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Proterra

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A leader in the design and manufacture of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, enabling bus fleet operators to significantly reduce operating costs while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities

Burlingame, United StatesFounded 2004Transportation
Valuation $210M Market cap · 2026
Revenue $340M Latest reported FY

At a glance

Founded
2004
Headquarters
Burlingame, United States
Listing
Public via SPAC 2021
Sector
Transportation
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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Investors

29 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Series A15 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later14 investors entered at this stage

  • Cowen Group
  • Obvious Ventures
  • Soros Fund Management
  • Hennessey Capital (acq. by Hitachi)
  • BloombergNEF
  • JP Morgan
  • Broadscale Group
  • NMT Capital
  • G2 Venture Partners
  • BMW i Ventures
  • Generation Investment Management
  • Elemental Excelerator
  • Constellation Technology Ventures
  • Mercedes-Benz Group

Talent

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Employees mapped 427 incl. 1 AI specialist
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 9 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 6 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 6 startups shown

Former Proterra employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

Caban SystemsEst. 2017
BPBrian PevearUnited States
Signal score92
Estes Energy Solutions, Inc.Est. 2024
CYCagkan YildizUnited States
Signal score89
Lightship RVEst. 2020
TKToby KrausUnited States
Signal score85
Bayou EnergyEst. 2022
James GordeyUnited States
Signal score72
IontraEst. 2013
JGJeff GranatoUnited States
Signal score65
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
9 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States98.2%
🇧🇷 Brazil0.3%
🇮🇳 India0.3%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.3%
🇨🇴 Colombia0.3%
Top 5 of 9 shown
Web traffic by country
8.5K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States87.1%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom12.9%
Top 2 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$19M

43 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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