# RightHand Robotics funding: rounds and investors

> RightHand Robotics has raised $34M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Playground Global, Dream Incubator and National Science Foundation.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/righthand-robotics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *RightHand Robotics*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

Fashion Robotics

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$34M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources

**$3.3M** Venture **$8.0M** Series A **$23M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2025
- **Biggest round:** $23M Series B · Dec 2018
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$3.3M** Venture

**$8.0M** Series A

**$23M** Series B

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Venture, $3.3M
- **Biggest round:** $23M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 21 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *1 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) [Safar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safar-partners) Source recorded
- **Dec 2018** Series B **$23M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Matrix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix) [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) [Dream Incubator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dream-incubator) Menlo Ventures/ GV Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $23M sold, first sale Dec 2018
- **Mar 2017** Series A **$8.0M** *4 new* [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) [Dream Incubator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dream-incubator) [Seven Seas Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seas-partners) layground Global Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.8M sold, first sale Mar 2017
- **Oct 2015** Venture **$3.3M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.3M sold, first sale Sept 2015

## Founders and team

From RightHand Robotics's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Pär Svärdson** CEO of Apotea
- **Lael Odhner** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Leif Jentoft** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Yaro Tenzer** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Arunas Chesonis* *Conor Fernandez* *Mark Siegel* *Matthew Hershenson* *Michael Mountz*

## 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.

**Venture** 2015 **Series A** 2017 **Series B** 2018 **Venture** 2025 [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) [Dream Incubator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dream-incubator) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) [Matrix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix) [Safar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safar-partners) [Seven Seas Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seas-partners) layground Global Menlo Ventures/ GV

## Everyone who backed them

[Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) VC firm **2** rounds

[Dream Incubator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dream-incubator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Matrix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix) Hedge fund **1** round

[Safar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safar-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Seven Seas Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seas-partners) VC firm **1** round

layground Global no record of our own yet **1** round

Menlo Ventures/ GV no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=righthand-robotics).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists RightHand Robotics as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[SkyRiver Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/skyriver-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about RightHand Robotics

### Who invested in RightHand Robotics?

RightHand Robotics's investors include Playground Global, Dream Incubator, National Science Foundation, Menlo Ventures and Matrix Partners, and 5 more on record.

### How much has RightHand Robotics raised?

RightHand Robotics has raised $34M across 4 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did RightHand Robotics last raise?

RightHand Robotics's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2025.

### What was RightHand Robotics's biggest round?

RightHand Robotics's largest round on record is $23M (Series B), in Dec 2018.

### Who backed RightHand Robotics first?

RightHand Robotics's first round on record, in Mar 2017, was backed by Matrix Partners, Dream Incubator and Seven Seas Partners and 1 others.

### What stage is RightHand Robotics at?

RightHand Robotics's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2025.

### Where is RightHand Robotics based?

RightHand Robotics is based in the United States.

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