Companies · Robotics

ShotputSummer 2015Inactive

Oakland · CA, USA; Remote · Robotics · founded 2015 · http://theshotput.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Shotput — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Shotput: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Where it sits in Robotics

Shotput is one of 327 Robotics companies tracked from Oakland, CA, USA; Remote, on record since 2015. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 35% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..

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

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Shotput (S15) develops AI and robotics to completely automate…

Carefully engineered software to get products to your customers across the world faster and on time. We're trusted to simplify e-commerce and logistics by building the necessary tools for companies to improve their operations. These include determining key shipping routes, understanding customer demand, or reducing shipping and material costs. We built Shotput so that people can use new technologies to manage work across companies which will allow them to precisely calculate costs & time. We'll enter a world where people no longer have to work on boring tasks of calling each other to find statuses or putting things into a box all day. Instead we can be free to think strategically about what we're building, who's the customer, and how to best serve their needs.

E-commerceLogisticsRoboticsai/mlecommerce/retailmobilityrobotics
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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

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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)
This company
Sector median$6.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$34.4M

Raised more than 35% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 35% of peers (estimate).

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.

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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.

Registry & provenance

Shotput is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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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
3Laws Robotics Inc.RoboticsSeed$2.0M$21.7Msame sector
6thSenseRoboticssame sector
Accel Robotics CorpRoboticsSeries A$11.4M$138.1Msame sector
Advanced Image Robotics, Inc.RoboticsSeed$2.5M$19.9Msame sector
Advanced Metal ResearchRoboticssame sector
Aerones Inc.RoboticsSeries B$38.9M$417.0Msame sector
Agility Robotics, Inc.RoboticsSeries D+$157.5M$2.5Bsame sector
AiM Medical Robotics Inc.RoboticsSeries A$11.7M$22.7Msame sector
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
shotwell.ai
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Robotics76%
AutoPallet Robotics
We make robots that move boxes in warehouses
Robotics76%
Bucket Robotics
Defect detection for manufacturing built from CAD and synthetic data.
Robotics75%
ShipBlu
Amazon Level Logistics for eCommerce Companies in MENA.
Mobility / LogisticsPre-Seed75%
InLoop Robotics
Robotic arms that pick and pack your orders.
Robotics75%
Handled
Automating post-order operations for e-commerce brands and 3PLs
AI / ML75%
Powerhouse AI
Vision-powered warehouse automation: maximizing performance and value
Mobility / Logistics74%
Cargobot, LLCOther TechnologySeed$15.5M74%
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Shotput operates in the Robotics sector, based in Oakland, CA, USA; Remote. Shotput (S15) develops AI and robotics to completely automate…
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