Automata is a London based technology company working to bring the next revolution in manufacturing by making robotic automation affordable and simple.
Our first product, Eva, is an elegant, simple, affordable robot arm built for professionals: in a lab, in the classroom, or on a production line. It only costs the fraction of existing industrial-grade robotics arms and can work besides people. Its light weight (only 8kg) and its intuitive, simple control make it easy to reconfigure for many different tasks. Its software platform enables access from anywhere, at anytime from any device with a web browser. No advanced skills or training required.
Our first product, Eva, is an elegant, simple, affordable robot arm built for professionals: in a lab, in the classroom, or on a production line. It only costs the fraction of existing industrial-grade robotics arms and can work besides people. Its light weight (only 8kg) and its intuitive, simple control make it easy to reconfigure for many different tasks. Its software platform enables access from anywhere, at anytime from any device with a web browser. No advanced skills or training required.
Location: United Kingdom
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +44 20 3603 4590
Total raised: $142.41M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Dimension | dimensionc... |
| - | Hardware c... | hardwarecl... |
| 07.06.2021 | Isomer Cap... | isomercapi... |
| 29.03.2022 | Octopus Ve... | octopusven... |
| - | Hardware C... | hcvc.co |
| - | Firstminut... | firstminut... |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.01.2026 | Series C | $45M | Octopus Ve... |
| 03.10.2023 | - | $40.01M | - |
| 22.02.2022 | Series B | $50M | - |
| 19.03.2019 | Series A | $7.4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 22
| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.04.2026 | AI-Powered Pharma Manufacturing Signals Scalable Efficiency, Long-Term Cost Advantages | As regulatory demands intensify and production environments become more complex, pharmaceutical manufacturers are shifting beyond traditional quality assurance systems toward a new operational model: integrating artificial intelligence dire... |
| 29.01.2026 | Automata Raises $45M in Series C Funding | Automata, a London, UK-based lab automation company building platforms for life sciences, raised $45M in Series C funding. The round was led by Dimension with participation from Danaher Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, Octopus Ventures, Entrep... |
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| 03.10.2023 | Automata Technologies Raises $40M in Funding | Automata Technologies, a London, UK-based automation company for life sciences labs, raised $40M in funding. The round was led by Dimension with participation from A.P. Moller Holding, parent company of the A.P. Moller Group and returning i... |
| 03.10.2023 | Science lab automation and robotics startup Automata raises $40M | Automata, a company that combines software and hardware to automate science labs around the globe, has raised $40 million in an equity-based round of funding, as the U.K.-based startup looks to double down on recent growth across Europe and... |
| 03.10.2023 | UK’s Automata Technologies raises €38.2M for its robotic automation solutions to life sciences labs | Read this article in: London-based Automata Technologies, a biotech company that offers robotic automation solutions to life sciences labs, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $40M (approximately €38.2M) in a fresh round of funding. Au... |
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| 22.02.2022 | London-based biotech company Automata raises €44M to accelerate robotic automation solutions for the life sciences industry | London-based Automata, a biotech company that provides robotic automation solutions to the life sciences industry, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $50M (approx €44M) in its Series B round of funding. This investment comes on the bac... |
| 22.02.2022 | Octopus Ventures backs London-based startup with $50 million to boost automation in life sciences | For far too long, scientists and clinicians have been working with overly complex lab solutions. Equipment and software are disjointed and difficult to orchestrate, while solutions are often too rigid and inappropriate for labs with small g... |
| 22.02.2022 | Automata Raises US$50M in Series B Funding | Automata, a London, UK-based automation company helping life sciences rapidly innovate, diagnose and discoverat scale, raised US$50m in Series B funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from returning investors Humm... |
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