SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on deep technology innovations that address human and planetary health. The firm operates startup development programs, notably HAX and IndieBio, which provide resources, facilities, and lab equipment to accelerate the growth of promising startups. SOSV supports companies from their inception through various funding stages, including seed and series A rounds, while offering ongoing assistance to help them scale and attract additional investors. By concentrating on revolutionary technologies and cross-border markets, particularly in Asia, SOSV aims to foster significant advancements that benefit humanity and the environment.

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Shawn Broderick

General Partner

Stephen Chambers

Partner

Westley Dang

Principal

Katie Hoffman

General Partner

Stephen McCann

CFO and General Partner

Carthach McCarthy

CFO

Paul Monaghan

Principal

Brian Murphy

Finance Director

Sean O'Sullivan

Managing General Partner and Founder

Eric Ramsay

Analyst

Sabriya Stukes Ph.D

Partner

Duncan Turner

General Partner

Past deals in Drones

Skygauge

Convertible Note in 2024
Skygauge Robotics has reinvented the drone to perform a wider range of industrial work. Their first application is taking metal thickness checks on industrial structures, bridges, ships, and wind turbines. Instead of having workers on ropes, boom lifts, and scaffolding The Skygauge will perform thickness checks 5-20x faster. This reduces downtime, cost of inspection, and increases safety by keeping workers on the ground. Once they capture the inspection market, their technology will branch out into pressure washing/cleaning, painting/coating, maintenance, and construction. The same way robot arms created a workforce in factories their drones will create a workforce in the sky.

ViaBot

Seed Round in 2023
ViaBot Inc. develops autonomous outdoor robots tailored for commercial properties, including sports arenas, shopping malls, and corporate buildings. Founded in 2016 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers its RUNO robots, which are capable of performing various outdoor maintenance tasks such as sweeping, lawn mowing, and providing security. These robots utilize vision-based technology to enhance security features, including the ability to scan license plates. ViaBot's solutions are designed with modular technology that allows for easy scheduling and long runtimes, ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and constant updates. The company's innovative approach aims to simplify outdoor maintenance for businesses, making operations more efficient and effective.

Skygauge

Convertible Note in 2022
Skygauge Robotics has reinvented the drone to perform a wider range of industrial work. Their first application is taking metal thickness checks on industrial structures, bridges, ships, and wind turbines. Instead of having workers on ropes, boom lifts, and scaffolding The Skygauge will perform thickness checks 5-20x faster. This reduces downtime, cost of inspection, and increases safety by keeping workers on the ground. Once they capture the inspection market, their technology will branch out into pressure washing/cleaning, painting/coating, maintenance, and construction. The same way robot arms created a workforce in factories their drones will create a workforce in the sky.

Neptune Robotics

Series A in 2022
Neptune Robotics specializes in the development and manufacture of underwater drones tailored for the maritime industry. These drones are engineered to combat the spread of invasive species in ocean ecosystems. Additionally, they are equipped with filtration and debris collection systems that contribute to ocean cleanup efforts, ultimately aiming to reduce waste and enhance the health of marine environments. By focusing on both ecological preservation and technological innovation, Neptune Robotics addresses critical environmental challenges faced by oceans today.

HUVIAiR Technologies

Series A in 2022
HUVIAiR is a pioneer of visual-intelligence led construction management software. It’s flagship SaaS platform CONSTRA, enables customers to extract insights from visual inputs to make analytics driven decisions all along their planning, building and managing their projects better. CONSTRA ingests visual inputs from drones, 360 degree cameras, laser scanners, mobile phones and as well as traditional sources like CAD drawings and BIMS. The platform then extracts the technical and operational information within them onto a visually appealing dashboard. The various stakeholders of the project can then collaborate through this platform to meticulously plan each stage of the project, remotely monitor the progress, ensure the conformance to plan, identify deviations, list and manage snags, manage master data, and generate diverse formats of reports. At the heart of CONSTRA lies a computer vision based deep-learning engine system. This engine is capable of automatically detecting and reporting the actual progress of construction and benchmark it against the planned progress metrics captured within traditional CRM systems. Clients using CONSTRA can save up to 75% of time on progress monitoring, reduce their supervisory manpower requirement by at least 50% and reduce the overall costs of the project by up to 20%. CONSTRA is available for subscription in multiple attractive plans. The clients can access the platform though a web-interface as well as a mobile application.

Neptune Robotics

Series A in 2021
Neptune Robotics specializes in the development and manufacture of underwater drones tailored for the maritime industry. These drones are engineered to combat the spread of invasive species in ocean ecosystems. Additionally, they are equipped with filtration and debris collection systems that contribute to ocean cleanup efforts, ultimately aiming to reduce waste and enhance the health of marine environments. By focusing on both ecological preservation and technological innovation, Neptune Robotics addresses critical environmental challenges faced by oceans today.

ViaBot

Seed Round in 2021
ViaBot Inc. develops autonomous outdoor robots tailored for commercial properties, including sports arenas, shopping malls, and corporate buildings. Founded in 2016 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers its RUNO robots, which are capable of performing various outdoor maintenance tasks such as sweeping, lawn mowing, and providing security. These robots utilize vision-based technology to enhance security features, including the ability to scan license plates. ViaBot's solutions are designed with modular technology that allows for easy scheduling and long runtimes, ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and constant updates. The company's innovative approach aims to simplify outdoor maintenance for businesses, making operations more efficient and effective.

HUVIAiR Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
HUVIAiR is a pioneer of visual-intelligence led construction management software. It’s flagship SaaS platform CONSTRA, enables customers to extract insights from visual inputs to make analytics driven decisions all along their planning, building and managing their projects better. CONSTRA ingests visual inputs from drones, 360 degree cameras, laser scanners, mobile phones and as well as traditional sources like CAD drawings and BIMS. The platform then extracts the technical and operational information within them onto a visually appealing dashboard. The various stakeholders of the project can then collaborate through this platform to meticulously plan each stage of the project, remotely monitor the progress, ensure the conformance to plan, identify deviations, list and manage snags, manage master data, and generate diverse formats of reports. At the heart of CONSTRA lies a computer vision based deep-learning engine system. This engine is capable of automatically detecting and reporting the actual progress of construction and benchmark it against the planned progress metrics captured within traditional CRM systems. Clients using CONSTRA can save up to 75% of time on progress monitoring, reduce their supervisory manpower requirement by at least 50% and reduce the overall costs of the project by up to 20%. CONSTRA is available for subscription in multiple attractive plans. The clients can access the platform though a web-interface as well as a mobile application.

Skygauge

Seed Round in 2020
Skygauge Robotics has reinvented the drone to perform a wider range of industrial work. Their first application is taking metal thickness checks on industrial structures, bridges, ships, and wind turbines. Instead of having workers on ropes, boom lifts, and scaffolding The Skygauge will perform thickness checks 5-20x faster. This reduces downtime, cost of inspection, and increases safety by keeping workers on the ground. Once they capture the inspection market, their technology will branch out into pressure washing/cleaning, painting/coating, maintenance, and construction. The same way robot arms created a workforce in factories their drones will create a workforce in the sky.

Nept

Convertible Note in 2020
Nept builds advanced and cost efficient underwater drone for ships.

Skygauge

Seed Round in 2019
Skygauge Robotics has reinvented the drone to perform a wider range of industrial work. Their first application is taking metal thickness checks on industrial structures, bridges, ships, and wind turbines. Instead of having workers on ropes, boom lifts, and scaffolding The Skygauge will perform thickness checks 5-20x faster. This reduces downtime, cost of inspection, and increases safety by keeping workers on the ground. Once they capture the inspection market, their technology will branch out into pressure washing/cleaning, painting/coating, maintenance, and construction. The same way robot arms created a workforce in factories their drones will create a workforce in the sky.

Nept

Seed Round in 2019
Nept builds advanced and cost efficient underwater drone for ships.

ViaBot

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ViaBot Inc. develops autonomous outdoor robots tailored for commercial properties, including sports arenas, shopping malls, and corporate buildings. Founded in 2016 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers its RUNO robots, which are capable of performing various outdoor maintenance tasks such as sweeping, lawn mowing, and providing security. These robots utilize vision-based technology to enhance security features, including the ability to scan license plates. ViaBot's solutions are designed with modular technology that allows for easy scheduling and long runtimes, ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and constant updates. The company's innovative approach aims to simplify outdoor maintenance for businesses, making operations more efficient and effective.

Nept

Seed Round in 2018
Nept builds advanced and cost efficient underwater drone for ships.

Forward Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Forward Robotics specializes in the development of heavy-lift, long-range cargo drones, utilizing proprietary avionics and control software. The company focuses on transforming supply chain logistics through its innovative DroneLink system and on-demand distribution capabilities. Additionally, Forward Robotics has designed an autonomous aerial drone system specifically for large-scale Canadian farms. Their rapid refill technology allows these farms to perform automated, on-demand aerial spraying, significantly enhancing productivity. The drones are engineered to provide environmentally responsible spray patterns, which have been shown to outperform other popular drones in the market, thereby offering clients a more efficient and sustainable solution for their agricultural needs.

ViaBot

Pre Seed Round in 2017
ViaBot Inc. develops autonomous outdoor robots tailored for commercial properties, including sports arenas, shopping malls, and corporate buildings. Founded in 2016 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers its RUNO robots, which are capable of performing various outdoor maintenance tasks such as sweeping, lawn mowing, and providing security. These robots utilize vision-based technology to enhance security features, including the ability to scan license plates. ViaBot's solutions are designed with modular technology that allows for easy scheduling and long runtimes, ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and constant updates. The company's innovative approach aims to simplify outdoor maintenance for businesses, making operations more efficient and effective.

Robolink

Seed Round in 2016
Robolink is an education company that offers robotics or drone kits, and videos to help students learn to build robots or code. The company’s product portfolio include CoDrone, a tiny quadcopter drone that allows its users to program it to do whatever they want; and Rokit Smart, a kit that enables students to learn and teach robotics. Robolink was launched by Hansol Hong in April 2012 and is based in San Diego, California.

Atmosoar

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Atmosoar is a Hong Kong-based company that specializes in atmospheric soaring technologies, focusing on weather-based software solutions for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators. Founded in 2015 and rebooted in early 2018, Atmosoar offers a mapping and routing platform that enables users to optimize flight paths based on high-resolution weather forecasts. This software is designed to enhance the safety and efficiency of drone operations by providing hyper-accurate, tailored weather predictions, which help operators navigate around adverse weather conditions. Through its innovative approach, Atmosoar aims to extend flight durations while ensuring the safety of UAV missions.

Makeblock

Venture Round in 2015
Makeblock provides a do-it-yourself (DIY) robotics construction and programming learning platform designed to develop modular and programmable starter drone. Its DIY robotics construction and programming learning platform offer mechanical parts, multiple electronic modules and graphical programming software, enabling STEM learners, educators and hobbyists to construct robots that can be turned into a hovercraft, car and more. Jasen Wang founded Makeblock in 2013. Its headquarters is in Shenzhen in China.

Dispatch

Seed Round in 2015
Dispatch is developing a platform for local delivery that utilizes a fleet of autonomous vehicles specifically designed for sidewalks and pedestrian areas. These artificial intelligence-driven vehicles facilitate online ordering, allowing users to have their products delivered directly to their doorsteps. Customers can access their deliveries through text messages, ensuring timely receipt of goods. By integrating advanced technology with local delivery services, Dispatch aims to enhance the efficiency and convenience of last-mile logistics.

NUA Robotics

Seed Round in 2015
They have developed a way for your belongings to follow and communicate with you and the environment. They are making this magic by integrating robotics, computer vision and sensors network into your things, allowing you to control them from your smart phone

Ebotic

Seed Round in 2015
Ebotic is developing a drone that performs tasks autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands. Imagine a phone or a computer, that flies. People will be able to run apps and games on it too.

Dustcloud

Seed Round in 2014
Dustcloud is a provider of gaming infrastructure focused on competitive outdoor gaming experiences. The company has developed a mobile, first-person shooter game that allows players to engage in laser tag in real-world environments. Its innovative gaming system utilizes Dusters, mobile game controllers designed to enhance gameplay, which operate through i-Beacon meshnets. Dustcloud's platform incorporates augmented reality headsets and IoT beacon zones, providing an immersive gaming experience. The Dusters were initially developed in China as part of the Haxlr8r hardware accelerator program, and the company has plans for manufacturing and shipping its products.

Makeblock

Seed Round in 2013
Makeblock provides a do-it-yourself (DIY) robotics construction and programming learning platform designed to develop modular and programmable starter drone. Its DIY robotics construction and programming learning platform offer mechanical parts, multiple electronic modules and graphical programming software, enabling STEM learners, educators and hobbyists to construct robots that can be turned into a hovercraft, car and more. Jasen Wang founded Makeblock in 2013. Its headquarters is in Shenzhen in China.

Dustcloud

Seed Round in 2013
Dustcloud is a provider of gaming infrastructure focused on competitive outdoor gaming experiences. The company has developed a mobile, first-person shooter game that allows players to engage in laser tag in real-world environments. Its innovative gaming system utilizes Dusters, mobile game controllers designed to enhance gameplay, which operate through i-Beacon meshnets. Dustcloud's platform incorporates augmented reality headsets and IoT beacon zones, providing an immersive gaming experience. The Dusters were initially developed in China as part of the Haxlr8r hardware accelerator program, and the company has plans for manufacturing and shipping its products.

HexAirbot

Seed Round in 2013
HexAirbot is a team of professional open source UAV developers and designers. Their team consists of software engineers, hardware engineers, mechanical engineers, algorists and designers. Their product is an open source hardware and software drone. In addition, they are in the process of creating an open source community to explore the endless possibilities of UAVs, and share their achievements with the world.

FlexLab

Angel Round in 2013
FlexLab is an innovative laboratory focused on intelligent manufacturing and digital fabrication. Founded in 2013, it brings together a diverse team of software engineers, electronic engineers, designers, and other interdisciplinary professionals committed to advancing technology in various sectors, including transportation, education, and retail. The lab has successfully launched several projects, notably the Flexbot, a 3D printed nano copter that gained significant support on Kickstarter, and FlexPV, which won first prize at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum. FlexLab's offerings include mobile applications for controlling customized drones, as well as advancements in areas such as self-driving technology, drones, unattended retailing, virtual reality, remote robotics, image recognition, sustainable vehicles, voice recognition, and soft robotics. Its products have reached users in over twenty countries, reflecting a global commitment to innovation and creativity.

Dustcloud

Seed Round in 2013
Dustcloud is a provider of gaming infrastructure focused on competitive outdoor gaming experiences. The company has developed a mobile, first-person shooter game that allows players to engage in laser tag in real-world environments. Its innovative gaming system utilizes Dusters, mobile game controllers designed to enhance gameplay, which operate through i-Beacon meshnets. Dustcloud's platform incorporates augmented reality headsets and IoT beacon zones, providing an immersive gaming experience. The Dusters were initially developed in China as part of the Haxlr8r hardware accelerator program, and the company has plans for manufacturing and shipping its products.
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