- Pete Florence is a former Google DeepMind researcher who helped architect the PaLM-E and RT-2 robotics models before co-founding Generalist AI.
64 Robotics & Hardware companies raised a combined $2.39B across 10 pre-seed, 32 seed, 20 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- Pete Florence is a former Google DeepMind researcher who helped architect the PaLM-E and RT-2 robotics models before co-founding Generalist AI.
- Bacancy Systems is targeting two high-growth infrastructure verticals - EV and railway tech - with a single Series A raise led by Sabre Partners and Greenstone Capital.
- Kevin Berghoff spent three years at McKinsey advising technology leaders before co-founding QuantumDiamonds in 2022.
The Robotics & Hardware sector saw 64 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $2.39B. The median round sits at $12M, with 66% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 34% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 16% of all Robotics & Hardware activity in 2026.
Geographically, Robotics & Hardware funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 25 of the 64 raises (39%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest Robotics & Hardware round in 2026 is Generalist AI's $400M series a, led by Pete Florence. Robotics & Hardware activity accelerated through Apr, when raises jumped to 19 announcements.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking Robotics & Hardware, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyperion Robotics hyperionrobotics.com | Seed | $7.4M | Fernando De los Rios CEO & Co-founder | Finland | Seed Climate Tech Hardware | |
| 2 | NextGO Epi nextgoepi.com | Pre-Seed | $2.3M | Ta-Shun Chou CEO & Co-founder | Germany | Pre-Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 3 | Silicon Microgravity siliconmicrogravity.com | Seed | $8M | Francis Neill CEO | United Kingdom | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 4 | Microagi microagi.com | Seed | $55M | Bercan Kilic Founder & CEO | Germany | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 5 | HaloBraid halobraid.com | Seed | $7M | Yinka Ogunbiyi Founder & CEO | United States | Seed Hardware Second-Time Founder | |
| 6 | Aina aina.tech | Seed | $5.5M | Apoorv Shankar Founder & CEO | India | Seed Hardware AI-Native | |
| 7 | QuantumDiamonds quantumdiamonds.de | Series A | €91M | Kevin Berghoff CEO & Co-founder | Germany | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 8 | Luxonis luxonis.com | Series A | $14M | Bradley Dillon CEO | United States | Series A Hardware Open Source | |
| 9 | CarbonSix carbonsix.ai | Series A | $40M | Terry Moon CEO & Co-founder | South Korea | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 10 | Zeroth zeroth0.com | Series A | $73.6M | Guo Renjie Founder & CEO | China | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 11 | Mowito mowito.in | Pre-Seed | $3M | Puru Rastogi CEO & Co-founder | India | Pre-Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 12 | HIVE hiveautonomy.com | Seed | €13.1M | Christoffer Jørgenvåg CEO & Co-founder | United Kingdom | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 13 | Oxmiq Labs oxmiq.com | Series A | $35M | Raja Koduri CEO & Founder | United States | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 14 | CarbonSix carbon6robotics.com | Series A | $40M | Terry Moon CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 15 | Oxmiq Labs oxmiq.ai | Series A | $35M | Raja Koduri CEO & Founder | United States | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 16 | Invisix invisix.com | Seed | €20M | Christina Porter Co-founder & CEO | Netherlands | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 17 | Acumino acumino.com | Seed | $11.7M | Minas Liarokapis Co-founder & CEO | Greece | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 18 | Layup Parts layupparts.com | Series A | $42M | Zack Eakin Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 19 | Foundation Alloy foundationalloy.com | Series A | $22M | Jake Guglin Founder & CEO | United States | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 20 | Podium Automation podiumautomation.com | Series A | $18M | Jamie Niu Serota Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Series A Hardware B2B | |
| 21 | Invisible-Light Labs invisible-light-labs.com | Pre-Seed | €1.5M | Josiane P. Lafleur CEO & Co-founder | Austria | Pre-Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 22 | Orbital orbital.space | Seed | $5M | Euwyn Poon CEO & Founder | United States | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 23 | THEKER theker.ai | Series A | $85M | Jiaqiang Ye Zhu CEO & Co-founder | Spain | Series A Hardware AI-Native | |
| 24 | Generalist AI generalistai.com | Series A | $400M | Pete Florence Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Deep Tech | |
| 25 | Generalist AI generalist.com | Series A | $400M | Pete Florence CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Hardware AI-Native | |
| 26 | Invisible-Light Labs invisiblelightlabs.com | Seed | €1.5M | Silvan Schmid Co-founder | Austria | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 27 | Integra Robotics integrarobotics.com | Seed | $1.12M | Abhit Kumar CEO & Co-founder | India | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 28 | ZeroDrag zerodrag.in | Seed | $680K | Shantanu Bhede Co-founder & CEO | India | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 29 | Mecka AI mecka.ai | Series A | $60M | Josh Gao CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Hardware AI-Native | |
| 30 | Phosio phosio.com | Seed | $4M | Omid Sadeghi Co-founder & CEO | United States | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 31 | Itera itera.com | Seed | $12M | AJ Cooper Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 32 | Hellbender hellbender.com | Seed | $12.5M | Brian Beyer Co-founder, President & CEO | United States | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 33 | eleQtron eleqtron.com | Series A | $67M | Jan Henrik Leisse CEO & Co-founder | Germany | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 34 | HrdWyr hrdwyr.com | Series A | $13M | Ramamurthy Sivakumar Founder & CEO | India | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 35 | Flo Mobility flomobility.com | Pre-Series A | $2.5M | Manesh Jain Co-founder & CEO | India | Pre-Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 36 | Mekr mekr.in | Series A | $8M | Gaurang Kuchhal Co-founder & CEO | India | Series A Hardware B2B | |
| 37 | Config config.inc | Seed | $27M | Minjoon Seo CEO & Co-founder | South Korea | Seed Hardware AI-Native | |
| 38 | WaiV Robotics waivrobotics.com | Seed | $7.5M | Johnny Carni Founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 39 | Config config.ai | Seed | $27M | Minjoon Seo Co-Founder & CEO | South Korea | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 40 | FrostByte frostbyte.tech | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | James Kroll CEO & Co-founder | Netherlands | Pre-Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 41 | Antioch antioch.dev | Seed | $8.5M | Harry Mellsop Co-founder & CEO | United States | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 42 | Atech atech.dev | Pre-Seed | $800K | Tomas Erik Harmer CEO and Co-founder | Denmark | Pre-Seed Hardware AI-Native | |
| 43 | Brilliance brilliancergb.com | Seed | $6.5M | Tim Tiek Co-founder & CEO | Netherlands | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 44 | Crewline AI crewline.ai | Seed | $7.1M | Frederik Filz-Reiterdank CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 45 | Brilliance brilliance-rgb.com | Seed | $6.5M | Tim Tiek CEO & Co-founder | Netherlands | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 46 | Bubble Robotics bubble-robotics.com | Pre-Seed | $5M | Jean Crosetti Co-founder & CEO | Switzerland | Pre-Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 47 | Bubble Robotics bubblerobotics.com | Pre-Seed | $5M | Jean Crosetti CEO & Co-founder | Switzerland | Pre-Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 48 | Syenta syenta.com | Series A | $26M | Jekaterina Viktorova CEO & Co-founder | Australia | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 49 | OrangeQS orangeqs.com | Seed | $17M | Garrelt Alberts Executive Director & Co-founder | Netherlands | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 50 | Antioch antioch.ai | Seed | $8.5M | Harry Mellsop Co-founder & CEO | United States | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 51 | Ulysses ulysses.inc | Series A | $38M | Akhil Voorakkara CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 52 | Citra Space Corp citraspace.com | Series A | $15M | Tom Nichols CEO & Co-Founder | United States | Series A Deep Tech B2B | |
| 53 | Qoro Quantum qoroquantum.net | Pre-Seed | $750K | Dan Holme CEO & Co-Founder | Finland | Pre-Seed Deep Tech API-First | |
| 54 | Portal Space Systems portalsystems.space | Series A | $50M | Jeff Thornburg CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 55 | Anvil Robotics anvil.bot | Seed | $6.5M | Mike Xia CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed Hardware AI-Native | |
| 56 | Q-Factor q-factor.ai | Seed | $24M | Guy Raz CEO & Co-founder | Israel | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 57 | Q-Factor qfactor.io | Seed | $24M | Ofer Firstenberg Co-founder & Chief Scientist | Israel | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 58 | CavilinQ cavilinq.com | Seed | $8.8M | Shankar Menon CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed Deep Tech Second-Time Founder | |
| 59 | Anvil Robotics anvilrobotics.com | Seed | $5.5M | Mike Xia CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed Hardware AI-Native | |
| 60 | Rhonexum rhonexum.com | Pre-Seed | $1M | Hung-Chi Han Founder & CEO | Switzerland | Pre-Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 61 | Nature Robots naturerobots.com/en | Seed | $4.6M | Sebastian Pütz Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Seed Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 62 | Bacancy Systems bacancysystems.com | Series A | ₹400M | Hardik Sheth Co-Founder & CEO | India | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 63 | Stateful Robotics statefulrobotics.com | Pre-Seed | $4.8M | Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes CEO | United Kingdom | Pre-Seed Deep Tech AI-Native | |
| 64 | Lace | Seed | $40M | Bodil Holst CEO | Norway | Seed Deep Tech Hardware |