# Grishin Robotics: portfolio, investments and team

> Grishin Robotics is a vc firm based in United States. 17 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Grishin Robotics

Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund, Sept 2019 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Workstyle Recruitment Esports

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 17 on record

Since the last cheque **2564** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$14M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $6.0M** Rounds led **1 of 17** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 94%**

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## Grishin Robotics highlights

- 01 17 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 73% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $275K

## What they do

> We are an early-stage Venture Capital firm based in Silicon Valley. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $6.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Workstyle Recruitment Esports
- **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **17 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Taskade](https://millionrounds.com/company/taskade)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[Embodied](https://millionrounds.com/company/embodied)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$22M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Yellow](https://millionrounds.com/company/yellow)** Seed · BR · FinSMEs **$9.0M** With 1 other
- **2017** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Wonder](https://millionrounds.com/company/wonder)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$14M** *Led*
- **2016** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Zipline](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipline)** **$25M** With 25 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Occipital](https://millionrounds.com/company/occipital)** Series B · US **$13M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[littleBits Electronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/littlebits-electronics)** Series B · US **$47M** With 9 others
- **2014** 4 rounds
- **Jul** **[RobotsLAB](https://millionrounds.com/company/robotslab)** US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **May** **[Sphero](https://millionrounds.com/company/sphero)** Series D · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Boombotix](https://millionrounds.com/company/boombotix)** Series A · US **$4.0M** With 15 others
- **Jan** **[Petnet](https://millionrounds.com/company/petnet)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 5 others
- **2013** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Swivl](https://millionrounds.com/company/swivl)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[Spire](https://millionrounds.com/company/spire)** Seed · US · pehub.com **$300K** Sole investor
- **May** **[Swivl](https://millionrounds.com/company/swivl)** Seed · US · pehub.com **$500K** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Bolt](https://millionrounds.com/company/bolt)** Venture · US · xconomy.com **$3.9M** With 7 others
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Robot App Store](https://millionrounds.com/company/robot-app-store)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Double Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/double-robotics)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$250K** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **23** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**12** of 24 we have independently watched raise

[Bolt](https://millionrounds.com/company/bolt)[Clubfeast](https://millionrounds.com/company/club-feast)[Eero](https://millionrounds.com/company/eero)[Embodied](https://millionrounds.com/company/embodied)[Occipital](https://millionrounds.com/company/occipital)[Sphero](https://millionrounds.com/company/sphero)[Spin](https://millionrounds.com/company/spin)[Squidostudio](https://millionrounds.com/company/squido-studio)[Starship](https://millionrounds.com/company/starship-technologies)[Taskade](https://millionrounds.com/company/taskade)[Theskills](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-skills)[Zume](https://millionrounds.com/company/zume) Arctic7 Events Flyzipline Getnoise Kadama Ring Robotlab Rogueco Solidfi Spire Swivl Zivadynamics

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Sept 2019

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$275K**

Led 1 of 17 rounds **6%**

- **Said size:** $1.0M – $6.0M
- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *8*
- Series A said *3*
- Series B said *2*
- Series D *1*
- Venture *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2012 2019

Often in the room with

- [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) 3
- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 3
- [Shea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shea-ventures) 2
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2
- [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Grishin Robotics. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Foundry Group** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry)[**Techstars** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Shea Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shea-ventures)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**ZhenFund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Grishin Robotics put money into.

[**Taskade** $5.0M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/taskade)[**Embodied** $22M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/embodied)[**Yellow** $9.0M · Apr 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/yellow)[**Zipline** $25M · Sept 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipline)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Grishin Robotics in their description, not their title.

- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 3 Dec 2020 · 41 min Jimmy Ku on Transitioning from Founder to Executive, Leading Alongside Justin Kan, and Start-Up Myths - E30 With [Jimmy Ku](https://millionrounds.com/person/jimmy-ku) Mentions [Justin Kan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/justin-kan)[Grishin Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grishin-robotics)[Infinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Grishin Robotics

### What does Grishin Robotics invest in?

Grishin Robotics invests most often at Seed and Series A (73% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Workstyle, Recruitment and Esports.

### How active is Grishin Robotics?

17 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

### What has Grishin Robotics invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Taskade (Seed, Oct 2019), Embodied (Series A, Jun 2018) and Yellow (Seed, Apr 2018).

### How big are Grishin Robotics's cheques?

The median round it joins is $14M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $6.0M.

### Does Grishin Robotics lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 17 investments on record (6%).

### Where does Grishin Robotics invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (94%) and Brazil (6%).

### Is Grishin Robotics investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

### Who does Grishin Robotics invest alongside?

Most often Foundry Group (3 rounds together), Techstars (3 rounds together) and Shea Ventures (2 rounds together).

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