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Robotics Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the robotics sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,388 recently funded robotics companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,388
Total Funding
$518.0M
Avg Funding
$20.7M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Robotics

Kitchener
Tokyo
College Park
Barcelona
Cambridge
London

Recently Funded Companies

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Kitchener, Canada

Avidbots designs, manufactures, sells and supports autonomous connected robots that expand human potential.

Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

WHILL is a mobility company that specializes in developing and manufacturing intelligent personal electric vehicles.

$45.0M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

College Park, United States

Inception Robotics offers robot autonomy solutions.

$1.9M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Barcelona, Spain

CUBIQ FOODS is a ealthy cell-based fats company.

$5.8M raised
May 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Cambridge, United States

RGo Robotics is a robotics company that enables mobile robots to understand complex surroundings and operate autonomously.

$15.0M raised
May 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Developing precision farming robots, enabling farmers to bridge the gap between today's farming to the autonomous farm of the future.

$216K raised
May 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Redwood City, United States

Rokid develops AR glasses that support learning, workplace tasks, and entertainment through digital overlays and interactive features.

$4.0M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Nashville, United States

Virtuoso Surgical specializes in developing endoscopic robotic tools for minimally invasive surgery.

$2.9M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

Rapyuta Robotics specializes in developing cloud-connected multi-robot systems for logistics warehouses.

May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Auckland, New Zealand

PowerON is a dielectric elastomer and switch technology to produce soft flexible switches, actuators, and logic devices for robotics.

May 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Golden, United States

Lunar Outpost develops space robotics and mobility systems focused on enabling sustained exploration and infrastructure on the Moon.

$32.1M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

Nuro is a robotics company specializing in the development of autonomous driving technologies.

May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tudela, Spain

Intelligent Robotics for Human Mobility

$1.2M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

Kodiak Robotics is an autonomous vehicle company developing self-driving solutions for long-haul trucking to enhance safety and efficiency.

$100.0M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Antonio, United States

Darkhive develops autonomous robotics systems focused on small unmanned aircraft used for defense and public safety applications.

$30.0M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

Persona AI is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions.

$27.0M raised
May 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

DroneShield is the global leader in AI-based Multi-mission Counter-UxS solutions for Defense and Public Safety organizations.

$75.8M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Fremont, United States

Neuralink is a neurotechnology company that focuses on developing brain-computer interfaces designed to treat neurological disorders.

May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Trilobio develops an automated laboratory platform that combines robotics, software, and tools to execute biological experiments.

$8.0M raised
May 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Winterthur, Switzerland

Cytronic AG is the brand for compact and user-friendly linear drives and the market leader with the worldwide unique electric cylinder.

May 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

WaiV Robotics creates autonomous maritime infrastructure for dependable VTOL drone operations at sea.

$7.5M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Philadelphia, United States

Cabaletta Bio has adapted clinically-validated and FDA-approved CAR T cell technology to target B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.

$150.0M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Sphaira creates the world's first on-site autonomous mobility solution for people and goods (TaaS).

May 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Zug, Switzerland

Klepsydra offers software products for high performance data processing and AI at the edge

$1.2M raised
May 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Antwerp, Belgium

Unifly is a provider of an Unmanned Traffic Management platform allowing the safe integration of drones into the airspace.

$10.5M raised
May 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 1,388 robotics companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$20.7M
Total Funding Tracked
$518.0M
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Robotics

1.Tokyo
2 companies$45.0M
2.London
2 companies$7.7M
3.Mountain View
2 companies$100.0M
4.Kitchener
1 companiesUndisclosed
5.College Park
1 companies$1.9M

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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