TELO Trucks makes intelligently designed, compact electric vehicle trucks for city living and weekend adventuring. As the demand for EV grows, so does the need for practical trucks suited to urban and suburban environments and active lifestyles. Our mission is to make sustainable mobility fit for purpose. We build right-sized — not super sized — trucks with space for people and gear beyond what meets the eye. Reimagining EV’s where big truck utility meets street smart technology, TELO is creating a more purposeful and responsible mobility future with less wasted space in vehicles, on our roads, and for the planet. TELO was founded by Jason Marks, who developed the test systems for the driver assistance safety features on five major United States’ automakers' vehicle platforms, and Forrest North, who helped develop the first Tesla Roadster and founded one of the first electric motorcycles companies, Mission Motors. TELO partnered with world-renown designer, advisor and investor Yves Béhar and Fuseproject for the vehicle design.
Location: United States, California, San Carlos
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $5.4M
Founded date: 2022
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.03.2024 | - | $5.4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
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| 15.03.2024 | Pornhub says, ‘Bad Texas! No smut for you!’ | Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startu... | techcrunch... |
| 13.03.2024 | Telo Raises $5.4M in Funding | Telo, a San Carlos, CA-based electric mobility company advancing EV mini-trucks, raised $5.4M in fun... | finsmes.co... |
| 13.03.2024 | Pint-sized pickup startup Telo Trucks adds Tesla co-founder ... | When electric-vehicle startup Telo Trucks announced its pint-sized pickup, people predictably went n... | techcrunch... |
| 06.07.2023 | Telo's tiny pickup and Canoo's EV are having a moment. Here ... | Canoo is releasing a fully electric pickup truck that measures under 16 feet in length. Canoo Compac... | businessin... |
| 21.06.2023 | I would totally buy this $50,000 electric pickup truck that'... | EV startup Telo's first electric truck. Telo Redeem now Telo is a new EV startup working on tiny ele... | businessin... |
| 14.06.2023 | EV startup Telo bets America is ready for a dreamy little pi... | Most trucks today are headed in the wrong direction, metaphorically speaking. They’re far too big an... | techcrunch... |
| - | John Collison on Stripe’s growth plans, the obsession over a... | Before you ask, no, I have no idea when or if Stripe is going public. And, to his credit, John Colli... | fortune.co... |
| - | Telo Trucks | “Explore TELO Trucks: unmatched in EV efficiency. Discover the future of electric pickups today!”... | fastfounde... |