# BurnBot funding: rounds and investors > BurnBot has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital and Toyota Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/burnbot (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *BurnBot* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Drones Raised 6 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$20M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture May 2026 - **Biggest round:** $20M Series A · Apr 2024 - **Investors:** 4 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2025 2026 **$20M** Series A **?** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $20M - **Biggest round:** $20M - **Between rounds:** 2.1 years ## The rounds - **May 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 returning* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Lowercarbon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercarbon-capital) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) Source recorded - **Apr 2024** Series A **$20M** *4 new* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Lowercarbon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercarbon-capital) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $26M sold, first sale Feb 2024 ## Founders and team From BurnBot's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 9 on the team. - **Dr. Anukool Lakhina** CEO - **Betsy Kais** CFO - **Brittany Black** COO - **Aaron Bailey** VP, Engineering - **Michael Langella** Head of Programs - **Clint Neumann** Director (Australia) - **James Salazar** Director of Business Development - **Melissa Berube** General Counsel - **Waleed Haddad** Executive Officer, Director i Advisers *Lucas Mayfield* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series A** 2024 **Venture** 2026 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Lowercarbon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercarbon-capital) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **2** rounds [Lowercarbon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercarbon-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=burnbot). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list BurnBot as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Pathbreaker Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pathbreaker-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Hike Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hike-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Ecosystem Integrity Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-ecosystem-integrity-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Hawktail](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hawktail) VC firm Per its own site [Sur Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sur-ventures) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about BurnBot ### Who invested in BurnBot? BurnBot's investors include DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures and American Family Ventures. ### How much has BurnBot raised? BurnBot has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did BurnBot last raise? BurnBot's most recent round was a Venture in May 2026. ### What was BurnBot's biggest round? BurnBot's largest round on record is $20M (Series A), in Apr 2024. ### Who backed BurnBot first? BurnBot's first round on record, in Apr 2024, was backed by DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital and Toyota Ventures and 1 others. ### What stage is BurnBot at? BurnBot's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2026. ### Where is BurnBot based? BurnBot is based in the United States. ## Companies like BurnBot In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Mach Industries** $1.0B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mach-industries)[**Castelion** $1.3B · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/castelion)[**Neros Technologies** $325M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/neros-technologies)[**Aurelius Systems** $50M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurelius-systems)[**SkyPSI** $5.0M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/skypsi)[**Shield AI** $4.0B · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/shield-ai) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app