Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in Robotics

Seasats

Seed Round in 2022
Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods.

NEUROFIT VR INC.

Seed Round in 2022
SaaS Virtual Reality Rehabilitation

Seasats

Venture Round in 2021
Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods.

Vulcan Augmetics

Seed Round in 2021
Vulcan Augmetics is a Vietnam based startup making affordable, modular robotic prosthetics that can be ordered online and click together as easily as lego, with the long term goal of being the worlds largest brand for upgrading the human body. We are all about building people, both mentally and physically, using technology to maximise what people can achieve. We believe that the closer we are to our technology, the more effective we can be, and so our goal is to make body mounted technology as affordable, convenient and accessible as possible. Prosthetics users are the best starting place and example as they are using body mounted technology already, every single day, and are ideal to help us develop and drive the technology further. If you can build a device to fit over a human-form prosthetic, then it just a matter of time before you can miniaturise and put the same device onto the human body directly. We are all about building people, both mentally and physically, using technology to maximise what people can achieve. Our first phase involves building a range of modular, easily upgradeable prosthetics which we will sell both B2B and B2C, with the modularity making our product easier, more cost effective, and practical to maintain than our competitors. We design extra modules and attachments to help our users regain employment, and sell them upgrades and replacements over time. Longer term we will expand from prosthetics into all types of wearables, from diagnostic and health devices such as Fitbit to AR and VR control systems, all of which can be built over our initial prosthetics technology platform. We will also be expanding our online platform to allow all users to order interoperable products, and late on to connect with designers and local manufacturing facilities which will enable us to also take a role as a royalty generating marketplace.

Cedience

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Biotech Square is using artificial intelligence to reconstruct the regulatory journeys of drug development teams, highlight the lessons within and help them de-risk their next strategies.

Seasats

Funding Round in 2021
Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods.

General Systems

Pre Seed Round in 2021
General Systems is a robotics company specializing in construction technology. It develops autonomous robots designed to mechanize building construction processes, focusing on improving workforce productivity and safety. The company's solutions include AI-driven smart machines that automate labor-intensive activities and a material haulier machine for transporting heavy loads on construction sites. These innovations significantly enhance masonry productivity—reportedly achieving tenfold increases—and reduce masonry man-hours by at least fifty percent. By streamlining operations and minimizing the risk of worker injuries, General Systems aims to provide construction companies with efficient and reliable solutions for building masonry.

Pipedream Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hyperlogistics technology company that is seeking to create an autonomous delivery network capable of sub-minute delivery speeds for consumers.

Peer Robotics

Funding Round in 2021
Peer Robotics is an industrial automation company that provides an easier, flexible, and cost efficient way to integrate and deploy mobile robots. Peer Robotics building out a suite of Collaborative Mobile Robots (CMR) with use-cases in manufacturing, warehousing, and healthcare sectors, the platform is currently live with paid PoCs (Proof of Concepts).

Twelve Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Twelve Labs transforms video into machine-consumable form.

Iamus Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Iamus Technologies Limited is an artificial intelligence and robotics company based in Ireland that focuses on developing advanced technology for the poultry industry. The company has created robotic systems specifically designed to assist poultry farmers in making informed and safer production decisions. Over the past two years, Iamus has collaborated with poultry processors worldwide to identify key performance indicators that its robots can continuously monitor within poultry sheds. This technology captures automatic and accurate data regarding the birds and their environment, allowing for real-time analysis and intervention. By utilizing machine learning, Iamus transforms visual, environmental, and biometric data into actionable insights, thereby addressing the increasing demands of modern, intensive broiler production and helping producers optimize their operations.

H2Ok Innovations

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Using artificial intelligence and data science to empower communities with the knowledge for sustainable access to clean water.

ALBA Robot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ALBA Robot is a modular and configurable platform to integrate ADAS systems and robotic technologies into wheelchairs. Alba aims to change the way Passengers with Reduced Mobility (PRM) move and enhance their independence in the everyday life. By using the best technologies from Voice Assistants, Automotive, Robotics, and IoT.

Company Six

Venture Round in 2020
Company Six is a developer of a technology that advances the awareness and protection of those who put themselves in harm’s way. The company combines advanced robotic platforms with highly-secure cloud-based technology. CO6's mission is to provide tools that fundamentally transform the way first responders operate in dangerous environments. Its products are based on nearly a decade of technology development and are designed to deliver an accessible, yet an advanced robotic solution that provides critical awareness.

Tennibot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Tennibot, Inc. specializes in developing an autonomous robotic tennis ball collector, designed to operate effectively on both clay and hard court surfaces. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, the company aims to enhance the tennis experience for players globally by offering innovative solutions for ball collection. As the first of its kind in the market, Tennibot's product addresses the needs of tennis enthusiasts by streamlining the retrieval process, allowing players to focus more on their game.

ALBA Robot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ALBA Robot is a modular and configurable platform to integrate ADAS systems and robotic technologies into wheelchairs. Alba aims to change the way Passengers with Reduced Mobility (PRM) move and enhance their independence in the everyday life. By using the best technologies from Voice Assistants, Automotive, Robotics, and IoT.

Southie Autonomy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Southie Autonomy develops a robot software that enables any industrial robot to be re-purposed and re-deployed by any person even without robotics expertise or even computer skills. It aims to help businesses recoup ROI faster by lowering time, cost, and skill barriers, in applications like kitting, palletizing, and simple assembly. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Spiral Technology

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Spiral Technology delivers augmented reality software and adapts sophisticated technical content for Mixed Reality devices used in automating industrial maintenance, inspection, manufacturing and assembly.

Retrocausal

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retrocausal builds intelligence augmentation systems that help frontline workers train better, be more efficient at their daily jobs, and improve the processes they drive. Their RetroActivity platform for human activity analysis automatically builds computational models of a complex physical task, given only a handful of recorded demonstrations of the task. Once such a model is built, RetroActivity can finely track the job status from live video, to guide a worker through the task, provide independent training, and perform analytics.

YOURIKA

Seed Round in 2019
YOURIKA combines years of AI research from the University of Waterloo (Top 5 in AI) with our proprietary technology and domain expertise to make smarter and more connected learning products. This includes our own platform, ORBITS, that liberates teenage students to work smarter when learning remotely.

Ejenta

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Ejenta Inc. develops an intelligent personal assistant platform that leverages artificial intelligence to understand users' daily activities, monitor adherence to mission plans, and provide personalized advice and support. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Ejenta's technology is built on exclusively licensed NASA research spanning two decades, focusing on intelligent agents, human-robot interaction, and security. The platform integrates wearable and environmental sensors to collect real-time behavioral data, allowing users to interact with their personal agents through mobile devices, Smart TVs, and natural language interfaces. Ejenta's technology is currently utilized in NASA's Mission Control for the International Space Station and is applicable across various industries, including space, government, and healthcare.

Tuffel Corporation

Pre Seed Round in 2019
They revolutionize how they build and use household power tools using the latest and greatest technologies in Machine Learning and IoT.As builders, we were often left wondering why there is a big mismatch between the technologies that go into building today’s power tools versus the technologies that go into building many, many IoT devices that exist today. Most power tools were invented over multiple decades, or even more than a century, ago, and their designs and functions have not changed much since then. This means that many functions that could easily be improved with modern technologies have not been improved. For example, many tools do not provide enough, if any, monitoring insights, leaving the users to only guess when the tools need repairs or when they will stop functioning.

Bridged

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Bridged, founded by Ashwin Chalam, is striving to improve the efficiency of clients in the artificial intelligence sector through the use of human intelligence and training data. They believe that human intelligence, when combined with machine learning and artificial intelligence, can shape the way they do business in the future.

Cleo Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Cleo Robotics is developing a revolutionary new drone technology designed specifically for indoor applications.

Tomahawk Robotics

Seed Round in 2019
Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. is a Melbourne, Florida-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in designing and building various robotic systems. Its product offerings encompass assistive, security and defense, energy and infrastructure, and home automation robotics. The company's solutions are characterized by user-centric design and intuitive control technologies, allowing robots to operate safely alongside people in unstructured environments. By leveraging advanced electro-mechanical technology, Tomahawk Robotics creates systems that effectively manipulate real-world spaces and objects, serving as extensions of the user while prioritizing safety and cost-effectiveness.

Redwing

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Redwing Labs, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous unmanned drones and operating systems. The company focuses on developing delivery drones that enhance access to products, particularly in remote areas where traditional logistics face challenges. By leveraging advanced technologies for payload delivery, long-range flight, and surveillance, Redwing enables the healthcare and e-commerce sectors to efficiently deliver essential goods to underserved populations. Their innovative approach aims to replicate the experience of a physical store in a virtual environment, significantly reducing delivery times and improving service reach.

VAUX

Pre Seed Round in 2019
VAUX is an artificial intelligence company.

Roborus

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Roborus Co., Ltd, founded in 2016 and based in Seoul, South Korea, specializes in developing robots that deliver customized marketing automation services for franchise stores. The company leverages facial recognition and advanced AI technology to enhance customer interactions by automating the identification process and improving the ordering experience. Its smart ordering solutions analyze customer data, including visit frequency, consumption patterns, and average spending, allowing businesses to provide personalized service and recommendations tailored to individual customer profiles. With a team boasting over 50 years of experience in AI, robotics, and international business, Roborus aims to help businesses save time, increase profits, and gain deeper insights into their customers.

Roborus

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Roborus Co., Ltd, founded in 2016 and based in Seoul, South Korea, specializes in developing robots that deliver customized marketing automation services for franchise stores. The company leverages facial recognition and advanced AI technology to enhance customer interactions by automating the identification process and improving the ordering experience. Its smart ordering solutions analyze customer data, including visit frequency, consumption patterns, and average spending, allowing businesses to provide personalized service and recommendations tailored to individual customer profiles. With a team boasting over 50 years of experience in AI, robotics, and international business, Roborus aims to help businesses save time, increase profits, and gain deeper insights into their customers.

Versor

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Versor AS, founded in 2016 and based in Oslo, Norway, specializes in developing onboard software for autonomous drone flight in both indoor and outdoor environments. The company focuses on delivering the necessary technology for complete automation of industrial drone operations, which involves overcoming challenges related to localization, particularly in GPS-denied areas. By eliminating the need for human pilots, Versor enables remote supervision of entire fleets of drones, facilitating scalable and efficient operations across various applications within the energy sector.

Versor

Angel Round in 2018
Versor AS, founded in 2016 and based in Oslo, Norway, specializes in developing onboard software for autonomous drone flight in both indoor and outdoor environments. The company focuses on delivering the necessary technology for complete automation of industrial drone operations, which involves overcoming challenges related to localization, particularly in GPS-denied areas. By eliminating the need for human pilots, Versor enables remote supervision of entire fleets of drones, facilitating scalable and efficient operations across various applications within the energy sector.

Roby

Seed Round in 2018
Roby is a chat/voice-enabled software that handles all requests, automates repetitive tasks, eliminates miscommunication, and reduces resolution time to increase employee satisfaction. It works by simplifying and automating tasks such as employee QAs, room booking, facility requests, and IT support allowing you to focus on what really matters. Roby is a Techstars 2018 company. Its mission is to create an engaged, productive, and happy workplace for our customers by making their operation efficient, simple, and personalized.

Speeko

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Automated voice analytics and digital communication coaching

Humanising Autonomy

Seed Round in 2018
Humanising Autonomy is a predictive AI company focused on enhancing the interaction between vehicles and people across various environments. The company develops behavior artificial intelligence software that integrates behavioral psychology, computer vision, and large language models to predict human decision-making. Its platform analyzes camera data in real-time to interpret and forecast the behavior of pedestrians, passengers, and vehicles. This capability supports automated decision-making processes, improving driver alerts and vehicle motion response. By providing an end-to-end software solution for dashcam manufacturers, Humanising Autonomy aims to establish a global standard for safety and efficiency in vehicle operations.

42Maru

Pre Seed Round in 2018
42Maru, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Seoul, South Korea, specializes in developing advanced search engine technology tailored for artificial intelligence applications. The company has created a deep learning-based question-answering system designed to accurately understand user intent and deliver precise answers. With a focus on various sectors, including connected cars, smart speakers, and chatbots, 42Maru leverages its expertise in information retrieval, machine reading comprehension, and natural language processing to enhance user interactions. The company aims to capitalize on the growing shift from traditional web searches to more intuitive question-answering systems, anticipating significant market growth in the coming years. Its business strategy encompasses B2C initiatives through partnerships with major telecommunications companies in Korea and plans for global expansion with multilingual support. With a strong team led by a seasoned CEO who has over 20 years of experience in the search engine industry, 42Maru is positioned to lead in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

DeepHow

Pre Seed Round in 2018
DeepHow develops an AI-powered learning platform for manufacturing, service, and repair. Wei-Liang Kao, Patrik Matos da Silva, and Samuel Zheng founded it in 2018, with its headquarters in New York City.

Chowbotics

Series A in 2018
Chowbotics Inc. designs and develops food service robots to prepare food in restaurants, cafeterias, and hotels, as well as food courts in airports, malls, and hospitals. It offers Sally, a salad-making robot. Chowbotics Inc. was formerly known as Casabots, Inc. and changed its name to Chowbotics Inc. in March 2017. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Jose, California.

Van Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Vän Robotics delivers robot-assisted tutoring that makes learning K-8 subjects fun and accessible. They believe that quality educational support should be available to every child. That’s why their smart robot tutor, ABii, learns how to best engage each child in every lesson to steadily improve their comprehension. The company was founded in 2016 and based in Columbia, South Carolina.

Robodub

Debt Financing in 2018
Robodub Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the development of drones and robotics, with a focus on integrating gaming experiences into their technology. By combining robotics and gaming elements, Robodub aims to create innovative solutions that enhance user interaction and entertainment. The company seeks to bring advanced gaming experiences to consumers, leveraging drone technology to redefine how people engage with both gaming and robotics.

Robodub

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Robodub Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the development of drones and robotics, with a focus on integrating gaming experiences into their technology. By combining robotics and gaming elements, Robodub aims to create innovative solutions that enhance user interaction and entertainment. The company seeks to bring advanced gaming experiences to consumers, leveraging drone technology to redefine how people engage with both gaming and robotics.

Van Robotics

Convertible Note in 2018
Vän Robotics delivers robot-assisted tutoring that makes learning K-8 subjects fun and accessible. They believe that quality educational support should be available to every child. That’s why their smart robot tutor, ABii, learns how to best engage each child in every lesson to steadily improve their comprehension. The company was founded in 2016 and based in Columbia, South Carolina.

Keybot

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Keybot, INC designs and manufactures a rental access robot, which integrates hardware and software to automate access for rental properties. The company’s product enables self-showings, renter, and maintenance access to its users. The company serves rental owners and property managers. Keybot, INC was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in St. Peters, Missouri and has additional locations in Kansas City, Missouri and London, United Kingdom. The company also has a production office in Taipei City, Taiwan.

RoadBotics

Pre Seed Round in 2017
RoadBotics empowers governments and communities to make objective, data-driven decisions about their public infrastructure assets. We automate image mapping and road assessments, generating interactive maps, unbiased ratings, and practical tools to save time and taxpayer dollars for hundreds of communities across the country and around the world.

Geopipe

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Geopipe specializes in creating immersive digital twins of the real world through advanced machine learning and algorithmic tools. The company processes vast amounts of geographic and numeric data, including satellite images, maps, and laser scans, utilizing cloud-based distributed systems to reconstruct entire cities rapidly. This innovative approach allows for efficient simulations in various fields such as gaming, architecture, and urban planning. By providing real estate developers with authoritative digital representations, Geopipe helps streamline project timelines, ultimately saving time and costs in the development process.

trexo robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Trexo Robotics is on a mission to redefine mobility solutions for all people. The company aims to create devices that are affordable, designed with the user in mind, and can be used at home. Fundamentally, Trexo is driven by the belief that people should have access to enabling technologies. Currently, Trexo is building a device designed specifically for children with disabilities.

Mio Robots

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Mio Technologies develops robots with self-driving technology for product vending and brand marketing.

IAMBOT

Seed Round in 2017
IAMBOT specializes in delivering cognitive automation engine solution. It offers a platform that automates the interaction between a business and its clients. The platform utilizes state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and self-learning algorithms based on the latest scientific advances. The company was founded in 2017 with offices in Palo Alto, California and Wroclaw, Poland.

Misty Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Misty Robotics, a spinoff of Sphero, is a hardware company that builds personal robots for homes and offices. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Misty Robotics is building the robot for everyone. Misty Robotics’ vision is to put personal robots in every home and office. These robots will be seen and treated as our friends, our teammates, and a part of our families -- performing helpful tasks, providing safety, and interacting with humans in entertaining and friendly ways that have only been seen before in science fiction.

MIO Mobile Kiosk

Seed Round in 2017
MIO Mobile Kiosk provides autonomous robots for marketing and product distribution in public spaces. Its robots are sociable devices connected to an application that combine artificial intelligence to monitor the location of the user and act as per their demands based on real-time data, enabling users to get their tasks done quickly at parks, conferences and related events using smart multi-purpose robots.

Chowbotics

Series A in 2017
Chowbotics Inc. designs and develops food service robots to prepare food in restaurants, cafeterias, and hotels, as well as food courts in airports, malls, and hospitals. It offers Sally, a salad-making robot. Chowbotics Inc. was formerly known as Casabots, Inc. and changed its name to Chowbotics Inc. in March 2017. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Jose, California.

Sea Machines

Pre Seed Round in 2017
An autonomous technology company, Sea Machines Robotics builds autonomous control and navigation systems for the commercial marine and boating industries. It develops advanced control systems for boats and ships, and specialized unmanned surface vessels to enhance operational safety and productivity on the water. Sea Machines Robotics builds RC NXT, an autonomous control and remote command system for PLC-based wireless control of vessel in existing or new build marine vessels, such as work boats, tugs, and launches; and DP-NXT autonomous control system that upgrades traditional manually piloted vessels to be operated with a reduced or zero on-board crew. It offers solutions for various unmanned applications, such as unmanned bathymetric survey vessels, AUV-tender, unmanned visual inspection of subsea assets, mobile unmanned passive acoustic monitoring, and dual towing. Michaerl G. Johnson founded Sea Machines Robotics on January 4, 2014. It has its headquarters in Boston in Massachusetts.

Sea Machines

Seed Round in 2017
An autonomous technology company, Sea Machines Robotics builds autonomous control and navigation systems for the commercial marine and boating industries. It develops advanced control systems for boats and ships, and specialized unmanned surface vessels to enhance operational safety and productivity on the water. Sea Machines Robotics builds RC NXT, an autonomous control and remote command system for PLC-based wireless control of vessel in existing or new build marine vessels, such as work boats, tugs, and launches; and DP-NXT autonomous control system that upgrades traditional manually piloted vessels to be operated with a reduced or zero on-board crew. It offers solutions for various unmanned applications, such as unmanned bathymetric survey vessels, AUV-tender, unmanned visual inspection of subsea assets, mobile unmanned passive acoustic monitoring, and dual towing. Michaerl G. Johnson founded Sea Machines Robotics on January 4, 2014. It has its headquarters in Boston in Massachusetts.

Fotokite

Grant in 2017
Fotokite is a company focused on simplifying and securing aerial sensing through its innovative technology. Originating from ETH Zurich’s Flying Machine Arena, Fotokite systems operate autonomously for over 24 hours, delivering real-time video and sensor data to various sectors, including news and sports broadcasting, public safety, and industrial inspection. Since the launch of its first-generation products in 2016, Fotokite has garnered a diverse clientele, including major organizations such as CNN, BBC, Tribune Media, and AFP. The company aims to enhance operational capabilities and situational awareness for its users through its interactive personal flying cameras.

IntelligentX

Pre Seed Round in 2016
IntelligentX is a brewing company that has developed an innovative system to produce beer using artificial intelligence. Their approach involves leveraging complex machine learning algorithms to create a premium beer that evolves based on customer feedback. By utilizing an online feedback system, IntelligentX gathers data on customer preferences and uses this information to refine and adjust the brewing process. This allows the company to offer personalized beers that cater to individual tastes, setting it apart in the beverage industry.

Dronesmith Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Dronesmith Technologies creates development tools that allow businesses to integrate drone applications into existing workflows. Our software-first solution allows developers to design, test, and iterate their applications in a simulated environment prior to deploying on drone hardware. We help businesses who want to adopt drone technologies go to market faster by lowering the barrier for entry to robotics. Our technologies are being used to incorporate commercial solutions such as hazardous material detection, swarming, precision agriculture, entertainment, and much more. Our aim is to provide a breakthrough platform to power an entire ecosystem of next-generation drone solutions.

Mindi

Seed Round in 2016
Mindi combines the best of human and artificial intelligence.

BRAIQ

Seed Round in 2016
BRAIQ, Inc. develops artificial intelligence software that creates the personalized automated driving experience to the users. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Leka

Seed Round in 2016
Leka SAS develops and markets a robot toy designed for children with specific medical conditions. The company's product focuses on sensory and motor stimulations such as music, colors, movements, and vibrations and create predictable interactions for children with autism, down syndrome, and multiple disabilities. The company's product offers games designed to address developmental needs. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Paris, France.

Chowbotics

Seed Round in 2016
Chowbotics Inc. designs and develops food service robots to prepare food in restaurants, cafeterias, and hotels, as well as food courts in airports, malls, and hospitals. It offers Sally, a salad-making robot. Chowbotics Inc. was formerly known as Casabots, Inc. and changed its name to Chowbotics Inc. in March 2017. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Jose, California.

Jewelbots

Seed Round in 2015
Jewelbots are a customizable mesh network of programmable jewelry aimed at cultivating the interest of teenage girls in engineering and coding. Using basic engineering logic, you can create personal alerts and communicate with your friends using lights and slight vibrations. Jewelbots allow you to customize your jewelry and its behavior to reflect unique personalities and friendships. They believe by using fashion and teenage friendships as our vehicle, they can empower the next generation of female engineers and coders.

Rival Theory

Convertible Note in 2015
Rival Theory Inc. develops and uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create characters for the entertainment industry. The company offers AI solutions for digital entertainment, which is used by students, hobbyists, professional studios, and government branches to apply AI enabled characters in advertising, video games, simulations, film, and media. It also provides a platform for interactive digital characters. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Open Bionics

Seed Round in 2015
Brunel Hand is a robotic hand with nine degrees of freedom for researchers. They use 3D printing to make their devices customized for each customer and accessible by anyone! They're developing the perfect medical grade materials to give their hands the right strength and grip and to make them last.

Carbon Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Carbon Robotics makes advanced robotics dramatically more accessible to help solve some of society's most intractable problems. Carbon Robotics is bringing advanced robotics to the masses. One of the Top 50 "most influential public & private companies in the global robotics industry" by the Robotics Business Review in 2016.

Rational Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Rational Robotics is a manufacturer based in Edmonton, Canada, specializing in automatic coating robots. The company designs and develops robotic machines that provide auto body repainting services, utilizing advanced technology such as 3D scanning and custom algorithms to optimize tool paths for painting. Their robots incorporate computer vision to automate the painting process, ensuring high levels of accuracy and quality across various sizes of objects. By enhancing and automating part painting, Rational Robotics offers efficient solutions for enterprises seeking to improve their painting operations.

CtrlWorks

Seed Round in 2015
CtrlWorks Pte Ltd. is a robotics company based in Singapore that specializes in cloud-based robotics applications. Established in 2011, the company focuses on autonomous guidance and navigation technologies. Its flagship product, Axon, is an autonomous guidance system that integrates seamlessly with existing platforms through the CloudNav system. This innovative approach allows various mobile platforms to be transformed into intelligent robots, enhancing their capabilities while reducing costs and complexity. By leveraging shared awareness and networked intelligence, CtrlWorks aims to make robotics more accessible and effective for customers both in Singapore and internationally.

Muse Robotics

Seed Round in 2015
Muse Robotics specializes in providing a comprehensive hardware and software framework that facilitates the prototyping and scaling of high-performance robotics solutions. The company caters primarily to software development teams with innovative robotics concepts, offering them reliable and cost-effective hardware. By delivering advanced motion control electronics, sensing elements, and power management options that integrate seamlessly, Muse Robotics enables clients to focus on software innovation without the complexities of hardware development. This approach allows customers to efficiently create robust and reliable robotic systems that meet their specific needs.

Reach Robotics

Seed Round in 2015
Reach Robotics is creating the next gaming platform by combining Robotics, Gaming and AR. This means video game characters in real life that appear to be alive and can engage in various game modes, unlocking lots of potentials. The robots they make are more than connected toys, they are consistently evolving entertainment platforms. Their flagship product, MekaMon, has propelled us to the forefront of consumer robotics and they continue to evolve to ensure the future is always within reach.

Indybo

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Indybo is a modular robotic toy company that transforms the way kids learn about programming and electronics, in a fun and engaging way. Indybo helps kids develop an intuition for programming at an early age.

Astro

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Astro specializes in developing an automated home system of devices. It requires no installation, no new infrastructure, and no new wireless networks making it the simplest platform on the market.

Indybo

Seed Round in 2014
Indybo is a modular robotic toy company that transforms the way kids learn about programming and electronics, in a fun and engaging way. Indybo helps kids develop an intuition for programming at an early age.

RobotLAB

Seed Round in 2014
RobotLAB Inc. develops an online learning platform that enables students and teachers to access the browser-based learning ecosystem from various devices. Its interface allows teachers to bring their lessons to life with virtual or physical robots. Its products is used by various sectors, such as coding, engineering, virtual reality, makerspace, technology elementary, middle school, high school, and college. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Rival Theory

Seed Round in 2014
Rival Theory Inc. develops and uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create characters for the entertainment industry. The company offers AI solutions for digital entertainment, which is used by students, hobbyists, professional studios, and government branches to apply AI enabled characters in advertising, video games, simulations, film, and media. It also provides a platform for interactive digital characters. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Indybo

Seed Round in 2014
Indybo is a modular robotic toy company that transforms the way kids learn about programming and electronics, in a fun and engaging way. Indybo helps kids develop an intuition for programming at an early age.

DataRobot

Pre Seed Round in 2013
DataRobot, Inc. develops an automated machine learning platform designed to help enterprises build predictive models efficiently. The company's offerings include DataRobot Cloud, a predictive analytics platform available on-site or via the cloud, and DataRobot MLOps, which focuses on the deployment, monitoring, and management of machine learning models within organizations. Additionally, DataRobot Enterprise provides features such as flexible deployment, governance, and support, along with packages aimed at accelerating artificial intelligence projects and education services. The platform is suitable for a diverse range of professionals, including business analysts, data scientists, and IT specialists across various industries like banking, healthcare, and marketing. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, DataRobot also maintains operations in several international locations, including London, Paris, Kyiv, Tokyo, and Singapore. The company has established strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings in the competitive AI landscape.

Rise Robotics

Seed Round in 2012
THE HUMAN EMPOWERING ROBOTICS COMPANY Rise Robotics designs, makes and sells breakthrough mechanical products. The company was founded in 2011 to advance the robotics industry with the ultimate goal of enabling powerful wearable ExoSUITS™ for all. Our first product Bacon Robotic Air Compressor™ disrupts handheld air compressors. The innovation that enabled the Bacon Robotic air compressor™ is the Cyclone Linear Drive. A new mobile robotic component that can advance many applications. Cyclone drives enable piston or muscle like actuation. It was inspired by our ExoSuit™ explorations.

Modular Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2012
Modular Robotics Incorporated, founded in 2008 and based in Boulder, Colorado, specializes in designing, manufacturing, and distributing robot construction kits aimed at children, hobbyists, and educational institutions. The company's flagship products include Cubelets, modular magnetic blocks that allow users to create various self-powered robots by simply connecting the blocks. These 40mm plastic cubes feature sensors, logic, and actuator components, enabling users to build robots that exhibit complex behaviors. Additionally, Modular Robotics offers MOSS, a construction system that utilizes steel spheres for connections, allowing users to create robots that can move and change form. The kits are intended to enhance logical reasoning and analytical skills in users by encouraging creative manipulation and experimentation with robotics.

Jintronix

Seed Round in 2012
Jintronix is a Montreal-based technology company that takes pride in developing applications to push the bounds of human ability. Their mission is fuelled by the enormous potential of computing tools that have the ability to sharpen the tools they were born with: their minds, their senses, and the muscles at their command. They develop turn-key systems that combine cutting-edge sensory interfaces with exciting 3D gaming content to create challenging, fun, and stimulating experiences that enhance rehabilitative therapies for conditions ranging from Stroke to Developmental Coordination Disorder. Jintronix draws on the skills of a passionate interdisciplinary team that includes physical and occupational therapists, engineers, medical researchers, game designers, and patients themselves.

mepdesain

Convertible Note in 2011
Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps. Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitely programmable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors.

mepdesain

Seed Round in 2011
Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps. Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitely programmable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors.

Sphero

Series A in 2010
Sphero bridges the gap between the real world and the virtual world with its smartphone-controlled robots. It began the connected play revolution in 2010 by creating something unlike anything and they never stopped. They fuse robotic and digital technology into immersive entertainment experiences that ignite imagination and defy expectations. Optimized by data and powered by fun, these ever-evolving experiences are changing the way the world thinks about play.

Oblong

Series A in 2007
Oblong Industries is a design-driven software and hardware company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2006, Oblong focuses on advancing gesture-based and spatial computing technologies, which stem from research at the MIT Media Lab. The company’s flagship product, Mezzanine, is a room-scale visual collaboration system that facilitates dynamic multi-user interactions across multiple screens and devices, enabling participants to share data and collaborate effectively in real-time. Mezzanine is designed to enhance meetings and workflows by making information visible and accessible, transforming routine processes into engaging experiences. Oblong’s g-speak Spatial Operating Environment serves as the foundation for its application development, allowing organizations to create inherently collaborative solutions. The company has partnered with various Global Fortune 500 firms and government agencies, applying its technologies in sectors such as aerospace, logistics, energy management, and data visualization. Oblong's team includes experienced professionals from notable companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft, underscoring its commitment to innovation in collaborative technologies.