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VIABOT™ ANNOUNCES $24M SERIES A TO SCALE PRECISION OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CARESANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Viabot™, the autonomous robotics startup tackling trash, debris and soft security at scale, announced today a $24 million Series A raise led by Walden International, with participation from CDIB Capital Group and Stalwart Ventures, alongside existing investors: Baseline Ventures, Era Ventures, Morado Ventures and SOSV. The funding brings Viabot's total capital raised to $43 million, strengthening its capacity to meet growing enterprise demand for autonomous property-management robotics.
"We founded Viabot on the belief that technology should be extremely helpful, beautifully-designed and built to perform meaningful tasks that give teams their time back," said CEO and Co-Founder Gregg Ratanaphanyarat. "This investment marks an important new chapter in pursuit of that mission." The company's flagship product The Viabot One services 25 million square feet of commercial property with intelligence trained on more than 5 billion square feet of real world, multi-modal data. Viabot will apply the new capital to growing its sales and engineering teams, accelerating new product development, and continued improvements to its robotics-as-a-service and Viabot One. "We invest in teams that combine technical depth with the discipline to solve important customer problems. Viabot has demonstrated both by building a compelling platform with a clear focus on real-world customer value," said Steve Anderson, founder of Baseline Ventures. "The best technology becomes part of everyday life without asking people to think twice. Viabot produces robots that are both highly capable and thoughtfully designed for the communities, campuses and commercial properties they serve." THE VIABOT ONE: PRODUCT FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITY The Viabot One uses cameras, lidar, depth sensors, DGPS and dynamic path planning to map and navigate its surroundings, perform scheduled routes and adapt to changing conditions. After completing a scheduled run, the robot independently returns to its docking station to recharge and empty collected debris into standard trash bins, requiring only a standard 120V outlet to operate. GROWING DEMAND FOR AUTONOMOUS PROPERTY CARE Fueling interest in Viabot's platform are customers searching for innovative solutions to environmental debris removal requirements, and autonomous infrastructure that addresses public and organizational concern about litter. Businesses spend an estimated $9.1 billion annually on litter cleanup and 94% of Americans view litter as a major problem according to recent studies (Litter In America, Keep America Beautiful). "By removing trash and debris at scale and adapting to each client's needs, Viabot delivers a visible environmental benefit while freeing property teams to focus on higher-value work," said Anderson. "This combination of value is what makes the company so compelling." The landscape of outdoor commercial property care has been reshaped by a convergence of technological breakthroughs, regulatory imperatives and evolving customer expectations, with RaaS demand accelerating 42% in 2024 (International Federation of Robotics), and the global autonomous sweeper market surpassing $1.17 billion in 2025 (Wiseguy Reports). Under the leadership of Ratanaphanyarat, who conceived the idea for Viabot while attending college – and CTO and Co-Founder Dawei Ding – Viabot emerged as a market leader in 2025 having pioneered outdoor mobile RaaS, cloud and AI technology, tailoring solutions for large-scale sweeping, debris removal, and soft security facing Fortune 500 companies and large-scale outdoor enterprises. "Viabot One is already operating at a meaningful scale, helping property teams maintain cleaner, safer and more reliable environments across 25 million square feet of commercial property," said Ratanaphanyarat. "This funding enables us to build on that foundation: expanding our team, advancing the intelligence behind our platform and bringing practical, dependable robotics to more of the places where people live, work and gather." For more information, visit www.viabot.com and follow @meetviabot. Images & Video: Here Media Inquiries: About Viabot Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Viabot™ ("Viabot") is a leading technology company tackling trash, debris, and soft security at scale for big-box retailers, utility companies and academic institutions across the United States. Viabot's mission is simple: to build extremely helpful, beautiful robots that perform meaningful tasks and give people their time back. The Viabot One embodies that mission, delivering next-generation precision outdoor property care and maintenance that blends seamlessly into everyday life while creating safer, cleaner environments. Its self-charging, self-emptying, three-wheel mobile platform operates on a RaaS model and provides autonomous sweeping with interchangeable tools, 3D modeling, and dynamic path planning. Founded by CEO and Co-Founder Gregg Ratanaphanyarat and CTO and Co-Founder Dawei Ding, Viabot publicly launched in 2021 with $6.1 million in seed funding from Baseline Ventures (Steve Anderson), Morado Ventures (Ash Patel), and SOSV. For more information, visit Viabot.com.
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