return investors. The funding was intended to support strategic hiring across engineering and operations functions and expand the vehicle fleet to meet growing demand. Toyota selected May Mobility as one of its partners in the autonomous TaaS segment for future open mobility platforms, with potential collaboration on the Toyota e-Palette platform. This Series B round brought May Mobility's total funding to $84 million at that time. The company positioned itself as the only enterprise autonomous transportation company providing daily transit to the American public, with a vision to reduce human error in driving, decrease pollution, and create greater economic and accessibility benefits for communities and riders. |
| Feb 2019 | Series A | Cyrus Capital Partners (lead); Millennium Technology Value Partners (lead); Thayer Ventures; Toyota Ventures; Y Combinator; LG Technology Ventures; Maven Ventures; BMW i Ventures | $22M | May Mobility is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based enterprise autonomous transportation company providing daily transit services to the public using low-speed autonomous shuttles equipped with human safety drivers, based on the Polaris GEM platform. The company raised $22 million in a Series A funding round in February 2019, co-led by new investors Millennium New Horizons (also referred to as Millennium Technology Value Partners) and Cyrus Capital Partners, with participation from LG Technology Ventures, Thayer Ventures, and returning investors BMW i Ventures, Maven Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and Y Combinator. The funding aims to expand engineering and operations to meet growing demand, including existing routes and new partners. May Mobility operates commercial services in cities like downtown Detroit, addressing parking, traffic, and land management issues for municipalities, developers, and business customers. CEO Edwin Olson highlighted their reliable, safe mobility services on public roads with a scalable tech stack, noting they are generating revenue while collecting data and market insights. COO Alisyn Malek emphasized deployment to solve real transportation problems. Millennium partner Ray Cheng praised May Mobility for delivering real-world transportation solutions at unmatched cost-per-mile. Less than a year later, in December 2019, May Mobility raised a $50 million Series B round led by Toyota Motor Corporation, with participation from SPARX Group and returning investors including Millennium Technology Value Partners, Cyrus Capital Partners, BMW iVentures, and Toyota AI Ventures, bringing total funding to about $84 million including a prior $11.5 million seed round. The Series B supports fleet expansion to 25 vehicles per city in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Providence, Rhode Island, engineering and operations growth, and partnership with Toyota as an autonomous driving provider for platforms like the e-Palette. By then, the company had provided over 170,000 revenue-generating rides, targeting the $28 billion U.S. first- and last-mile transportation market. |
| Feb 2018 | Seed | BMW i Ventures (lead); Toyota Ventures (lead); SV Angel; Y Combinator; Maven Ventures; Tandem Ventures; Trucks Venture Capital | $12M | May Mobility is a Michigan-based autonomous vehicle startup founded in 2017 that develops and deploys fleets of self-driving micro-shuttles for municipal and business customers. The company raised $11.5 million in seed funding in February 2018, led by BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures, with participation from Maven Ventures, SV Angel, Tandem Ventures, Trucks Ventures, and Y Combinator. The seed funding was intended to accelerate deployment of autonomous shuttle fleets and launch the company's first commercial operations. May Mobility went on to raise significantly more capital in subsequent rounds, including a $50 million Series B led by Toyota Motor Corporation, an $83 million Series C, and a $105 million Series D from NTT Group, bringing total funding to approximately $300 million by 2023. |
| Aug 2017 | Pre-seed | SV Angel; Y Combinator | $100K | - |
Who has invested in May Mobility?
19 investors have backed May Mobility across its funding rounds, including Y Combinator, Toyota Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Maven Ventures, SV Angel and Trucks Venture Capital.
Lead investors include ITOCHU, NTT Group, Mirai Creation Fund, SPARX Group, Toyota and 4 other investors.
May Mobility Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Lead | Feb 2018 | ||
| 3 | Participant | Aug 2017 | ||
| 3 | Participant | Feb 2018 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Feb 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Aug 2017 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Feb 2019 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Feb 2019 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Feb 2018 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Feb 2019 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Jul 2022 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Jul 2022 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Feb 2019 | ||
| 1 | Lead | May 2025 | ||
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Start Free TrialMay Mobility Competitors
May Mobility competitors include listed companies like Tesla and General Motors, and private ones like Glydways, Autonomous Flight, Xwing and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | - | - | $700M | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $400M | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $400M | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $356M | - | ||
| Publicly listed | $95B | $10B | $1.4T | 13.8x | ||
| Publicly listed | $185B | $15B | $76B | 1.0x |
May Mobility Public Comps
May Mobility is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Tesla, General Motors, Canadian National Railway, Maersk, Old Dominion Freight Line, XPO, SAIC Motor, Aurora Innovation, Getlink and U-Haul.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $95B | $10B | 15.0x | 13.8x | 140.8x | 97.4x | |||
| $185B | $15B | 1.0x | 1.0x | 12.1x | 8.5x | |||
| $12B | $6.5B | 7.2x | 6.8x | 13.6x | 13.9x | |||
| $54B | $10B | 1.1x | 1.0x | 5.9x | 5.4x | |||
| $5.5B | $1.7B | 6.6x | 6.2x | 20.9x | 18.9x | |||
| $8.2B | $1.2B | 3.0x | 2.8x | 20.6x | 16.6x | |||
| $98B | $7.1B | 0.1x | 0.1x | 1.5x | 2.3x | |||
| $3M | ($786M) | 3957.3x | 1040.1x | (15.1x) | (15.5x) | |||
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Common questions about May Mobility
| When was May Mobility founded? | May Mobility was founded in 2017. |
| Where is May Mobility headquartered? | May Mobility is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, United States. |
| Is May Mobility publicly listed? | No, May Mobility is a private, VC-backed company. |
| How much funding has May Mobility raised? | May Mobility has raised $307M across 7 funding rounds. |
| What was May Mobility's last funding round? | May Mobility's last funding round was a $7M strategic investment round in May 2025, led by ITOCHU. |
| Who are May Mobility's investors? | May Mobility's investors include Toyota Ventures, Y Combinator, Maven Ventures, BMW i Ventures, SV Angel, Cyrus Capital Partners, Millennium Technology Value Partners, Trucks Venture Capital, Thayer Ventures, SPARX Group and 9 others. |
| Which companies are comparable to May Mobility? | Companies comparable to May Mobility include Glydways, Autonomous Flight, Xwing, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Tesla and General Motors. |
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