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Robotics Startups

Updated August 2026

Companies in the robotics sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,350 recently funded robotics companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,350
Total Funding
$108.3M
Avg Funding
$4.3M
Global Reach
6
countries

Top Cities for Robotics

Wilmington
Sunnyvale
Tokyo
Melbourne
Marietta
Boston

Recently Funded Companies

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Wilmington, United States

modular platform for managing high-end mobile AI data centers

$250K raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sunnyvale, United States

Blendid is an autonomous robotic food kiosk that builds robotic and AI-enabled food automation solutions.

$2.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

ROMS is a technology company that provides planning, design, development, and sales of software, robotics, and automation systems.

$8.8M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Melbourne, Australia

Nexobot is a robotics company that develops robotic sorting solutions for warehouses and logistics companies.

$267K raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Marietta, United States

Rotoye is a multirotor and avionics technology developer and researcher.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

Ori is a smart space company that designs multi-functional, robotic-powered interior solutions.

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

St. Petersburg, United States

5x5 provides AI-powered data analytics to owners and operators of critical infrastructure.

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Middletown, United States

A.ID is an identity and compliance platform with a focus on high-risk clients.

$500K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bolingbrook, United States

Gideon solves warehouse automation problems with physical AI-powered autonomous mobile robots.

Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Round Rock, United States

Roboligent offers a robot that provides automated physical therapy exercises for patients.

Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hamburg, Germany

Evitado Technologies focuses on automating airport operations by building an automation platform.

Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Pittsburgh, United States

CapSen Robotics provides software to identify, scan, and track the 3D positions and orientations of specific objects in cluttered scenes.

Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Saint James, United States

Mechanismic provides after-school and camp programs, curricula, and tutorials for children using a robotics product.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bucharest, Romania

Tailent(ex-MissionCritical) the opportunity to “recruit” a digital workforce of reusable software robots, alongside their human resources.

Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Campbell, United States

Summer Robotics is a machine vision company that builds robotic perception software for the industrial manufacturing and mobility markets.

Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

InOrbit is a cloud-based robot management platform to help robotics developers and operators scale their robot fleets.

Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Diego, United States

Ocean Aero is an autonomous underwater and surface vehicle (AUSV) driven by wind and solar energy.

$4.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Pittsburgh, United States

EKTO VR develops wearable robotic boots that allow for locomotion in virtual reality environments.

$50K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chattanooga, United States

Branch Technology combines novel 3D printing technology, conventional construction materials, & large-scale robotics.

Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Fremont, United States

Everestlabs.AI develops an AI-based robotics technology to recover valuable recyclables.

$16.1M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Auckland, New Zealand

Rocos enables robotics companies to connect, monitor and control their robot fleets - globally

$18K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

La Crescenta, United States

W8less offers intelligent motion solutions to enable accurate and reliable positioning for the internet of moving things.

$500K raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Mateo, United States

Mendaera is a healthcare technology company that focuses on leveraging robotics, AI, and imaging to enhance patient care.

$73.0M raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

München, Germany

navel robotics brings empathy to robotics. Robot-as-a-Service - robotic beeings you want to be with for social care.

$754K raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Antonio, United States

Renu Robotics develops autonomous electric vehicles with monitoring through mission control, operating under a software subscription model

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Robotics Startup Ecosystem

Robotics companies are developing autonomous systems for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, agriculture, and consumer applications. The sector combines hardware engineering, artificial intelligence, and software to build machines that can perform tasks in physical environments.

Funding Trends in Robotics

Robotics companies typically require significant capital for hardware development, manufacturing, and deployment. Seed rounds fund prototyping and initial testing, while Series A and B rounds support production scaling and market expansion. The sector has attracted increasing interest from industrial and logistics investors.

Growth Outlook

The robotics sector is benefiting from advances in AI, computer vision, and sensor technology that make robots more capable and cost-effective. Warehouse automation, surgical robotics, agricultural robots, and autonomous vehicles represent high-growth sub-sectors.

Robotics Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,350 robotics companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$4.3M
Total Funding Tracked
$108.3M
Countries Represented
6

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Robotics

1.Pittsburgh
2 companies$50K
2.Wilmington
1 companies$250K
3.Sunnyvale
1 companies$2.0M
4.Tokyo
1 companies$8.8M
5.Melbourne
1 companies$267K

Related Industries

Companies in the robotics sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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