Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, USA. Sequoia Capital has deployed $50M in robotics investments. Its humanoid robotics portfolio includes Skild AI, Physical Intelligence. Focus areas include AI, deep tech, software, consumer.
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Funding rounds (3)
Round size: $600M
Round size: $300M
Round size: $70M
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Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, USA. Sequoia Capital has deployed $50M in robotics investments. Its humanoid robotics portfolio includes Skild AI, Physical Intelligence. Focus areas include AI, deep tech, software, consumer.
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Mecka has raised a $60 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital, with Nvidia, Microsoft M12, Qualcomm Ventures and Samsung joining as new investors. The company builds capture hardware and processes human demonstrations into structured motion and 3D data for robot model training, and also offers robot integration, on-site data collection, model training and ongoing operation. Mecka reports passing a $100M revenue run rate in June and projects $300M by year-end, though the announcement does not disclose a valuation or name major customers.
Sequoia, Nvidia Back Mecka AI’s Robotics Push
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