Defense and security

Companies

All 329 companies

329 robotics companies in the segment. By role: Robot maker 252 · Software 76 · Robot operator 42.

Robotics companies
329

Raised the most in the segment · Venture rounds of the segment

A company has up to three roles: the role bars do not add up to the companies of the segment.

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Funding by month

Round types
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Round typesVenture
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsNone
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Venture rounds of the segment — 2024: $939M in 26 rounds · 2025: $3.2B in 40 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $8.9B in 35 rounds

Rounds 2024–2026
101
With a disclosed amount
89
Raised 2024–2026
$13B

Columns: the round classes chosen, every round of the segment; adjacent markets are separate lines, not part of the columns. Sums include rounds with a disclosed amount only. Oct 2026: data to 24 Oct 2026.

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Funding by HQ country

United States $7B · Germany $5.4B · Nigeria $104M

Venture rounds of the segment; rounds without a known HQ country are left out.

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Largest rounds

All rounds of the segment

$2B the largest; the 10 largest add up to $9.7B.

  1. Shield AI$2B
    26 Mar 2026 · Series D+ · United States · Advent International, JPMorgan Chase, Strategic Investment Group of JPMorganChase's Security and Resiliency Initiative
  2. Helsing$1.8B
    13 Jul 2026 · Series D+ · Germany · Plural, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and 7 more
  3. Saronic Technologies$1.8B
    31 Mar 2026 · Series D · United States · Kleiner Perkins
  4. Quantum Systems$1.2B
    2 Jul 2026 · Series D+ · Germany · Advent International, Airbus Defence & Space, Blackstone and 7 more
  5. Helsing$693M
    17 Jun 2025 · Series D+ · Germany · Prima Materia, Daniel Ek
  6. Saronic Technologies$600M
    18 Feb 2025 · Series C · United States · Elad Gil
  7. STARK$570M
    23 Jun 2026 · Undisclosed series · Germany · Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Advent International and 5 more
  8. Helsing$487M
    11 Jul 2024 · Series C · Germany · General Catalyst, Accel, Elad Gil and 4 more
  9. Mach Industries$300M
    Jun 2026 · Series C · United States · Infinite Capital, Ribbit Capital
  10. Hadrian$260M
    17 Jul 2025 · Series C · United States

Venture rounds of the segment: the same rounds as the chart above.

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Investors

131 investors in the rounds of the segment; the 10 with the most rounds.

  1. Sequoia Capital6 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $984M · latest Aug 2026
  2. Project A4 rounds
    3 companies · rounds of $797M · latest Jun 2026
  3. NATO Innovation Fund4 rounds
    3 companies · rounds of $790M · latest Jul 2026
  4. Advent International3 rounds
    3 companies · rounds of $3.8B · latest Jul 2026
  5. HV Capital3 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $230M · latest Jul 2025
  6. 8VC3 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $61.8M · latest Aug 2026
  7. JPMorgan Chase2 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $3.8B · latest Jul 2026
  8. General Catalyst2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $2.3B · latest Jul 2026
  9. Lightspeed Venture Partners2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $2.3B · latest Jul 2026
  10. Plural2 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $2.3B · latest Jul 2026

Venture rounds of the segment. The sum is of the whole rounds an investor took part in, not of its share.

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Robot models

All 31 models

31 models: 31 with our characteristics, 0 with shop prices.

Models
31
With specifications
31
With shop prices
0
  • Weight, kg 23 models · median 81 kg · middle half 13.7–193 kg · range 0.524–16,000 kg
  • Runtime, h 22 models · median 3 h · middle half 2.25–4 h · range 1–30 h
  • Height, mm 21 models · median 830 mm · middle half 305–1,168 mm · range 110–2,320 mm
  • Length, mm 20 models · median 986 mm · middle half 697–1,355 mm · range 203–5,750 mm

A box is the middle half of the models and its line the median, on an axis from the smallest to the largest value.

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