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Stark Future
Stark Future is a Swedish-founded, Barcelona-based manufacturer of high-performance electric motorcycles, best known for the Stark VARG electric motocross bike and the road-legal VARG EX and SM models. It designs and builds its own powertrain, battery packs and software in-house at its Sant Boi de Llobregat HQ, and has raised over €100M in equity plus €55M+ in EIB debt and a €20M Santander facility. A Series A was recorded in 2024, followed by further equity rounds in 2025 including a €25M close and a strategic ~€50M investment from Eicher Motors for roughly a 10% stake; it also reported record growth and profitability in January 2026.
SectorsElectric Vehicles, Mobility, Manufacturing, Hardware, Consumer
Start-up MapMobility & Logistics › Vehicle & fleet manufacturing
Founders
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Anton Wass
Co-Founder & CEO
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Paul Soucy
Co-Founder & CTO
Global models 5
OOla Electric
India · www.olaelectric.com ↗
Builds its own electric two-wheelers, battery packs and software in-house and sells them straight to riders, like Stark does with performance e-motorcycles.
$1.2BComparable
GGogoro
Taiwan · www.gogoro.com ↗
Designs and makes its own electric two-wheelers and powertrains, with batteries as a core in-house technology, much as Stark does.
$480MComparable
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Ather Energy
India · www.atherenergy.com ↗
A vertically integrated maker of premium electric two-wheelers that builds its own battery packs, electronics and software, like Stark.
$450MComparable
ZZero Motorcycles
United States · www.zeromotorcycles.com ↗
The closest Western peer: it designs and builds high-performance electric motorcycles, including off-road models, with its own powertrain, and sells through dealers worldwide.
$300MComparable
UUltraviolette
India · www.ultraviolette.com ↗
Makes high-performance electric motorcycles with its own battery, motor control and software, aimed at enthusiasts, which mirrors Stark's product strategy.
$145MComparable
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Investors 5
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EEuropean Investment Bank
www.eib.org
BBanco Santander
www.santander.com
BBig Bets
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Eicher Motors
KKichi Invest
Funding rounds 5
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | No stage disclosed | €25M | Lead not disclosed |
| 2025-09-02 | No stage disclosed | €17M | Lead not disclosed |
| 2024-09-16 | Venture Debt | €40M | European Investment Bank |
| 2024-04 | Venture Debt | €25M | Big Bets |
| 2022-12-29 | No stage disclosed | €50M | Eicher Motors |