# Simon Rothman

> Simon Rothman is a seed investor at Greylock backing Transportation and Automotive. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/simon-rothman/2/31b/773
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/simonrothman
- Website: https://x.com/simonrothman
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/simonrothman

Simon Rothman is a Partner at Greylock Partners and was a Founder and CEO at Glyde. He attended Harvard University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$18M |
| Series A | $8M–$92M |
| Series B | $45M–$62M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transportation | 3 | 19% |
| Automotive | 2 | 13% |
| Electric Vehicle | 2 | 13% |
| Apps | 1 | 6% |
| Dating | 1 | 6% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 31% |
| Series A | 4 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 38% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nuro | Nuro is a technology company that develops a self-driving vehicle for local goods transportation. Nuro transforms local commerce through autonomous delivery. Its service helps merchants deliver goods to customers quickly, affordably, and safely. Nuro's mission is to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. | $106M | Series E | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Plug | Plug is a wholesale auction that facilitates online buying and selling of used EVs. | $6.7M | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Blush | Blush is a dating app that transforms online connections with community events, virtual courting, and bonding over shared local favorites. It is a dating platform for those valuing meaningful connections, local community, and a shared mission to inspire positive change in the world. The innovative matching algorithm of the company connects theonline and offline worlds. Users share favorite local spots, and the algorithm forms meaningful connections, fostering bonds over common interests. This personal approach grounds online dating in real-life experiences. | $7M | Seed | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Nuro | Nuro is a technology company that develops a self-driving vehicle for local goods transportation. Nuro transforms local commerce through autonomous delivery. Its service helps merchants deliver goods to customers quickly, affordably, and safely. Nuro's mission is to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. | $500M | Series C | Nov 09, 2020 |  |
| Reby | Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs. | $17.9M | Seed | Jan 30, 2020 |  |
| Reby | Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs. |  | Angel | May 25, 2019 |  |
| Nuro | Nuro is a technology company that develops a self-driving vehicle for local goods transportation. Nuro transforms local commerce through autonomous delivery. Its service helps merchants deliver goods to customers quickly, affordably, and safely. Nuro's mission is to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. | $92M | Series A | Jan 30, 2018 |  |
| Convoy | Convoy is the nation’s most efficient digital freight network. We move thousands of truckloads around the country each day through our optimized, connected network of carriers, saving money for shippers, increasing earnings for drivers, and eliminating carbon waste for our planet. We use technology and data to solve problems of waste andinefficiency in the $800B trucking industry, which generates over 72 million metric tons of wasted CO2 emissions from empty trucks. Fortune 500 shippers like Anheuser-Busch, P&G, Niagara, and Unilever trust Convoy to lower costs, increase logistics efficiency, and achieve environmental sustainability targets.Convoy was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $62M | Series B | Jul 25, 2017 |  |
| EatWith | EatWith is a community marketplace offering authentic dining experiences in people’s homes around the world. Through EatWith guests can connect with amazing hosts, share stories and unforgettable experiences, and enjoy delicious homemade cuisine. |  |  | Nov 03, 2016 |  |
| Convoy | Convoy is the nation’s most efficient digital freight network. We move thousands of truckloads around the country each day through our optimized, connected network of carriers, saving money for shippers, increasing earnings for drivers, and eliminating carbon waste for our planet. We use technology and data to solve problems of waste andinefficiency in the $800B trucking industry, which generates over 72 million metric tons of wasted CO2 emissions from empty trucks. Fortune 500 shippers like Anheuser-Busch, P&G, Niagara, and Unilever trust Convoy to lower costs, increase logistics efficiency, and achieve environmental sustainability targets.Convoy was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $16M | Series A | Mar 23, 2016 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-innovation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CAA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caa-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-seeds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EXOR N.V.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-s-p-a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fidelity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Greylock

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies. The firm invests in companies that define new markets, including Airbnb, AppDynamics, Apptio, Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), Cloudera, Docker, Dropbox, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Medium, Nextdoor, Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW),Pandora (NYSE: P), Pure Storage, and Workday (NYSE: WDAY).It was founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

5 contacts available at Greylock.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Kaiser | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-kaiser |
| David Wadhwani | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-wadhwani |
| Howard Cox | Special Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-cox |
| Jason Risch | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-risch |
| Mike Duboe | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-duboe |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Rothman invest in?

Simon Rothman invests primarily in Transportation, Automotive and Electric Vehicle startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Simon Rothman's check size?

Simon Rothman typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$18M at Seed, $8M–$92M at Series A and $45M–$62M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Simon Rothman participates in.

### When did Simon Rothman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Rothman closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 16 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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