The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Exotec: 1 model, 8 deployments across 6 regions, $885.4M raised. 6 sources back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
French goods-to-person warehouse-robotics company founded in 2015 by Romain Moulin and Renaud Heitz, headquartered in Croix, France. Its Skypod system uses robots that climb storage racks up to roughly 36 feet for high-density storage and retrieval. In January 2022 Exotec raised a $335 million round at a $2 billion valuation led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with 83North and Dell technologies Capital participating, becoming what it describes as France's first industrial unicorn. Specific per-deployment pricing is not publicly disclosed.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 8 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries D post-money
Key facts
Founded
Founders
Product
Customers
Employees
Data & sources
Patent documents
3
Web sources
3
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Exotec has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1E80 Group1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Exotec x E80 Group2025-09-10with E80 Groupoperating
Exotec on the deployment map
View the global map8 verified deployments across 6 regions, newest verified Aug 2026. Explore where Exotec's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalSkypod at Zakroczym, Poland + Aichi, Japan →East Asia · verified Aug 2026
- operationalSkypod at Multiple European sites (Bologna, Ferrières, Setúbal, Schwetzingen, Northampton) →Europe · verified Apr 2026
- operationalSkypod at Worldwide (200+ sites, 50+ brands) →International · verified Jun 2024
- operationalSkypod at Le Plessis-Pâté, France →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalSkypod at Sweden →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalSkypod at Croix →France · verified Jun 2024
- operationalSkypod at Nashville, Tennessee, USA →Southeast · verified Sep 2021
- operationalSkypod at Global (multiple sites) →International · verified Jan 2017
View the full Exotec deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Romain Moulin Co-founder & CEO, ceosince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
- Renaud Heitz Co-founder & CTO, ctosince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Romain Moulincofounderfounded 2015-01-01
- Renaud Heitzcofounderfounded 2015-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Exotec.
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)
- Exotec8 deployments
Recent coverage
Exotec in third-party press
Peers
90 peers across 2 segments. Every Exotec competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
warehouse amr(5)
- AutoStoredirect competitor(reported)strong
- Geek+direct competitor(reported)strong
- Addverbdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Brightpickdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Symboticadjacent competitor(reported)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $885.4M
- Employees
- 1,223
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- 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
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Exotec has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Exotec x E80 Group2025-09-10with E80 Groupoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1E80 Group1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (6)
Exotec’s 6 disclosed rounds, $885M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series D2022-01-01
$335M(reported) · $2.0B post
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (lead), Tiger Global Management (lead), Goldman Sachs
- Series C2021-01-01
$335M(reported) · $3.4B post
Investors: Bpifrance, Dell Technologies Capital, 83North
- Series C2020-09-01
$90M(reported) · $900M post
Investors: Iris Capital (lead), 83North, Goldman Sachs
- Series B2019-01-01
$90M(reported) · $720M post
- Series B2018-06-01
$18M(reported) · $142M post
Investors: Iris Capital (lead)
- Series A2017-01-01
$18M(reported) · $106M post
Patent estate (3)
- US20240336438A1usptopendingassignee
- US10730696B2usptograntedgranted 2020-01-07assignee
- US9181030B2usptograntedgranted 2015-10-20assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Exotec’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Intel Corporation
2026-08-23Supply: RealSense for Skypicker navigation from Intel Corporation
New supplierNew supplier: Kollmorgen
2026-08-23Supply: Drive motors for Skypicker robots from Kollmorgen
New supplierNew supplier: SICK AG
2026-08-23Supply: LiDAR for Skypicker navigation from SICK AG
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-23Supply: Edge compute for Skypicker robots from NVIDIA
PartnershipExotec x E80 Group
2025-09-10Strategic partnership integrating Exotec's Skypod AS/RS with E80 Group's LGV pallet handling systems and SM.I.LE80 software, delivering unified end-to-end warehouse automation for CPG and grocery industries. Debuted at Drinktec 2025 in Munich.
Funding roundSeries D funding round
2022-01-01Series D raising $335000000
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2021-01-01Series C raising $335000000
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2020-09-01Series C raising $90000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 4, 2026
Skypod at Zakroczym, Poland + Aichi, Japan
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Exotec | Our products | The Skypod System
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Exotec Skypod autonomous mobile robots product highlight
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 15, 2026
Skypod at Multiple European sites (Bologna, Ferrières, Setúbal, Schwetzingen, Northampton)
Sources (3)
- Series D $335M at $2B (company primary) · https://www.exotec.com/en-gb/news/exotec-leves-335-million-dollars-and-becomes-frances-first-industrial-unicorn/ · 2022-01-17
- Round detail, independent · https://tech.eu/2022/01/17/frances-exotech-raises-335-million-in-series-d-round-at-2-billion-valuation/ · 2022-01-17
- Investors (Goldman Sachs AM, 83North, Dell) · https://sifted.eu/articles/exotec-raise-335m-unicorn
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Exotec.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Exotec from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Exotec Reaches Billion in Systems Sold
Exotec announced it has sold over billion in warehouse robotic systems globally since its founding in 2015, making it one of the fastest-growing materials handling companies.
Exotec raises 35 million, becoming France's first industrial unicorn
Exotec raised 35M in a Series D led by Goldman Sachs, valuing the warehouse robotics company at billion as France's first industrial unicorn.
Exotec raises 35M to scale ASRS technology
Exotec raised 35M Series D led by Goldman Sachs at B valuation, becoming France's first industrial unicorn. Scaling Skypod automated storage and retrieval system.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/exotec.md
- RSS feed: /companies/exotec/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/298fecb6-4356-4b5b-8cb7-670ae4ad8eff
- Revision history: /companies/exotec/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
Video
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
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
Exotec draws attention at the 62nd percentile but verifies reality at the 91st percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap -28.8, 44th widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 12 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 12 operational sites across 12 countries. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
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: Sep 5, 2026