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Machenta raises $40M

Machenta announced a Seed round of $40M on 27 October 2026. The company operates in Robotics & Hardware and is based in United Kingdom. It was founded by Edward Johns, Co-founder, Professor of Robot Learning at Imperial College London. Announced yesterday.

Raised
$40M
Stage
Seed
Industry
Robotics & Hardware
Country
United Kingdom

Founder

Edward Johns
Co-founder, Professor of Robot Learning at Imperial College London, Machenta
LinkedIn not availablemachenta.com

Outreach angles

  • -Professor of robot learning at Imperial College London.
  • -Co-founded Machenta with his PhD student Vitalis Vosylius.
  • -Emerged from stealth with a $40M seed co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures, the largest UK robotics seed to date.

Signals

SeedDeep TechAI-NativeHardware

Round details

Company: Machenta
Domain: machenta.com
Amount: $40M
Stage: Seed
Industry: Robotics & Hardware
Country: United Kingdom
Announced: 27 October 2026
Source: announcement

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