Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries.

Last November, we surveyed 13 of the top robotics-focused VCs to find out which areas of robotics are exciting them most going into 2020. One of the most common areas of attention respondents highlighted were startups focused on construction and manufacturing. In 2019 alone, the robotics space saw roughly 600 venture-backed fundraising rounds, while construction companies successfully raised roughly 200 venture rounds.

With our 2020 Robotics + AI sessions event on the horizon in early March, we're diving back into the sector to learn about the attributes of construction attracting robotics VCs the most and which types of startups VCs are actually writing checks for in 2020. We asked 16 leading people who actively invest in construction robotics and work at firms spanning early to growth-stage to share what's exciting them most and where they see opportunity in the sector:

Rohit Sharma, True Ventures

Matt Murphy, Menlo Ventures

Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures

Travis Connors, Building Ventures

Saman Farid, Baidu Ventures

Aaron Jacobson, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Shaun Abrahamson, Urban Us

Atin Batra, Twenty Seven Ventures

Ben Bayat, NextGen Venture Partners

Andrew Ackerman, Dreamit Ventures

Duncan Turner, SOSV & HAX

Zach Aarons, MetaProp VC

Niki Pezeshki, Felicis Ventures

Avidan Ross, Root Ventures

Kia Nejatian, Plug & Play

Miles Tabibian, Plug & Play

TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020

Leading robotics VCs talk about where they're investing

Rohit Sharma, True Ventures

True Ventures has been investing in industrial auto



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