Burro
Founded 2017 · 75 employees on LinkedIn · 14 known investors
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Burro builds autonomous robots for agricultural and outdoor operations that mow, tow, carry, and spray to automate manual labor tasks. Its fleet works alongside crews at farms, nurseries, vineyards, and depot yards to reduce dependence on scarce farm labor.
Also known as Augean Robotics
Founders & leadership
Burro was founded in 2017 by Terry Scott.
Investors · 14
Also in the syndicate · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$34.9M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2021–2024
- Undisclosed amountSeries BJan 2024 · 2 sources
Catalyst Investors (lead), Translink Capital (lead), Cibus Capital, F-Prime Capital, S2G Ventures, Toyota Ventures
Source ↗ - $24MraisedJan 2024 · 3 sourcesSource ↗
- $10.9MSeries ASep 2021 · 2 sources
S2G Ventures (lead), Toyota Ventures (lead), Cibus Enterprise Fund, F-Prime Capital, ffVC, Radicle Growth
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Burro, formerly known as Augean Robotics, is a Philadelphia-based autonomous mobility company founded in 2017. Its autonomous ground vehicles carry and tow loads, patrol depot yards and mow, operating outdoors alongside human crews rather than replacing them. The platform began as a mobility system aimed at customers facing rising wages and a shrinking workforce, and has since been positioned as a general-purpose outdoor robotics platform and a "physical API" that third-party technology partners can build on.
As of January 2024, more than 300 Burro robots were in commercial use in specialty crops including citrus, berries, grapes and nurseries. The company reported over 75,000 autonomous miles in paid commercial use and more than 300,000 hours of operation. Alongside its Series B, Burro announced Burro Grande, expanding from people-scale vehicles (under 500 lb payload with light-duty towing) to a pallet-scale vehicle with a 1,500 lb payload and 5,000 lb towing capacity, running Burro Operating System Software V5.0 with Lidar-based localization for indoor and outdoor autonomous movement.
Founding story
The company was founded in 2017 under the name Augean Robotics, starting with a mobility platform designed to help customers respond to rising labor wages and a shrinking available workforce in outdoor work environments.
Business model
Burro sells and deploys autonomous ground vehicles used by farms, nurseries and other outdoor operations, distributed worldwide through a dealer network. The platform also serves as a base for technology partners that build additional capabilities on top of the vehicles.
Traction
More than 300 robots in commercial operation as of January 2024, over 75,000 autonomous miles in paid commercial use and more than 300,000 hours of operation. The company states customers can increase workforce efficiency within one year of investment.
Latest developments
In January 2024 Burro closed a $24 million Series B co-led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital, adding Brian Rich and Kaz Kikuchi to its board, and announced the Burro Grande pallet-scale vehicle. In November 2024, Fieldwork Robotics signed a collaboration agreement with Burro.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Burro positions itself as a collaborative robotic platform able to work safely and reliably outdoors alongside human workers, an area where few robotics companies have scaled, and targets a US outdoor labor market it sizes at $1.2 trillion. Investors in the Series B described it as positioned to become a dominant outdoor robotics company across multiple industries.
Burro emphasizes augmenting rather than replacing labor, with machines that operate outdoors alongside people, and a single platform that can perform multiple tasks in a variety of crops year-round to offset the seasonality of outdoor work.
Technology
Burro's autonomous ground vehicles use autonomous AI technology to operate outdoors alongside people, performing carrying, towing, patrolling and mowing tasks. Burro Operating System Software V5.0, introduced with the Burro Grande model, adds Lidar-based localization supporting autonomous movement across both indoor and outdoor operations.
Go-to-market
Distribution is through a dealer network that the company said it planned to expand following its Series B, supported by growth in commercial, product and engineering teams.
Farms and growers in permanent and specialty crops such as citrus, berries, grapes and vineyards, plus nurseries and depot-yard operations; the company also cites construction as an adjacent outdoor labor market.
Geography
Headquartered in Philadelphia, with robots deployed in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South America; US growth is concentrated in berry and grape farming and nurseries.
Compiled by commissioned research from 4 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsBurro announced a $24 million Series B co-led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital, with participation from existing investors S2G Ventures, Toyota Ventures, F-Prime Capital and Cibus Capital. Proceeds were designated for expanding commercial, product and engineering teams, growing the dealer network and launching new products.
$24M source ↗
As part of the Series B, Brian Rich, managing partner at Catalyst Investors, and Kaz Kikuchi of Translink Capital joined Burro's board of directors.
Burro announced Burro Grande, extending the product line from people-scale vehicles (under 500 lb payload, light-duty towing) to a pallet-scale vehicle with 1,500 lb payload and 5,000 lb towing capacity, running Burro Operating System Software V5.0 with indoor/outdoor Lidar-based localization.
Prior to the Series B, Burro raised a $10.9 million Series A to accelerate commercialization of its collaborative robot platform.
$10.9M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 4
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- Agtech company Burro gets $24M investment - The Packerthepacker.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Burro do?
- Burro builds collaborative autonomous ground robots that carry, tow, patrol and mow alongside workers in outdoor settings.
- Who founded Burro?
- Burro was founded by Terry Scott in 2017.
- Who are Burro's investors?
- Burro's investors include Asimov Ventures, Catalyst Investors, Everywhere Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Ff Venture Capital, NextFab Ventures, Radicle Growth, S2G Investments and 4 more.
- How much funding has Burro raised?
- Burro has disclosed $34.9M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.