Started by one of Tesla Motor’s co-founders and headquartered in Silicon Valley, Wrightspeed uses a systems design approach that is yielding industry-first after industry-first. Their nimble and high-performance team has quietly developed some very disruptive automotive products, rapidly evolving vehicle propulsion.
Location: United States, California, Alameda
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 866-960-9482
Total raised: $5M
Founded date: 2005
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 04.11.2010 | Series A | $5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
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| 05.11.2010 | Tesla Co-founder's Wrightspeed Raises $5 Million Series A Round | Wrightspeed, a maker of fuel efficient, electric drive systems, has raised a $5 million Series A round from an unnamed private investor. According to the company’s press release, co-founder and EVP of Infinera, David Welch, will also join t... |
| 05.11.2010 | Wrightspeed cruises off with $5M | The electric car manufacturer will use the funds to develop fuel efficient trucks and sports cars Electric vehicles sound great in theory, but talk to someone about buying one and the same concern inevitably rears its head: they’re so slow…... |
| 04.11.2010 | Wrightspeed Secures $5M in Series A Financing | Wrightspeed, Inc., a San Jose, CA-based developer of an extended-range hybrid electric drive system, has secured $5m in a Series A financing from a private investor. The capital will be used to continue to advance its Digital DriveSystem (D... |
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| 08.05.2006 | Silicon Valley’s boys will play: The electric X1 car & the Jet-Bug | Ian Wright & his X1 Ian Wright is the latest Silicon Valley scientist who wants to save the earth by making a new kind of car — and boy, is this a car. In this video (click on left), his car, the X1, blows away a Ferrari 360 Spider in a... |