Octane
Leasing, Auto & Equipment Finance
$129.6Mtotal raised · 10 rounds on record
11open roles
$148kmedian advertised pay
$57.2Mlatest round · Venture round · Nov 2025 · 12 mo ago
Overview
Octane Lending is a leading provider of financing solutions for automotive dealerships. We help dealerships increase their sales, improve their customer experience, and grow their business. Our solutions are designed to meet the unique needs of each customer, and we are committed to providing excellent customer service.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 11 open roles at Octane. Octane is headquartered in Irving, United States. It was founded in 2014. It has raised $129.6M in 10 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $57.2M, announced in 2025. The median pay stated in its open roles is $135k, across 6 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 11Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Irving, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2014Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 200+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $129.6MSum of 10 equity rounds Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $57.2M · Nov 3, 2025SEC Form D filing · sec.gov
- Median advertised pay
- $135kPay stated in 6 open postings
- Visa sponsorship, United States
- 6 ▼ 33% · H-1B filings in 12 monthsUS Department of Labor · latest filing May 29, 2026
- Technologies in its job postings
- 47Named in its job postings
Official records
Funding and backers
Total raised
$129.6M
10 rounds on record
Latest round
$57.2M
Venture round · Nov 2025 · 12 mo ago
Team
9
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -36% in a year
Hiring now
11
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
Interplay, Contour Venture Partners
The money's age
Due for its next round
12 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
33/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
2025
Team shrank to 9 was 14 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Nov 3, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $57.2M · SEC Form D
Sep 9, 2025
Board appointment Reuben Kobulnik, Director · SEC Form D
Aug 29, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $24.5M · SEC Form D
Mar 21, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $7.2M · SEC Form D
May 30, 2018
New executive Sean Fernandez-Ledon, Executive Officer · SEC Form D
May 14, 2018
Raised a round Venture round $13.4M · SEC Form D
Dec 26, 2017
Board appointment James Fitzgerald, Director · SEC Form D
Dec 19, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $48k · SEC Form D
Apr 10, 2017
New executive Andr Gregori, Executive Officer, Director · SEC Form D
Apr 6, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $325k · SEC Form D
Mar 27, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $15.1M · SEC Form D
Jan 19, 2017
Board appointment Roger Ehremberg, Director · SEC Form D
Jan 9, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $4.1M · SEC Form D
Sep 30, 2016
Raised a round Venture round $969k · SEC Form D
Sep 30, 2016
Raised a round Venture round $6.7M · SEC Form D
2014
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 3%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2025 | $57.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Aug 2025 | $24.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2019 | $7.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2018 | $13.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Dec 2017 | $48k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2017 | $325k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2017 | $15.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jan 2017 | $4.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2016 | $6.7M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2016 | $969k | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Octane Lending, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Ray DugginsExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Andre GregoriExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Mark GarroExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Michael FanfantDirectorSEC Form D
Jason GussExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Mark DavidsonExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Jobs
$105k – $135k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
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$105k – $135k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
C#
Node JS
Django
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Db2
Oracle
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
Azure DevOps
Azure
Git
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$130k – $170k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Irving · New York
Python
JavaScript
C#
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
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≈ $40k – $83k per year (Estimated) · In office · 2+ years exp · High School Diploma · Irving
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$148k
Typical range
$90k – $170k
Open positions
6
6
Jobs
Junior
16.7%
Middle
50%
Senior
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $90k | $90k |
| Middle | 3 | $135k | $135k – $160k |
| Senior | 2 | $170k | $170k |
Highest paying role
Senior Software Engineer - Core Products
$170k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Octane
By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
6 ▼ 33%
H-1B filings in 12 months
3
Green card filings
$149k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
1
Project management specialists
1
Financial risk specialists
1
In the register as Octane Lending, Inc., New York, NY (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
Capital One 1,584 filings
Ford Motor Company 837 filingsPenske Truck Leasing 71 filings
Carvana 24 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 29, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
86/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
11
5 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
53 days
faster than 25% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+1100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
33% ▼
Finance
17% ▲
Sales
17% ▲
Operations
17% ▼
Analytics
8% ▲
Management
8% ▲
Activity Timeline
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Added Docker to stack
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Added Bitbucket to stack
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Added Azure DevOps to stack
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Added Microsoft Office to stack
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Added Microsoft Excel to stack
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Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$129.6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
10
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $57.2M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $24.5M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | $7.2M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2018 | $13.4M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | $48k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | $325k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | $15.1M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | $4.1M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2016 | $6.7M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2016 | $969k | Details |
People
Ray Duggins
Executive Officer
Andre Gregori
Executive Officer
Mark Garro
Executive Officer
Michael Fanfant
Director
Jason Guss
Executive Officer, Director
Mark Davidson
Executive Officer
Andr Gregori
Executive Officer, Director
Sean Fernandez-Ledon
Executive Officer
Steven Fernald
Executive Officer, Director
Maria Aveledo
Executive Officer
Mark Molnar
Executive Officer
Murali Vajjiravel
Executive Officer
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Octane over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
47
Postings analysed
14
Stack modernity
73/100
Languages
Python86%
SQL64%
JavaScript36%
C#29%
Frameworks & libraries
Django43%
React.js29%
Databases
PostgreSQL43%
MySQL21%
Amazon Aurora14%
Db214%
Cloud & platforms
AWS43%
Kubernetes36%
Azure36%
GitHub29%
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Shared investors
Valar VenturesVia a fund
Contour Venture PartnersVia a fund
InterplayVia a fund
FundersClubVia a fund
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Irving
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Irving
United States
HQ
Irving Ops and Servicing Center
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 25% remote 200-500 est. staff $170k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Backend, Finance
New York
United States
New York HQ
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 33% remote 50-200 est. staff $140k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Analytics, Finance
Denver
United States
Regional office
Denver
Irvine
United States
Regional office
Irvine Editorial & Media Center
Houston
United States
Engineering / R&D
Houston Engineering Center
Knoxville
United States
Regional office
Knoxville
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