The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Connected Robotics: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $21.2M raised. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryKitchen robots
Overview
Connected Robotics is a Japanese food robotics company developing AI-powered cooking robots for restaurant kitchens and food factories. Founded in 2014 and based in Koganei, Tokyo, the company's products include the OctoChef takoyaki robot, Reita soft-serve ice cream robot, and soba noodle robots deployed at JR East railway station eateries across Japan.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Focus
Products
Customers
Type
Food-service robotics
Delibot product family
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Connected Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hoshizaki Corporation1× joint
- 2JR East Group1× joint
Most recent
- with Hoshizaki Corporationoperating
- with JR East Groupoperating
Connected Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jan 2021. Explore where Connected Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Connected Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Tetsuya Sawanobori Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Taiki Sato Chief Operating Officersecondary-verified
- Koichi Tsukamoto Executive Officer, VP of Productsecondary-verified
Founders (3)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Connected Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Connected Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
Connected Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Moley Robotics1 model
- PAZZI1 model
Financial state
- Total funding
- $21.2M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Connected Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Hoshizaki Corporationoperating
- with JR East Groupoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hoshizaki Corporation1× joint
- 2JR East Group1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Connected Robotics x Hoshizaki CorporationwithHoshizaki Corporationjoint venture2022-10-01operating
- Connected Robotics x JR East Group (Soba Robot)withJR East Groupdeployment2020-12-01operating
Funding rounds (3)
Connected Robotics’s 3 disclosed rounds, $21M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2023-02-28
$13M(reported) · $100M post
Investors: Yaskawa Electric (strategic), Hoshizaki Corporation (strategic), Mitsubishi HC Capital (follow)
- Series A2019-07-08
$8M(reported) · $47M post
Investors: Global Brain (lead), 31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund, UTokyo Innovation Platform (UTEC), Sony Innovation Fund, 500 Startups Japan
- Seed2018-01-01
$930,000(reported) · $4M post
Investors: Coral Capital (lead), Draper Nexus (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Connected Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2023-02-28Series B raising $12500000
PartnershipConnected Robotics x Hoshizaki Corporation
2022-10-01Strategic and capital partnership between Connected Robotics and Hoshizaki Corporation, a leading commercial kitchen equipment manufacturer. The partnership integrates Connected Robotics' AI cooking systems with Hoshizaki's kitchen equipment ecosystem and provides manufacturing expertise and distribution channels for food factory automation.
PartnershipConnected Robotics x JR East Group (Soba Robot)
2020-12-01Connected Robotics partnered with JR East Group to develop and deploy soba noodle cooking robots at JR railway station eateries (Sobaichi chain). The robots cook 150 servings per hour, handling boiling, rinsing, and cooling while human staff add sauce and toppings. JR East Foods aimed to deploy at 30 stores by fiscal 2025.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2019-07-08Series A raising $7800000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2018-01-01Seed raising $930000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2021
OctoChef at Kaihimmakuhari, Chiba, Japan
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 1, 2020
OctoChef at Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Connected Robotics.Peer companies
- Moley Robotics1 model
- PAZZI1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Connected Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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RoboHub partners with CENGN, Rogers Communications - University of Waterloo
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The National Robotarium set to revolutionise the farming sector with 5G robotics - Heriot-Watt University
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Germany robotics startup RobCo raises €39.1M from Lightspeed, Sequoia, others - Silicon Canals
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The Robots Taking Over Chinese Kitchens
Connected Robotics has built an almost fully-automated soba noodle kitchen in Tokyo, alongside the OctoChef takoyaki robot, showcasing Japan's growing food robotics sector.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/connected-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/connected-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/19afb406-d9a4-455a-9865-37a713a0d97f
- Revision history: /companies/connected-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Moley Robotics1 model
- PAZZI1 model
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender79/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Connected Robotics against kitchen_robot robots. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Broad public reach with 6.7M video views. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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Dimension breakdown
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Oct 2, 2026