COMPANY PROFILE · UPDATED 18 NOV 2025

Optimus Ride

Optimus Ride Inc. operates as an MIT spinoff company. The Company develops self-driving technologies, electric vehicles, fleet management, robots, mobility-on-demand systems.

Boston, MA

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Founded: 2015
Headcount: 19
Open roles: 0
Last raised: Series B

LOCATIONS

Where they work

Optimus Ride offices

Boston, MA

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$75,982,000

Investors

Funding rounds

Series B
FM Capital, Greycroft, FirstMark Capital, Energize Capital, TheVentureCity, Emerson Collective, GRID Ventures, Edison International, Nelstone Ventures, OVO Fund, Alumni Ventures Group, Castor Ventures
$50MNov 5, 2019
Series B
Alumni Ventures Group, GRIDS Capital, F-Prime Capital
$2.7MMay 5, 2019
Series A
Greycroft, FM Capital, Emerson Collective, TheVentureCity, FirstMark Capital, Neoteny, Eight Roads, Joi Ito, Blue Ivy Ventures, F-Prime Capital
$18MNov 1, 2017
Seed
FirstMark Capital, NextView Ventures, Joi Ito, Greycroft, Morado Ventures, Haystack, UJ Ventures
$5.3MOct 10, 2016

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OPEN ROLES

Roles at Optimus Ride

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Jenny Larios Berlin

CMO at Optimus Ride

limeSHIFTMIT Sloan School of ManagementMartin Trust Center for MIT EntrepreneurshipOptimus RideMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)YPOMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)University of MarylandMIT Sloan School of Management

Ryan Chin

COO at TRAM Global

Optimus RideOVO FundTRAM GlobalMIT Media LabConsultant IndependentMIT Professional EducationMIT Media LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Catholic University of America

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