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Grounded

Grounded

Private
Detroit, MichiganFrontier & Industrial Techhttps://groundedevs.com/

Last Round

Seed

Aug 18, 2026

Total Funding Raised

$8.5M

Momentum

Top 10%

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Company Overview

Grounded is an advanced manufacturing and mobility company that designs and manufactures smart, modular, all-electric specialty vehicles and adventure vans for commercial and recreational use.

Sector

Frontier & Industrial Tech

Verticals

Electric Vehicles, Smart Manufacturing, Fleet Management

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Hardware Sales, Subscription SaaS

AI Layer

Non-AI

Keywords

electric vehicle upfittingmodular vehiclefleet management softwareelectric camper vanvanlifecommercial electric vehicletelematicsremote monitoringspecialty vehiclefleet electrificationupfitmobile healthcareIoT fleet

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Maxwell Vehicles
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70%
Unplugged Performance
69%

Grounded Funding Rounds

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Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
SeedAug 18, 2026
AcceleratorMar 21, 2025
Pre SeedOct 7, 2024

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Sam Shapiro

Founder & CEO

Founding Team

Nadia Meyer

Chief Product Officer

Executive Team

Grounded Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Grounded investors
InvestorRounds
Also CapitalSeed, Pre Seed
Animal CapitalSeed
Side Door VenturesPre Seed
The 81 CollectionSeed, Pre Seed
InvestUPSeed, Pre Seed

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  • Aug 18, 2026

    Raised $5M in seed funding.

  • Feb 13, 2026

    Grew 15% QoQ, from 26 to 30 employees.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersDetroit, Michigan
Employee Range15
Year Founded2022
Last FundingAug 18, 2026

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