Molg
Industrial Robotics · Waste Management
$38.2Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
5open roles
$29.1Mlatest round · Venture round · Dec 2025 · 10 mo ago
4backers · Plug and Play, Techstars
Overview
Molg builds robotic systems that make electronics manufacturing circular, automating how hardware is designed, manufactured, disassembled, repaired, reused and recovered. It works with hyperscalers and electronics manufacturers and was founded to address the growing electronic waste problem. The company is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, United States.
How Molg hires
Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
111 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Molg scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 111 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$38.2M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$29.1M
Venture round · Dec 2025 · 10 mo ago
Team
40
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +122% in a year
Hiring now
5
+2 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
Plug and Play, Techstars
The money's age
Fresh money
10 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
36/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
2025
Team of 40 was 18 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Dec 17, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $29.1M · SEC Form D
Oct 9, 2024
Raised a round Seed $5.5M
Mar 7, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $3.5M · SEC Form D
2020
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Dec 2025 | $29.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Seed | Oct 2024 | $5.5M | — | streetinsider.com |
| Venture round | Mar 2024 | $3.5M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | MOLG Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Robert Lawson-ShanksExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Mark LyonsExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs
In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Sterling
C++
Computer Vision
DevOps
CI/CD
Linux
Unix
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
Motion Planning
Inverse Kinematics
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In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Sterling
C++
Computer Vision
DevOps
CI/CD
Linux
Unix
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
Motion Planning
Inverse Kinematics
Apply
≈ $114k – $218k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Sterling
Python
Bash
Terraform
Ansible
Docker Compose
GitHub Actions
Datadog
Prometheus
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
Docker
Grafana
SRE
Platform Engineering
Linux
TCP/IP
DNS
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≈ $136k – $261k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Sterling
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
OpenCV
Computer Vision
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
Unix
Robotics
ROS
MoveIt
Motion Planning
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Visa sponsorship
3 ▼ 25%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$118k
Median offered salary
5
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software developers
2
Accountants and auditors
1
In the register as Molg Inc., Sterling, VA
Other sponsors in the same field
ABB 
Redwood Materials 
Path Robotics 
Dexterity
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 25, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
32/100
Slowing
Open positions
5
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
111 days
faster than 10% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Robotics
100% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added DNS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Unix to stack
Sep 2026
People
Robert Lawson-Shanks
Executive Officer, Director
Mark Lyons
Executive Officer, Director
Alyssa Bryan
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Molg over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
44
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
C++80%
Python40%
Bash10%
Java10%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS50%
ROS240%
MoveIt10%
Open3D10%
Cloud & platforms
Unix60%
Linux50%
GitHub Actions20%
GitLab CI20%
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44 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Connections
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Shared investors
2150Via a fund
Elemental ImpactVia a fund
Plug and PlayVia a fund
2741 portfolio companies
TechstarsVia a fund
4368 portfolio companies
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Owner
Same company
Same group
Likely
News
ABB Invests in Molgto Improve the Design and Reusability of its Drives
The two companies will develop a new design architecture for ABB's drive manufacturing by optimizing testing and assembly processes in Molg's robotic microfactories.
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Molg: Circular Manufacturing Processes Company Raises $5.5 Million (Seed)
Molg announced the closing of $5.5 million in seed funding to scale the company's circular manufacturing processes for electronics and electrical components. Closed Loop Partners' Ventures Group led the funding round, with participation from Amazon Climat
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Molg Raises $5.5 Million in Seed Funding to Tackle Electronics Waste Through Circular Manufacturing
/PRNewswire/ -- Molg Inc. ("Molg") announces the closing of $5.5 million in seed funding to scale the company
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Molg Raises $5.5 Million in Seed Funding to Tackle Electronics Waste Through Circular Manufacturing
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Sims rolls out robotic disassembly system
Looking to automate its demanufacturing process, Sims Lifecycle Services has installed robotic disassembly equipment at its data center decommissioning operations.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Sterling
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Chantilly
United States
HQ
Sterling
United States
Plant / site
5 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff $44k Avg Salary
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