Eastern Angels Announce News on Extend Robotics

By Tech East 2 minute read

Congratulations to our portfolio company Extend Robotics on closing a £2.6m Pre-Series A round 🎉

The round was led by Skyworks Venture Capital Fund, with Neo Venture (Europe) and Zip Capital also taking part. It’s a real milestone for a business our members have been proud to back.

Extend Robotics is tackling a problem many manufacturers will recognise: there’s work they can’t fill, but it’s often the small-batch, varied or hazardous jobs that traditional automation struggles with. Their AMAS platform lets an operator with no robotics background control a robot arm or humanoid remotely through an immersive 3D interface, with AI taking care of the routine parts of the task.

What stands out is the business model. Through Result-as-a-Service, customers pay for completed work rather than buying equipment. That means taking on robotic capacity becomes an operating decision rather than a big capital one, and Extend Robotics carries the performance risk. As founder and CEO Chang Liu puts it: “So stop selling them robots.”

And it’s already working in the real world:
– A humanoid robot doing quality control on a live apple packing line at Adrian Scripps
– Robots fitting high-voltage components and spray painting at Leyland Trucks
– 35 subscription customers across automotive, aerospace, nuclear, robotics and agriculture
– Revenue doubling year on year for three years running

The new funding will help scale the model across UK and European industry and build a remote operator network, opening up industrial roles to people who don’t live near the factory.

Well done to Chang Liu and the whole team. We’re looking forward to what comes next.

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