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Robotic Research OpCo, LLC

Clarksburg · Robotics · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Robotic Research OpCo, LLC — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$459.8M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.5×
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Dec 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Robotic Research OpCo, LLC has raised $460M over 4 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the robotics sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Active
  • Last raise 6 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.

Procedural diagnosis est. — rule-based common-sense checks over the filing pattern, issuer name, activity cadence, and surfaced operating evidence.

Issuer-vehicle patternmedium confidence

Robotic Research OpCo, LLC behaves more like a recurring private-offering issuer than a conventional venture-backed operating company.

Issuer structure
Company-like
No recurring-offering pattern strong enough to override normal financing interpretation.
Lifecycle
4.7 yr record
Peak capital year was 2021 with $335.2M across 2 filings.
Market position
ahead of 99% of Robotics peers
Capital scale is ahead of 99% of Robotics peers; modeled value is above 91% of peers by modeled value. Large capital with mid-pack modeled value can signal an issuer/program profile rather than operating-company growth.
Valuation reliability
Normal applicability
Stage/dilution valuation models are weakest when the issuer is broad-sector, recurring, or vehicle-like.
Operating evidence
Sparse
No clear CEO/founder/principal role is surfaced, so operating-company confidence is lower.
Data quality
Needs review
Row-level filing totals differ from canonical totals, so amendment/superseded filtering should be checked.
What triggered this
  • Legal name looks like an issuer vehicle rather than a product company.
  • No clearly named CEO/founder/principal role in the public records surfaced here.
  • No verified homepage on the profile yet.
  • Capital program peaked in 2021: $335.2M across 2 filings.
  • Largest single filing was $243.0M on 2021-10-18.
  • Filing rows sum to $552.0M, while canonical raised total is $459.8M; likely amendments/superseded rows are mixed into the detail view.
How to read the page
  • Read this less like a startup funding journey and more like a capital-raising program.
  • Stage-based valuation and peer labels have lower applicability for this pattern.
  • Canonical filtering should be tightened before using row-level totals for diligence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Robotics

Robotic Research OpCo, LLC is one of 327 Robotics companies tracked from Clarksburg. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2021
Year incorporated
2025-12-19
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries D+ · 2021-10-18 Raised $243M (real) Modeled valuation $4.5B (est)$243M$4.5BSeries D+2021Series C · 2021-10-18 Raised $92M (real) Modeled valuation $1.6B (est)$92M$1.6BSeries C2021Series D+ · 2024-07-09 Raised $75M (real) Modeled valuation $747M (est)$75M$747MSeries D+2024Series D+ · 2025-08-11 Raised $93M (real) Modeled valuation $727M (est)$93M$727MSeries D+2025Series D+ · 2025-12-19 Raised $49M (real) Modeled valuation $349M (est)$49M$349MSeries D+2025+$92M+$75M+$93M+$49MCumulative $552M

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series D+$243.0M · 2021
Bridge · Series D+-stage$92.2M · 2021smaller follow-on
Series D+ extension$75.0M · 2024
Series D+ extension$93.3M · 2025
Series D+ extension$48.5M · 2025

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$349.0M
Base estimate est.
$247.5M
Conservative case
$410.1M
Upside case
$404.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the robotics sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series D+ · modeled $4.5B · 2021-10-182021Series C · modeled $1.6B · 2021-10-18Series D+ · modeled $747.0M · 2024-07-09Series D+ · modeled $726.7M · 2025-08-11Series D+ · modeled $349.0M · 2025-12-192025
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
77%
Survival probability
61% low · 85% high
1.25×/yr
Annual markup
1.40×/yr upside case
0.5 yr
Elapsed time used
0.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
robotics
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
13 mo
Avg between rounds
$110.3M/yr
Capital velocity
4.7 yr
On record since
2021
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 327 companies in Robotics. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 73× above median
This company$459.8M
Sector median$6.3M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.4× of median
This company$48.5M
Sector median$125.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 10× above median
This company$349.0M
Sector median$34.5M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 91% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Gecko Robotics, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $170.7M · modeled $999.7M (est)Finn · Series D+ Raised $151.2M · modeled $968.7M (est)DroneBase, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $136.9M · modeled $912.8M (est)Robotic Research OpCo, LLC (this company) Raised $459.8M · modeled $349.0M (est)Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Gecko Robotics, Inc.Series D+$170.7M$999.7M1.06×
FinnSeries D+$151.2M$968.7M1.03×
DroneBase, Inc.Series D+$136.9M$912.8M0.97×
Robotic Research OpCo, LLC this companySeries D+$459.8M$349.0M0.37×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series D+$243.0M2021-10-18$2.0B$4.5B90%
Series C$92.2M2021-10-18$614.7M$1.6B90%
Series D+$75.0M2024-07-09$625.0M$747.0M90%
Series D+$93.3M2025-08-11$777.3M$726.7M90%
Series D+$48.5M2025-12-19$404.5M$349.0M90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series D+$243.0M2021-10-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
    • 20 investors on this round.
  2. Series C$92.2M2021-10-18
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 15 investors on this round.
  3. Series D+$75.0M2024-07-09
    • Raised again after 33 mo — slower than the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 28 investors on this round.
  4. Series D+$93.3M2025-08-11
    • Raised 13 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 14 investors on this round.
  5. Series D+$48.5M2025-12-19
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.9× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2027 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~13mo cadence
$48.5M
Modeled next size est.range $48.5M$77.7M
0.5×
Last step-up
$110.3M/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Ross Fubini4 other2025-12
Kevin Turner3 other2025-12
Scott Sanders3 other2024-07
Alberto Lacaze1 other2021-10
Drew Podgorski1 other2024-07
Sam Jadallah1 other2024-07
Anne Anthony Schneider2021-10
Brett B. Lambert2021-10
Brett Boyd Lambert2024-07
Christi Cox2024-07
Colin Chisholm2025-12
Devin B. Talbott2021-10
Devin Talbott2021-10
Donald Anthony Walther2021-10
Edward Anthony Mottern2021-10
Emily Peterson Alva2021-10
Garth Mitchell2025-12
George Anthony McWilliams2021-10
James Anthony Frelk2021-10
Joseph Putney2024-07
Josh Araujo2024-07
Joshua Anthony Araujo2021-10
Karl Peterson Murphy2021-10
Kyle Anthony Smith2021-10
Registry & provenance

Robotic Research OpCo, LLC is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1888781
SEC CIK
2021
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Robotic Research OpCo, LLC raised?
Robotic Research OpCo, LLC has raised approximately $459.8M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Robotic Research OpCo, LLC's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Robotic Research OpCo, LLC is approximately $349.0M (modeled range $247.5M–$410.1M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Robotic Research OpCo, LLC at?
Robotic Research OpCo, LLC's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Dec 19.
What does Robotic Research OpCo, LLC do and where is it based?
Robotic Research OpCo, LLC operates in the Robotics sector, based in Clarksburg.
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