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Machenta

London robot-learning startup, spun out of Imperial College London's robot learning work, building a foundation model intended to let robots perform a new task…

Track Machenta
Founded
2025
HQ
London, UK

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Machenta: $40.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.

Funding

$40.0M

Employees

11

Overview

London robot-learning startup, spun out of Imperial College London's robot learning work, building a foundation model intended to let robots perform a new task after being shown it once. Per press coverage, the model is trained in simulation without real-world data. Co-founded by Edward Johns (CEO), a robot learning professor at Imperial, and Vitalis Vosylius.

Described as an early-stage research company. Capability claims (learning a task from one or two demonstrations, working across robot types including humanoids) are company-stated and not independently verified.

Reality check

One-demo task learning (company-claimed, Oct 2026)

Says its foundation model, trained only in simulation, lets a robot do a new task such as packing, assembly or tidying after seeing it shown once.

Largest UK robotics seed (company-claimed)

Says its $40M seed is the largest seed round raised by a UK robotics company to date.

Verified record

Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
None on file

Key facts

Stage (reported, Oct 2026)

Described as a research company with no near-term commercial plans. Precise tasks and complex motions remain difficult for the model.

Data & sources

Web sources

2

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Relationships

CCreandumInvestorUUnion Square VenturesInvestor

Current leadership (1)

Founders (2)

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Machenta.

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Recent coverage

Machenta in third-party press

Imperial College London Spinout Machenta Raises $40M in Seed Funding For Instant Learning Robots

Oct 27, 2026

London robotics startup Machenta raises $40M seed investment

Oct 27, 2026

Imperial’s Machenta raises $40M from Creandum and USV to train robots in simulation

Oct 27, 2026

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