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 · Other rounds of the segment

  • Shield AIUnited States
    Raised
    $873M
    Rounds
    3
    Last round
    May 2026
  • Mach IndustriesUnited States
    Raised
    $600M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Sep 2026
  • Overland AIUnited States
    Raised
    $100M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Feb 2026
  • ForterraUnited States
    Raised
    $93.3M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Apr 2025
  • Milrem RoboticsEstonia
    Raised
    $55M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Jul 2025
  • FORT RoboticsUnited States
    Raised
    $20M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Oct 2026

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 typesOther
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsDefense and security
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Other rounds of the segment — 2024: $282M in 4 rounds · 2025: $152M in 8 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $1.3B in 5 rounds. Adjacent markets: Defense and security $1.7B

Rounds 2024–2026
17
With a disclosed amount
14
Raised 2024–2026
$1.7B

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 $1.7B · Estonia $55M · Ukraine $1.2M

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 $1.7B.

  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. Overland AI$100M
    4 Feb 2026 · Other · United States · 8VC
  5. Forterra$93.3M
    2 Apr 2025 · Other · United States
  6. Milrem Robotics≈$55M
    2 Jul 2025 · Other · Estonia · European Defence Fund
  7. FORT Robotics$20M
    22 Oct 2026 · Other · United States
  8. Revolute Robotics$1.9M
    Oct 2025 · Other · United States · ANIMO Ventures, Ascend
  9. Swarm Defense$1.4M
    Apr 2026 · Other · United States
  10. Huless≈$1.1M
    30 Jan 2025 · Other · Ukraine

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

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Investors

12 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. 8VC1 round
    1 company · rounds of $100M · latest Feb 2026
  3. European Defence Fund1 round
    1 company · rounds of $55M · latest Jul 2025
  4. ANIMO Ventures1 round
    1 company · rounds of $1.9M · latest Oct 2025
  5. Ascend1 round
    1 company · rounds of $1.9M · latest Oct 2025
  6. Angel One Fund1 round
    1 company · rounds of $159K · latest Dec 2024
  7. Capnamic1 round
    1 company · latest Apr 2025
  8. Christian Buchenau1 round
    1 company · latest Apr 2025
  9. DEUTZ AG1 round
    1 company · latest Oct 2025
  10. Johannes Schaback1 round
    1 company · latest Apr 2025

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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