The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies nLink: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $1.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryConstruction robots
Overview
nLink is a Norwegian construction robotics company that developed the world's first mobile drilling robot for ceiling drilling, automating a physically demanding task that causes musculoskeletal injuries in construction workers. Founded in 2014 in Sogndal, the company won the RoboBusiness Pitchfire startup competition and later partnered with Hilti, which became a 37% strategic investor and collaboratively launched the Jaibot drilling robot in October 2020. nLink offers its robots as a service and has expanded its robotics engineering expertise to adjacent industries.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeed post-money
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company nLink has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hilti1× joint1 total
Most recent
- nLink x Hilti2017-08-14with Hiltioperating
nLink on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified May 2015. Explore where nLink's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full nLink deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Havard Halvorsen CEOreported, not verified
- Konrad Fagertun Founder & Business Developerreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Konrad Fagertuncofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for nLink.
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)
- nLink1 deployment
Recent coverage
nLink in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every nLink competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ASUSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allonicdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $1.0M
- 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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company nLink has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- nLink x Hilti2017-08-14with Hiltioperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Hilti1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (2)
- Strategic2017-08-14
Investors: Hilti
- Seed2015-01-01
$1M(reported) · $4M post
Investors: Innovasjon Norge, Sparebanken Vest
Timeline
Every recorded move in nLink’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundStrategic funding round
2017-08-14Strategic raising $0
PartnershipnLink x Hilti
2017-08-14Hilti acquired 37% of nLink as strategic investor and collaboratively developed the Jaibot drilling robot, launched globally in October 2020. The partnership combines nLink's mobile robotics expertise with Hilti's construction industry distribution and product platform.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2015-01-01Seed raising $1000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 1, 2015
RoboLift at Sogndal, Norway
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 nLink.Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning nLink from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Robotic lift launch from nLink
nLink launched a robotic aerial lift combined with AI for construction site automation.
nLink gets Hilti as a strategic investor in the company
Hilti acquired 37% of nLink in a strategic investment deal; nLink had previously raised 1M USD from Innovasjon Norge and Sparebanken Vest in 2015.
Construction Drilling with Konrad Fagertun
Robohub podcast interview with nLink founder Konrad Fagertun about building the world's first mobile drilling robot for construction.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/nlink.md
- RSS feed: /companies/nlink/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4fff7f1c-93ce-4eb5-9758-237776878a1d
- Revision history: /companies/nlink/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
Video
nLink designs and develops mobile robots that solve real life problems. We combine strong robotic concept development skills, robotic software engineering and mechanical design to robotize your business. Contact us: http
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
nLink draws attention at the 52nd percentile but verifies reality at the 6th percentile among construction robots. Hype Gap +45.6, 5th widest among construction robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited 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 6, 2026