# Rise Robotics funding: rounds and investors

> Rise Robotics has raised $563K across 3 rounds since 2012. Investors include Techstars, Right Side Capital Management and MassVentures.

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

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# 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$563K** raised across 3 rounds since 2012, from 3 sources

**$118K** Seed **$345K** Seed **$100K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $100K Sept 2026
- **Biggest round:** $345K Seed · Dec 2012
- **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.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026

**$118K** Seed

**$345K** Seed

**$100K** Grant

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

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Grant **$100K** *2 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) Source recorded
- **Dec 2012** Seed **$345K** *1 new* [Boston Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-angels) From a historical funding record
- **Aug 2012** Seed **$118K** *1 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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 **$5.0M** preferred stock Crowdfunding

## Founders and team

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

- **Hiten Sonpal** Chief Executive Officer
- **Blake Sessions** Chief Technology Officer
- **Scott Bryce** Chief Financial Officer
- **Toomas Sepp** Chief Engineer
- **Arron Acosta** VP of Business Development
- **Justin Shriver** Head of Software Engineering
- **Kyle Dell’Aquila** Head of Industrial Design & Customer Experience
- **Nolan Hobart** Head 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.

**Seed** 2012 **Seed** 2012 **Grant** 2026 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) [Boston Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-angels)

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **2** rounds

[Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round

[MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) VC firm **1** round

[Boston Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-angels) Angel network **1** round

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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.

[Decisive Point](https://millionrounds.com/fund/decisive-point) VC firm Per its own site

[Fortistar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fortistar) Private equity Per its own site

[MIT Alumni Angels Boston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mit-alumni-angels-boston) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Rise Robotics

### Who invested in Rise Robotics?

Rise Robotics's investors include Techstars, Right Side Capital Management, MassVentures and Boston Angels.

### How much has Rise Robotics raised?

Rise Robotics has raised $563K across 3 rounds since 2012.

### When did Rise Robotics last raise?

Rise Robotics's most recent round was a Grant of $100K in Sept 2026.

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

Rise Robotics's largest round on record is $345K (Seed), in Dec 2012.

### Who backed Rise Robotics first?

Rise Robotics's first round on record, in Aug 2012, was backed by Techstars.

### What stage is Rise Robotics at?

Rise Robotics's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Rise Robotics based?

Rise Robotics is based in the United States.

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