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Robotics funding in 2018

16 robotics funding rounds were announced in 2018, $143M in disclosed amounts; the largest was Starship Technologies, Seed extension, $25M.

Data as of Oct 3, 2026. Included: company announcements, regulator filings and reported rounds; estimates and sample rows are excluded, and undisclosed amounts are never estimated.

Rounds
16
Rounds with an amount
12
Disclosed funding
$143M
Largest round
$25M
Starship Technologies
Companies
14
Rounds in 2018
  • Starship Technologies
    Date
    Jun 7, 2018
    Round
    Seed extension
    Amount
    $25M
    Lead investor
    No data
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • 6 River Systems
    Date
    Apr 4, 2018
    Round
    Venture round (unnamed)
    Amount
    $25M
    Lead investor
    No data
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • RightHand Robotics
    Date
    Dec 17, 2018
    Round
    Series B
    Amount
    $23M
    Lead investor
    Menlo Ventures
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • inVia Robotics
    Date
    Aug 1, 2018
    Round
    Series B
    Amount
    $20M
    Lead investor
    Point72 Ventures
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • Cobalt AI
    Date
    Mar 9, 2018
    Round
    Series A
    Amount
    $13M
    Lead investor
    Sequoia Capital
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • Rapyuta Robotics
    Date
    Jul 30, 2018
    Round
    Series A (extension)
    Amount
    $9.5M
    Lead investor
    No data
    Country
    Japan
    Sector
    No data
  • inVia Robotics
    Date
    Feb 14, 2018
    Round
    Series A
    Amount
    $9M
    Lead investor
    Upfront Ventures
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • Plus One Robotics
    Date
    Nov 8, 2018
    Round
    Series A
    Amount
    $8.3M
    Lead investor
    Pritzker Group Venture Capital
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • Iron Ox
    Date
    Jan 3, 2018
    Round
    Private offering (Form D)
    Amount
    $4.96M
    Lead investor
    No data
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • MOV.AI
    Date
    Aug 6, 2018
    Round
    Seed
    Amount
    $3M
    Lead investor
    NFX
    Country
    Israel
    Sector
    No data
  • Harvest CROO Robotics
    Date
    Jun 11, 2018
    Round
    Private offering (Form D, partial)
    Amount
    $1.29M
    Lead investor
    No data
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • Four Growers
    Date
    Dec 26, 2018
    Round
    SAFE offering (Form D)
    Amount
    $1.14M
    Lead investor
    No data
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data
  • Telexistence
    Date
    Nov 28, 2018
    Round
    Series A
    Amount
    No data
    Lead investor
    Airbus Ventures
    Country
    Japan
    Sector
    No data
  • Micropsi Industries
    Date
    Oct 30, 2018
    Round
    Series A
    Amount
    No data
    Lead investor
    Project A Ventures
    Country
    Germany
    Sector
    No data
  • Robotis
    Date
    Oct 23, 2018
    Round
    IPO (KOSDAQ public offering)
    Amount
    No data
    Lead investor
    No data
    Country
    South Korea
    Sector
    No data
  • Plus One Robotics
    Date
    May 23, 2018
    Round
    Initial round
    Amount
    No data
    Lead investor
    Schematic Ventures
    Country
    United States
    Sector
    No data

Data as of Oct 3, 2026

Lead investor

Menlo VenturesPoint72 VenturesSequoia CapitalUpfront VenturesPritzker Group Venture CapitalNFXAirbus VenturesProject A VenturesSchematic Ventures

Month by month

January 2018 · 1February 2018 · 1March 2018 · 1April 2018 · 1May 2018 · 1June 2018 · 2July 2018 · 1August 2018 · 2October 2018 · 2November 2018 · 2December 2018 · 2

Funding by year

Largest rounds of 20182026 · 922025 · 862024 · 782023 · 602022 · 482021 · 562020 · 302019 · 202017 · 92016 · 22015 · 22014 · 3