FORT Robotics
Philadelphia safety-platform maker whose wireless e-stops and safety controllers run on more than 19,500 robots and machines; going public via SPAC as FROB.
FORT Robotics has raised $10M across 1 disclosed round since Oct 22, 2026; the latest round, Venture round, was announced on Oct 22, 2026. Data as of Oct 22, 2026.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, United States, founded in 2018.
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Mentioned - FORT Robotics gets $20M from Tiger Global and Mark Cuban ahead of FROB Nasdaq listing
FORT Robotics, the Philadelphia maker of safety controllers and wireless e-stops for autonomous machines, said on Oct 22 that existing investors committed about $20 million: Tiger Global leads a roughly $10 million financing with Mark Cuban Companies that should close this week, and Tiger added $10 million to the PIPE tied to FORT's merger with the SPAC Newbury Street II (Nasdaq: NTWO). An 8-K filed the same day shows the new PIPE buys 1 million shares at $10 plus up to 400,561 bonus shares, and FORT says capital committed around the deal now exceeds $50 million. The combined company is to trade as FROB.
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