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Pathbreaker Ventures
Deep-tech pre-seed and seed VC founded 2015 by Ryan Gembala (ex-Facebook M&A); specialises in novel hardware and software with a concentrated robotics and defense-tech portfolio of 70+ companies.
HeadquartersSan Francisco, US
Portfolio9 companies
Cited round volume$490M
Cited rounds14
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Physical AI portfolio
Round-by-round participation
2026-04-21Series D$160MSource
2021-10-14Series C$100MSource
2020-08-26Series B$25MSource
2020-08-01Series A$34MSource
2025-10-06Series A$35MSource
2024-12-17Series B$28MSource
2024-04-02Series A$20MSource
2023-01-19Seed$8MSource
2020-12-16Pre-seed$2MSource
2022-08-16Series A$20MSource
2021-09-29Seed$4MSource
2022-03-28Seed · Lead$5MSource
2022-02-13Series A$24MSource
2019-09-12Series A$26MSource
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Source ledger
14 unique public sources
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Reliable Robotics Announces $160M in New InvestmentBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
02Reliable Robotics Raises $100 Million to Expand Access to More Places With Remotely Piloted Cargo OperationsBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
03Fenwick Represents Reliable Robotics in $25 Million Series BFenwick & West · retrieved 2026-07-05
04Autonomous aircraft startup Reliable Robotics emerges from stealth with $33.5 millionVentureBeat · retrieved 2026-07-05
05Remedy Robotics scores $35M for remote stroke proceduresAxios Pro · retrieved 2026-07-05
06Slip Robotics Raises $28M Series B Financing Led by DCVCBusiness Wire · retrieved 2026-07-05
07BurnBot Secures $20M in Series A Funding to Prevent Destructive Wildfires with Mechanized Vegetation ManagementPRNewswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
08Dry-cleaning robotics startup Presso pulls in another $8MTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
09Dry-cleaning robotics startup Presso raises $1.6M as it shifts focus to HollywoodTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
10GrayMatter Robotics Raises $20M Series A to Fuel Continued Growth and ExpansionPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
11GrayMatter Robotics Raises $4.1M Seed RoundPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
12Treeswift Raises $4.8 Million to Build Next Generation of Forest Monitoring SystemBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
13Hyphen Raises $24 Million Series A Led by Tiger Global to Automate the Foodservice IndustryBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
14Simbe Raises $26M Series A Led by Venrock in Addition to Substantial Inventory Financing From SoftBank RoboticsBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05