Who invested in Rise Robotics

3 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.

Manufacturing

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$563Kraised across 3 rounds since 2012, from 3 sources

$118KSeed$345KSeed$100KGrant

Latest round: Grant, $100KSept 2026
Biggest round: $345KSeed · Dec 2012
Investors: 4

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20122014201620182020202220242026

$118KSeed$345KSeed$100KGrant

First round: Seed, $118K
Biggest round: $345K
Usual gap between rounds: 13.8 years

The rounds

Sept 2026
Grant$100K2 new1 returning
Source recorded
Dec 2012
Seed$345K1 new
- Boston Angels
From a historical funding record
Aug 2012
Seed$118K1 new
- Techstars
Reported by techstars.com

Funding filed with regulators

Rise Robotics filed one raise, $5.0M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

Mar 2026$5.0Mpreferred stockCrowdfunding

Founders and team

From Rise Robotics's own website: 8 on the team.

Hiten SonpalChief Executive Officer
Blake SessionsChief Technology Officer
Scott BryceChief Financial Officer
Toomas SeppChief Engineer
Arron AcostaVP of Business Development
Justin ShriverHead of Software Engineering
Kyle Dell’AquilaHead of Industrial Design & Customer Experience
Nolan HobartHead of Defense

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.

Seed2012Seed2012Grant2026

Techstars

Right Side Capital Management

MassVenturesBoston Angels

Everyone who backed them

TechstarsVC firm2rounds

Right Side Capital ManagementVC firm1round

MassVenturesVC firm1round

Boston AngelsAngel network1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Rise Robotics 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.