Scythe Robotics

Robotics
$93.1Mtotal raised · 6 rounds on record
$22.8Mlatest round · Venture round · May 2025 · 17 mo ago
2backers · Energy Impact Partners, Inspired Capital
20team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -81% in a year

Overview

Scythe Robotics builds autonomous commercial lawn mowers for landscaping contractors. Its electric M.52 mower is billed by the hour rather than sold outright. The company designs its machines for large commercial properties.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$93.1M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$22.8M
Venture round · May 2025 · 17 mo ago
Team
20
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -81% in a year
Backers
2
Energy Impact Partners, Inspired Capital
The money's age
Due for its next round
17 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
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 shrank to 20 was 104 · US Form 5500 (plan participants) May 28, 2025 Raised a round Venture round $22.8M · SEC Form D Aug 20, 2024 Raised a round Convertible Note $11.6M · SEC Form D Dec 1, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $42M · SEC Form D Oct 28, 2022 Raised a round Convertible Note $2M · SEC Form D Nov 20, 2020 Raised a round Venture round $13.8M · SEC Form D Apr 18, 2018 Raised a round Venture round $750k · SEC Form D 2018 Founded
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Web presence
top 2%
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Hacker News stories
2
best: 9 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round May 2025 $22.8M — SEC Form D
Convertible Note Aug 2024 $11.6M — SEC Form D
Venture round Dec 2022 $42M — SEC Form D
Convertible Note Oct 2022 $2M — SEC Form D
Venture round Nov 2020 $13.8M — SEC Form D
Venture round Apr 2018 $750k — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Scythe Robotics, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Davis FosterExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
John MorrisonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Isaac RobertsExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Brian MerkelExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Leo JiangExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Neal ChapmanExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Energy Impact Partners fund Inspired Capital fund
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Financials

Total raised
$93.1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
6
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $22.8M Details
Convertible Note 2024 $11.6M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $42M Details
Convertible Note 2022 $2M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $13.8M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2018 $750k Details

People

Davis Foster
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
John Morrison
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Isaac Roberts
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Brian Merkel
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Leo Jiang
Executive Officer
SEC Form D
Neal Chapman
Executive Officer
SEC Form D
Andrew Lee
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Lucy Deland
Director
SEC Form D
Rohit Sharma
Director
SEC Form D
Sameer Reddy
Director
SEC Form D
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Shared investors2
Inspired CapitalVia a fund
81 portfolio companies: Unconventional AI, Justified Studio, Headroom and 78 more
Energy Impact PartnersVia a fund
148 portfolio companies: Zitara, JOLT, ASI and 145 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Longmont United States
HQ
Address
10-50 est. staff
2120 Miller Dr, Longmont, CO 80501
company site