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 · Debt, Other 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 typesDebt +1
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsNone
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Debt, Other rounds of the segment — 2024: $282M in 4 rounds · 2025: $358M in 12 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $1.8B in 8 rounds

Rounds 2024–2026
24
With a disclosed amount
21
Raised 2024–2026
$2.4B

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 $2.2B · Germany $178M · Estonia $55M

Debt, Other rounds of the segment; rounds without a known HQ country are left out.

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Largest rounds

All rounds of the segment

$600M the largest; the 10 largest add up to $2.3B.

  1. Mach Industries$600M
    Sep 2026 · Other · United States
  2. Shield AI$592M
    1 May 2026 · Other · United States
  3. Shield AI$281M
    8 Jan 2024 · Other · United States
  4. Shield AI$250M
    26 Mar 2026 · Debt · United States · Blackstone
  5. Quantum Systems$178M
    12 Feb 2026 · Debt · Germany · European Investment Bank, KfW, Commerzbank and 1 more
  6. Saronic Technologies$150M
    1 Apr 2025 · Debt · United States · Hercules Capital
  7. Overland AI$100M
    4 Feb 2026 · Other · United States · 8VC
  8. Forterra$93.3M
    2 Apr 2025 · Other · United States
  9. Milrem Robotics≈$55M
    2 Jul 2025 · Other · Estonia · European Defence Fund
  10. Forterra$50M
    12 Nov 2025 · Debt · United States · Crescent Cove Advisors

Debt, Other rounds of the segment: the same rounds as the chart above.

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Investors

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

  1. Venture Kick2 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $351K · latest Nov 2025
  2. Blackstone1 round
    1 company · rounds of $250M · latest Mar 2026
  3. Commerzbank1 round
    1 company · rounds of $178M · latest Feb 2026
  4. Deutsche Bank1 round
    1 company · rounds of $178M · latest Feb 2026
  5. European Investment Bank1 round
    1 company · rounds of $178M · latest Feb 2026
  6. KfW1 round
    1 company · rounds of $178M · latest Feb 2026
  7. Hercules Capital1 round
    1 company · rounds of $150M · latest Apr 2025
  8. 8VC1 round
    1 company · rounds of $100M · latest Feb 2026
  9. European Defence Fund1 round
    1 company · rounds of $55M · latest Jul 2025
  10. Crescent Cove Advisors1 round
    1 company · rounds of $50M · latest Nov 2025

Debt, Other 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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