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Mercato Partners

Mercato Partners is a venture capital firm based in USA. Its humanoid robotics portfolio includes Formic. Focus areas include Industrial tech, automation, robotics.

USAIndustrial tech, automation, robotics
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FormicSeries BLead
Oct 22, 2026

Round size: $50M

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Humanoid Global Highlights Portfolio Company Formic’s US$50 Million Raise, Led by Mercato Partners, to Advance Physical AI Across American Manufacturing

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news.google.com•Nov 2, 2026

US startup Formic raises $50 million to scale Physical AI

Formic announced $50 million in growth capital consisting of a Series B led by Mercato Partners, with participation from Light Ray Ventures, Lightscape Partners and Citi, plus debt financing from S2G Investments. The funding will accelerate Formic's expansion from task-specific automation into general-purpose robotics, support new applications such as metal fabrication, and deepen its work across aerospace, space, defense, medical, energy and the broader US industrial base. No specific robot model was named.

evertiq.com•Oct 26, 2026

Formic Raises $50 Million to Scale Physical AI Across American Manufacturing

Formic announced a $50 million funding raise to scale physical AI across American manufacturing. The supplied article text contains only the headline and does not specify the funding round, investors, valuation, or related robot models.

businesswire.com•Oct 22, 2026