Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 30, 2025

MONTRAL With a commitment of up to $20 million US, the Fonds de solidarit FTQ reports that it has become the lead investor in NAMAKOR Holdings, a private equity firm focused on mid-market Qubec companies and business succession.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 12, 2025

Gaunt is enthusiastic going into 2025, urging manufacturers to keep a keen eye on falling interest rates and an active investor market. An equity investor is looking at the broader picture. Customer and supply diversity: Investors dont like customer concentration or only having one supplier and no alternate supply sources.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2025

The funding round included support from investors such as Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, co-founder of SoftBank VC (SBVC) Gary Rieschel, and Carnegie Mellon University. It said the robot is capable of 1 mm-level accuracy in performing fine motor skills like picking, placing, pressing, twisting, and connecting.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

“We’re grateful to our longstanding and newest investors for their support in helping us chart a new path for sustainable materials management and resource efficiency.” AMP last month augmented its leadership team with the appointment of Stuart , former chief operating officer for Republic Services Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Modernizing loading and unloading is an enormous problem waiting to be solved, said James Hardiman, general partner at lead investor DCVC. Slip Robotics is driving a level of change in the supply chain industry not seen since the containerization of sea freight.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 17, 2025

TORONTO — Mastermind Toys, a specialty toy and children’s lifestyle retailer, announced that Stephane Tetrault has made an equity investment in the company. This private transaction establishes Mr. Tetrault as a partner alongside co-owners Joe Mimran and Frank Rocchetti.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

ARENA’s backing has been pivotal, getting us to a point where we are garnering significant interest from investors, industry and international governments keen to explore how our technology can play a key role in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors including electricity, industry and fuels,” said Vast CEO Craig Wood.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Investors in the latest round include KDDI, a Japanese telecom operator, and Axon, which develops tasers and other technology for police forces. The extension also included previous investors such as Linse Capital, which currently owns more than 21% of Skydio.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Investors include traditional VCs, corporate players, and AI darlings. At the same time, attracting early-stage investor dollars to build a robotics business is getting increasingly challenging. High profile shutdowns include Zume ($446M raised), PrecisionHawk ($139M), Phantom Auto ($95M), and Ready Robotics ($44M).

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Source: Agility Robotics As an early investor in Agility Robotics, now one of the world’s leading manufacturers of humanoid robots, I’ve watched as humanoids have evolved from a fascinating concept to reality over the past five years. Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid was in trials at GXO.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 28, 2025

Whatever your goals are, ensuring your business, accounting, tax and compliance strategy and framework are in place is attractive to funders and investors and critical to getting the outcome you need. Investors, lenders and buyers all go to the numbers first, and what you want to achieve will be driven by what those numbers say.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2024

. “Our investment in advanced robotic technology and the introduction of the new T-Boss 560L and 760L models reflect our commitment to aligning our operations with the needs of our customers and investors,” stated David Shan, CEO of Massimo Motor.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 25, 2025

Series A draws additional investors Contoro has combined its AI with a custom gripper, a mobile base, and a KUKA arm. Source: Contoro Robotics As the warehousing and logistics industry faces ongoing labor shortages and rising costs, investors are looking for scalable, commercially viable approaches to robotics.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We are thrilled to have the backing of world-class investors as we accelerate our mission to transform industrial inspections through autonomous robotics, stated Dr. Pter Fankhauser , co-founder and CEO of ANYbotics. “Existing investors gave us credibility. . “Existing investors gave us credibility.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Investors look ahead to U.S. hybrid fleet Elad Gil led Saronic’s Series C round, which included participation from new investor General Catalyst. Existing investors including a16z, Caffeinated Capital, and 8VC also participated. ” Register today to save 40% on conference passes!

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The round was led by Ndarra Ventures and backed by a consortium of all-Canadian investors, including new investors BDC Thrive Lab, Cycle Momentum, The51 Food & AgTech Fund and Fonds d’investissement Eurka, through Hidden Layers Capital.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Investments Robotics investments should come from venture capital firms, corporate investment groups, angel investors, and other sources. In addition, information comes from sessions at conferences and seminars, as well as during private interviews with industry representatives, investors, and others.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2025

Since 2018, Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB, has owned Piab. With annual sales of around $175 million, 650 employees, and a global presence in more than 100 countries, Piab said it helps its customers improve their operations daily. Register today to save 40% on conference passes!

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Physical Intelligence thanked its investors on its website : “We are grateful for the support and partnership of Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, OpenAI, Sequoia Capital, and Thrive Capital.” Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon , led the company’s latest funding round, along with Thrive Capital and Lux Capital.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2025

Past investors include Alibaba Group, Shangqi Capital, and Lenovo Capital. Source: LimX Dynamics Funding still flowing to humanoids In July 2024, LimX also known as Zhuji Dynamics, raised unspecified Series A funding. It has raised $27.5 million to date, according to Crunchbase. million.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 7, 2025

CMR expects to continue rapid growth All of CMR Surgical’s existing major investors participated in its latest funding round. “I would also like to thank our investors for their continued support and look forward to delivering sustainable growth and life-changing solutions to the global healthcare community.

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Automation Mag

MARCH 13, 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Novarc has secured significant additional funding, with the majority coming from our existing investors. Seaspan is a strategic partner of Novarcs and has been an investor since 2017. This investment is part of Seaspans value proposition commitment under Canadas National Shipbuilding Strategy.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2024

New investors included Rethink Food, Allison Transmission, and Black Forest Ventures. Once the task is completed, the app provides performance reports so farmers can optimize operations in the future. Mobile automation gets funding fuel Autotech Ventures, a mobility venture fund, led the round.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Organizations that prioritize ESG often experience significant operational efficiencies, better risk management, and increased appeal among consumers and investors who value sustainability. Designate Your Company as a Companies to Action to enhance exposure to investors, M&A opportunities, and other growth prospects.

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

is facing a class-action lawsuit from shareholders who allege the company misled investors and misrepresented its financial health, leading to artificially inflated stock prices. hid facts and details about its order book and production capacities from investors. Quebec-based electric-vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric Co.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 28, 2025

” The company, which has amassed nearly 5,000 private investors and raised nearly $12 million, has largely generated capital via crowdsourcing. Since then, he has built a global team, made multiple iterations, and acquired complementary technology to refine the devices now known as “Arrive Points.”

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

” In addition to receiving funding from a group of prominent investors, the company also received an investment from the Innovation and Technology Venture Fund under the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

I’m watching them be entrepreneurs, watching them be informed investors, watching them buy homes, watching them understand how to pay it forward. Whatever you think they can do, multiply it by 100 and expect that. We've had multiple kids start their own businesses or take over family businesses.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

” Investors to accelerate ANELLO Lockheed Martin, Catapult Ventures, and One Madison Group co-led ANELLO’s unspecified Series B round. “That’s exciting for drones and maritime.” “Our continued investment in ANELLO reflects our mission to accelerate technologies that can ultimately benefit national security.”

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 19, 2025

Other participants in the round included existing investors Lux Capital, Washington Harbor Partners, Crowley, and Academy Securities, joined by new investors Pinegrove. EIFO, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, led the round.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The round saw participation from new investor EBRD Venture Capital alongside existing investors Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera (founders of Avast), Miroslav Trnka (founder of ESET), Maximilian Kolowrat-Krakowsky, and Juraj Duriš. “We

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2024

As an investor at J Moon Ventures, he focuses on “physical AI” startups – those combining hardware, electronics, and AI in areas like robotics, IoT, and 3D printing. Overall, Jasmeet brings a unique perspective as an investor with deep technical expertise and operational experience in robotics.

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Dinesh Mishra

MAY 19, 2025

The fund infusion is led by Hero MotoCorp , the worlds largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, along with participation from existing investor British International Investment (BII), the UKs development finance institution. We are excited to welcome Hero MotoCorp as a strategic investor in Euler Motors. 1 commercial EV brand.,

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Robotics Automation News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Existing investors Speciale Invest, Infoedge (Redstart) and others also participated in […] Cybernetics Laboratory (CynLr), which describes itself as an “Indian deeptech robotics startup”, has raised $10 million in a fresh round of Series A funding led by Pavestone and Athera Venture Partners (formerly Inventus India).

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Robotics Automation News

APRIL 22, 2025

While pure-play robotics firms have long captured investor enthusiasm think Fanuc or iRobot most robotics businesses remain buried inside sprawling conglomerates. But for […]

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 2, 2024

The report highlights that three out of four companies say they feel pressured by customers, investors, and even their own workforce to operate more sustainably. This one from PLM and Digital Thread developer Aras called “Spotlight on the Future 2024,” focuses on sustainability.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 21, 2025

The New York-based company said a group of strategic and financial investors has backed its vision of reimagining how the world handles outdoor work one season at a time. . | Credit: Yarbo Robots could be coming to backyards near you soon. Yarbo last week said it has closed its Series B funding round, raising about $27 million.

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