- Leading dealer-to-dealer online auction company ACV Auctions announced it raised $150 million in Series E round of funding at a $1.5 billion valuation
ACV Auctions — a leading dealer-to-dealer online auction company — announced it raised $150 million in Series E funding led by Wellington Management Company and Fidelity Management & Research Co. And it also included existing investors such as Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Tribeca Venture Partners. This round of funding was at a $1.5 billion valuation.
ACV Auctions is known as being the most trusted way for dealers to buy and sell used vehicles. And ACV provides franchise and used-car dealerships a more effective and transparent way of buying and selling wholesale vehicles through 20-minute auctions. And its technology modernizes the entire arc of auction operations, providing third-party inspections, account management, title, and payment processing, arbitration management, and transportation.
“This round of funding enables us to continue significant investments in our mission to be the most trusted and transparent way for dealers to buy and sell used vehicles,” said ACV Auctions CEO George Chamoun. “Over the past four years, we have listened to what dealers need to fulfill their objectives and our marketplace addresses key areas in the overall customer experience, such as delivering consumer live appraisals, offering instant liquidity of wholesale inventory, providing a trusted source to purchase inventory and transporting vehicles quickly.”
This funding round will fuel ACV Auctions’ investment in technology and data-driven solutions that will help dealerships source and sell used vehicles. And the ACV Vehicle Condition Inspection and Report has become the gold-standard for the automotive industry.
ACV’s patent-pending products include Virtual Lift, an imaging tool that captures the undercarriage of vehicles, solving an industry blind spot. And its Audio Motor Profile (AMP) tool captures a clear audio clip of the vehicle’s running engine to expose its true condition. Plus it also includes the recently launched Advanced Filters and Run List, which gives dealers the ability to better search for and evaluate in advance vehicles that best fit their needs.”
This funding round will be used to expand the company’s footprint across North America and grow the ACV Auctions’ team, which currently stands at 1,000-plus employees. Currently, ACV Auctions now offers services in 140 territories across the country and has over 400 full-time Vehicle Condition Inspectors. And vehicles listed on ACV Auctions are accompanied by comprehensive reports to provide unparalleled insight into each vehicle’s condition.
Each condition report is written by an ACV Auctions-trained inspector using patent-pending and proprietary tools to deliver an objective yet thorough view of the vehicle. And the ACV Auctions marketplace delivers the most robust and reliable reports of each vehicle, going above and beyond paint meter readings and fluid levels.
