# Upside Robotics: robotics company

Canonical ID: `fd30060b-0e75-4881-acbb-db12eb5b0c00`

## Key facts

- **Seed:** 7.5M (Feb 2026, led by Plural)
- **Total Funding:** [11M+](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Deployed:** 1,300+ acres, 10,000+ autonomous km
- **Fertilizer Reduction:** 70%
- **Total funding:** [$7.5M seed](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Technology:** Solar-powered autonomous farm robots
- **Impact:** 70% reduction in fertilizer use
- **Crop focus:** Corn cultivation

- **Slug:** upside-robotics
- **Founded:** 2025
- **HQ:** Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (2)

- [Jana Tian](/people/jana-tian.md) Co-founder & CEO (SEC-verified)
- [Sam Dugan](/people/sam-dugan.md) Co-founder (SEC-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 Upside Robotics?

Waterloo, Ontario-based ag-tech startup building autonomous solar-powered robots that deliver fertilizer and nutrients to crops. Founded in 2025, raised $7.5M seed. Robots reduce fertilizer use by up to 70% by applying right-sized amounts only when needed.

### What does Upside Robotics make?

Upside Robotics has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Upside Robotics builds physical robots.

### Where is Upside Robotics headquartered?

Upside Robotics is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

### Is Upside Robotics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Upside Robotics ranks in roughly the top 8% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (2)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/upside-robotics-is-reducing-fertilizer-use-and-waste-in-corn-crops/
2. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/75-million-seed-funding-helps-upside-robotics-plant-seeds

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