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United States—Series C

Viam

New York software company whose platform connects robots, sensors and other machines to data, AI and fleet management, founded by MongoDB co-founder Eliot Horowitz.

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Viam was founded in 2020 by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and longtime chief technology officer of MongoDB, and is based in New York. It sells a cloud-based software platform, with open-source components, for building and running smart machines across robotics, IoT and industrial automation, covering fleet management, data and machine-learning integration, and control and motion. In February 2022 it announced a $30 million Series A led by Tiger Global with Union Square Ventures and Battery Ventures, which took its funding to $42 million after $12 million raised earlier. In March 2024 it announced a $45 million Series B backed by Union Square Ventures and Battery Ventures, bringing the total to $87 million, and in March 2025 a $30 million Series C led by Union Square Ventures with Battery Ventures, Neurone and other existing investors, for a total of $117 million. Customers named in the Series C release include the New York Islanders and UBS Arena, Viking Yachts, Kongsberg Discovery, Sbarro, Transmutex, Appetronix and CompScience, and the company said it was building a sales team in Europe starting in Italy.

Key stats
Latest funding
$30M Series C
Total funding
$105M
Latest valuation
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Founded
2020
Country
United States
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