Simbe Robotics
Series C in 2024
Simbe Robotics, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company established in 2014 that specializes in developing and manufacturing autonomous robotic solutions for the retail sector. Its flagship product, Tally, automates the labor-intensive process of shelf auditing by navigating store aisles to assess inventory levels. Tally identifies out-of-stock items, low stock items, misplaced products, and pricing discrepancies, providing valuable data to store staff. The robot operates safely alongside customers and employees during regular store hours, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and accuracy in retail environments.
Bright Machines
Series C in 2024
Bright Machines, Inc. is a manufacturing company that specializes in robotic arms and cells for micro factories, focusing on the assembly and inspection of products. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, China, and Mexico, the company combines robotics and advanced software to enhance manufacturing processes. Its software-defined manufacturing platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create adaptable, sensor-rich robots with computer vision capabilities. This innovative approach aims to reduce reliance on manual labor and help businesses meet the increasing demands of modern manufacturing, ultimately improving yields while lowering costs.
Voxel
Venture Round in 2023
Voxel develops a site intelligence platform powered by full-stack AI and computer vision to improve workplace safety and operational efficiency. The platform provides real-time visibility into safety practices such as vehicle safety, personal protective equipment, ergonomics, and area controls, and delivers actionable insights and data-driven analytics to support safer, more productive operations. It helps safety and operations leaders see unseen risks, prevent incidents, and make informed decisions across industries. The company serves Fortune 500 customers across grocery and retail, manufacturing, and food and beverage warehousing and logistics services, and is based in San Francisco with a globally distributed team.
Simbe Robotics
Series B in 2023
Simbe Robotics, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company established in 2014 that specializes in developing and manufacturing autonomous robotic solutions for the retail sector. Its flagship product, Tally, automates the labor-intensive process of shelf auditing by navigating store aisles to assess inventory levels. Tally identifies out-of-stock items, low stock items, misplaced products, and pricing discrepancies, providing valuable data to store staff. The robot operates safely alongside customers and employees during regular store hours, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and accuracy in retail environments.
Fulfil Solutions
Series B in 2023
Fulfil Solutions is a developer of advanced robotic automation technology aimed at transforming the online grocery sector. The company specializes in creating a fully automated fulfillment system designed to enhance profitability while addressing food supply chain challenges. By integrating mechanical design, software, robotics, computer vision, and deep learning, Fulfil Solutions offers solutions that streamline picking, packing, and inventory control across various product categories and temperature zones. Their innovative technology seeks to reduce waste, minimize environmental impact, and lower emissions, enabling companies to automate their supply chain processes effectively within a compact operational footprint. Through these advancements, Fulfil Solutions supports sustainable and customer-centric online grocery operations at scale.
Bright Machines
Debt Financing in 2022
Bright Machines, Inc. is a manufacturing company that specializes in robotic arms and cells for micro factories, focusing on the assembly and inspection of products. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, China, and Mexico, the company combines robotics and advanced software to enhance manufacturing processes. Its software-defined manufacturing platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create adaptable, sensor-rich robots with computer vision capabilities. This innovative approach aims to reduce reliance on manual labor and help businesses meet the increasing demands of modern manufacturing, ultimately improving yields while lowering costs.
Foxglove is a specialized platform designed to facilitate the development of robotics by providing tools for visual debugging and building reliable autonomous systems. The platform features interactive visualizations that enhance the understanding of data through overlays of bounding boxes and classification labels. It supports various data sources, connecting directly to a running Robot Operating System (ROS) environment for real-time inspection and analysis of pre-recorded data. Additionally, Foxglove enables teams to collaborate efficiently by allowing users to share layouts and inspect sensor inputs, including images, point clouds, and time-series data. This comprehensive approach aims to accelerate the robotics development process and improve the reliability of autonomous technologies.
ForSight Robotics
Series A in 2022
ForSight Robotics is an Israeli company developing a robotic platform for ophthalmic surgery that combines robotic microsurgical technology, visualization, and cognitive computing to automate procedures in ophthalmology. Founded in 2020 and based in Yoqneam Illit, it aims to enhance the precision and efficiency of eye surgeries by providing real-time imaging and automated instruments to improve patient outcomes and streamline surgical workflows.
Voxel develops a site intelligence platform powered by full-stack AI and computer vision to improve workplace safety and operational efficiency. The platform provides real-time visibility into safety practices such as vehicle safety, personal protective equipment, ergonomics, and area controls, and delivers actionable insights and data-driven analytics to support safer, more productive operations. It helps safety and operations leaders see unseen risks, prevent incidents, and make informed decisions across industries. The company serves Fortune 500 customers across grocery and retail, manufacturing, and food and beverage warehousing and logistics services, and is based in San Francisco with a globally distributed team.
Bright Machines
Venture Round in 2022
Bright Machines, Inc. is a manufacturing company that specializes in robotic arms and cells for micro factories, focusing on the assembly and inspection of products. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, China, and Mexico, the company combines robotics and advanced software to enhance manufacturing processes. Its software-defined manufacturing platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create adaptable, sensor-rich robots with computer vision capabilities. This innovative approach aims to reduce reliance on manual labor and help businesses meet the increasing demands of modern manufacturing, ultimately improving yields while lowering costs.
Hosta Labs
Series A in 2021
Hosta Labs Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in transforming pictures and videos of living spaces into a 3-D model-powered home management platform. Founded in 2018, the company aims to simplify the home renovation process by automating the analysis of interior structures. Hosta Labs provides valuable insights for property insurance carriers, offering an in-depth view of accurate replacement values and risks during the underwriting process, as well as assessing raw material quantities and mitigation measures in claims. This innovative approach enhances efficiency and accuracy in home management and insurance assessments.
Hosta AI offers an innovative property assessment solution that uses artificial intelligence to analyze images of interior structures. It converts these images into detailed lists of conditions, measurements, materials, and technical drawings, empowering insurers, lenders, and maintenance managers to make informed decisions about their real estate.
Third Wave Automation
Series B in 2021
Founded in 2018, Third Wave Automation develops autonomous forklifts using machine learning, computer vision, and robotic material handling. Its Shared Autonomy Platform enables human operators to oversee operations while intervening only when needed, enhancing safety and efficiency.
ForSight Robotics
Seed Round in 2021
ForSight Robotics is an Israeli company developing a robotic platform for ophthalmic surgery that combines robotic microsurgical technology, visualization, and cognitive computing to automate procedures in ophthalmology. Founded in 2020 and based in Yoqneam Illit, it aims to enhance the precision and efficiency of eye surgeries by providing real-time imaging and automated instruments to improve patient outcomes and streamline surgical workflows.
Hosta Labs
Seed Round in 2021
Hosta Labs Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in transforming pictures and videos of living spaces into a 3-D model-powered home management platform. Founded in 2018, the company aims to simplify the home renovation process by automating the analysis of interior structures. Hosta Labs provides valuable insights for property insurance carriers, offering an in-depth view of accurate replacement values and risks during the underwriting process, as well as assessing raw material quantities and mitigation measures in claims. This innovative approach enhances efficiency and accuracy in home management and insurance assessments.
Third Wave Automation
Series A in 2020
Founded in 2018, Third Wave Automation develops autonomous forklifts using machine learning, computer vision, and robotic material handling. Its Shared Autonomy Platform enables human operators to oversee operations while intervening only when needed, enhancing safety and efficiency.
Kindred AI
Series C in 2019
Kindred's mission is to build machines with human-like intelligence. Since its founding in 2014, Kindred has been exploring and engineering systems that enable robots to interact with the physical world, fulfilling the goal of bringing humans and intelligent machines together to solve real-world problems.
Kindred has built an AI platform that integrates vision, grasping and placement to create autonomous solutions for complex commercial problems. With increased labor complexities in e-commerce fulfillment centers, Kindred developed a flagship product, SORT, to help retailers stay competitive. Kindred smart piece-picking SORT robots tackle a labor intensive part of the supply chain, which is Putwall Sortation, completing the manual task to pick and place items into separate customer orders.
Kindred robots are currently in commercial use at e-commerce leaders including Gap, Inc., Carter’s and other global retailers. The Kindred SORT robots work alongside warehouse staff to quickly and accurately sort items into individual customer orders.
Kindred has offices in San Francisco & Toronto.
Fulfil Solutions
Series A in 2019
Fulfil Solutions is a developer of advanced robotic automation technology aimed at transforming the online grocery sector. The company specializes in creating a fully automated fulfillment system designed to enhance profitability while addressing food supply chain challenges. By integrating mechanical design, software, robotics, computer vision, and deep learning, Fulfil Solutions offers solutions that streamline picking, packing, and inventory control across various product categories and temperature zones. Their innovative technology seeks to reduce waste, minimize environmental impact, and lower emissions, enabling companies to automate their supply chain processes effectively within a compact operational footprint. Through these advancements, Fulfil Solutions supports sustainable and customer-centric online grocery operations at scale.
Bright Machines
Series A in 2018
Bright Machines, Inc. is a manufacturing company that specializes in robotic arms and cells for micro factories, focusing on the assembly and inspection of products. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, China, and Mexico, the company combines robotics and advanced software to enhance manufacturing processes. Its software-defined manufacturing platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create adaptable, sensor-rich robots with computer vision capabilities. This innovative approach aims to reduce reliance on manual labor and help businesses meet the increasing demands of modern manufacturing, ultimately improving yields while lowering costs.
Third Wave Automation
Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2018, Third Wave Automation develops autonomous forklifts using machine learning, computer vision, and robotic material handling. Its Shared Autonomy Platform enables human operators to oversee operations while intervening only when needed, enhancing safety and efficiency.
Kindred AI
Series B in 2017
Kindred's mission is to build machines with human-like intelligence. Since its founding in 2014, Kindred has been exploring and engineering systems that enable robots to interact with the physical world, fulfilling the goal of bringing humans and intelligent machines together to solve real-world problems.
Kindred has built an AI platform that integrates vision, grasping and placement to create autonomous solutions for complex commercial problems. With increased labor complexities in e-commerce fulfillment centers, Kindred developed a flagship product, SORT, to help retailers stay competitive. Kindred smart piece-picking SORT robots tackle a labor intensive part of the supply chain, which is Putwall Sortation, completing the manual task to pick and place items into separate customer orders.
Kindred robots are currently in commercial use at e-commerce leaders including Gap, Inc., Carter’s and other global retailers. The Kindred SORT robots work alongside warehouse staff to quickly and accurately sort items into individual customer orders.
Kindred has offices in San Francisco & Toronto.
Lighthouse
Venture Round in 2017
Lighthouse AI reinvents the home camera and makes intelligence readily available and helpful. These address common issues with today's internet-based cameras, such as false alerts caused by shadows and pets and scrubbing through video.
Mavrx is a company that specializes in precision agriculture by utilizing satellite and high-resolution crop imagery to support the agriculture inputs supply chain, input manufacturers, and large farms. Its award-winning platform and mobile tool, Mavrx Scout, serve agriculture professionals worldwide across more than 30 crop types, including corn, soybeans, cotton, and sugarcane. The company employs advanced computer vision, data compression, and machine learning algorithms to identify various agricultural issues such as weeds, uneven crop emergence, nutrient deficiencies, and pest infestations. By offering actionable insights based on the collected data, Mavrx enables farmers to address problems promptly, ultimately helping them reduce costs and enhance crop yields. Furthermore, Mavrx employs a network of planes and unmanned aerial vehicles to gather and analyze imagery, thus providing comprehensive support to the global agriculture industry.
Mavrx is a company that specializes in precision agriculture by utilizing satellite and high-resolution crop imagery to support the agriculture inputs supply chain, input manufacturers, and large farms. Its award-winning platform and mobile tool, Mavrx Scout, serve agriculture professionals worldwide across more than 30 crop types, including corn, soybeans, cotton, and sugarcane. The company employs advanced computer vision, data compression, and machine learning algorithms to identify various agricultural issues such as weeds, uneven crop emergence, nutrient deficiencies, and pest infestations. By offering actionable insights based on the collected data, Mavrx enables farmers to address problems promptly, ultimately helping them reduce costs and enhance crop yields. Furthermore, Mavrx employs a network of planes and unmanned aerial vehicles to gather and analyze imagery, thus providing comprehensive support to the global agriculture industry.
Kindred AI
Series A in 2015
Kindred's mission is to build machines with human-like intelligence. Since its founding in 2014, Kindred has been exploring and engineering systems that enable robots to interact with the physical world, fulfilling the goal of bringing humans and intelligent machines together to solve real-world problems.
Kindred has built an AI platform that integrates vision, grasping and placement to create autonomous solutions for complex commercial problems. With increased labor complexities in e-commerce fulfillment centers, Kindred developed a flagship product, SORT, to help retailers stay competitive. Kindred smart piece-picking SORT robots tackle a labor intensive part of the supply chain, which is Putwall Sortation, completing the manual task to pick and place items into separate customer orders.
Kindred robots are currently in commercial use at e-commerce leaders including Gap, Inc., Carter’s and other global retailers. The Kindred SORT robots work alongside warehouse staff to quickly and accurately sort items into individual customer orders.
Kindred has offices in San Francisco & Toronto.
Light Labs Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, specializes in advancing photography through innovative technology. The company's flagship product, the Light L16 Camera, is a multi-aperture computational camera designed to deliver DSLR-quality images in a compact, pocket-sized format. By employing multiple lenses and sophisticated computational algorithms, the L16 captures high-definition photographs that combine the perspectives from several apertures simultaneously. This technology allows users to obtain a 52-megapixel image with exceptional detail and clarity, making high-quality photography more accessible to everyday users. Light's commitment to pushing the boundaries of camera technology aims to revolutionize the way individuals capture and experience photography.
Kinema Systems
Seed Round in 2015
Kinema Systems Inc. is a robotics company based in Silicon Valley, specializing in advanced robotic manipulation applications. As a subsidiary of Boston Dynamics Inc., Kinema Systems focuses on developing innovative solutions for logistics and manufacturing. Its flagship product, Kinema Pick, is a pioneering software solution for robotic depalletizing that is both self-training and self-calibrating. This technology is designed to efficiently handle a variety of pallet types, including multi-SKU, single SKU, and random pallets, providing businesses with an integrated solution for pick-and-place logistics. By leveraging deep learning and 3D vision, Kinema Systems aims to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of automated handling processes in various industrial settings.
Mantis Vision
Series D in 2015
Mantis Vision Ltd. is a technology company specializing in 3D content creation tools and solutions. Founded in 2005 and based in Petach Tikva, Israel, the company focuses on developing advanced 3D capturing technologies, including its handheld MVC-F5 camera, which is designed for field use. Mantis Vision's proprietary MV4D technology enables the accurate capture of 3D data in dynamic scenes, facilitating user-generated content creation across various applications. The company's products serve a diverse range of markets, including security, architecture, engineering, construction, research, and consumer electronics. Mantis Vision also maintains strategic partnerships, such as with Digital Nation Entertainment, to enhance its offerings. By providing innovative software and hardware solutions, Mantis Vision aims to integrate 3D technology into mobile devices and business environments, allowing for the creation of dynamic volumetric content for virtual reality and robotic vision applications.