THE ROBOT UNICORN

EXPLOSION

Vehicles, Land, Air & Sea

• Google • CARS• Velodyne• 3D Robotics• Novariant• Open ROV• Liquid Robotics• Deep Ocean Exploration & Research

Manufacturing/Industrial

• Adept• FYS Systems• E-systems• KLA-Tencore• Modbot• Qbotix• Redwood Robotics• Otherlab

Health & Personal Care

• Intuitive• Accuray• Tibion• Restoration Robotics• Hansen Medical• Geppetto Avatars• EksoBionics

Consumer & Service

• Neato• Mint (acq by iRobot)• Double Robotics• Suitable Technologies• Revolve Robotics• Momentum Machines• Blue River Technology• Fellow Robots• Savioke

Silicon Valley Robotics

• Network events• Investor Breakfasts• Social Meetups• Industry Reports• Special Interest Groups• Startup Competitions• Media Liaison• Directory• Robojobs

Robotics overall 5 year funding

Investment distribution

Overall number of deals

Distribution of deals

Survey company by founding

• An additional 5 surveyed companies were founded between 20 and 140 years ago.

“Unicorns, Startups & Giants” from Orange Silicon Valley

“Unicorns, Startups & Giants” from Orange Silicon Valley

Fortune’s 2015 List

1. Xioami – consumer electronics2. Uber - transportation3. Palantir – big data4. Airbnb – lodging5. Flipkart – internet retail6. Dropbox – cloud storage7. Snapchat – social media8. SpaceX – transportation9. Theranos – lab services10.Meituan – online deals

Factors accelerating robotics

1. ROS2. Mobile & smart phones3. Cheap sensors4. Improved processors5. Ubiquitous internet6. Accelerators/Seed funding7. Rapid prototyping8. Entrepreneur ecosystems9. Critical mass of robotics companies

The Age of UnicornsFrom Fortune

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