Apptronik
Austin, US · Delaware corporation · 28 known investors
Apptronik builds humanoid robots designed to perform repetitive, physically taxing, and dangerous tasks in warehousing and manufacturing environments, aiming to free workers for higher-value activities.
Founders & leadership
Board
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Apptronik went on to found or lead other companies.
Investors · 28
Competitors · 7
by search overlapCompanies competing with Apptronik for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$752.4M disclosed across 4 rounds · 2022–2025
▶$331.4MraisedNov 2025 · 44 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Howard Lee MorganDirector
- Jeffery Lee CardenasExecutive Officer, Director
- Clarence Gordon Daugherty, IVDirector
- Nicholas Arden PaineExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $500M
- Amount sold
- $331.4M
- First sale
- Oct 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$403MraisedMar 2025 · 53 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Clarence Gordon Daugherty, IVDirector
- Howard Lee MorganDirector
- Jeffery Lee CardenasExecutive Officer, Director
- Nicholas Arden PaineExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $415M
- Amount sold
- $403M
- First sale
- Jan 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$10MraisedFeb 2023 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Nicholas Arden PaineExecutive Officer, Director
- Clarence Gordon Daugherty, IVDirector
- Jeffery Lee CardenasExecutive Officer, Director
- George Samuel RoseDirector
- Offering amount
- $15M
- Amount sold
- $10M
- First sale
- Feb 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$8MraisedMar 2022 · 8 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Nicholas Arden PaineDirector
- George Samuel RoseDirector
- Clarence Gordon Daughtery, IVDirector
- Jeffery Lee CardenasExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $16.7M
- Amount sold
- $8M
- First sale
- Mar 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Non-dilutive funding · 9 SBIR/STTR awards
Federal grants — no equity taken| Agency | Phase | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Air ForceAir Force | Phase I | 2023 | $75K |
| U.S. ArmyArmy | Phase ISTTR | 2021 | $166.2K |
| Department of DefenseDefense Logistics Agency | Phase I | 2021 | $100K |
| U.S. ArmyArmy | Phase I | 2020 | $99.5K |
| National Science Foundation | Phase I | 2018 | $224.9K |
| Department of DefenseSpecial Operations Command | Phase IISTTR | 2017 | $2.5M |
| Department of DefenseSpecial Operations Command | Phase IISTTR | 2017 | $1.5M |
| Department of DefenseSpecial Operations Command | Phase IISTTR | 2017 | $500.4K |
| NASA | Phase I | 2016 | $123.4K |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.
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