Acumino

• 2026-06-24 - Seed - $11.7M - Acumino raises $11.7 million seed round led by Radar Ventures

  Acumino raised an $11.7 million seed round to scale industrial deployments of robot models for dexterous automation tasks. - source: bigpi.vc

• 2024-05-01 - Funding round - $6.5M - Acumino raises $6.5M from Greek and international investors

  Acumino raised $6.5M from Greek and international investors, according to Kathimerini coverage of Greek-linked startup funding in May 2024. - source: ekathimerini.com

• Big Pi Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-24
• Bulent Celebi - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-24
• LDV Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-24
• MegaChips Corporation - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-24
• Radar Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-24
• Schaeffler - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-06-24

• Minas Liarokapis - CEO and CTO - Established the company's AI and dexterous manipulation technology foundation from academic robotics research.
• Patrick Jarvis - President and Chief Innovation Officer - Transitioned from CEO to President and CIO role, passing CEO duties to Minas Liarokapis as the company scales.
• Tom White - Co-founder - Co-founded the company alongside Patrick Jarvis and Minas Liarokapis, building on research from the Liarokapis lab in New Zealand.
• Georgios Tzafis - Chief Commercial Officer - Leads commercial strategy and partnership development as the company expands its industrial robotics AI platform.

Curated durable documents and official technical references.

• How Acumino is Solving Commercial Robotic Manipulation

  PDF · Company technology and commercialization · MIT CSAIL Alliances

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Events

• 2026-07-02 - Award - Acumino, DXC and Schaeffler win STARTUP AUTOBAHN anniversary award

  Corporate partners selected the project from 12 previous Plug and Play Innovation Award winners. The collaboration applies Acumino's skill-specific AI models to packaging automation in Schaeffler production. DXC Technology contributes industrial deployment and integration expertise to the joint project.

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• 2026-06-24 - Funding - Acumino raises $11.7 million seed round led by Radar Ventures

  Radar Ventures led the round, with Schaeffler, Big Pi Ventures, MegaChips Corporation, LDV Partners and Bulent Celebi participating. The round brought Acumino's total funding to $19.2 million. The capital supports customer deployment growth and expansion of the engineering team.

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• 2026-06-09 - Market Signal - Google DeepMind selects 15 startups for European Robotics Accelerator

  Google DeepMind selected 15 early-stage European robotics startups for the inaugural three-month accelerator. The equity-free program provides technical mentorship, product guidance, Google AI infrastructure and access to Gemini Robotics models. The cohort spans industrial automation, construction, marine robotics, recycling, medical microrobotics, sensing, teleoperation and humanoid systems.

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• 2025-09-16 - Demonstration - Acumino and MegaChips establish Japan demonstration environment

  Acumino and MegaChips established a demonstration environment at MegaChips’ premises in Japan. The site lets prospective customers experience Acumino’s AI-powered robot-worker solutions. The companies said the environment will support customer introductions and proposals across Japanese industry.

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• 2025-09-03 - Partnership - DXC, Acumino and Schaeffler advance AI-driven packaging automation

  Schaeffler identified packaging-automation use cases for Acumino's human-in-the-loop robot training system. DXC contributed industrial IoT deployment expertise to help transfer the approach to additional industrial partners. The collaboration had already received the 2025 Plug and Play Global Innovation Award for cross-company work.

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• 2025-03-25 - Partnership - Acumino signs Japan investment and exclusive distribution agreement with MegaChips

  MegaChips became Acumino’s exclusive distribution partner for the Japanese market. The agreement included investment from MegaChips and collaboration on AI-powered robotic workers. The partnership targets industrial automation opportunities in Japan.

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• 2024-05-01 - Funding - Acumino raises $6.5M from Greek and international investors

  Acumino raised $6.5 million from Greek and international investors. The company was described as Seattle-based, with a presence in New Zealand and Greece. The funding supported Acumino’s work on transferring human expertise and dexterity to robotic systems.

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• 2023-05-30 - Partnership - Acumino showcases healthcare robotics collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric and Festo

  Acumino showcased healthcare robotics work through the MassRobotics Healthcare Robotics Catalyst program. The collaboration involved Acumino’s robotic training platform, Mitsubishi Electric robotic arms, and Festo end effectors. The work focused on healthcare automation tasks including lab technician support and hazardous waste handling.

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Relationships

• DXC Technology

  Industrial Deployment Collaborator - Acumino partners with DXC Technology on AI-driven robot training and industrial deployment for smart factories.

• Schaeffler AG

  Packaging Automation Collaborator - Acumino works with Schaeffler and DXC Technology on AI-driven robot training for packaging automation.

• NVIDIA

  AI Accelerator Ecosystem Partner - Acumino deploys solutions with the Universal Robots AI Accelerator technical stack.

• MegaChips Corporation

  Exclusive Japan Distributor - MegaChips is Acumino's exclusive distribution partner for the Japanese market and hosts a demonstration environment in Japan.