Machenta

Emerging neolab

Robot foundation model that learns new tasks from a single demonstration, trained in simulation

Record checked 15 Nov 2026machenta.comReport an error

Raised, confirmed$40M1 confirmed round

Valuation, confirmed—none disclosed

Valuation, reported—no open report

Founded2025London, GB

Key facts

Field	Value	Source · checked
Classification	Emerging neolabImperial College London spinout building a robot foundation model from the founders' robot-learning research; $40M seed co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures (Oct 2026).	Tier definitions
Field	Robotics and physical AI
Founded	Jul 2025	find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.ukIncorporated on 21 July 2025checked 15 Nov 2026
Headquarters	London, GB	pulse2.comThe company has also opened a new office and laboratory in King’s Cross, London.checked 10 Nov 2026
Founders	Edward Johns, Vitalis Vosylius	Sources per person below
Website	machenta.com	machenta.comWe're a frontier AI company, building a new kind of robot foundation model.checked 10 Nov 2026
Profiles and work	X @Machenta_	How links are checkedchecked 15 Nov 2026

Machenta has raised $40M in rounds confirmed by the company, a regulator or two independent outlets. Status rules: methodology.

Date	Round	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Status	Source · checked
27 Oct 2026	Seed	$40M	—	Lead: Creandum, Union Square Ventures	Confirmed	MachentaAnnouncing our $40M Seed round, co-led by:+1 more sourcechecked 10 Nov 2026

Notes on these rounds

27 Oct 2026 Seed: Described by Imperial College London as the largest seed raise by a UK robotics startup. Valuation not disclosed.

Name	Role	Before	Now	Source · checked
Edward JohnsX LinkedIn Scholar Site	Co-founder & CEO	Imperial College London (Professor of Robot Learning)	Current	imperial.ac.uksaid Professor Edward Johns, Co-Founder and CEO of Machenta, and Professor of Robot Learning in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London.checked 10 Nov 2026
Vitalis VosyliusX Scholar	Co-founder	Imperial College London (PhD student, Robot Learning Lab)	Current	imperial.ac.ukProfessor Johns and his PhD student Vitalis Vosylius founded Machenta with colleagues from their labchecked 10 Nov 2026

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