Founder · Ather Energy

Swapnil Jain

Co-founder & CTO of Ather Energy, an electric two-wheelers company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founder · CTOBengaluruElectric Two-Wheelers
Founded
2013
Bengaluru, India
Raised to date
$775.3M
10 rounds on record
Latest round
IPO
$308.3M · May 2025

About

Swapnil Jain is Co-founder & CTO of Ather Energy, an electric two-wheelers company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2013. Ather Energy's most recent disclosed round was an IPO of $308.3M in May 2025.

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Company

Est. 2013
Ather Energy
Electric Two-Wheelers · Bengaluru · Active

Ather Energy designs and manufactures electric two-wheelers in India, including the 450 series and the Rizta family, alongside the AtherStack software platform and the Ather Grid public charging network. It listed on the NSE and BSE in May 2025.

Funding
2025-05IPO$308.3MPublic issue (NSE, BSE)
2024-09Pre-IPO Round$71MNIIF
2024-05Venture Debt & Equity$34MStride Ventures, founders
2023-09Series E-III (rights issue)$108MHero MotoCorp, GIC
Company profile →10 rounds on record

Journey with Ather Energy

7 milestones
  1. 2013Founded

    Founded in Bengaluru by Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain to build electric two-wheelers.

  2. May 2019Milestone

    Series C round reported to value the company at about $400 million, per a person familiar with the matter. The figure was not disclosed by the company.

  3. Nov 2020Milestone

    Series D priced as a down round, a haircut of over 10% to the previous valuation, per regulatory filings.

  4. Sep 2024Milestone

    Crosses $1 billion valuation on a $71 million round led by NIIF, reported at $1.3 billion.

  5. May 2025Milestone

    Lists at a valuation of roughly ₹12,000 crore following the IPO.

  6. 6 May 2025Milestone

    Lists on the NSE and BSE at ₹328 per share.

  7. Nov 2025Milestone

    Market capitalisation reaches about ₹24,800 crore as Tiger Global exits its entire 5.09% holding for ₹1,204 crore.

Also building Ather Energy

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Quick answers

Who is Swapnil Jain?

Swapnil Jain is a Co-founder & CTO of Ather Energy, an electric two-wheelers company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2013.

Who founded Ather Energy?

Ather Energy's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain.

How much funding has Ather Energy raised?

Ather Energy has raised $775.3M across 10 disclosed rounds on record. The latest was an IPO of $308.3M in May 2025, with Public issue (NSE, BSE).

Where is Ather Energy based?

Ather Energy is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

What has StartupFox reported about Swapnil Jain?

StartupFox has published 1 story naming Swapnil Jain; the most recent is “Ather Energy Reports ₹1,217 Crore Revenue in Q1 FY27 as Net Loss Narrows 71% to ₹51 Crore”.

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