Dan Kara

Waymo led the way by raising $5.6 billion as it continues to scale its robotaxi business. Here’s a recap of all 78 funding rounds in October 2024.

September 2024 robotics funding totaled $3.7 billion, the highest monthly funding amount for 2024.

The largest funding rounds were once again secured by developers of autonomous driving technologies, including Aurora.

The two largest robotics investments in July 2024 were secured by software firms.

Nearly 80% of the funding raised by robotics companies in June 2024 came from five autonomous driving developers.

The $2.1 billion is the highest monthly funding amount for the year and greatly exceeds the previous 12-month average.

Thirty-six robotics companies attracted $466 million in investment in April 2024, the smallest amount since November 2023.

March 2024 robotics funding was buoyed by significant investment into software and drone suppliers.

The funding total was substantially lower than the trailing twelve-month average, but in line with January 2023’s figure of $523 million.

February 2024 robotics investments rose, with 51 companies obtaining $1.9 billion, the most in almost a year.

Forty-one robotics companies raised $749 million in December 2023. Total robotics funding for 2023 equals approximately $12.9 billion.

Forty robotics companies received funding in November 2023, pulling in a total of $418 million. Robotics investments for the first 11 months of 2023 topped $12.1 billion.

Robotics funding for the month of October 2023 equaled approximately $980 million, the result of 68 rounds. The October investments bring the 2023 robotics funding totals to $11.7 billion.

The Robot Report tracked 50 funding rounds in September 2023, bringing the year-to-date funding total to nearly $11 billion.

The total amount of funding for 2023 to date is about $8.85 billion.

Robotics investments for July 2023 reached $1.9 billion, coming from 48 funding rounds. As of the end of July, total 2023 funding comes to approximately $8 billion.

The Robot Report tracked 51 funding rounds in June 2023, bringing the year-to-date funding total to more about $6.1 billion.

The Robot Report tracked 61 funding rounds in May 2023, bringing the year-to-date funding total to more about $4 billion.

U.S.-based robotics companies landed the most rounds (17) and funding ($514M) in April 2023.

47 robotics investments in the month of March accounted for a total of $526M.

Companies offering unmanned aerial drones, usually coupled with drone-enabled data and analytics services, were particularly strong in February 2023.

Investment in companies working on autonomous driving technologies was particularly strong.