# KEMARO: service robotics company

Canonical ID: `1e2f5ae3-9a6c-4b24-8e3f-8805262ecddb`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [CHF 5M (≈€4.2M) Series B pre-closing (Apr 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **HQ:** Switzerland
- **Product:** Autonomous industrial cleaning robot with dry sweeping/vacuum system
- **Value prop:** Water-free, chemical-free 24/7 cleaning; one-year ROI claimed
- **CEO:** [Armin Koller](/people/armin-koller.md)
- **Founders:** [Thomas Oberholzer](/people/thomas-oberholzer.md), [Martin Gadient](/people/martin-gadient.md), [Armin Koller](/people/armin-koller.md)
- **Fleet size:** 1,500+ robots sold (company-reported)
- **Key customers:** Unilever, Nestlé, BMW, Amazon
- **US subsidiary:** KEMARO Inc., Columbia SC (est. 2025)
- **Distribution:** 26 countries worldwide
- **Privacy by Design:** Camera-free, no visual data collection
- **Hero image candidate:** https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67b31cb8992beaf7b3fe891d/67bc3c7e450d418f06c1a77b_OpenGraph%20(1200x630).png (source: press kit)

- **Slug:** kemaro
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** Eschlikon, Switzerland

## Models

- [KEMARO K1](/models/kemaro-k1.md) (service) (id: `6bec00c3-6851-4a2f-b1bb-e14d8949a486`)

## Current leadership (4)

- [Armin Koller](/people/armin-koller.md) Founder | CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Thomas Oberholzer](/people/thomas-oberholzer.md) Founder | CSO (secondary-verified)
- [Martin Gadient](/people/martin-gadient.md) Founder | Strategic Partnerships & Innovation (secondary-verified)
- [Nadja Gerber](/people/nadja-gerber.md) CFO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is KEMARO?

Swiss robotics company building autonomous industrial cleaning robots for factories, logistics centers, and production facilities. The flagship K900 Gen II uses dry sweeping and vacuum technology — no water or chemicals — and operates camera-free for privacy-sensitive industrial environments. Founded in 2016 in Eschlikon, KEMARO has sold over 1,500 robots to 600+ clients including Unilever, Nestlé, BMW, and Amazon across 26 countries.

### What does KEMARO make?

KEMARO has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: KEMARO K1 (KEMARO builds physical robots).

### Is KEMARO publicly traded?

KEMARO is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of US on the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in KEMARO?

KEMARO has no separately traded stock; it is owned by US (the parent is the entity that trades, where it is public).

### Where is KEMARO headquartered?

KEMARO is headquartered in Eschlikon, Switzerland.

### Who owns KEMARO?

KEMARO is owned by US, per the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does KEMARO operate robots?

KEMARO is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is KEMARO a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, KEMARO ranks in roughly the top 18% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was KEMARO founded?

KEMARO was founded in 2016.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/2026/april/kemaro-set-for-growth-following-a-chf-5-million-capital-increase
2. https://www.kemaro.ch/

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