Overture Life
Venture Round in 2025
Overture Life, Inc. is a biotechnology company established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, New York. The company specializes in developing robotic technology and medical devices aimed at automating the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process. Overture Life's innovations include novel embryo testing methodologies and automated cryopreservation services, which help fertility clinics identify viable embryos prior to implantation. By streamlining the IVF process, Overture Life aims to make artificial insemination more accessible, reduce costs, optimize resource use, and improve success rates for practitioners and patients alike.
Apptronik
Series A in 2025
Apptronik is a robotics company focused on creating humanoid robots for a range of practical applications. Their robots are designed to perform tasks traditionally carried out by humans, such as case picking, down stacking, trailer unloading, palletizing, sortation, and heavy lifting. By providing versatile and efficient robotics solutions, Apptronik aims to help industries address labor shortages, improve job satisfaction by taking over less desirable tasks, and enhance overall productivity. The company's innovative approach to robotics manufacturing is tailored to meet the needs of various sectors, making their technology applicable in diverse environments.
Ripcord
Venture Round in 2024
Ripcord, Inc. is a robotic digitization company that specializes in automating the management of paper records. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Ripcord develops a platform that utilizes advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and vision-guided robotics, to create digital twins of physical documents. Its flagship solution, Canopy, captures, enriches, and organizes critical content, allowing enterprises to enhance their business processes with improved speed, quality, and accuracy. Formerly known as Ripcord Digital, Inc., the company rebranded in June 2017 to reflect its focus on innovative digitization solutions.
Oxa is a developer of autonomous vehicle software that focuses on creating AI-based platforms for the operation and scaling of fleets of autonomous vehicles. The company's technology combines laser vision and radar for effective localization, allowing autonomous systems to understand their surroundings and navigate safely in complex environments. Oxa's software is designed to operate with low compute power requirements, making it accessible for various business applications. By providing solutions that enhance vehicle positioning and movement prediction, Oxa enables clients to implement and accelerate the deployment of autonomous vehicles in a range of settings.
Urban Machine
Seed Round in 2022
Urban Machine is a construction company focused on the reclamation and repurposing of wood waste from demolition and new construction sites. By utilizing advanced robotics and artificial intelligence, the company efficiently removes nails, screws, and staples from reclaimed wood, transforming it into high-quality, locally sourced premium lumber products. Urban Machine aims to promote sustainability within the construction industry by providing a viable alternative to virgin lumber, thereby reducing waste and minimizing environmental impact. Through its innovative approach, the company supports a more sustainable future by contributing to the circular economy in the building sector.
RightHand Robotics
Series C in 2022
RightHand Robotics, Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of robotic order-picking systems designed to enhance supply chain logistics and order fulfillment across various industries, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Frankfurt, Germany. RightHand Robotics offers innovative solutions like the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with advanced servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor that aids in gentle object handling. Their technology enables robots to automatically grasp a wide range of items from bins and cases without the need for extensive data entry or parameter tuning, making their systems cost-effective and adaptable to changing business needs.
Agtonomy
Seed Round in 2022
Agtonomy is a platform that combines hybrid autonomy and tele-assistance to provide advanced AI solutions for the agricultural sector. The company addresses significant challenges faced by farmers, including labor shortages, sustainability issues, and decreasing profit margins. By collaborating with established equipment manufacturers, Agtonomy converts traditional tractors and agricultural machinery into autonomous and remote-controlled systems. This transformation allows local farmers to enhance their operational efficiency and adaptability while managing limited budgets and seasonal pressures. Through its innovative approach, Agtonomy aims to empower farmers and improve agricultural productivity.
RightHand Robotics
Venture Round in 2021
RightHand Robotics, Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of robotic order-picking systems designed to enhance supply chain logistics and order fulfillment across various industries, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Frankfurt, Germany. RightHand Robotics offers innovative solutions like the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with advanced servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor that aids in gentle object handling. Their technology enables robots to automatically grasp a wide range of items from bins and cases without the need for extensive data entry or parameter tuning, making their systems cost-effective and adaptable to changing business needs.
Agtonomy
Seed Round in 2021
Agtonomy is a platform that combines hybrid autonomy and tele-assistance to provide advanced AI solutions for the agricultural sector. The company addresses significant challenges faced by farmers, including labor shortages, sustainability issues, and decreasing profit margins. By collaborating with established equipment manufacturers, Agtonomy converts traditional tractors and agricultural machinery into autonomous and remote-controlled systems. This transformation allows local farmers to enhance their operational efficiency and adaptability while managing limited budgets and seasonal pressures. Through its innovative approach, Agtonomy aims to empower farmers and improve agricultural productivity.
TMRW Life Sciences
Series C in 2021
TMRW Life Sciences is a technology company focused on improving standards of safety, transparency, and accountability in the management of frozen eggs and embryos within the IVF sector. The company has developed the first automated cryo-management platform specifically designed for this purpose, which integrates a digital chain of custody with robotic storage and monitoring solutions. This innovative approach aims to replace traditional manual methods that have remained largely unchanged over the years, thereby significantly reducing the risk of errors that could have serious consequences. Founded in 2018 by Joshua Abram, Alan Murray, and Dr. Jeffrey Port, TMRW combines expertise in fertility, embryology, cryo-management, automation, software development, and robotics to enhance the specimen management process for clinics, facilitating advancements in IVF technology. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
Overture Life
Series B in 2021
Overture Life, Inc. is a biotechnology company established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, New York. The company specializes in developing robotic technology and medical devices aimed at automating the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process. Overture Life's innovations include novel embryo testing methodologies and automated cryopreservation services, which help fertility clinics identify viable embryos prior to implantation. By streamlining the IVF process, Overture Life aims to make artificial insemination more accessible, reduce costs, optimize resource use, and improve success rates for practitioners and patients alike.
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of wind and solar-powered autonomous surface vehicles, known as Saildrones, which facilitate cost-effective ocean data collection at scale. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. Saildrone's vehicles have traveled over 500,000 nautical miles and spent more than 13,000 days at sea, generating high-resolution datasets that provide critical insights for climate science, maritime security, and ecological management. By utilizing real-time data transmission via satellite, Saildrone enables clients to monitor and mitigate potential ecological disasters, contributing to better understanding and management of global environmental challenges.
Ripcord, Inc. is a robotic digitization company that specializes in automating the management of paper records. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Ripcord develops a platform that utilizes advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and vision-guided robotics, to create digital twins of physical documents. Its flagship solution, Canopy, captures, enriches, and organizes critical content, allowing enterprises to enhance their business processes with improved speed, quality, and accuracy. Formerly known as Ripcord Digital, Inc., the company rebranded in June 2017 to reflect its focus on innovative digitization solutions.
Veo Robotics
Series A in 2019
Veo Robotics, Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, specializes in developing robotics systems that enhance manufacturing processes. The company focuses on creating industrial automation products that allow high-performance robots to work collaboratively and safely alongside human workers. By integrating advanced computer vision, 3D sensing, and artificial intelligence, Veo Robotics' products aim to create more flexible, productive, and efficient manufacturing workcells. Their proprietary algorithms and distributed sensing technologies enable clients to improve productivity while reducing operating costs in both manufacturing and logistics environments.
CTRL-Labs
Venture Round in 2019
CTRL-Labs Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in New York City, specializes in developing non-invasive neural interface technology aimed at enhancing the interaction between humans and machines. The company's flagship product, the CTRL-kit, is a wireless wristband equipped with sensors that captures neural signals, allowing users to control digital devices through simple electronic pulses. This innovative platform is designed to support various applications in virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics, productivity, and clinical research. By providing developers with a software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API), CTRL-Labs enables the integration of neural control into their applications. The company's long-term vision focuses on fostering mass consumer adoption of neural interfaces, establishing a new standard for human-machine collaboration that transforms how users engage with technology.
RightHand Robotics
Series B in 2018
RightHand Robotics, Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of robotic order-picking systems designed to enhance supply chain logistics and order fulfillment across various industries, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Frankfurt, Germany. RightHand Robotics offers innovative solutions like the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with advanced servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor that aids in gentle object handling. Their technology enables robots to automatically grasp a wide range of items from bins and cases without the need for extensive data entry or parameter tuning, making their systems cost-effective and adaptable to changing business needs.
Workbench Platform
Acquisition in 2018
Workbench's content platform packages your content into custom, engaging learning and get-active experiences that drive continuously fresh content and value to education and consumer learners, makers, and doers. At Workbench, we love to tinker, explore, make, create and discover using robots and circuitry and gardens and drones and all sorts of materials we can work into projects. This kind of project-based learning and exploration is what we’re is all about, so we created a community where like-minded people can come together to engage and inspire each other with their own ideas. Workbench has partnered with some of the most forward-thinking maker-product companies in the world to be on the leading edge of innovation. We will continue to add product partners and introduce dynamic new tools for learning to our community. Here on the Workbench platform, maker-educators, students, hobbyists—anyone, really—can discover engaging projects created by Workbench and the Workbench user community. Members of the community can create and post their own projects and share their unique creations and successes in the Gallery. We know that educators are just as excited about project-based learning as we are, so the Workbench platform gives educators the tools to connect with other educators, create classes, assign hands-on lessons and monitor student progress in real time. Workbench is excited to partner with top product companies to create unique communities focused on using specific products in project-based learning. Find our partner platforms by clicking here.
CTRL-Labs
Series B in 2018
CTRL-Labs Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in New York City, specializes in developing non-invasive neural interface technology aimed at enhancing the interaction between humans and machines. The company's flagship product, the CTRL-kit, is a wireless wristband equipped with sensors that captures neural signals, allowing users to control digital devices through simple electronic pulses. This innovative platform is designed to support various applications in virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics, productivity, and clinical research. By providing developers with a software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API), CTRL-Labs enables the integration of neural control into their applications. The company's long-term vision focuses on fostering mass consumer adoption of neural interfaces, establishing a new standard for human-machine collaboration that transforms how users engage with technology.
Blue Vision Labs
Series A in 2018
Blue Vision Labs Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in augmented reality and machine perception for self-driving vehicles. Founded in 2016, the company aims to transform interaction between technology, users, and the environment through its innovative augmented reality cloud platform. This platform creates a three-dimensional map of urban spaces, allowing mobile devices to ascertain their location using visual data from cameras. This capability facilitates the development of collaborative augmented reality applications, enabling multiple users to interact with shared content in a precise spatial context. The team comprises engineers and researchers with backgrounds from prestigious organizations, focusing on advancements in robotics, computer vision, and related fields. As of 2018, Blue Vision Labs operates as a subsidiary of Lyft, Inc.
Ripcord, Inc. is a robotic digitization company that specializes in automating the management of paper records. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Ripcord develops a platform that utilizes advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and vision-guided robotics, to create digital twins of physical documents. Its flagship solution, Canopy, captures, enriches, and organizes critical content, allowing enterprises to enhance their business processes with improved speed, quality, and accuracy. Formerly known as Ripcord Digital, Inc., the company rebranded in June 2017 to reflect its focus on innovative digitization solutions.
Veo Robotics
Series A in 2017
Veo Robotics, Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, specializes in developing robotics systems that enhance manufacturing processes. The company focuses on creating industrial automation products that allow high-performance robots to work collaboratively and safely alongside human workers. By integrating advanced computer vision, 3D sensing, and artificial intelligence, Veo Robotics' products aim to create more flexible, productive, and efficient manufacturing workcells. Their proprietary algorithms and distributed sensing technologies enable clients to improve productivity while reducing operating costs in both manufacturing and logistics environments.
Ripcord, Inc. is a robotic digitization company that specializes in automating the management of paper records. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Ripcord develops a platform that utilizes advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and vision-guided robotics, to create digital twins of physical documents. Its flagship solution, Canopy, captures, enriches, and organizes critical content, allowing enterprises to enhance their business processes with improved speed, quality, and accuracy. Formerly known as Ripcord Digital, Inc., the company rebranded in June 2017 to reflect its focus on innovative digitization solutions.
Abundant Robotics
Series A in 2017
Abundant Robotics, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in automating orchard harvests, focusing primarily on apple harvesting. Founded in 2015 and based in Hayward, California, the company provides Harvest-as-a-Service solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce damage during the picking process. Abundant Robotics utilizes advanced robotic manipulation, sensing technology, and a computer vision and machine learning platform to ensure precise and careful harvesting. Their innovative vacuum-based picking system offers significant value to farmers by improving productivity while minimizing the risk of fruit damage.
Kindred AI
Series A in 2015
Kindred's mission is to build machines with human-like intelligence. Since its founding in 2014, Kindred has been exploring and engineering systems that enable robots to interact with the physical world, fulfilling the goal of bringing humans and intelligent machines together to solve real-world problems. Kindred has built an AI platform that integrates vision, grasping and placement to create autonomous solutions for complex commercial problems. With increased labor complexities in e-commerce fulfillment centers, Kindred developed a flagship product, SORT, to help retailers stay competitive. Kindred smart piece-picking SORT robots tackle a labor intensive part of the supply chain, which is Putwall Sortation, completing the manual task to pick and place items into separate customer orders. Kindred robots are currently in commercial use at e-commerce leaders including Gap, Inc., Carter’s and other global retailers. The Kindred SORT robots work alongside warehouse staff to quickly and accurately sort items into individual customer orders. Kindred has offices in San Francisco & Toronto.
Savioke
Seed Round in 2014
Savioke, Inc. is a company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2013, that specializes in the development and deployment of autonomous robots aimed at enhancing service delivery in various industries. Its flagship product, Relay, is an innovative delivery robot designed to operate autonomously in busy environments such as hotels, residential buildings, industrial sites, and healthcare facilities. Relay combines simplicity with advanced technology, allowing it to work effectively alongside humans. The robots are built on the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS), which enhances their functionality and adaptability in diverse applications. Savioke is supported by a range of investors, including prominent names in technology and venture capital. The company's mission is to improve productivity and customer satisfaction through the use of robotics in everyday human environments.
Strateos
Seed Round in 2014
Strateos specializes in automating chemistry, biology, and tissue analysis in closed-loop robotic labs, accelerating drug discovery programs for pharmaceutical partners. By combining advanced robotics, software for imaging and analytics, and remote cloud laboratories, Strateos enables more rapid and efficient discovery of new drug candidates. The company was formed through a merger of Transcriptic, which developed the first robotic cloud laboratory platform for life science research, and 3Scan, which specialized in automating tissue analysis. Strateos aims to express life science methods as data, enabling infrastructure virtualization and driving the next generation of discovery with significant time and cost efficiencies.
Boston Dynamics
Acquisition in 2013
Boston Dynamics, Inc. is an engineering company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, specializing in the design and manufacture of advanced robots and software for human simulation. Founded in 1992 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the company has gained recognition for its innovative robots that mimic animal movement, such as Spot, a quadruped robot, and Atlas, a humanoid robot. These robots are equipped with cutting-edge mobility, dexterity, and intelligence, allowing them to perform tasks in challenging environments, including industrial plants, construction sites, and warehouses. Boston Dynamics also develops software for human simulation, which is utilized in various training applications, including law enforcement and military operations. The company collaborates with organizations globally, providing solutions to some of the most complex challenges in automation and robotics.
Autofuss
Acquisition in 2013
Autofuss is a design and video production firm that specializes in creating innovative advertisements through a combination of art, live action, robotics, and computer graphics. The company focuses on captivating its audience by delivering visually striking and engaging content that inspires wonder. By blending various creative elements, Autofuss aims to enhance the viewer's experience and effectively communicate its clients' messages.
Bot & Dolly
Acquisition in 2013
Bot & Dolly is a design and engineering studio focused on automation, robotics, and filmmaking. The company develops software platforms and tools that enable the control of 6-axis industrial robots, which are utilized in the production of feature films. By combining advanced technology with creative storytelling, Bot & Dolly enhances the filmmaking process, offering innovative solutions that streamline production and expand artistic possibilities.
Holomni
Acquisition in 2013
Holomni specializes in the production of powered, omnidirectional casters designed for mobile robots. By offering robotic wheels capable of movement in any direction, Holomni enhances the mobility and functionality of robotic systems. The company's innovative solutions are aimed at improving the performance and versatility of various applications in the robotics sector.
Meka Robotics
Acquisition in 2013
Meka Robotics specializes in the design and development of advanced robotic systems tailored for researchers. The company focuses on dexterous manipulation in unstructured environments, force-controlled compliant actuation, and human-safe robotics. Meka Robotics offers hardware solutions, engineering services, and technology transfer to facilitate the integration of innovative technologies. Its expertise in integrated mechatronic engineering and humanoid robot design positions it as a leader in the field, catering to the needs of clients seeking cutting-edge robotic solutions.
Redwood Robotics
Acquisition in 2013
Redwood Robotics is dedicated to creating advanced robotic solutions tailored for innovative manufacturing and service sectors. The company specializes in the development of personal and service robots, with a particular emphasis on robotic arms that prioritize ease of programming and safety for human interaction. By focusing on user-friendly designs, Redwood Robotics aims to enhance operational efficiency and improve collaboration between robots and people in various work environments.
Schaft
Acquisition in 2013
Schaft is a robotics company that evolved from the JSK Robotics Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, where significant advancements in humanoid robotics were made under the leadership of Professor Masayuki Inaba. Co-founders Junichi Urata and Yuto Nakanishi, who began their work in the lab around a decade ago, contributed to the development of various humanoid robots, including projects named Kotaro, Kojiro, Kenzo, and Kenshiro. The company specializes in creating robotic technology and hardware tailored for industrial applications, focusing on humanoid bipedal robots. These machines are designed to assist clients in safely performing tasks in hazardous environments, enhancing operational efficiency and safety.
Plethora
Seed Round in 2013
Plethora Corporation, founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in precision machining services, particularly in CNC machining, milling, and turning. The company works with materials such as aluminum alloys, copper alloys, plastics, steels, and stainless steels. Plethora serves a diverse range of industries, including robotics, automotive, aerospace, and consumer packaged goods, primarily within the United States. Utilizing advanced robotics and proprietary software, Plethora transforms customer designs into custom parts and offers design feedback directly from clients' CAD models, enhancing the manufacturing process. Additionally, Plethora maintains an office in Marietta, Georgia, to support its operational capabilities.
Wonder Workshop
Seed Round in 2013
Wonder Workshop is an educational company based in Sunnyvale, California, that focuses on teaching children coding and robotics through engaging technology. Founded in 2012, the company offers a range of products, including the Dash and Dot robots, which can be programmed using mobile devices. These robots allow children to collaborate, create programs, and see their coding efforts come to life. Wonder Workshop also provides a variety of accessories, such as xylophones and building connectors, to enhance the robotics experience. Additionally, the company offers Class Connect, a suite of online tools designed to assist educators in integrating coding and robotics into their classrooms. The team behind Wonder Workshop comprises experts from various fields, including software and hardware design, education, and business, all working together to foster creativity and inspire lifelong learning among children.
Strateos
Seed Round in 2012
Strateos specializes in automating chemistry, biology, and tissue analysis in closed-loop robotic labs, accelerating drug discovery programs for pharmaceutical partners. By combining advanced robotics, software for imaging and analytics, and remote cloud laboratories, Strateos enables more rapid and efficient discovery of new drug candidates. The company was formed through a merger of Transcriptic, which developed the first robotic cloud laboratory platform for life science research, and 3Scan, which specialized in automating tissue analysis. Strateos aims to express life science methods as data, enabling infrastructure virtualization and driving the next generation of discovery with significant time and cost efficiencies.
CircuitHub
Seed Round in 2012
CircuitHub, Inc. is a Massachusetts-based company that specializes in manufacturing circuit boards and providing electronics manufacturing services to hardware startups. Founded in 2011, CircuitHub offers a Manufacturing-as-a-Service solution that allows these companies to initiate small-scale production and scale up efficiently. The company focuses on addressing the challenges of rapid electronics prototyping, enabling hardware businesses in various sectors, including self-driving cars, satellites, and robotics, to streamline their production processes. CircuitHub's software simplifies the entire circuit board production workflow, from logistics to factory operations, and provides instant quotes for parts, printed circuit boards, and assembly services. In addition to its headquarters in Massachusetts, CircuitHub operates a location in London, United Kingdom.