Britbots

Britbots is a UK-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation technologies. The firm focuses on supporting businesses that develop productivity-enhancing automation solutions, addressing global challenges such as labor shortages, supply chain inefficiencies, and resource depletion. By investing in companies that create autonomous technologies, Britbots aims to improve efficiency and sustainability across various industries.

The firm's investment strategy emphasizes capital efficiency and scalability, favoring businesses that generate large datasets to build defensible and multifaceted product offerings. Britbots primarily invests in the United Kingdom, targeting sectors like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, drones, industrial automation, and robotics. The firm typically invests between €100,000 and €1.5 million in pre-seed and seed-stage companies, seeking to partner with entrepreneurs who are developing innovative solutions to enhance productivity and address global challenges.

Britbots has a track record of supporting numerous robotics companies, with each portfolio company targeting significant unit productivity increases. The firm has facilitated over £50 million in independent fundraising for its supported companies. Notable investments include QLM, a company combating methane pollution in the oil and gas industry through advanced sensor technology, and Hausbots, which raised £1.5 million in a seed round to develop vertical wall-climbing robots for inspecting and repairing hard-to-reach surfaces. These investments reflect Britbots' commitment to fostering innovation in automation technologies that contribute to global productivity improvements.