Which startups have raised the most funding in the robotics market?

Last updated: 13 July 2026

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The robotics market is moving from research labs into warehouses, hospitals, farms, factories, restaurants, and public spaces.

This constantly refreshed list ranks robotics startups by cumulative funding raised, and we update it every month to keep the data fresh.

The ranking shows where investors have placed the most capital, from surgical robotics and warehouse automation to humanoid robots and agricultural robotics.

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A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most funded startup Neura Robotics, with $1.6B raised
Second most funded startup CMR Surgical, with $1.4B raised
Largest funding round Neura Robotics, $1.4B Series C in June 2026
Median funding $137M
Share of funding captured by the top 10 About 40% of total funding in this ranking
Median time since last round About 28 months
Startups that raised funding in the last 12 months 23 startups
Robotics funding captured by the top 5 About $6.8B, or 32% of the ranked total
Warehouse and logistics robotics leaders At least 20 companies in the ranking focus on automation, fulfillment, or AMRs
Surgical robotics capital concentration Several medical robotics startups raised more than $250M each
Chart showing annual venture capital investment in robotics startups

This chart, featured in our robotics market deck, shows annual venture capital investment in robotics startups

Top startups in the robotics market ranked by total funding raised

Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the robotics 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 robotics 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 Neura Robotics Cognitive humanoid robots $1.6B 5 June 2026 $1.4B Series C Tether, Qualcomm, NVIDIA Active Partial
2 CMR Surgical Soft tissue surgical robotics system $1.4B 6 July 2021 $600M Series D SoftBank Vision Fund 2, LGT Active Strong
3 Symbotic AI warehouse automation systems $1.1B 2 December 2025 $358M Public Equity Offering Walmart, SoftBank, SVF Investment Corp. 3 IPO Partial
4 Apptronik General-purpose humanoid robots $935M 3 February 2026 $520M Series A-X Google, Mercedes-Benz, QIA Active Partial
5 Geek+ Warehouse AMR automation robots $805M 6 July 2025 $281M IPO Warburg Pincus, GGV Capital, Intel Capital IPO Strong
6 Auris Health Robotic endoscopy surgery platform $800M 5 2018 $220M Series D J&J, Canaan Partners Acquired Strong
7 Agility Robotics Warehouse humanoid robots $579M 5 June 2025 $400M Series C SoftBank, WP Global Partners, Amazon Active Partial
8 Asensus Surgical Digital laparoscopic robotics system $550M 7 2021 $75M Equity raise Institutional investors IPO Strong
9 Berkshire Grey Warehouse robotic automation systems $483M 3 July 2021 $220M SPAC / PIPE SoftBank, Khosla Ventures, NEA Acquired Partial
10 Exotec Skypod warehouse robotics systems $446M 5 January 2022 $335M Series D Goldman Sachs, 83North, Dell Technologies Capital Active Strong
11 Locus Robotics Autonomous warehouse picking robots $438M 8 November 2022 $117M Series F Goldman Sachs, G2 Venture Partners, Stack Capital Active Strong
12 GreyOrange Robotic warehouse fulfillment platform $415M 5 December 2023 $135M Series D Anthelion Capital, Mithril Capital, Blume Ventures Active Partial
13 Bright Machines Software-defined manufacturing automation $385M 3 June 2024 $106M Series C BlackRock, NVIDIA, Microsoft Active Strong
14 Serve Robotics Sidewalk delivery robots $362M 6 October 2025 $100M Post-IPO equity Uber, NVIDIA, Wavemaker Partners IPO Partial
15 PROCEPT BioRobotics Waterjet prostate surgery robotics $350M 6 2021 $240M IPO NEA, OrbiMed IPO Strong
16 Gecko Robotics Infrastructure inspection robots $347M 6 May 2025 $125M Series D Cox Enterprises, USIT, XN Active Strong
17 Pudu Robotics Commercial service robot platforms $342M 9 April 2026 $150M Series D / new round Meituan, Sequoia Capital China, Tencent Active Partial
18 Hai Robotics Warehouse case-handling robots $330M 6 June 2022 $100M Series D+ Capital Today, 5Y Capital, Source Code Capital Active Partial
19 Flexiv Adaptive industrial robots $322M 4 June 2025 $100M Series C Meituan, Gaorong Capital, GSR Ventures Active Strong
20 Saildrone Autonomous ocean data vehicles $309M 5 May 2025 $60M Financing EIFO, Lux Capital, Crowley Active Strong
21 Medical Microinstruments Microsurgical robotic systems platform $300M 5 2023 $110M Series C Fidelity, De Agostini Active Strong
22 Dobot Collaborative robotic arms $298M 13 July 2025 $132M PIPE China Internet Investment Fund, PreAngel Fund, Public shareholders IPO Low
23 Dexterity Warehouse robotic manipulation $291M 5 March 2025 $95M Venture / late-stage Sumitomo, Lightspeed Ventures Active Partial
24 Mujin Industrial robot intelligence $288M 4 December 2025 $133M Series D NTT Group, QIA, Salesforce Ventures Active Partial
25 Vicarious Surgical Single-incision surgical robotics $266M 5 October 2025 $6M Registered Direct Institutional investor, Lake Street Capital Markets IPO Strong
26 Seegrid Autonomous pallet-moving AMRs $265M 21 September 2024 $50M Series D Giant Eagle, G2 Venture Partners Active Partial
27 Standard Bots AI industrial robot arms $263M 2 June 2026 $200M Series C RoboStrategy, General Catalyst, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund Active Partial
28 Agile Robots AI industrial robotic systems $250M 5 April 2022 $30M Series C Extension Foxconn Industrial Internet Active Partial
29 Vicarious AI robotic intelligence $250M 8 July 2017 $50M Series C / D Khosla Ventures, Samsung, Bezos Expeditions Acquired Partial
30 KEENON Robotics Autonomous service delivery robots $244M 4 September 2021 $200M Series D SoftBank Vision Fund 2, CICC ALPHA, Prosperity7 Active Partial
31 Ecorobotix Ultra-precision crop spraying $230M 8 October 2025 $105M Series D AQTON, Cibus Capital, Swisscanto Active Partial
32 Starship Technologies Autonomous delivery robots $224M 5 October 2025 $50M Series C extension Plural, Iconical, Daimler Active Partial
33 Nimble Autonomous e-commerce fulfillment robots $221M 3 October 2024 $106M Series C FedEx, Cedar Pine Active Strong
34 Monarch Tractor Electric autonomous tractors $220M 5 July 2024 $133M Series C Astanor Ventures, CNH Industrial, Trimble Acquired Strong
35 Dexory Warehouse inventory intelligence robots $212M 4 October 2025 $100M Series C Eurazeo, LTS Growth, Endeavor Catalyst Active Strong
36 Noah Medical Robotic lung navigation platform $200M 4 2023 $150M Series B Eclipse Ventures Acquired Partial
37 Neocis Robotic dental implant surgery $183M 8 January 2024 $20M Additional Equity Mirae Asset, NVentures Active Strong
38 Carbon Robotics Laser weeding robots $178M 5 October 2025 $21M Series D-II BOND, Sozo Ventures, Anthos Capital Active Strong
39 EndoQuest Robotics Flexible endoluminal surgical robots $176M 6 August 2024 $20M Series D-1 Undisclosed investors Active Partial
40 Bear Robotics Restaurant service delivery robots $175M 4 March 2024 $60M Series C LG Electronics, SoftBank, IMM Acquired Strong
41 Attabotics 3D robotic fulfillment systems $154M 4 November 2022 $72M Series C-1 Export Development Canada, Ontario Teachers’ Shutdown Partial
42 ANYbotics Industrial inspection quadruped robots $152M 4 September 2025 $20M Series B ACE & Company, Bessemer, NGP Capital Active Strong
43 Distalmotion Minimally invasive surgical robot $150M 4 2023 $100M Series D Revival Healthcare Capital Active Partial
44 Rethink Robotics Collaborative manufacturing robots $150M 7 August 2017 $36M Series E Schroders Capital, GE Ventures, Bezos Expeditions Acquired Strong
45 Knightscope Autonomous security robots $147M 25 January 2022 $22M IPO Retail investors, Konica Minolta, NTT DOCOMO Ventures IPO Low
46 Addverb Warehouse automation robots $143M 2 January 2022 $132M Series B Reliance Retail, Reliance Industries, Jalaj Dani Acquired Strong
47 Vecna Robotics Material-handling AMR automation $143M 4 November 2024 $15M Series C-III Existing investors Active Partial
48 Collaborative Robotics Practical collaborative robots $140M 3 April 2024 $100M Series B General Catalyst, Sequoia, Khosla Ventures Active Full
49 ForwardX Robotics Vision-based AMRs for logistics $140M 9 July 2023 $30M Series C extension CDH, Qualcomm Ventures, Hefei High-tech Investment Active Strong
50 Quicktron Logistics AMR automation $137M 4 September 2024 $100M Series D Golden Oriole Capital, FarGlory Group, Wuxi Liangxi Fund Active Partial
51 Momentis Surgical Transvaginal surgical robotics $131M 6 November 2025 $14M Equity Undisclosed investors Active Partial
52 RightHand Robotics Robotic piece-picking systems $125M 4 March 2025 Undisclosed Strategic / Series C Rockwell Automation Active Partial
53 Virtual Incision Miniaturized surgical robot systems $120M 3 2024 $60M Series C Minderoo Foundation Active Partial
54 Pickle Robot Truck-unloading warehouse robots $113M 8 November 2024 $50M Series B Teradyne Robotics Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Ranpak Active Strong
55 Built Robotics Autonomous construction equipment $112M 3 April 2022 $64M Series C Tiger Global, NEA, Founders Fund Active Partial
56 Moon Surgical Collaborative surgery robotic assistant $110M 3 2023 $55M Series B J&J Innovation, Cathay Active Partial
57 Avidbots Autonomous commercial cleaning robots $107M 6 September 2022 $70M Series C Jeneration Capital, True Ventures, GGV Capital Active Partial
58 Corindus Vascular Robotics Robotic vascular interventions $100M 4 March 2019 $5M Post-IPO Equity HealthCor Partners, Boston Scientific Acquired Partial
59 Sanctuary AI General-purpose humanoid robots $100M 6 January 2025 $2M Later-stage / undisclosed Bell, BDC, Workday Ventures Active Partial
60 Neptune Medical GI robotic medical devices $97M 1 August 2024 $97M Series D Sonder Capital, Olympus Corporation Active Partial
61 Third Wave Automation Autonomous warehouse forklifts $97M 4 October 2024 $27M Series C Woven Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Norwest Venture Partners Active Full
62 Plus One Robotics Parcel-handling vision software $91M 3 March 2023 $50M Series C Scale Venture Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners Active Strong
63 Nomagic Robotic warehouse picking $85M 4 January 2026 $10M Series B extension Cogito Capital, Khosla Ventures, Almaz Capital Active Full
64 eCential Robotics Orthopedic navigation robotics platform $80M 3 2022 $40M Series C European VCs Active Low
65 Rapyuta Robotics Warehouse AMRs and ASRS $79M 5 April 2022 $51M Series C Goldman Sachs Active Partial
66 Diligent Robotics Hospital logistics service robots $70M 5 September 2023 $25M New financing Canaan, Tiger Global, DNX Ventures Active Partial
67 Monogram Technologies Orthopedic robotic implants $70M 7 2024 $13M Post-IPO Equity Retail investors, StartEngine investors Acquired Partial
68 Dusty Robotics Robotic construction layout tools $69M 4 May 2022 $45M Series B Scale Venture Partners, Canaan, Baseline Active Strong
69 GrayMatter Robotics Surface-finishing robotic automation $69M 3 June 2024 $45M Series B Wellington Management, NGP Capital, B Capital Active Full
70 Rovco Subsea robotic inspection services $67M 4 July 2024 $39M Investment round Offshore wind operator, existing shareholders Shutdown Partial
71 FarmWise Robotic crop weeding $65M 3 June 2022 $45M Series B Fall Line Capital, Middleland Capital, GV Acquired Strong
72 Ambi Robotics AI parcel-sorting robots $64M 3 October 2022 $32M Additional funding / SAFE Tiger Global, Bow Capital, Pitney Bowes Active Strong
73 Agtonomy Autonomous farm equipment software $60M 5 October 2025 $18M Series B DBL Partners, Nuveen, Autotech Ventures Active Partial
74 inVia Robotics Warehouse robotics-as-a-service $59M 3 July 2021 $30M Series C M12, Qualcomm Ventures, Hitachi Ventures Active Full
75 Verdant Robotics Precision agriculture robotics $58M 4 December 2022 Undisclosed Early-stage Cleveland Avenue, DCVC Bio, Future Ventures Active Partial
76 Aethon Hospital delivery mobile robots $55M 6 December 2013 $3M Follow-on venture round Bosch, Mitsui, Draper Triangle Acquired Low
77 Naio Technologies Agricultural weeding robots $54M 3 December 2022 $33M Series B Mirova, Bpifrance, Capagro Active Strong
78 Rapid Robotics Manufacturing robot operators $54M 3 August 2021 $37M Series B Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global, NEA Acquired Full
79 Cobalt Robotics Security robots and monitoring $53M 3 June 2019 $37M Series B Coatue, Sequoia Capital, Promus Ventures Active Strong
80 Burro Autonomous farm mobility robots $45M 4 December 2023 $24M Series B Catalyst Investors, TransLink Capital, S2G Ventures Active Strong
81 Saga Robotics Autonomous crop-care robots $44M 4 August 2025 $11M Growth equity Praesidium Agri-FoodTech, Aker, Nysnø Active Partial
82 Sea Machines Autonomous marine vessel systems $44M 5 February 2024 $12M Funding round Emerald Technology Ventures, Nabtesco, Chevron Active Partial
83 Unbox Robotics Warehouse parcel-sorting robots $44M 5 January 2026 $28M Series B ICICI Venture, Redstart Labs, F-Prime Active Strong
84 Canvas Robotic drywall finishing $43M 2 April 2021 $24M Series B Menlo Ventures, Suffolk, Alumni Ventures Acquired Partial
85 Robust.AI Collaborative warehouse mobile robots $43M 3 April 2023 $20M Series A-1 Prime Movers Lab, JAZZ Venture Partners, Playground Global Active Strong
86 Ready Robotics Robot operating system software $42M 4 2022 Undisclosed Strategic Investment NVIDIA, Rockwell Automation, Canaan Partners Shutdown Partial
87 Fox Robotics Autonomous forklift unloaders $38M 5 October 2022 $20M Series A/B BMW i Ventures, Zebra Technologies, Menlo Ventures Acquired Partial
88 Neuromeka Industrial collaborative robots $37M 6 March 2025 $7M Post-IPO Equity Kolon Investments, DSC Investment, ISU Venture Capital IPO Low
89 Ati Motors Autonomous industrial mobile robots $34M 3 January 2025 $20M Series B Walden Catalyst Ventures, NGP Capital, True Ventures Active Partial
90 SwarmFarm Robotics Autonomous broadacre farm robots $31M 3 October 2025 $20M Series B Edaphon, CEFC, QIC Active Strong
91 Blue River Technology Robotic crop intelligence $30M 3 December 2015 $17M Series B Pontifax AgTech, Syngenta Ventures, Monsanto Growth Acquired Full
92 Bonsai Robotics Orchard autonomy software $29M 2 January 2025 $15M Series A Bison Ventures, Cibus Capital, Acre Venture Partners Active Full
93 Levita Magnetics Magnetic surgical robotics $27M 2 August 2022 $26M Series C Evan Norton, MedTex Ventures, Invermaster Active Strong
94 Planys Technologies Underwater inspection robots $22M 4 December 2025 $11M Series B Ashish Kacholia, Lashit Sanghvi, Pratithi Investment Active Partial
95 Niqo Robotics AI precision spraying robots $21M 3 May 2024 $13M Series B Bidra Innovation Ventures, Fulcrum Global Capital, Omnivore Active Strong
96 Tevel Flying fruit-picking robots $20M 1 January 2021 $20M Series B Kubota, Forbon, Maverick Ventures Israel Active Partial
97 Aigen Solar weeding robots $19M 3 November 2023 $12M Series A ReGen Ventures, NEA, Cleveland Avenue Active Partial
98 SS Innovations Affordable surgical robots $19M 2 March 2026 $19M Post-IPO Private Placement Directors/officers, Manipal Global Health Services IPO Partial
99 Robotics Plus Agricultural automation systems $10M 2 November 2018 $8M Series A / strategic Yamaha Motor, Yamaha Motor Ventures, THRIVE Acquired Strong
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Key funding trends in the robotics market

Insights

  • Robotics funding is highly concentrated, with the top 10 startups capturing about 40% of all funding in this ranking, despite the list including 99 companies.
  • Surgical robotics is one of the clearest capital magnets, with CMR Surgical, Auris Health, Asensus Surgical, PROCEPT BioRobotics, and Medical Microinstruments all above $300M.
  • Warehouse robotics remains the deepest commercial category, with Symbotic, Geek+, Exotec, Locus Robotics, GreyOrange, Berkshire Grey, and Hai Robotics all crossing $300M.
  • Humanoid robotics is becoming a major funding theme, led by Neura Robotics, Apptronik, Agility Robotics, Sanctuary AI, and several industrial automation companies.
  • Agricultural robotics is more fragmented, with many credible startups below $100M, which suggests a market still moving from field pilots to larger commercial scale.
  • Industrial inspection robotics is a smaller but attractive pocket, with Gecko Robotics and ANYbotics showing investor demand for robots in asset-heavy environments.
  • Strategic exits appear across healthcare, agriculture, construction, warehouse automation, and service robotics, which shows that acquirers value specialized real-world deployment data.
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A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks startups in the robotics 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 robotics 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 robotics 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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