15 Robotics VCs in the US ($6.1B Went to Humanoids Alone) in 2026

Last updated: March 2026

I run Peony, a data room platform used by hardware and robotics founders in 40+ countries. Over the past year, I have watched robotics data rooms on our platform multiply — more CAD files, more BOM spreadsheets, more prototype demo videos uploaded than ever before. The reason is obvious when you look at the numbers: robotics VC more than doubled in 2025.

I spent the past two weeks mapping every US-based VC that deployed meaningful capital into robotics in 2025 and Q1 2026. This is not a list of firms that mention robotics on their website — it is the 15 that actually wrote checks. Check sizes range from $2 million seed rounds to $4 billion mega-rounds.

TL;DR: Robotics and physical AI VC hit $27.6 billion globally in 2025, more than double 2024 (PitchBook, Jan 2026). Humanoid robotics alone raised $6.1 billion across 139 deals — up more than 300% (PitchBook, Feb 2026). The US now has 6 robotics unicorns valued above $1 billion, led by Figure AI at $39 billion. Q1 2026 already logged $7.3 billion+ in mega-rounds including Anduril ($4B), Skild AI ($1.4B), and Apptronik ($520M extension). Defense robotics funding hit $49.1 billion in 2025 (Defense News, Jan 2026). Below are 15 VCs actively deploying into this market — with check sizes, theses, and the most recent deal data I could find.

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Quick Reference

Looking for hardware and IoT investors beyond robotics? See our Top 10 Hardware and IoT Investors guide. For robotics VCs in China, see 15 Robotics Investors in Shenzhen.

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Robotics VC by the Numbers

Here are the stats that define the current market — all sourced from 2025 or Q1 2026 publications:

• $27.6 billion in global robotics and physical AI VC across 1,009 deals in 2025 — more than double the $13.7 billion invested in 2024. (PitchBook Q4 2025 Robotics and Physical AI VC Trends, Jan 2026)
• $6.1 billion across 139 deals in humanoid robotics specifically in 2025 — a more than 300% increase from $1.5 billion across 65 deals in 2024. (PitchBook, Feb 2026)
• 6 US robotics unicorns valued above $1 billion: Figure AI ($39B), Skild AI ($14B), Physical Intelligence ($5.6B), Apptronik (over $5B), The Bot Company ($2B+), and Field AI ($2B). (Failory, 2026)
• $7.3 billion+ in identifiable robotics mega-rounds in Q1 2026 alone — including Anduril ($4B), Skild AI ($1.4B), Waabi ($750M), Apptronik ($520M), Mind Robotics ($500M), and Sunday ($165M). (Crunchbase, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Mar 2026)

• $49.1 billion in defense tech VC deal value in 2025, nearly double the $27.2 billion in 2024. Equity funding specifically more than doubled to $17.9 billion from $7.3 billion. (PitchBook via Defense News, Jan 2026)
• More than 1 million autonomous mobile robots operate in Amazon's fulfillment centers as of 2025 — a 33x+ increase from 30,000 in 2015. (About Amazon, 2025)
• $39 billion — Figure AI's post-money valuation after its Series C in September 2025, up 15x from $2.6 billion in February 2024. (Figure.ai, Sep 2025)
• $935 million — Apptronik's total Series A funding (initial + extension), the largest Series A in humanoid robotics history. (TechCrunch, Feb 2026)
• 30,000 robots per year — planned Atlas production capacity at the Hyundai/Boston Dynamics facility announced at CES 2026. (Hyundai Global Newsroom, Jan 2026)
• $1.4 billion for Pentagon drone industrial base expansion plus $500 million for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group in the FY2026 budget request. (Defense One, Feb 2026)

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Multi-Sector Robotics Funds

These five firms deploy across multiple robotics verticals — humanoid, defense, industrial, autonomous vehicles, and foundation models. They write the largest checks and lead the biggest rounds.

1. Khosla Ventures

Thesis: AI-powered autonomy across all embodiments — trucks, drones, farm robots, humanoids. Tolerates roughly 70% failure rate for outsized returns on capital-intensive science bets.

Stage: Seed to growth | Check sizes: $1M–$100M+ | AUM: $15B+

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Waabi — autonomous trucking and robotaxis; co-led $750M Series C (Jan 2026), also led $200M Series B (2024). Total funding over $1B. (TechCrunch, Jan 2026)
• Field AI — "physics first" foundation models for robot autonomy; $405M raised at $2B valuation (Aug 2025). (GeekWire, Aug 2025)
• Nomagic — AI-powered warehouse robotic arms; $44M Series B (Feb 2025). (TechCrunch, Feb 2025)

Why now: Co-led the largest Canadian startup fundraise in history (Waabi $750M, Jan 2026). Vinod Khosla personally advocates for embodied AI as the next major computing platform.

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2. Andreessen Horowitz — American Dynamism

Thesis: "America Cannot Lose the Robotics Race." Published thesis arguing China leapfrogged the US in robot density per capita. Backs defense autonomy, industrial robotics, and manufacturing automation as strategic national competitiveness issues.

Stage: Seed to late-stage growth | Check sizes: $10M–$500M+ | AUM: $43B+ total; $1.176B American Dynamism fund

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Anduril Industries — defense autonomous systems; co-led $4B round at $60B valuation (Mar 2026), also invested in prior $2.5B round at $30.5B (Jun 2025). (Bloomberg, Mar 2026)
• Mind Robotics — industrial AI robotics; co-led $500M Series A at roughly $2B valuation (Mar 2026). (TechCrunch, Mar 2026)
• Hadrian — autonomous precision manufacturing; notable Q4 2025 deal. (PitchBook, Jan 2026)

Why now: $15B fundraise (2025) explicitly named robotics as a target area. Published "America Cannot Lose the Robotics Race" thesis positioning robotics as a national priority.

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3. SoftBank Vision Fund

Thesis: Most cross-sector institutional backer in robotics globally — invested in surgical, warehouse, hospitality, humanoid, and foundation model verticals. SoftBank also operates SoftBank Robotics (35,000+ Pepper, NAO, and Whiz robots deployed in 70+ countries).

Stage: Late-stage growth and mega-rounds | Check sizes: $100M–$1B+ | AUM: over $150 billion across Vision Fund vehicles

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Skild AI — robotics foundation model; led $1.4B Series C at $14B+ valuation (Jan 2026). Also invested $500M earlier (Jan 2025). Revenue grew from $0 to roughly $30M in months. (Bloomberg, Jan 2026)
• Agility Robotics — Digit warehouse humanoid; participated in $400M Series C (Mar 2025). Held acquisition talks at $900M+ value. (GeekWire, Oct 2025)
• Symbotic — warehouse automation; $520M strategic investment for AI-enabled robotics. (Automated Warehouse, 2025)
• Berkshire Grey — warehouse picking and sorting robots; acquired by SoftBank. (VatorNews, 2024)

Why now: Led the largest single robotics VC round in history (Skild AI $1.4B, Jan 2026). Building an integrated robotics ecosystem through investments and acquisitions.

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4. Founders Fund

Thesis: Defense autonomy and frontier tech — robotics through the lens of national security and radical technological disruption. Peter Thiel-backed philosophy of investing in companies that build "things that matter."

Stage: Seed to late-stage growth | Check sizes: $10M–$1B | AUM: $11B+

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Anduril Industries — defense autonomous systems; led $2.5B round at $30.5B with a $1B check — the firm's largest single investment ever (Jun 2025). (CNBC, Jun 2025)
• Physical Intelligence — robot foundation models; reportedly participating in $1B round at $11B valuation (Mar 2026). (TechCrunch, Mar 2026)
• SpaceX — autonomous rocket landing and reusability (adjacent robotics).

Why now: Wrote the largest single check in firm history ($1B into Anduril, Jun 2025). Reportedly joining Physical Intelligence's upcoming mega-round.

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5. Coatue Management

Thesis: Consumer and household humanoid robots as the "next smartphone" platform. Concentrated bet on home robotics. Also backs robotics software and foundation models.

Stage: Seed to growth (primarily growth) | Check sizes: $10M–$500M | AUM: $48B+

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Sunday — household humanoid robot "Memo"; led $165M Series B at $1.15B valuation (Mar 2026). Was early investor in $24M seed (2021). (TechCrunch, Mar 2026)
• Skild AI — robotics foundation model; participated in $1.4B Series C (Jan 2026). (BusinessWire, Jan 2026)
• Physical Intelligence — robot foundation models; participated in $600M Series B at $5.6B (Nov 2025). (Bloomberg, Nov 2025)

Why now: Participated in 16 unicorn financings in 2025 — more than any other hedge fund. Robotics is a major thesis area with early bets now reaching unicorn scale.

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Corporate Robotics VCs

Corporate venture arms with manufacturing, deployment, and platform access that pure financial VCs cannot offer. Strategic capital with built-in distribution.

6. NVentures (NVIDIA)

Thesis: Backs robotics companies that leverage NVIDIA's Isaac sim platform, Jetson edge AI, and Omniverse digital twin infrastructure. Every robotics company needs GPU compute — NVIDIA invests to make its ecosystem the default robotics stack.

Stage: Seed to growth (strategic alignment) | Check sizes: $10M–$100M+ | 74+ portfolio companies; 36 investments in 2025, 11 in Q1 2026

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Figure AI — humanoid robots; participated in Series C at $39B (Sep 2025) and $675M Series B (Feb 2024). (Figure.ai, Sep 2025)
• Skild AI — robotics foundation model; co-invested in $1.4B Series C (Jan 2026) and earlier co-led $135M Series B. (Bloomberg, Jan 2026)
• Waabi — autonomous trucking; participated in $750M Series C (Jan 2026). (TechCrunch, Jan 2026)
• Agility Robotics — warehouse humanoid; participated in $400M Series C (Mar 2025). (PitchBook, 2025)
• Field AI — autonomous robot software; participated in $405M raise (Aug 2025). (GeekWire, Aug 2025)

Why now: 11 investments in Q1 2026 alone. The most active corporate robotics investor by deal count. Building the "NVIDIA for robotics" computing layer.

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7. Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund

Thesis: Warehouse automation, last-mile delivery, and supply chain robotics. Amazon operates more than 1 million mobile robots in its fulfillment centers. The AIIF invests in technologies that can integrate with Amazon's operations — giving portfolio companies a built-in test bed and customer.

Stage: All stages | Check sizes: Undisclosed per deal | AUM: $1 billion fund

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Agility Robotics — warehouse humanoid Digit; participated in $400M Series C. Amazon is testing Digit in fulfillment centers. (PitchBook, 2025)
• Dyna Robotics — industrial automation; participated in $120M Series A (Sep 2025). (Tracxn, 2025)
• Archetype AI — AI perception platform for robots; invested in Series A (Nov 2025). (Tracxn, 2025)

Why now: 2 investments in Q1 2026. Amazon's own robotics fleet crossed 1 million units — 24 portfolio companies and counting. The fund provides something no financial VC can: access to the world's largest robotics deployment at scale.

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8. Woven Capital (Toyota)

Thesis: Autonomous mobility, automation, and AI infrastructure. Toyota sees robotics as core to its transformation from automaker to "mobility company." Portfolio companies get access to Toyota's manufacturing expertise, supply chain, and pilot opportunities.

Stage: Series B to late-stage | Check sizes: $10M–$50M+ | AUM: $1.6B across Fund I ($800M, 2021) and Fund II ($800M, Sep 2025)

Note: Woven Capital is a separate entity from Toyota Ventures (which focuses on early-stage). Woven Capital is Toyota's growth-stage investment arm and became a wholly owned Toyota subsidiary in July 2025.

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Machina Labs — AI and robotics for advanced metal manufacturing; strategic investment plus pilot with Toyota Motor North America. (Woven Capital, 2025)
• May Mobility — autonomous shuttles. (Woven Capital, 2025)

Why now: Fund II ($800M) launched September 2025 — targeting 20–25 investments in AI, automation, and climate tech. Toyota announced $87B in investment through 2030 to become a global robotics hub (Feb 2026). Hyundai-Toyota arms race in robotics intensifying.

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9. Intuitive Ventures

Thesis: Surgical and medical robotics exclusively. Backed by Intuitive Surgical ($176B market cap, 60%+ market share in robotic surgery). Invests in next-generation minimally invasive care tools — catheter robotics, dental robotics, surgical AI, device cybersecurity.

Stage: Seed to Series A | Check sizes: $1M–$15M | AUM: $250M+ across Fund I ($100M) and Fund II ($150M)

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Capstan Medical — robotic mitral valve replacement; achieved world's first robotic-assisted mitral valve replacement in a human (2025). (Intuitive Ventures)
• Neocis — dental surgical robotics platform. (Intuitive Ventures)
• MedCrypt — cybersecurity for medical robots and devices. (Intuitive Ventures)

Why now: Fund II ($150M) actively deploying. Parent company Intuitive Surgical reported $1.2B Q3 2025 revenue. The only major VC exclusively focused on surgical robotics — portfolio companies get unmatched clinical network and regulatory expertise.

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Growth-Stage Robotics Investors

These firms manage $5B+ funds and have recently made robotics a core thesis. They lead mega-rounds and provide the capital needed to scale hardware manufacturing.

10. Thrive Capital

Thesis: AI and robotics as part of a broader "America's strategic technology" thesis. Investing at the intersection of AI infrastructure and physical deployment — robotics, defense, space, life sciences.

Stage: Growth to late-stage | Check sizes: $50M–$500M+ | AUM: $10B+ (raised Feb 2026 — firm's largest ever)

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Anduril Industries — defense autonomy; co-led $4B round at $60B valuation (Mar 2026). (Bloomberg, Mar 2026)
• Physical Intelligence — robot foundation models; participated in $600M Series B at $5.6B (Nov 2025). (Bloomberg, Nov 2025)

Why now: Raised a $10B fund (Feb 2026) that explicitly targets robotics as a category. Co-led Anduril's $4B round weeks later.

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11. Accel

Thesis: AI-first industrial automation. Betting on the vertical integration model — companies that train their own models, build custom hardware, and deploy into production.

Stage: Seed to growth | Check sizes: $1M–$100M+ | AUM: $3B+ recent fund

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Mind Robotics — industrial AI robotics; co-led $500M Series A at roughly $2B valuation (Mar 2026). Accel partner Sameer Gandhi joined the board. (TechCrunch, Mar 2026)

Why now: Co-led the largest Series A in robotics history (Mind Robotics $500M, Mar 2026). A clear signal that Accel views industrial robotics as a top-tier category.

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12. Lightspeed Venture Partners

Thesis: AI-powered autonomy as one of the "profound shifts" expected in 2026. Investing in robotics foundation models and physical AI infrastructure.

Stage: Seed to growth | Check sizes: $10M–$200M+ | AUM: $9B+ (Dec 2025 — firm's largest fundraise in 25 years)

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Physical Intelligence — robot foundation models; reportedly in talks to invest in $1B round at $11B valuation (Mar 2026). (TechCrunch, Mar 2026)
• Skild AI — robotics foundation model; participated in earlier rounds. (BusinessWire, Jan 2026)

Why now: $9B fundraise (Dec 2025) — firm's largest ever. Robotics explicitly named as a priority investment area for 2026.

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13. B Capital Group

Thesis: AI-powered humanoid robotics for commercial deployment. Has been Apptronik's anchor investor from Series A through the $935M extension — the deepest single-company humanoid bet of any growth VC.

Stage: Series A to growth | Check sizes: $10M–$100M+ | AUM: $6.8B+

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Apptronik — humanoid robot Apollo; led initial Series A (Feb 2025, later expanded to $415M), participated in $520M Series A extension at over $5 billion valuation (Feb 2026). Total round: $935M — the largest Series A in humanoid robotics history. (TechCrunch, Feb 2026)

Why now: Apptronik's valuation more than tripled from initial Series A to extension round. B Capital was the anchor investor throughout — demonstrating deep conviction in commercial humanoid deployment.

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Defense and National Security Robotics

Defense tech VC hit $49.1 billion in 2025. The Pentagon's FY2026 budget requests $1.4 billion for drone industrial base expansion and $500 million for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (Defense One, Feb 2026). These two firms specialize in the intersection of military applications and commercial robotics.

14. Shield Capital

Thesis: National security and commercial dual-use autonomy. Founded by Philip Bilden and Raj Shah (former head of the Defense Innovation Unit). Team has extensive DoD, intelligence community, and aerospace backgrounds. Helps portfolio companies navigate government procurement while building commercial revenue.

Stage: Seed to Series A | Check sizes: $2M–$15M | AUM: $120M+ (Fund I, exceeded target)

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Elroy Air — autonomous cargo drones for military and commercial logistics. (Shield Capital)
• Seasats — maritime autonomous systems. (Shield Capital)
• Hawkeye360 — RF geospatial analytics for autonomous ISR. (Shield Capital)

Why now: Defense VC deals hit $49.1B in 2025. The number of firms actively investing in defense tech increased 41% in 2025. Shield Capital's Fund I exceeded its target — expect a larger Fund II.

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15. In-Q-Tel

Thesis: Autonomous systems for intelligence and defense applications. Funded by the CIA and broader intelligence community. An In-Q-Tel investment signals government adoption interest and can unlock DoD contracts. 479 total investments over 25 years.

Stage: Seed to Series A (strategic, non-controlling) | Check sizes: $500K–$5M | Roughly 15 new investments annually

Notable robotics portfolio:

• Skild AI — robotics foundation model; invested in recent round (Mar 2026), signaling IC interest in general-purpose robot intelligence. (Tracxn, 2026)
• Anduril Industries — defense autonomy platform; early investor. (PitchBook)
• Skydio — leading US autonomous drone manufacturer. (Dakota, 2025)

Why now: 34 investments in 2025. Investment in Skild AI (Mar 2026) signals the intelligence community's interest in robotics foundation models — not just specific hardware platforms.

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The Most Active Individual Robotics Investor

Jeff Bezos (Bezos Expeditions)

Jeff Bezos is the most prolific individual robotics investor in the US. His 2024–2026 robotics portfolio spans:

• Figure AI — $675M Series B participant (Feb 2024). (Axios, Feb 2024)
• Physical Intelligence — participated in $400M Series A (2024) and $600M Series B at $5.6B (Nov 2025). (Bloomberg, Nov 2025)
• Skild AI — participated in $1.4B Series C at $14B+ (Jan 2026). (BusinessWire, Jan 2026)
• Field AI — participated in $405M raise at $2B valuation (Aug 2025). (GeekWire, Aug 2025)

Four of the six US robotics unicorns have Bezos on their cap table. Separately, he is reportedly exploring a $100B initiative to acquire manufacturing companies and replace workforces with AI and robotics (RoboHorizon, Mar 2026).

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How to Approach US Robotics VCs

Robotics fundraising is structurally different from software fundraising. Here is what I have seen work on our platform:

1. Lead with the prototype demo, not the pitch deck. Robotics VCs want to see the robot work before reading your financial model. Upload a demo video as the first document in your data room. On Peony, I see investors spend 3x longer on demo videos than slide decks for robotics raises.

2. Organize by investor type. Use separate personalized links for financial VCs, corporate VCs, and defense investors. Corporate VCs like NVentures and Amazon AIIF want integration details. Defense investors like Shield Capital want dual-use potential. Financial VCs want unit economics. Tailor your venture capital data room structure accordingly.

3. Hardware IP protection is non-negotiable. You are sharing CAD files, patent filings, and manufacturing specs with 10–15 VCs simultaneously. Use NDA gates to require signatures before access, dynamic watermarks to embed viewer identity into every rendered page, and screenshot protection to block and log capture attempts. This is especially critical for robotics founders where a leaked BOM or manufacturing process can be replicated.

4. Track what they actually read. Page-level analytics show which investors reviewed your technical specs versus your financial model. If a VC spent 20 minutes on your BOM breakdown and zero time on your market sizing slides, that tells you exactly what to focus the partner meeting on.

5. Prepare 3–5x more documents than a software raise. Robotics investors expect a pitch deck, BOM with COGS breakdown, CAD files or technical drawings, patent filings, manufacturing agreements, regulatory certificates, prototype demo video, financial model with unit economics, supply chain map, and pilot deployment data. AI auto-indexing organizes all of these file types into a professional structure in under 3 minutes.

6. Defense VCs have a different timeline. Shield Capital and In-Q-Tel evaluate dual-use potential and government procurement readiness. The sales cycle is longer but the contracts are stickier. Prepare bilingual materials covering both commercial and government applications.

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What Robotics Founders Need in Their Data Room

Peony is built for exactly this kind of fundraise — capital-intensive, IP-sensitive, multi-stakeholder. Here is what our robotics founders typically set up:

• AI auto-indexing: Upload your entire document set and Peony organizes it into a professional folder structure in under 3 minutes — no manual sorting of CAD files, BOM spreadsheets, and regulatory certificates
• Page-level analytics: See which pages each investor actually read, how long they spent, and which sections drove the most engagement
• NDA gates: Require investors to sign your NDA before accessing any technical documentation
• Dynamic watermarks: Viewer identity embedded into every rendered frame — if a page leaks, you know exactly who shared it
• Screenshot protection: Blocks and logs screen capture attempts on sensitive documents
• E-signatures: Built-in with AI-powered field detection — no separate DocuSign needed for term sheets and manufacturing agreements
• Smart Q&A: Investors submit questions through the data room, AI drafts answers, your team reviews and approves before sending. Full audit trail.

Set up your robotics fundraising data room in under 5 minutes. Free tier includes all security features. Pro is $20 per admin per month with 200 GB storage — enough for most robotics raises including demo videos and CAD files.

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Bottom Line

The US robotics VC market has never been this active. Funding more than doubled to $27.6 billion in 2025, humanoid startups raised $6.1 billion (up more than 300%), and Q1 2026 is on pace to exceed 2025 by a wide margin.

If you are building humanoid robots: SoftBank, Coatue, B Capital, and NVentures are the most active. Bezos is the individual investor writing the most checks.

If you are building for defense and national security: a16z American Dynamism, Founders Fund, Shield Capital, and In-Q-Tel are deploying at record levels. Pentagon FY2026 requests $1.9B+ for autonomous systems. Dual-use robotics deals often involve M&A-grade due diligence — prepare accordingly.

If you are building industrial or warehouse automation: Amazon AIIF, Accel, and SoftBank are leading. Amazon's own 1-million-robot fleet provides unmatched deployment validation.

If you are building surgical or medical robotics: Intuitive Ventures is the only dedicated fund in the space, backed by the $176B market cap leader in robotic surgery.

If you are building foundation models for robots: Khosla, Lightspeed, and Founders Fund are betting that general-purpose robot intelligence is the next platform shift.

Before approaching any of these investors, organize your technical documentation in a Peony data room. Robotics fundraising is document-heavy, IP-sensitive, and involves more stakeholders than a typical software raise. Page-level analytics and layered security are not optional — they are table stakes for a credible robotics fundraise in 2026.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the most active robotics VCs in the US in 2026?

The most active US robotics VCs in 2026 include Khosla Ventures (co-led Waabi's $750 million Series C), a16z American Dynamism (co-led Anduril's $4 billion round and Mind Robotics' $500 million Series A), SoftBank Vision Fund (led Skild AI's $1.4 billion round), Founders Fund ($1 billion check into Anduril), and Coatue (led Sunday's $165 million Series B). Corporate VCs like NVentures (NVIDIA) and Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund are also deploying aggressively. Before approaching these firms, set up a Peony data room to organize technical documentation — AI auto-indexing handles CAD files, patent filings, and demo videos in under 3 minutes.

How much venture capital did robotics startups raise in 2025?

Robotics and physical AI startups raised $27.6 billion globally across 1,009 deals in 2025, more than double the $13.7 billion invested in 2024 according to PitchBook. Humanoid robotics specifically raised $6.1 billion across 139 deals, a more than 300 percent increase from 2024. Q1 2026 alone saw over $7.3 billion in identifiable mega-rounds. Peony page-level analytics help robotics founders track which investors spend the most time reviewing technical specifications versus financial models, revealing genuine interest.

Which VCs invest specifically in humanoid robotics?

The leading humanoid robotics investors include SoftBank Vision Fund (led Skild AI at $14 billion valuation), Coatue (led Sunday at $1.15 billion valuation), B Capital Group (anchored Apptronik's $935 million total Series A), NVentures (backed Figure AI at $39 billion valuation), and Founders Fund (invested in Physical Intelligence). Jeff Bezos is the most prolific individual investor, backing Figure AI, Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, and Field AI. Use Peony NDA-gated data rooms to protect sensitive humanoid robotics IP before sharing with multiple investors simultaneously.

How do I pitch a defense robotics VC?

Defense robotics VCs like Shield Capital and In-Q-Tel evaluate dual-use potential, government procurement readiness, and national security impact alongside commercial viability. Shield Capital looks for technologies that serve both defense and commercial markets. An In-Q-Tel investment signals intelligence community interest and can unlock DoD contracts. Prepare materials covering both commercial and defense use cases, and organize them in a Peony data room with screenshot protection and dynamic watermarks to safeguard sensitive documentation.

What documents do robotics startups need for VC due diligence?

Robotics investors expect a pitch deck, bill of materials with COGS breakdown, CAD files or technical drawings, patent filings, manufacturing agreements, regulatory certificates, prototype demo video, financial model with unit economics, supply chain map, and pilot deployment data. This is three to five times more documentation than a typical software fundraise. Peony AI auto-indexing organizes all of these file types into a professional data room structure in under 3 minutes, and page-level analytics show which sections each investor reviewed.

Are corporate VCs good for robotics startups?

Corporate robotics VCs offer strategic advantages beyond capital. NVentures gives access to NVIDIA Isaac sim and Jetson platforms. Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund provides pilot opportunities in Amazon's 1-million-robot fulfillment network. Woven Capital connects founders to Toyota's manufacturing expertise and $87 billion robotics transformation budget. Intuitive Ventures brings Intuitive Surgical's clinical network for medical robotics. Track engagement from each corporate VC separately using Peony personalized sharing links to compare strategic interest against financial investor interest.

What is the typical check size for a robotics Series A in 2026?

Robotics Series A rounds in 2026 range from $10 million to $500 million, reflecting the capital-intensive nature of hardware development. Mind Robotics raised a $500 million Series A in March 2026, while more typical rounds land between $20 million and $100 million. Defense robotics seed rounds tend to be $2 million to $15 million from specialists like Shield Capital, with larger follow-on after government contract validation. Peony's free tier lets early-stage robotics founders share a professional data room at zero cost with dynamic watermarks protecting hardware IP from day one.

How do I protect hardware IP when sharing with multiple robotics VCs?

Peony offers layered security for hardware founders: NDA gates require investors to sign before accessing files, dynamic watermarks embed viewer identity into every rendered frame, screenshot protection blocks and logs capture attempts, and granular permissions control which documents each VC can see. For robotics founders sharing CAD files, patent filings, and manufacturing specifications with 10 or more VCs simultaneously, this prevents unauthorized distribution of proprietary designs while page-level analytics reveal genuine engagement.

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