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 · Grant 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 typesGrant
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsHome robots
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Grant rounds of the segment — 2024: $0 in 0 rounds · 2025: $49M in 1 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $24.1M in 3 rounds. Adjacent markets: Home robots $0

Rounds 2024–2026
4
With a disclosed amount
3
Raised 2024–2026
$73.1M

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 $24M · Canada $72.6K

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

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Largest rounds

All rounds of the segment

$49M the largest; the 3 largest add up to $73.1M.

  1. Kraken Technology Group$49M
    21 Nov 2025 · Grant · United States Special Operations Command
  2. Seasats$24M
    15 Jan 2026 · Grant · United States · U.S. Department of War, Konvoy, Konvoy Ventures
  3. Ascent Systems Technologies$72.6K
    15 Apr 2026 · Grant · Canada · Innovate BC

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

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Investors

6 investors in the rounds of the segment; the 6 with the most rounds.

  1. United States Special Operations Command1 round
    1 company · rounds of $49M · latest Nov 2025
  2. Konvoy1 round
    1 company · rounds of $24M · latest Jan 2026
  3. Konvoy Ventures1 round
    1 company · rounds of $24M · latest Jan 2026
  4. U.S. Department of War1 round
    1 company · rounds of $24M · latest Jan 2026
  5. Innovate BC1 round
    1 company · rounds of $72.6K · latest Apr 2026
  6. NATO DIANA1 round
    1 company · latest Jan 2026

Grant 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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