The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Esper Bionics: 1 model, 4 deployments across 3 regions, $5.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWearable AI
Overview
Esper Bionics is a Ukrainian-founded engineering and tech startup developing the Esper Hand, a bionic prosthetic hand. Founded by Dima Gazda, the company raised $7M total including $5M from YZR Capital and a $150K USAID grant, and announced Esper Hand 2.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
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Key facts
Robot
Technology
Product
Origin
CEO
Fundingsee investors →
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Esper Bionics on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Esper Bionics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalEsper Hand at Germany, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalEsper Hand at United Kingdom, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalEsper Hand at Canada, USA →North America · verified Jun 2024
- operationalEsper Hand at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
View the full Esper Bionics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Dima Gazda Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Dima Gazdacofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Esper Bionics.
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)
- Esper Bionics4 deployments
Recent coverage
Esper Bionics in third-party press
Peers
35 peers across 1 segment. Every Esper Bionics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
wearable(35)
32 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 2595.3892239124602) · leader Oculus VR at 4361%
- Baidudirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Based Hardwaredirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Beedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Brilliant Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Dexcomdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Even Realitiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $5.0M
- 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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2024-06-01
$5M(reported) · $20M post
Investors: YZR Capital (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Esper Bionics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Maxon Motor
2026-08-23Supply: Motors for Esper exoskeleton from Maxon Motor
Funding roundSeed funding round
2024-06-01Seed raising $5000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Esper Hand at United Kingdom, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Esper Hand at Germany, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Esper Hand at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Esper Hand at Canada, USA
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Esper Bionics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Esper Bionics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
The future of European defence – Foreign and security policy - IPS Journal
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Esper Bionics announced the new bionic prosthesis Esper Hand 2 - dev.ua
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1iSC14bWMwWGhveURUdmtQYXA2M0hSbE9hMTNNT3N2T1E4VWIyRTRIOGxTMXpxaWJZYmZ2bUMxcWNFZk96YklUd3AwNXJhT1AxRWY0djl1aV9JQQ?oc=5"…
Robotics investments drive past $2.1B in May - The Robot Report
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These 14 medical device inventions are the best, Time magazine says - Medical Design & Outsourcing
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Prosthesis of Ukrainian developers is on cover of Time magazine - Еспресо
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This AI-powered prosthetic hand is bringing design and style to a life-changing product - ZDNET
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The Body Is Not a Limit With the Esper Hand Prosthetic Arm - MedicalExpo e-Magazine
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Esper Bionics creates "human-like" prosthetic arm controlled by the mind - Dezeen
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Nika Chorna Uses Esper Bionics Arm [Video] - TechAcute
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Esper Bionics Myoelectric Hand Prosthesis Features Movable Fingers, Thumb and Wrist - TechEBlog -
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/esper-bionics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/esper-bionics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/52f98d2a-bc0c-48ab-b6a1-ea3b31d0f79b
- Revision history: /companies/esper-bionics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Subscribe to see what are the next upgrades. Nika is amazing and a fast learner. A month ago she tried her left hand for the first time in her life: https://youtu.be/xR8yVsT4zFM If you want to become a user of the hand
New York-based engineering startup Esper Bionics has developed a flexible prosthetic mind-controlled hand that learns how to suggest the best grip faster than s
@EsperBionics #bionic #arm #prosthetic #robots Read the full article here: https://axisairesearch.blogspot.com/2022/12/esper-hand-most-advanced-prosthetic-a
New York-based engineering startup Esper Bionics has developed a prosthetic arm with intuitive self-learning technology. Esper Hand uses a computer-based techn
Esper Bionics is a human augmentation startup co-founded by Dima Gazda, Anna Believantseva, and Ihor Ilchenko, with its US headquarters at WeWork Dock 72 in Bro
There are 5mln hand amputees in the world, but because of price, usability, and problem of control, existing bionic hands cover less than 0,5% of all cases. Al
Health & Medtech Showcase: Dima Gazda, Co-founder & CEO @Esper Bionics ⏐ Slush 2024 Slush is the most founder-focused event on Earth, delivering actionable com
Tilly uses Esper Hands to drink water. Video by open Bionics #EsperBionics
Dima Gazda is the CEO and founder of Esper Bionics which is a company that makes a prosthetic arm that gains abilities overtime with you. They plan to use this
Esper Bionics upgrades the prosthetic industry
🌟 Meet the Future: Bionic Hand by Esper Bionics! 🤖💪 Experience the magic of AI and digital prowess in the world's first cloud-based robotic prosthetic. 🚀 I
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Esper Bionics draws attention at the 62nd percentile but verifies reality at the 74th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap -12.4, 26th widest among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 28 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026