# Pre-seed robotics investors (2026 list)

> 200 pre-seed robotics investors, 90% active in the last 12 months. Led by Y Combinator, SV Angel, Accel. Ranked by what they funded.

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

[Investor Lists](https://millionrounds.com/lists)

# Pre-seed robotics investors

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms we have watched take part in a pre-seed round raised by a robotics company in the last two years. Both the stage and the sector are what they did, not what their website says.

[See all 200 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fpre-seed-robotics-investors)The top 25

**200** investors on the list *+34* this week

**2,837** cheques in 12 months *-5%* against the market

**$4.1M** median round they joined *-49%* against the market median

**90%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**39%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6,412** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,349** **$18M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 3 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,341** **$32M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 4 [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **729** **$1M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 5 [Seedcamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **519** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **497** **$23M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 7 [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland) *Deploying now* Government · Ireland **447** **$1.8M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 8 [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **381** **$10M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **370** **$6M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 10 [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) *Deploying now* VC firm · Austria **345** **$6.7M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 11 [K Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kfund) *Deploying now* VC firm · Spain **340** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 12 [Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **295** **$13M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 13 [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **283** **$14M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) *Deploying now* Investment firm · New Zealand **254** **$109K** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 15 [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **251** **$10M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 16 [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **244** **$13M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [Pareto Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **239** **$3.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **234** **$12M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 19 [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **231** **$2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [Tribe Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribe-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **210** **$12M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 21 [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **202** **$9.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [360 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/360-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · France **167** **$7.8M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 23 [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus-capital-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **158** **$12M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 24 [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **155** **$3.8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **148** **$8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen

**175 more on this list**

All 200 are in the app, with filters for stage, sector and market. A free account shows 10 per search, Pro up to 1,000.

[See the whole list *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fpre-seed-robotics-investors)

## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Thinking Machines Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/thinking-machines-lab)** Other · $5B *Led by* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)
- **5** Nov **[ArrayPatch](https://millionrounds.com/company/arraypatch)** Seed · $1.8M *With* [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland)
- **5** Nov **[Granit](https://millionrounds.com/company/granit)** Seed · $6M *Led by* [Seedcamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp)
- **5** Nov **[Shinka](https://millionrounds.com/company/shinka)** Seed · $2.1M *With* [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland)
- **5** Nov **[Alethio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/alethio-therapeutics)** Series A · $90M *With* [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises)
- **5** Nov **[Venomics AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/venomics-ai)** Pre-seed · $2.7M *Led by* [Speciale Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speciale-invest)

## Stages This Year

2,417 rounds

- Seed **23%**
- Venture **19%**
- Pre-seed **19%**
- Series A **16%**
- Series B **7%**
- Other **17%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **1,206**
- Fintech **143**
- Big Data & Analytics **140**
- Healthcare **135**
- Robotics **115**
- Biotech **103**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

747 Q1 25

783 Q2 25

831 Q3 25

861 Q4 25

809 Q1 26

790 Q2 26

624 Q3 26

257 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

## Lists Like This

- [Seed AI investors 2,922](https://millionrounds.com/lists/seed-ai-investors)
- [Series A AI investors 2,490](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-ai-investors)
- [Series B AI investors 1,557](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-b-ai-investors)
- [Pre-seed AI investors 1,286](https://millionrounds.com/lists/pre-seed-ai-investors)
- [Growth AI investors 1,186](https://millionrounds.com/lists/growth-ai-investors)
- [Series A fintech investors 950](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-fintech-investors)
- [Series C AI investors 930](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-c-ai-investors)
- [Seed fintech investors 925](https://millionrounds.com/lists/seed-fintech-investors)
- [Series A biotech investors 650](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-biotech-investors)

[All investor lists *→*](https://millionrounds.com/lists)

## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World Joshua B. Freeman · 2018 3.83 from 864 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book "Freeman’s rich and ambitious Behemoth depicts a world in retreat that still looms large in the national imagination.…More than an economic history, or a chronicle of architectural feats and labor movements." ―Jennifer Szalai, New York Times In an accessible and timely work of… On AmazonListen on Audible
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=industrial&stage=idea).

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

## Quick answers about pre-seed robotics investors

### Who are the most active pre-seed robotics investors?

By cheques observed, the most active are Y Combinator, SV Angel, Accel, Antler and Seedcamp.

### How many pre-seed robotics investors are there?

200 are on record. 90% made an investment in the last 12 months and 39% have led a round.

### Which stages do pre-seed robotics investors back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (30%) and Pre-seed (25%).

### How big are the rounds pre-seed robotics investors join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $8M.

### Which sectors do pre-seed robotics investors back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Fintech and Big Data & Analytics.

### Which pre-seed robotics investors lead the most rounds?

Accel (103 led), 8VC (26 led) and Craft Ventures (14 led).

### Where are pre-seed robotics investors based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (15), the United Kingdom (4) and Ireland (1).

### What have pre-seed robotics investors invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Thinking Machines Lab (Other, Nov 2026, with Accel), ArrayPatch (Seed, Nov 2026, with Enterprise Ireland) and Granit (Seed, Nov 2026, with Seedcamp).

Built from the rounds we watched, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)