Bolt Bewertung und Finanzierungshistorie
Tallinn, gegründet 2013
Markus Villig was nineteen when he founded what is now Bolt, the Estonian ride-hailing company, using about 5,000 euros borrowed from family. He built it in Tallinn and stayed there, and Sequoia Capital later led a 600 million euro round into it.
In August 2013 Markus Villig, nineteen and just out of school, started a taxi-hailing app called Taxify with roughly 5,000 euros borrowed from family, alongside his brother Martin and engineer Oliver Leisalu. The company was renamed Bolt in March 2019.
He did not have a network, a degree, or a Bay Area postcode. He had a small amount of family money and a city where taxis were hard to hail. Estonia stayed the headquarters through every round that followed.
- Gegründet
- 2013
- Hauptsitz
- Tallinn
- Gesammelte Runden
- 5
- Letzte Bewertung
- 6.3B euro
- Letzte Runde
- January 2022
Die gesamte Finanzierung
| Runde | Betrag | Bewertung | Geführt von |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series CMay 2018 | $175M | $1B | Daimler, Didi Chuxing |
| Series C, second trancheJuly 2019 | $67M | over $1B | Creandum, Nordic Ninja, Naya Capital |
| Series DDecember 2020 | 150M euro | D1 Capital Partners | |
| Series EAugust 2021 | 600M euro | over 4B euro | Sequoia Capital |
| Follow-onJanuary 2022 | 628M euro | 7.4B euro | Sequoia Capital, Fidelity |
Aktuellster Wert: 6.3B euro, gesetzt von einem secondary share sale am September 2025, nicht durch eine Finanzierungsrunde. about 14 percent below the January 2022 peak.
Was die Zahlen sagen
A nineteen year old in Tallinn with 5,000 euros of family money eventually raised more than a billion, and it is not a straight line. Bolt has not announced a new equity round since January 2022. Its own filed accounts show 1.99 billion euro of 2024 revenue and a net loss of about 103 million. Both halves of that are true, and the second half does not undo the first.
Was das für Ihre Finanzierungsrunde bedeutet
- 01
The starting capital was 5,000 euros
Not a friends and family round, not an accelerator cheque. Five thousand euros and a city with a problem worth solving. Whatever you think you need before you begin, it is probably less than that.
- 02
Nobody funded him because of where he was
Sequoia led a 600 million euro round into an Estonian company. Being outside the usual places did not disqualify Bolt; it just meant the investors had to be found rather than bumped into.
- 03
Valuations move in both directions
Bolt peaked at 7.4 billion euro and was marked lower three years later. That is normal and survivable, and any story that only shows the climb is selling you something.
Jede dieser Erfolgsgeschichten begann mit einem ersten Gespräch mit einem Investor.
Finden Sie Ihre InvestorenHäufig gestellte Fragen
Wie hoch ist die Bewertung von Bolt?
Bolt wurde zuletzt mit 6.3B euro bewertet, festgelegt von secondary share sale im September 2025 und nicht durch eine Finanzierungsrunde.
Wer sind die Investoren von Bolt?
Die Finanzierungsrunden von Bolt wurden von D1 Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity angeführt.
Wann wurde Bolt gegründet?
Bolt wurde im 2013 in Tallinn gegründet.
Die Zahlen sind öffentlich berichtet und stammen aus RF Stories Ausgabe 6. Bewertungen ändern sich, betrachten Sie dies also als Momentaufnahme und nicht als Live-Zitat.
