Companies · Robotics

Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/

REDWOOD CITY · Robotics · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$34.1M
Total raised · real
4
Rounds
0.3×
Latest step-up
Top 14%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Aug 28 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ looks under-valued against its niche peers and is quiet on financing cadence.

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.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.56× the median modeled value of Series A Robotics companies in 2022–2024 (27 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Quiet
  • Last raise 22 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector cadence.
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

Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ is one of 327 Robotics companies tracked from REDWOOD CITY. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 87% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

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

robotics

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
1
Investors (latest)
2020
Year incorporated
2024-08-28
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$25M$50M$75M$100MSeries A · 2023-07-31 Raised $11M (real) Modeled valuation $75M (est)$11M$75MSeries A2023Series A · 2024-01-02 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $17M (est)$3.0M$17MSeries A2024Series A · 2024-07-24 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $70M (est)$15M$70MSeries A2024Series A · 2024-08-28 Raised $5.0M (real) Modeled valuation $23M (est)$5.0M$23MSeries A2024+$3.0M+$15M+$5.0MCumulative $34M

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 A$11.1M · 2023
Series A extension$3.0M · 2024
Series A extension$15.0M · 2024
Series A extension$5.0M · 2024

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — 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
$22.5M
Base estimate est.
$6.1M
Conservative case
$46.9M
Upside case
$22.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the robotics sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $75.3M · 2023-07-312023Series A · modeled $17.3M · 2024-01-02Series A · modeled $70.0M · 2024-07-24Series A · modeled $22.5M · 2024-08-282024
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
50%
Survival probability
27% low · 68% high
1.46×/yr
Annual markup
1.84×/yr upside case
1.8 yr
Elapsed time used
1.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
robotics
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
4 mo
Avg between rounds
$31.6M/yr
Capital velocity
2.9 yr
On record since
2023
First round
4
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) 5.4× above median
This company$34.1M
Sector median$6.3M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$5.0M
Sector median$6.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$22.5M
Sector median$34.4M

Raised more than 87% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 63% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 company ranks #22 of 27.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Mars Auto, Inc. · Series A Raised $11.2M · modeled $126.9M (est)Roboto Games, Inc. · Series A Raised $16.3M · modeled $126.6M (est)Pringle Robotics Inc · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $115.6M (est)Sea Machines Robotics, Inc. · Series A Raised $40.5M · modeled $81.5M (est)Slip Robotics, Inc. · Series A Raised $16.0M · modeled $79.3M (est)Mach9 Robotics Inc. · Series A Raised $14.4M · modeled $68.7M (est)Dexai Robotics, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.4M · modeled $66.8M (est)Bloomfield Robotics, Inc. · Series A Raised $6.1M · modeled $60.5M (est)CircuitHub, Inc. · Series A Raised $22.3M · modeled $59.2M (est)Vooma Inc. · Series A Raised $14.2M · modeled $58.7M (est)Aquiline Drones Corp · Series A Raised $10.1M · modeled $53.7M (est)Tompkins Robotics, Inc. · Series A Raised $7.1M · modeled $42.0M (est)Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ (this company) Raised $34.1M · modeled $22.5M (est)Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Mars Auto, Inc.Series A$11.2M$126.9M3.18×
Roboto Games, Inc.Series A$16.3M$126.6M3.17×
Pringle Robotics IncSeries A$12.0M$115.6M2.89×
Sea Machines Robotics, Inc.Series A$40.5M$81.5M2.04×
Slip Robotics, Inc.Series A$16.0M$79.3M1.98×
Mach9 Robotics Inc.Series A$14.4M$68.7M1.72×
Dexai Robotics, Inc.Series A$15.4M$66.8M1.67×
Bloomfield Robotics, Inc.Series A$6.1M$60.5M1.51×
CircuitHub, Inc.Series A$22.3M$59.2M1.48×
Vooma Inc.Series A$14.2M$58.7M1.47×
Aquiline Drones CorpSeries A$10.1M$53.7M1.34×
Tompkins Robotics, Inc.Series A$7.1M$42.0M1.05×
Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ this companySeries A$34.1M$22.5M0.56×
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 A$11.1M2023-07-31$50.6M$75.3M90%
Series A$3.0M2024-01-02$13.6M$17.3M90%
Series A$15.0M2024-07-24$68.2M$70.0M90%
Series A$5.0M2024-08-28$22.7M$22.5M90%
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 A$11.1M2023-07-31
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 71 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$3.0M2024-01-02
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.7× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$15.0M2024-07-24
    • Came back fast: 7 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 5.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  4. Series A$5.0M2024-08-28
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 3.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
2025 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~4mo cadence
$5.0M
Modeled next size est.range $5.0M$8.0M
0.3×
Last step-up
$31.6M/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
James Buckly Jordan4 other2023-07
Ali Kashani1 other2023-07
Touraj Buckly Parang1 other2023-07
ALI BUCKLY POURDAD2023-07
APRIL BUCKLY PANNELL2023-07
Brian Buckly Read2024-07
David Buckly Goldberg2024-07
Euan Buckly Abraham2023-07
Olivier Buckly Vincent2023-07
Sarfaz Buckly Maredia2023-07
Sarfraz Buckly Maredia2024-01
Registry & provenance

Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ 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
1832483
SEC CIK
2020
Incorporated
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Serve Robotics Inc.RoboticsSeed$3.0M$22.6Mnetwork3 shared operators · same sector
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Square Robot, Inc.RoboticsSeries A$39.0M$22.6Msame sector · same stage
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Misty Robotics, Inc.RoboticsSeries A$25.1M$47.5Msame sector · same stage
CircuitHub, Inc.RoboticsSeries A$22.3M$59.2Msame sector · same stage
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Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Serve Robotics Inc.RoboticsSeed$22.6M97%
Robotic Services Inc.RoboticsSeries A$96.9M84%
Foundry Robotics Inc.RoboticsSeries A$14.8M83%
Plus One Robotics, Inc.RoboticsSeries B$632.5M82%
Finish Robotics, Inc.RoboticsPre-Seed$6.0M82%
Stocked Robotics, Inc.RoboticsSeries A$133.1M81%
North American Robotics CorpRoboticsSeries A$148.6M81%
Serve Automation Inc.OtherSeries A$102.1M81%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ raised?
Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ has raised approximately $34.1M in disclosed capital across 4 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ is approximately $22.5M (modeled range $6.1M–$46.9M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ at?
Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Aug 28.
What does Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ do and where is it based?
Serve Robotics Inc. /DE/ operates in the Robotics sector, based in REDWOOD CITY.
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