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Vay

Teledriving service that delivers electric rental cars to urban users via remote human drivers.
Transportation 📍 Berlin, Germany Founded 2018
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2025-Q4
PRIVATE

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Vay going public?
No. Vay is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Vay's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Vay. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Vay filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Vay.
Who are Vay's investors?
Vay's investors include Grab, Atomico, Coatue, Eurazeo, European Investment Bank, Kinnevik.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Vay operates a fleet of electric rental cars driven remotely by professional teledrivers from operations centers. Launched commercial service in Las Vegas in 2024, the first publicly-available driverless car-delivery service in the US. In November 2025 Grab committed $60M with up to $350M more tied to US milestones, signaling potential ride-hailing integration.

Company Profile

CEO
Thomas von der Ohe
Founded
2018
HQ
Berlin, Germany
Employees
~150
Total Raised
$252M
Last Round
Strategic — $60M (Nov 2025) · Lead: Grab
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Strategic · $60M · 9 mo ago
privateTotal raised $252M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Strategic$60MNov 2025Grab

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring steady
15% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
13
via greenhouse
Product-build share
38%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 38% builders vs 62% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month13Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering4Support3Other3Ops & People2Security1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Principal Full-Stack Engineer, Operations & Fleet Platform(Principal) Senior Security EngineerSenior Backend EngineerSenior Software Engineer, Connectivity, C++Senior Systems & Safety EngineerField Support Agent (Afternoon Shift - Part Time)
Counted from Vay's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Thomas von der OheFabrizio ScelsiBogdan Djukic

Investors

Grab · Atomico · Coatue · Eurazeo · European Investment Bank · Kinnevik

Products

  • Teledriven car-delivery service (Las Vegas)
  • Remote-driving station platform

Competitors

Waymo · Zoox · Halo.Car · Imperium Drive
autonomous drivingtransportationmobilityteledriving
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.