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Motive
Builds technology to improve the safety, productivity and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy
At a glance
- Founded
- 2013
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Sector
- Transportation
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed6 investors entered at this stage
- ZJZubair Jandali
Greenoaks Capital Partners
GV
Lee Linden- BLBen Lewis
- CYCharles Yim
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Series B and later7 investors entered at this stage
- SPScale Venture Partners
BlackRock
Insight Partners
Kleiner Perkins- ITITOCHU
IVP- GPG2 Venture Partners
Ownership
Estimated cap table from Dealroom's shareholder data — share of equity by holder. Stakes as last recorded by Dealroom (2026). Percentages are indicative.
Some investors are hidden on this public profile. See the full cap table on Dealroom →
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Motive employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Ali RehanUnited States
AHAxle HealthEst. 2020
TATangoEst. 2020
Ken BabcockUnited States
Timothy J. HenryUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
10 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Motive on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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