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Robotics Startups to Watch (Series A to Series C)
Robotics startups from Series A to Series C in the HardwareMap index: what each builds, where it is based, its stage and disclosed capital raised.
by the HardwareMap editors3 min read
From the HardwareMap index, REV 26.09, refreshed 3 Oct 2026
Contents
Robotics startups between Series A and Series C number 17 on this page, drawn from 34 robotics entries in the HardwareMap index as of REV 26.09. Order: latest disclosed round first (C, then B, then A), disclosed capital raised inside each round. It is the early-stage companion to the top robotics companies ranking, which orders by shipping evidence instead.
Acquired companies and those with no disclosed round are left out. The robotics category has the complete set.
Series C robotics startups
Five companies, and four of them build humanoids.
Figure AI (San Jose) builds general-purpose humanoids driven by its own Helix vision-language-action model, and designed Figure 03 for production at its BotQ factory. Neura Robotics (Metzingen, Germany) builds cognitive robot arms and the 4NE1 humanoid. Agility Robotics (Salem, Oregon) builds Digit for tote handling and has agreed to go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, announced 24 June 2026 and still pending at the time of writing (Agility announcement). 1X Technologies (Palo Alto) is taking consumer orders for NEO, a padded, tendon-driven home humanoid.
The exception is Standard Bots (Glen Cove, New York), which makes AI-controlled industrial arms assembled in the US and raised a $200M Series C in June 2026, according to its index record.
Series B robotics startups
The Series B group is where robots meet specific jobs.
- ANYbotics (Zurich) builds ANYmal, a legged robot for routine inspection in plants. It spun out of ETH Zurich and raised a $50 million Series B.
- Collaborative Robotics (Santa Clara) builds Proxie, a mobile manipulator for logistics, manufacturing and healthcare. Founder Brad Porter previously ran robotics at Amazon; the company raised a $100 million Series B in April 2024.
- Pickle Robot (Boston) builds robots that unload boxes from trailers and containers, backed by packaging maker Ranpak among others.
- Ati Robotics (Bengaluru) builds Sherpa autonomous mobile robots and orchestration software for factory material flow.
- Burro (Philadelphia) builds robots that follow farm, nursery and vineyard workers and carry loads. Its $24 million Series B was co-led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital.
The common thread is a single task with a measurable payback: an inspection round, a trailer unloaded, a cart moved. That is easier to sell than general-purpose capability.
Series A robotics startups
Apptronik (Austin) is the outlier: its last round is recorded as Series A, yet its disclosed capital is near a billion dollars. It builds the Apollo humanoid for factory and logistics work. Sanctuary AI (Vancouver) builds the Phoenix humanoid and its control software.
The rest are small, focused teams. Chef Robotics (San Francisco) makes food-assembly robots whose module is NSF/ANSI 169 certified. Corvus Robotics (Mountain View) flies inventory-scanning drones inside warehouses. Wheel.me (Oslo) sells an autonomous wheel that turns carts into mobile robots. CynLr (Bengaluru) builds vision-guided grasping. Sabi Agri (Saint-Beauzire, France) builds electric tractors and modular farm robots.
How the index records a robotics startup's stage
Stage comes from the last disclosed round on each company's record. Rounds are bucketed by name: anything labelled Series D or later, growth or pre-IPO falls outside this page, and companies with no named round show as undisclosed. "Raised" is disclosed equity only. We do not estimate missing figures or infer valuations from them.
Two limits follow. A company can carry a Series A label long after its capital outgrew it, as Apptronik shows. And a startup that raised quietly may look smaller here than it is. When a company publishes a new round, the next REV moves it. The robotics category page always shows the current state.
What robotics startups at this stage have in common
Three patterns show up across the 17.
- Capital follows humanoids, customers follow narrow jobs. Four of the five largest raises on the page belong to humanoid makers: Figure, Neura, Apptronik and Agility. The companies with the clearest paying deployments unload trucks, scan shelves or weed fields.
- Robots as a service. Several companies here, including Chef Robotics and Agility, bill customers by subscription instead of selling units. That shifts the cost of the robot onto the startup's balance sheet, which is part of why robotics rounds run large.
- Manufacturing in-house. Figure runs its BotQ factory and Agility its RoboFab plant in Salem; Standard Bots assembles its arms in the US. For founders weighing that choice, see prototype to production.
For the Bay Area slice of this list, see robotics companies in the Bay Area. For investors looking at the same names, robotics companies to invest in covers how private and public exposure differs.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a robotics startup in the HardwareMap index?
A private company whose main product is a robot or a robot subsystem, with a public source, a working product and an operating team. Robot vacuums sit in consumer devices, drones in defense or mobility, and lidar in industrial. This page narrows the robotics category to companies whose last disclosed round is Series A, B or C.
Which robotics startups have raised the most money?
Among Series A to C robotics startups in the index, Figure AI and Neura Robotics lead on disclosed capital, each past a billion dollars, followed by Apptronik and Agility Robotics. Large raises cluster in humanoids. Logistics, farm and inspection startups have raised far less while often shipping more product to paying customers.
Are there seed-stage robotics startups in the index?
Not in the robotics category as of REV 26.09. The index lists a company once it has a product and a public source, which most robotics teams reach only after a Series A. Early teams are welcome to submit. A seed company enters the index when it can show a working unit and a named customer or pilot.
What kinds of robots are startups building?
Four groups dominate this list: humanoids for factories and homes, warehouse robots that pick, unload or move goods, field robots for farms and industrial inspection, and arms or vision systems sold to manufacturers. Humanoids take most of the capital. Warehouse and farm robots take most of the paying customers.
Where are robotics startups based?
The SF Bay Area has the largest cluster of robotics startups in the index, with Austin, Philadelphia and Bengaluru next. Europe contributes companies in Zurich, Metzingen, Oslo and rural France. Our Bay Area robotics list tracks the largest hub on its own, filtered live from the index.
HardwareMap lists robotics startups once they ship a working unit. Open any company above for its datasheet, investors and part number.
The index
All 219 startups, filterable by category, hub, stage and funding.