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Overview
American material-handling automation company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, focused on self-driving forklifts, pallet jacks, and tuggers coordinated by its Pivotal orchestration engine and a round-the-clock command center. Led by CEO Craig Malloy, with founder Daniel Theobald serving as chief innovation officer. Announced a $65 million Series C led by Tiger Global Management in 2022, then closed that round at $100 million in June 2024 with an additional $40 million of equity and debt, with Tiger Global, Proficio Capital Partners, and IMPULSE participating. Markets an outcome-based performance guarantee; specific deployment pricing and the contractual terms of the guarantee are not publicly disclosed.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Robot
Technology
Leadership
Backerssee investors →
Business model
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Vecna Robotics on the deployment map
Where Vecna Robotics's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Karl Iagnemma CEOreported, not verified
- Daniel Theobald Foundersecondary-verified
- Craig Malloy CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Daniel Theobaldsole
Safety record
No incidents on record for Vecna Robotics.
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 →
Recent coverage
Vecna Robotics in third-party press
Vecna Robotics Appoints Cody Upp as Chief Commercial Officer As Demand for Case Flow Expands - GlobeNewswire
Vecna Robotics, tapping alliance with Lucas Systems, introduces voice-enabled case picking functionality - Modern Materials Handling
Vecna Robotics Expands Case Picking Automation with - GlobeNewswire
Peer companies
- Balyo1 model
- Fox Robotics1 model
- Kalmar1 model
- Third Wave Automation1 model
- VisionNav Robotics1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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)
- Vecna Robotics x Big Joe with Big Joe Forkliftsdevelopment
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 23, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
- Series C $65M, Tiger Global (primary release) · https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220126005306/en/Vecna-Robotics-Announces-$65-Million-in-Series-C-Funding · 2022-01-26
- Series C closed at $100M, +$40M equity/debt (primary release) · https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240620842548/en/Vecna-Robotics-Closes-%24100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding-to-Streamline-and-Automate-Warehouse-Workflows · 2024-06-20
- Independent coverage of the round · https://www.therobotreport.com/vecna-robotics-announces-65m-in-series-c-funding/
Common questions
- What is Vecna Robotics?
- American material-handling automation company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, focused on self-driving forklifts, pallet jacks, and tuggers coordinated by its Pivotal orchestration engine and a round-the-clock command center. Led by CEO Craig Malloy, with founder Daniel Theobald serving as chief innovation officer. Announced a $65 million Series C led by Tiger Global Management in 2022, then closed that round at $100 million in June 2024 with an additional $40 million of equity and debt, with Tiger Global, Proficio Capital Partners, and IMPULSE participating. Markets an outcome-based performance guarantee; specific deployment pricing and the contractual terms of the guarantee are not publicly disclosed.
- What does Vecna Robotics make?
- Vecna Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Autonomous Pallet Jack (Vecna Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with Vecna Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Vecna Robotics building in the same form factors include Balyo, Fox Robotics, Kalmar, Third Wave Automation.
- Who is the CEO of Vecna Robotics?
- Karl Iagnemma is the ceo of Vecna Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does Vecna Robotics operate robots?
- Vecna Robotics 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 Vecna Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Vecna Robotics ranks in roughly the top 100% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is Vecna Robotics safe?
- Vecna Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-08
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Vecna Robotics.Peer companies
- Balyo1 model
- Fox Robotics1 model
- Kalmar1 model
- Third Wave Automation1 model
- VisionNav Robotics1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Vecna Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Vecna Robotics Appoints Cody Upp as Chief Commercial Officer As Demand for Case Flow Expands - GlobeNewswire
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Vecna Robotics, tapping alliance with Lucas Systems, introduces voice-enabled case picking functionality - Modern Materials Handling
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Vecna Robotics Expands Case Picking Automation with - GlobeNewswire
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32 Robotics Companies and Startups on the Forefront of Innovation 2026 - Built In
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A chat about the future of autonomous vehicles in Boston, as Waymo set to return - The Boston Globe
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Aptiv Powers Intelligent Edge Applications From Automotive to Robotics at CES 2026 - Business Wire
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Aptiv, Vecna Robotics to Develop Next-Generation Autonomous Mobile Robots - Manufacturing.net
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Aptiv and Vecna Robotics to Develop Next Generation Autonomous Mobile Robots - Business Wire
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Vecna Robotics collaborating with Aptiv to enhance sensing and perception for its autonomous mobile robots - Modern Materials Handling
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Aptiv and Vecna Robotics Join Forces to Advance AMRs - embedded.com
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Robot Safety Is a Survival Skill—Not a Perk. Vecna Robotics Aligns People, Process, and Tech for Scalable and Safer Automation - MarketScale
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Industrial automation startup Vecna Robotics raises $14.5M, appoints new CEO - SiliconANGLE
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/vecna-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/vecna-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/428e2ef1-3660-44d5-9e2e-6058e953982a
- Revision history: /companies/vecna-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Balyo1 model
- Fox Robotics1 model
- Kalmar1 model
- Third Wave Automation1 model
- VisionNav Robotics1 model
Reality vs attention
Vecna Robotics draws attention at the 8th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among forklift robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Jul 23, 2026