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Best Auto Companies in Mexico

The 77 best Auto companies in Mexico in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kavak.

77companies tracked
$1.6Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
11have raised
Sources & further reading
  • Auto industry sales satisfaction declines for the first time in eight
  • Middle-income consumers turning more toward used cars, survey finds
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AUTO × MEXICO

Our analysis of 256 Auto companies

$29.3b in tracked funding; 77% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

256companies analysed
77%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
16unicorns
2015median founding year
357kcombined LinkedIn audience
69%of audience held by top 3
7companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Auto companies in Mexico

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Kavak 🦄
Online retailer of certified pre-owned vehicles with financing and services
$1.4B4 mo agoSeries F—2016AlgoliaZohoSalesforce+23—
2Nexu
Online automotive loan comparison platform
$73M32 mo agoSeries BFernando Gómez Arriola
Founder
2014WordPressMySQLPHP+23—
3Metalsa
Manufacturer of structural components for the light and commercial vehicle markets
$36M104 mo agoSeries CGuillermo Vera
CEO
1956WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+21—
4123Lease
Provider of leasing services offering a wide range of cars to lease and a simple accounting record system
$30M33 mo agoSeries B—2020Cart FunctionalityWix eCommerceWix+17—
5Coru
Aggregator of financial products
$11M108 mo agoSeries ABernardo Prum
Co-Founder
2014WordPressMySQLPHP+22—
6Guros
Online comparison platform for auto insurance
$6M58 mo agoSeed—2013Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+16—
7Crabi
App-based automotive insurance platform for individuals
$5M12 mo agoSeries AFrancisco Javier Orozco
CEO
2016WebflowMarkerBootstrap+19—
8Carmatch
Producer of original music and recordings
$5M100 mo agoDeadpooledDamian Overbosch
Co-Founder & CEO
2015——
9miituo
App-based platform for usage-based car insurance
$496K20 mo agoSeedLeonardo Cortina
Founder & Ceo
2016Animate.cssBootstrapMicrosoft ASP.NET+261 job opening
10Clupp
Usage-based auto insurer
$175K82 mo agoSeedMarisol Sanchez Navarrete
Co-Founder
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+22—

Top 12 Auto companies in Mexico

#1
Kavak 🦄
Series F · Lerma de Villada, State of Mexico · founded 2016 · 2500 employees
$1.4Braised
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Online retailer of certified pre-owned vehicles with financing and services. The business provides a platform for buying, selling, and managing pre-owned cars. It offers certified vehicles and aims to formalize the used car market. The company provides after-sales services and financing options to customers.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series F$300M
  • Apr 2025Conventional Debt$400M
  • Mar 2025Series E$127M
  • Sep 2022Conventional Debt$810M
Investors
DST Global, Greenoaks, SoftBank Group, Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital, Bond Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAngularAws Certificate ManagerCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Series A · Zapopan, Jalisco · founded 2016 · 60 employees
$5.3Mraised
▾

App-based automotive insurance platform for individuals. It uses telematics, machine learning & big data to determine premiums based on a person's driving habits & behavior. Users are allowed to provide the coverage to request a quote. The app is available for Android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Agente de siniestros
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$13.6M
  • Oct 2021Seed$4M
  • Apr 2019Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Francisco Javier OrozcoCEO
Investors
Redwood Ventures, Kaszek, Tuesday Capital, IGNIA, 30N Ventures, Carao Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Browser Insights
#3
Series B · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2014 · 133 employees
$73Mraised
▾

Online automotive loan comparison platform. It offers a loan comparison platform for accessing loans for new & used cars. Users must add a short quote form to receive multiple options matching the customers' requirements. Once the best option is chosen by the user, users must add a detailed application form and submit the documents.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Series B$20M
  • Oct 2023Conventional Debt—
  • Jan 2022Conventional Debt—
  • Jan 2022Series A$50M
Founders & team
Fernando Gómez ArriolaFounder
Investors
HSBC, Valor Capital Group, FinTech Collective, Endeavor, Altos Ventures Management, Wollef
Tech stack
AngularBootstrapChart.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Series B · Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City · founded 2020 · 27 employees
$30Mraised
▾

123 Lease is a provider of leasing services in Mexico City, Mexico. They offer a wide range of cars to lease and provide a simple accounting record system.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Series B$30M
Investors
Emso
#5
Seed · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2016 · 19 employees
$495.9Kraised
▾

App-based platform for usage-based car insurance. Users can specify required details and request a quote for pay-per-mile insurance via the online platform following which the company sends them a policy contract and a link to download their app. They can send pictures of their car specifying the vehicle mileage and purchase an insurance policy. Users need to upload the pictures of mileage reading once a month. The app is available for the Android platform.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Insurtech
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$495.9K
Founders & team
Leonardo CortinaFounder & Ceo
Investors
Proeza Ventures
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAlertifyjsAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssBootstrap
#6
Series C · Ciudad Apodaca, Nuevo Leon · founded 1956 · 139 employees
$36.5Mraised
▾

Metalsa, a subsidiary of Proeza Group, manufactures structural components for the light and commercial vehicle markets. It provides technology processes like hot-forming, roll-forming, hydro-forming, stamping, assembly and painting. The Metalsa portfolio includes light duty frames, space frames, suspension modules, body structures, safety systems, hinges, transmission modules and fuel tanks for passenger cars and light trucks as well as chassis frames, side rails and cross members for heavy trucks and buses. It also provides Logistic services through rail truck or boat.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 177k LinkedIn followers — 49.5% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Guillermo VeraCEO
Investors
Export Development Canada
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Envoy
#7
Seed · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2013 · 55 employees
$5.8Mraised
▾

Online comparison platform for auto insurance. It offers quotes for comprehensive, limited or civil liability, and more. Its insurance partners include HDI Seguros, MAPFRE, GNP Seguros, and more. It also offers claim management services. It allows users to manage and receive notifications about vehicle and insurance.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Seed$5.8M
Investors
F-Prime Capital, COMETA, Clocktower Ventures, Insurify, Leap Global Partners, Magma Partners
#8
Series A · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2014 · 108 employees
$11Mraised
▾

Coru is an aggregator of financial products. It allows users to search and compare credit cards and auto insurance products. Provides articles and blogs on credit cards, insurance, and personal financial management. It also offers financial news.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 4.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2017Series A$7M
  • Feb 2015Series A$4M
Founders & team
Bernardo PrumCo-FounderMiguel Ivan Hernandez AriasCo-FounderFernando GonzalezCo-founder & CEO
Investors
QED Investors, Struck Capital, Nova Founders Capital, Seaya, Credit Karma, Canary
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApolloCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#9
Deadpooled · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2015 · 60 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Producer of original music and recordings. The entity creates and releases musical works, encompassing various genres and styles. Its output includes albums and potentially other forms of audio content. The process involves composition, recording, and production, culminating in the distribution of finished musical products.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Series A$5M
Founders & team
Damian OverboschCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
TEV Ventures, Rocket Internet
#10
Seed · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2017 · 17 employees
$175Kraised
▾

Clupp provides telematics-based auto insurance for individuals. It features policies and insurance discounts based on the driving data. It offers reward points for parking tickets, car wash, movie tickets, workshop assistance, and more. Also offers an app-based insurance management platform for Android and IOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2019Seed$175K
  • 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Marisol Sanchez NavarreteCo-FounderOmar Said Lopez TroncoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
MassChallenge, Quake Capital, Y Combinator, Rokk3r, Colectivo Jaguara, G2 Momentum Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCookie NoticeCore-JsDiviFacebook Pixel
#11
Deadpooled · San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon · founded 2015 · 6 employees
$65Kraised
▾

TipiTop is an online P2P marketplace to buy & sell used cars. The platform enables sellers to showcase their cars on the platform and allows buyers to search for their desired car based on vehicle type, make & model. Tipitop offers car inspection and price estimation to the seller through a proprietary price algorithm which considers 30 different variables. They also provide certification to the cars being sold on the platform which are reviewed by technicians and offer 6 months of warranty to the buyers.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2016Seed$65K
Founders & team
Rene LankenauCo-FounderAlejandro BremerFounder & CEOEric Perez GrovasFounder
Investors
500 Global, Avalancha Ventures, Arkfund
#12
Public · Villa De Garcia, Nuevo Leon · founded 1979 · 375 employees
—raised
▾

Nemak is a manufacturer and supplier of automotive aluminium components to OEMs. It offers products such as cylinder heads, engine blocks, transmission parts, structural components, and other components for automotive. Clientele includes BMW, Ferrari, Audi, Lamborghini, and Mercedes-Benz. It has market worldwide.

Founders & team
Armando TamezChief Executive Officer
Investors
Europa, Ministerstvo Hospodárstva Slovenskej Republiky, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Bank of America, Ontario Canada, Touchpoint Capital Partners
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerAzureBackdropBootstrapDigicertFont Awesome

Funding & investor landscape

$1.6Btotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
23disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Spectra Investments3 rounds
Arkfund2 rounds
Clocktower Ventures2 rounds
G2 Momentum Capital2 rounds
HSBC2 rounds
Kaszek2 rounds
QED Investors2 rounds
Wollef2 rounds
Y Combinator2 rounds
30N Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Francisco Javier Orozco
CEO · Crabi
Fernando Gómez Arriola
Founder · Nexu
Leonardo Cortina
Founder & Ceo · miituo
Guillermo Vera
CEO · Metalsa
Bernardo Prum
Co-Founder · Coru
Miguel Ivan Hernandez Arias
Co-Founder · Coru
Damian Overbosch
Co-Founder & CEO · Carmatch
Marisol Sanchez Navarrete
Co-Founder · Clupp
Omar Said Lopez Tronco
Co-Founder & CEO · Clupp
Rene Lankenau
Co-Founder · TipiTop
Alejandro Bremer
Founder & CEO · TipiTop
Armando Tamez
Chief Executive Officer · Nemak
Prism market signals · Mexico · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,251,866 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Mexico

How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Mexico

A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,637 Mexico-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202320252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 52% → 52% across 2023–2026.
top research entities
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México145
  • Universidad de Guadalajara65
  • Northeastern University64
  • Universidad Veracruzana56
  • Universidad de Guanajuato49
leading researchers
Universidad de Guadalajara · Wei Liu · Ge Guo · Zuotao Ning · Shuai Cheng · Miguel Ángel Lammoglia-Villagómez · Muhammet Deveci · Jing Zhao
▲ Breakthroughs64 · 4%
▲ 0%→4% share
0 median citations97% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→4% of field), led by Trajectory.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Trajectory10
  • Context (archaeology)9
  • Control theory (sociology)8
  • Robustness (evolution)6
  • Reinforcement learning5
Newly emergingTrajectory 0→10 · Control theory (sociology) 0→8 · Context (archaeology) 0→8
Landmark Adaptive Resilient Event-Triggered Control Design of Autonomous Vehicles With an Iterative Single Critic Learning Framew · 191 cites
◆ Advancements258 · 16%
▲ 0%→15% share
0 median citations97% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→15% of field), led by Humanities.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Humanities72
  • Philosophy32
  • Context (archaeology)20
  • Control theory (sociology)12
  • Path (computing)7
Newly emergingHumanities 0→71 · Philosophy 0→32 · Context (archaeology) 0→20
Landmark A Robust Vehicle Localization Approach Based on GNSS/IMU/DMI/LiDAR Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Vehicles · 122 cites
▼ Concerns687 · 42%
▲ 0%→42% share
0 median citations99% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→42% of field), led by Humanities.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Humanities1→314
  • Philosophy1→148
  • Quality (philosophy)1→8
  • Latin Americans1→7
Newly emergingContext (archaeology) 0→126 · Persona 0→45 · Order (exchange) 0→26
Landmark El devenir feminista de la acción colectiva. Las multitudes conectadas y la nueva ola transnacional contra las violencia · 50 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Mexico

Where autonomous vehicles is researched across Mexico

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Mexico City335 · -0.02
Hot · HumanitiesOpportunity · PopulationConcern · Philosophy
Xalapa107 · -0.03
Hot · ForestryAdvancing · HumanitiesOpportunity · Milk productionConcern · Philosophy
Puebla City88 · -0.06
Hot · HumanitiesOpportunity · PersonaConcern · Philosophy
Guadalajara80 · -0.10
Hot · HumanitiesOpportunity · PersonaConcern · Philosophy
Guanajuato City56 · -0.04
Hot · LineaOpportunity · PhilosophyConcern · Humanities
Monterrey52 · +0.06
Hot · PersonaOpportunity · PhilosophyConcern · Humanities
Toluca51 · -0.01
Hot · Order (exchange)Opportunity · PhilosophyConcern · Humanities
San Nicolás de los Garza44 · -0.10
Hot · HumanitiesOpportunity · PhilosophyConcern · Persona
San Luis Potosí City37 · -0.05
Hot · HumanitiesOpportunity · Power (physics)Concern · Philosophy
Cuernavaca21 · +0.06
Hot · HumanitiesOpportunity · Philosophy

Common questions

How many Auto companies are there in Mexico?
Radar tracks 77 indexable Auto companies headquartered in Mexico that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Auto companies in Mexico?
The Auto companies in Mexico on this list have raised a combined $1.6B in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Auto company in Mexico?
Kavak is the highest-funded Auto company in Mexico, with $1.4B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Auto companies in Mexico are funded?
11 of the 77 Auto companies in Mexico on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Auto unicorns are there in Mexico?
1 Auto company in Mexico on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Mexico Auto companies?
The most active investors in Mexico Auto companies on this list include Spectra Investments, Arkfund, Clocktower Ventures, G2 Momentum Capital, HSBC.
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