Top 10 Robotics and Drones Capital Raises in the U.S. – March 16th-31st, 2025

Several interesting transactions closed in the Robotics and Drones sector over the past two weeks. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.

Merger/Acquisition and Corporate

1. 1. Seatrepid International, provider of subsea robotic services catering to commercial, governmental, and scientific sectors, was acquired by Nauticus Robotics.

Later Stage VC

2. 2. Agility Robotics, developer of bipedal walking robots designed to offer efficient, agile, and robust legged platforms for real-world applications, raised $400 million of venture funding from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Playground Global and DCVC.
   3. Apptronik, operator of a robotics company intended to deliver and scale a variety of general-purpose robots, raised $403.04 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by B Capital Group and Capital Factory.
   4. Chef Robotics, developer of an artificial intelligence-enabled robot designed to help food companies overcome the labor shortage and increase production volume, raised $43.1 million through a combination of debt and venture funding.
   5. FlyGuys, provider of drone services intended to make aerial data accessible and affordable, raised $3.26 million of venture funding.
   6. Performance Drone Works, operator of an AI-based autonomous UAS platform designed to maximize mission effectiveness while minimizing personal risk for the modern warfighter, raised $16.39 million of venture funding from Squadra Ventures and other investors.

Early Stage VC 

7. 7. Contoro Robotics, developer of an artificial intelligence-powered robot intended to offer safe trailer and container unloading service, raised $13.50 million through a combination of Series A-1 and Series A-2 venture funding in a deal led by Doosan Investment.
   8. Mito Robotics, developer of AI-powered robotic system designed to automate research-scale cell culture, raised $1 million of venture funding from Draper Associates.
   9. The Bot Company, developer of an AI-based robotic platform intended to build robots that give human beings a time back, raised $150 million of venture funding in a deal led by Greenoaks Capital Partners.

Seed

10. 10. Fauna Systems, developer of a biological robot platform designed to automate the discovery and production of biorobots at a commercial scale, raised $1.96 million of seed funding in the form of convertible debt from Meach Cove Capital and other investors.

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