69 Best Industrial Automation Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Industrial Automation Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 103 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.4b. The average funding per company in this subset is $34.5m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Iron Ox logo

Iron Ox

Iron Ox is a company developing robotic farms founded in 2015 by Brandon Alexander.

7

Funding Rounds

$156.3m

Money raised

Flexciton logo

Flexciton

A software company that specializes in technology for manufacturing. It is located in London, England and was founded in 2016.

8

Funding Rounds

$54.9m

Money raised

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DroneSeed

DroneSeed is a Seattle-based company that provides automated reforestation services.

8

Funding Rounds

$77.3m

Money raised

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Blue River Technology

An agriculture technology company that manufactures advanced farming machines. It is located in Sunnyvale, California and was founded in 2011.

5

Funding Rounds

$50.6m

Money raised

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Tines

Tines is a dublin-based no-code security automation company founded in 2018.

14

Funding Rounds

$441.3m

Money raised

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dotData

DotData is a Cupertino, California-based big data company that delivers end-to-end data science automation for enterprises.

3

Funding Rounds

$66.0m

Money raised

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Promobot LLC

Promobot LLC focuses on designing, developing, and manufacturing of autonomous service robots.

4

Funding Rounds

$8.1m

Money raised

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Harvest Automation

Harvest Automation is a agricultural robotic company.

7

Funding Rounds

$39.2m

Money raised

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SIERA.AI

Stocked Robotics, Inc., now known as SIERA.AI is a company that operates in Industrial Mobility Safety & Asset Lifecycle Management.

3

Funding Rounds

$11.3m

Money raised

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BladeInsight

BladeInsight is a company with the commitment to allying powerful technological solutions with blade expertise for tailored industry-focused solutions.

5

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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American Robotics, Inc.

American Robotics, Inc. is a company founded in 2012 by Eitan Babcock, Reese Mozer and Vijay Somandepalli.

5

Funding Rounds

$12.5m

Money raised

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Timeseer.AI

Timeseer.AI is an AI/ML based Robo advisory for Time-Series Analytics founded in 2020 by Bert Baeck.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Arculus

Arculus is a company headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany.

10

Funding Rounds

$42.8m

Money raised

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PassiveLogic

PassiveLogic is a company founded by John Easterling.

9

Funding Rounds

$83.8m

Money raised

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Litmus Automation

Litmus Automation is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2014 by John Younes, Sacha Sawaya, Isha Sheth and Vatsal Shah.

6

Funding Rounds

$17.5m

Money raised

Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology Co., Ltd. logo

Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology Co., Ltd. is a Guangdong, China-based robotics and industrial automation company.

2

Funding Rounds

$26.2m

Money raised

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JuggerBot 3D

JuggerBot 3D is an additive manufacturing machine builder focused on designing and building 3D printing solutions.

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0k

Money raised

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Magazino

Magazino is a company in Munich, Germany.

4

Funding Rounds

$49.9m

Money raised

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Kinta Artificial Intelligence

Kinta AI is a cloud-based, analytics SaaS platform for manufacturers designed to optimize production processes.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

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doks. innovation GmbH

doks. Innovation GmbH provides tools to digitize warehouses and stocktaking.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

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Dogtooth

Company building smart autonomous robots for farm owners.

2

Funding Rounds

$83.4k

Money raised

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Raven Telemetry

Raven AI is a company enhances efficiency, delivery, and teamwork for manufacturing facilities through a user-friendly platform.

3

Funding Rounds

$6.1m

Money raised

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Tego

Tego is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based company founded by Timothy Butler, Bob Hamlin and Suhail Ahmad.

6

Funding Rounds

$19.4m

Money raised

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KINEXON

Real-time location intelligence for the Internet of Things.

3

Funding Rounds

$130.0m

Money raised

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Telexistence

Telexistence is a company in Tokyo.

3

Funding Rounds

$38.5m

Money raised

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First Resonance

First Resonance is developFirst Resonance develops ION Factory OS, a robust manufacturing production software that provides data insights and improves scalability.

2

Funding Rounds

$46.0m

Money raised

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Flybotix

Collision tolerant drone for in-structure and indoor inspection.

4

Funding Rounds

$7.6m

Money raised

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Kinova

Kinova develops assistive robotics solutions for healthcare, education, government, nuclear, advanced manufacturing and other applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0m

Money raised

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Senrio

Senrio is a Portland, Oregon-based IoT security company.

1

Funding Rounds

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HELIXintel

Developer of an inventory and task management platform designed to track equipment maintenance. The company's platform features the ability to track the condition of all equipment, extend the equipment's life, and reduce the environmental footprint, enabling businesses to save cash, staff time, energy, and equipment uptime.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.7m

Money raised

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Smartex

Smartex is a company that offers solutions to reduce textile waste.

3

Funding Rounds

$28.0m

Money raised

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Synapticon

Platform improving motion control using advanced digital technology.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.5m

Money raised

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3d Signals

Using smart AI and IoT cloud-based technologies to optimize performance of pre-digital factory machinery and acquire full Industry 4.0 capabilities

3

Funding Rounds

$28.1m

Money raised

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IAM Robotics

IAM Robotics developed autonomous mobile robots for material handling.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.5m

Money raised

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Osprey Informatics

Osprey Informatics is a Calgary-based company founded by Michael von Hauff.

5

Funding Rounds

$6.7m

Money raised

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Keenon Robotics

Keenon Robotics is focused on developing commercial service robots for applications in a variety of industries.

3

Funding Rounds

$230.6m

Money raised

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Hypermemo

Hypermo developed a laser-based tool for glass processing.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

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Jetbrain Robotics

Jetbrain Robotics develops robotics and IoT-based smart logistics and assistive care solutions for applications in healthcare.

3

Funding Rounds

$100.0k

Money raised

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Root AI

Root AI is a company that produces robots for agricultural production and harvest.

2

Funding Rounds

$11.9m

Money raised

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Vention

Vention is a digital manufacturing automation platform that helps companies automate their production floor.

3

Funding Rounds

$145.8m

Money raised

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Sirqul, Inc.

Sirqul, Inc. is an IoT company with a platform that empowers companies and organizations to deploy IoT solutions in the Cloud.

3

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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SynTouch

SynTouch is a company founded in 2008 by Jeremy Fishel, David Groves, Gerald Loeb and Matthew Borzage.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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Lucid Drone Technologies

Lucid Drone Technologies provides drone-powered heavy-duty sanitation and cleaning solutions.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

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ficonTEC Service GmbH

ficonTEC Service GmbH assembles and tests automated optoelectronic components and photonic devices.

1

Funding Rounds

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ScoutDI

ScoutDI is a company that offers a drone system for inspecting confined spaces.

2

Funding Rounds

$536.1k

Money raised

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Authentise (company)

Authentise is a company founded in 2012 by Andre Wegner, Karla Lopez and Ann Rogan.

2

Funding Rounds

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Holo (machine learning company)

HOLO is a digital surgery company.

1

Funding Rounds

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Seek Thermal

Seek Thermal is a Santa Barbara, California-based company founded in 2012 by Tim Fitzgibbons.

7

Funding Rounds

$96.0m

Money raised

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Chemical Technologies

Chemical Technologies is a company that generates profit for manufacturing plants.

2

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

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IBC ROBOTICS AB

IBCRobotics is providing industries with non-water, automated, environmentally-friendly cleaning solutions.

1

Funding Rounds

$59.9k

Money raised

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Basetwo AI

Basetwo helps manufacturers troubleshoot and optimize their production processes to increase efficiency and reduce waste.

3

Funding Rounds

$11.4m

Money raised

Jiangsu Beiren Robot System Co., Ltd logo

Jiangsu Beiren Robot System Co., Ltd

Jiangsu Beiren Robot System Co., Ltd. produces and sells automation equipment.

10

Funding Rounds

$258.4m

Money raised

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Element ID

Element ID is a technology company that offers manufacturing equipment for RFID companies.

4

Funding Rounds

$50.0k

Money raised

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Terabee

Terabee is a tech company that manufactures sensor modules.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.2m

Money raised

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Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc.

Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc. is a North Vancouver-based company founded in 2013 by Farhang Bidram.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.2m

Money raised

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unspun

unspun uses body scanning technology to manufacture bespoke jeans.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Zhejiang Guozi Robot Technology Co., Ltd. logo

Zhejiang Guozi Robot Technology Co., Ltd.

A robotics company attending to the needs of multiple prominent industries.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.4m

Money raised

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Senecio Robotics

Senecio Robotics is a Tel Aviv-based company founded in 2013.

3

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

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SKYSYS Intelligent Technology Limited

Skysys is an intelligent drone automatic operation platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$11.5m

Money raised

Blue Danube Robotics logo

Blue Danube Robotics

Blue Danube Robotic works on secure human robot collaboration in mass production.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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Sumatra (AI company)

Operator of a real-time data platform intended to remove data engineering dependencies that delay or block real-time machine learning and analytics deployments. The company's platform allows data scientists to build their own streaming data pipelines.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Clip Automation

Clip Automation is digitizing the manufacturing landscape by uniting people, processes, and machines in one web and mobile platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

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SixSense

SixSense is a technology company that specializes in smarter manufacturing.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

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KREATIZE

KREATIZE is a company founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Juvo Robotics

Juvo Robotics provides an efficient automated baggage handling system designed to enhance the productivity of airport workers.

1

Funding Rounds

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Ceewa

CEEWA is company that focuses on the developing industrial-grade unmanned aerial vehicles.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.7m

Money raised

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Ombitron

Ombitron is a Seattle-based company founded by Paul Hammann.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Sixdof Space

Sixdof Space is a company that develops optical tracking technology.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Mtell

Mtell is a company founded by Alex Bates.

1

Funding Rounds