Which startups have raised the most funding in the digital twin market?

Last updated: 9 June 2026

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The digital twin market is moving from simulation into real operations, with funded startups covering factories, buildings, construction sites, utilities, healthcare, robotics, and infrastructure.

We update this list every month, so the ranking reflects the most recent public funding data we were able to verify.

The ranking is based on cumulative funding raised, which helps show which digital twin startups have attracted the most investor support over time.

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A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most funded startup COSMOPlat, with $318M raised
Second most funded startup Twin Health, with $272M raised
Largest funding round BuildingMinds, with a $170M corporate shareholder funding round
Median funding About $14M across the ranked digital twin startups
Share of funding captured by the top 10 About 54% of total funding in this ranking
Median time since last round About 2.5 years, based on disclosed latest round dates
Startups that raised funding in the last 12 months 14 digital twin startups
Total digital twin startup funding tracked About $3.87B across the ranked companies
Digital twin startups above $100M raised 15 companies
Funded digital twin startups in the ranking 75 companies have disclosed funding above $0
Chart showing annual VC investment in digital twin startups

This chart, included in our digital twin market deck, shows annual VC investment in digital twin startups

Top startups in the digital twin market ranked by total funding raised

Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the digital twin market based on the total amount of funding they have raised to date.

The table also includes the total number of funding rounds, the date and size of the latest round, the financing type (e.g. Series A, equity financing), key investors, the startup’s current status (active, IPO, acquired, or shut down), and a confidence score based on the data collected (we excluded startups with very low data confidence, to make sure everything is reliable).

If you're interested in knowing how much these startups are worth, you can check our list of the top startups in the digital twin market ranked by valuation.

# Startup What They Do Total Raised ($) Total Rounds Last Round Date Last Round Amount ($) Last Round Type Key Investors Current Stage Confidence
1 COSMOPlat Industrial internet digital platform $318M 3 September 2021 $155M Series B Guohe Investment, China Life, Guosheng Capital Active Full
2 Twin Health Metabolic health digital twins $272M 4 August 2025 $53M Series E Maj Invest, ICONIQ Growth, Temasek Active Partial
3 Mujin Intelligent robot automation platform $243M 4 December 2025 $133M Series D NTT Group, Qatar Investment Authority, Salesforce Ventures Active Strong
4 Cognite Industrial data digital twins $225M 2 May 2021 $150M Series B TCV, Accel Active Strong
5 Exodigo Underground utility mapping AI $214M 3 July 2025 $96M Series B Zeev Ventures, Greenfield Partners, Vintage Investment Partners Active Partial
6 BuildingMinds Real estate ESG digital twins $170M 1 March 2019 $170M Corporate shareholder funding Schindler Group, Microsoft Active Partial
7 Buildots AI construction progress tracking $166M 6 May 2025 $45M Series D Qumra Capital, O.G. Venture Partners, TLV Partners Active Full
8 Matterport 3D property digital twins $163M 13 July 2020 $52M Late-stage equity GIC, The Gores Group, Lux Capital Acquired Partial
9 RobCo Autonomous industrial robotics platform $160M 4 January 2026 $100M Series C Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lingotto Innovation, Sequoia Capital Active Strong
10 DroneDeploy Reality capture for job sites $156M 7 September 2025 $15M Strategic funding Emergence Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Existing investors Active Full
11 PassiveLogic Autonomous building controls AI $154M 5 September 2025 $74M Series C noa, Prologis Ventures, Johnson Controls Active Partial
12 Neural Concept AI engineering design platform $136M 4 December 2025 $100M Series C Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Forestay Capital, Alven Active Strong
13 Unlearn Clinical trial digital twins $135M 6 February 2024 $50M Series C Altimeter Capital, Radical Ventures, Mubadala Capital Active Strong
14 Neara Utility infrastructure digital twins $126M 5 February 2026 $64M Series D TCV, Partners Group, EQT Active Strong
15 Willow Built-asset digital twins $110M 3 December 2022 $29M Growth equity Nicholas Moore, Jim Cooney, Ric Clark Active Partial
16 Sight Machine Industrial AI manufacturing platform $86M 6 December 2023 Undisclosed Equity / Common Stock TeamViewer Active Partial
17 Q Bio AI full-body health scanning $85M 4 July 2024 $27M Strategic / Undisclosed Equity Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund Active Partial
18 LocusView Utility digital construction management $80M 2 April 2021 $64M Series A Israel Growth Partners, Leumi Partners, Clal Insurance Acquired Partial
19 NavVis Indoor reality capture digital twins $77M 5 June 2023 $3M Corporate minority Kozo Keikaku Engineering Active Strong
20 Quibim AI medical imaging biomarkers $59M 2 January 2025 $50M Series A Asabys, Buenavista, UI Investissements Active Strong
21 Doxel AI construction progress tracking $57M 3 August 2021 $40M Series B Insight Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Amplo Active Full
22 Cintoo Reality data cloud platform $50M 4 November 2024 $40M Series B Partech, AMAVI Capital, Armilar Venture Partners Active Strong
23 Seebo Predictive quality manufacturing AI $46M 5 March 2021 $15M Series B Vertex Ventures, 10D, The Phoenix Acquired Strong
24 Istari Digital engineering infrastructure $40M 2 January 2025 $27M Series A Icon Ventures, Schmidt, Eric Schmidt Active Partial
25 blackshark.ai 3D Earth mapping platform $35M 3 November 2023 $15M Series A extension In-Q-Tel, Safran, OurCrowd Active Strong
26 Sensat Infrastructure digital twin platform $35M 3 October 2022 $21M Series B National Grid Partners, Tencent, Sistema VC Active Full
27 Plato Systems Manufacturing spatial intelligence $32M 2 November 2023 $22M Series A NEA, Asahi Kasei CVC, Stanford University Active Partial
28 Cosmo Tech AI simulation decision software $30M 4 January 2023 Undisclosed Series C Accenture Ventures, Inven Capital, Cemag Invest Acquired Partial
29 Cohesion Smart building operations platform $30M 4 November 2025 Undisclosed Series A / follow-on Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, Hyde Park Angels, Wintrust Ventures Active Partial
30 SiteAware Digital construction verification software $29M 4 January 2022 $15M Series B Vertex Ventures Israel, Bosch, Axon Ventures Active Strong
31 Akselos Physics-based structural digital twins $29M 5 September 2025 Undisclosed Private equity follow-on GRO Capital, Shell Ventures, AT Capital Active Partial
32 Reconstruct Visual construction digital twins $27M 5 May 2025 Undisclosed Strategic investment Nemetschek, Cultivation Capital, Serra Ventures Active Partial
33 VEERUM Industrial visual operations platform $25M 5 March 2025 $9M Series B Veriten, Emerson Ventures, BDC Capital Active Partial
34 SharperShape Utility inspection digital twins $21M 2 May 2022 $18M Series B Michael Harvey Trust Active Strong
35 Skyral Modelling simulation platform $20M 1 June 2025 $20M Series A NOIA Capital, Accrete Capital Active Full
36 OnScale Cloud engineering simulation $18M 2 January 2019 $15M Series A Intel Capital, Gradient Ventures, Thornton Tomasetti Acquired Partial
37 Tignis AI semiconductor process control $16M 5 May 2022 $7M Series A DN Capital, Clear Ventures, BMNT Acquired Partial
38 Precision Diagnosis Technology Precision medicine digital twins $16M 1 September 2021 $16M Series B Zhiyou Scientist Fund, Qirong Venture Capital Active Partial
39 Energy Robotics Autonomous inspection robot software $16M 2 October 2025 $14M Series A Blue Bear Capital, Climate Investment, Futury Capital Active Strong
40 DataMesh Industrial digital twin platform $16M 4 June 2024 Undisclosed Series B KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Singtel Innov8, SIG Asia Active Partial
41 Electric Twin Synthetic audience decision twins $14M 2 February 2026 $10M Seed Atomico, LocalGlobe, Mercuri Active Strong
42 Digital Twins AI digital twin solutions $14M 3 December 2023 Undisclosed Series A Dragon Capital, Koala Fund, TusStar Active Partial
43 Samp AI industrial digital twins $11M 2 September 2024 $7M Series A Promus Ventures, Kvanted Active Full
44 Cityzenith Urban digital twin platform $11M 5 July 2021 $868K Series A / crowdfunding Sequoia Capital, Mumbai Angels, Wefunder investors Shutdown Partial
45 Virtonomy Virtual patient clinical simulations $10M 3 December 2025 $5M Series A Companisto, Bayern Kapital, DvH Ventures Active Partial
46 Metroscope AI plant diagnostics digital twins $10M 1 Not disclosed $10M Venture / undisclosed EDF Pulse Ventures, Incubatenergy Network Active Partial
47 FTD solutions Industrial water digital twins $10M 1 October 2024 $10M Series A Ecolab Active Strong
48 TwinThread Industrial predictive digital twins $9M 2 March 2022 $6M Series A Next Frontier Capital Active Partial
49 Leucine Pharma digital twin compliance $8M 3 October 2023 $7M Series A Ecolab, Pravega Ventures, Axilor Ventures Active Strong
50 Slingshot Simulations Digital twin decision intelligence $7M 3 January 2023 $4M Series A Northern Gritstone, Mercia, NPIF Active Strong
51 Twyn Industrial phygital twin platform $4M 4 November 2024 Undisclosed Seed JIIF, KM Trans Logistics, HEM Angels Active Partial
52 ONIQ AI manufacturing optimization $4M 1 July 2022 $4M Seed Coparion, S-UBG Active Strong
53 MetAI AI simulation digital twins $4M 1 January 2025 $4M Seed NVIDIA, SparkLabs Taiwan, Kenmec Active Full
54 ANNEA Renewable asset optimization software $4M 2 December 2023 $3M Seed Voyager Ventures, Innoport, Faber Ventures Active Full
55 SkyReal Industrial VR engineering $3M 1 May 2023 $3M Series A Sopra Steria Active Strong
56 Ebenbuild Patient-specific lung simulation $3M 1 March 2022 $3M Seed Bayern Kapital, HTGF Active Strong
57 Twin Robotics STEM robotics education tools $3M 2 September 2024 $2M Series A Soulmates Ventures, APY Ventures, existing investors Active Partial
58 Twinzo Live industrial digital twins $2M 1 June 2023 $2M Seed Critical Ventures, Venture to Future Fund Active Full
59 Geopipe AI 3D city environments $2M 1 September 2021 $2M Seed Village Global, Alexa Fund, Techstars Active Partial
60 Verto Health Healthcare data digital twins $2M 1 August 2020 $2M Seed MaRS IAF, Verstra Ventures, Amplify Capital Active Strong
61 Tomorrow Things AI machine operating system $2M 1 March 2024 $2M Seed HTGF, neoteq ventures, Notion Capital Active Full
62 ExactSpace Industrial AI predictive operations $1M 2 January 2022 $1M Seed Thermax Acquired Strong
63 EKORE Building digital twin software $1M 1 December 2024 $1M Seed SOM, Habismart, CDP Venture Capital Active Full
64 Indeex Food manufacturing digital twins $1M 2 November 2024 $1M Seed Uni.Fund, TECS Capital, EIT Digital Active Strong
65 gemineers CNC machining digital twins $1M 1 June 2023 $1M Seed Undisclosed corporate investor Active Partial
66 ELEM Biotech Virtual human organ testing $1M 1 December 2021 $1M Equity Crowdfunding / Seed Capital Cell, Namarel, Genesis Ventures Active Partial
67 CloudWorx No-code digital twin platform $963K 7 December 2023 $600K Seed Venture Catalysts, 1Crowd, LetsVenture Active Partial
68 BaseN IoT digital twin platform $516K 1 May 2015 $516K Seed / venture funding OpenOcean, VentureOut, European Union Active Partial
69 KorrAI AI geospatial mining intelligence $500K 1 March 2022 $500K Seed Y Combinator Active Partial
70 Procheck IoT manufacturing monitoring $460K 2 February 2020 $210K Seed Sarmayacar Active Partial
71 DeepCast AI digital twin modeling $250K 1 September 2023 $250K Pre-Seed Undisclosed Active Partial
72 Paninian Aerospace defense digital twins $186K 1 June 2021 $186K Angel / Seed Forge, Bhaskar Reddy Active Strong
73 Duality AI Robotics simulation digital twins $120K 1 March 2019 $120K Seed AngelPad, Drive Capital, Alumni Ventures Active Strong
74 Hexwise Heat exchanger digital twins $95K 2 April 2024 Undisclosed Seed Rockstart, Oost NL, Graduate Entrepreneur Active Partial
75 Enreport Energy forecasting digital twins $20K 1 2023 $20K Seed Techstars Active Partial
76 cmBuilder.io 4D construction logistics planning $0 0 N/A $0 N/A N/A Active Full
77 VividGrd AI energy management twins $0 0 N/A $0 N/A N/A Active Strong
78 Quastify Materials AI materials simulation twins $0 0 N/A $0 N/A N/A Active Full
79 ProtoTwin Web industrial simulation software $0 0 N/A $0 No equity funding found N/A Active Strong
80 Geminum Industrial mining digital twins $0 0 N/A $0 N/A N/A Active Strong
81 Andorean 3D mine digital twins $0 0 N/A $0 N/A N/A Active Strong
82 AIOTEL AI IoT cloud services $0 0 N/A $0 N/A N/A Active Full
Market map chart showing top companies and startups in the digital twin market

This market map, featured in our digital twin market deck, highlights top companies and startups in the digital twin market

Key funding trends in the digital twin market

Insights

  • The digital twin market is very concentrated. COSMOPlat, Twin Health, Mujin, Cognite, and Exodigo alone account for about $1.27B in disclosed funding.
  • The top 10 digital twin startups capture about 54% of all funding in this ranking, which shows that capital has moved strongly toward a small group of category leaders.
  • Industrial, construction, and infrastructure digital twins dominate the upper half of the list, suggesting that investors prefer use cases tied to hard operational savings.
  • Healthcare digital twin startups are smaller as a group, but Unlearn, Q Bio, and Quibim show that clinical trials, imaging, and metabolic health can still attract large rounds.
  • Recent funding momentum remains strong. Fourteen ranked digital twin startups raised capital in the last 12 months, including RobCo, Neara, Neural Concept, and PassiveLogic.
  • Robotics and engineering simulation are becoming major digital twin adjacencies. Mujin, RobCo, Neural Concept, and Skyral show how simulation is moving closer to automation and design workflows.
  • The market still has a long tail. Many digital twin startups below $10M are active in narrow verticals such as water, pharma, energy forecasting, machining, and aerospace defense.
Google Trends chart showing rising interest in digital twins

As this chart shows, and as featured in our digital twin market deck, search interest in digital twins has increased sharply

A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks startups in the digital twin market based on their total cumulative fundraising. To create this ranking, we reviewed many sources and cross-checked information across multiple places.

Whenever possible, we prioritized official company communications, since they are the most reliable source for funding amounts. When those were not available, we relied on reputable industry sources such as TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Financial Times or Forbes (to name a few).

We excluded random blogs, unverified websites, and any sources that could not be validated.

When funding rounds were announced in other currencies such as euros, Swiss francs, Singapore dollars, Australian dollars, or rupees, we converted them into approximate USD equivalents for consistency.

Sometimes different sources report slightly different numbers, or the exact round size is not fully disclosed. In those cases, we flag the uncertainty and assign a confidence label to each startup, visible in the last column.

Here is what they mean.

Full confidence: The company’s equity fundraising history can be reconstructed completely from public sources. The rounds, dates, amounts, and key investors are clearly identified, with no meaningful gaps.

Strong confidence: The fundraising history is largely complete and reliable. There may be a small missing detail, such as incomplete investor information or a minor round with limited data, but the overall record is clear.

Partial confidence: The main fundraising rounds can be identified, but the record is incomplete or somewhat mixed. Some rounds may be missing or certain funding events may be difficult to separate clearly.

Low confidence: Public information is too limited, inconsistent, or ambiguous to reliably reconstruct the company’s equity fundraising history.

When the confidence level is too low, we take a conservative approach and exclude the company from the ranking. We don’t want to include data that cannot be reliably verified.

This reflects how we conduct all our research, including the work behind our report covering the digital twin market.

In a world where LLMs hallucinate and unreliable information is everywhere, our goal is simple: provide data you can trust.

If you want the full detail on a specific calculation, feel free to contact us and we will gladly explain.

Finally, know that we update the dataset once per month, so come back here if you need fresh information.

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