Eclipse leads $20m series-A for Wayve

Also joining the round were Firstminute Capital, Fly Ventures, Balderton Capital and Compound, and private investors Zoubin Ghahramani and Pieter Abbeel.

The fresh capital will be used to launch a pilot fleet of autonomous electric SUVs with which to test the software.

Previous funding
US-based VC Compound led an undisclosed funding round in May 2018, with participation from Fly Ventures and Firstminute.

Company
Founded in 2017 and based in London, Wayve develops autonomous driving software and tests it on UK public roads.

People
Eclipse Ventures – Seth Winterroth (partner).
Balderton Capital – Suranga Chandratillake (partner).
Wayve – Amar Shah (CEO).

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