Machenta
Machenta is a London robotics company that raised a $40 million seed to build a robot foundation model.
- Industry
- robotics
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2025
About
Machenta is building a robot foundation model that is trained in simulation and is meant to learn a new physical task from a single demonstration. Imperial College London's news post, dated 27 October 2026, calls it a physical AI spinout and says the founders' research began at Imperial. Tech Funding News says the company was founded in 2025. Imperial and Tech.eu do not state a founding year. This page stores 2025.
Tech.eu and Tech Funding News call Machenta a London robotics startup. Imperial says the company will expand its team at a new office and lab in King's Cross, London. Creandum's post of 27 October 2026 says the team is building from a new home in King's Cross. The Raise Track Update says London, UK. No source read here names a different city, so this page stores London.
Imperial, Creandum, Tech.eu and Tech Funding News all date the announcement to 27 October 2026, so the round date is 2026-10-27. The amount is $40 million. Creandum's post says Creandum is co-leading the seed alongside Union Square Ventures. Tech.eu and Tech Funding News say Creandum and Union Square Ventures co-led. Imperial says the round was led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures and does not use the word co-led. The issue says the round was co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures. Both are marked as leads.
Tech.eu says the company described the round as the largest seed raised by a UK robotics company. Imperial also calls it the largest ever seed raise by a UK robotics startup. That comparison is not stored. Tech Funding News says the company has 11 people. Tech.eu says the team numbers around a dozen. Neither figure is stored.
Funding history
| Round | Date | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 2026 | 2026-10-27 | $40M | Creandum, Union Square Ventures |
Investors
- Creandum lead
- Union Square Ventures lead
Sources
Last verified:
- https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/2026/imperial-ai-spinout-machenta-raises-40-million-to-make-robots-instant-learners/
Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-27.
Imperial College London news, David Silverman, 27 October 2026. Says Machenta, a physical AI spinout, raised $40 million. Says the funding round was led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures. Does not use the word co-led. Says the company will expand its team at a new office and lab in King's Cross, London. Says the work began six years ago at Imperial and does not state a founding year for the company. A phone number and an email on the page are not published. People named on the page do not have pages here. - https://creandum.com/stories/backing-machenta
Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-27.
Creandum post by Kathi Wilhelm, 27 October 2026. Says Creandum is proud to co-lead Machenta's $40M seed round alongside Union Square Ventures. Says the team is building from a new home in King's Cross. This is a lead investor post. Street addresses on the rest of the Creandum site are not published. - https://tech.eu/2026/10/27/london-robotics-startup-machenta-raises-40m-seed-investment/
Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-27.
Tech.eu, John Reynolds, 27 October 2026. Calls Machenta a London robotics startup and says the seed round, co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures, is described by the company as the largest seed round raised by a robotics company in the UK. Says the team numbers around a dozen, in its London King's Cross office. Does not state a founding year. The largest-seed claim and the headcount are not stored. - https://techfundingnews.com/machenta-40m-seed-creandum-usv-simulation-robot-learning/
Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-27.
Tech Funding News, Sofia Chesnokova, October 27, 2026. Says Machenta, a London robotics startup founded in 2025, announced a $40 million seed co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures. Quotes Rebecca Kaden, managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Says the company has 11 people. The headcount is not stored. Competitor valuations in the article are not stored. - https://buttondown.com/raisetrack/archive/raise-track-update-2026-10-27/
Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-27.
Raise Track Update for 2026-10-27, Section 1. Amount line $40M (Seed). Says a London, UK-based frontier AI company raised $40 million in seed funding co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures.