Vention

• Cobot Palletizer
• Industrial Palletizer

• Customer site

  2025-04-15 - Vention deployed matching FANUC collaborative palletizing systems at Polykar's Montreal and Edmonton plants, increasing output about 30%. - Vention/FANUC palletizing systems - Montreal and Edmonton plants

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Supply chain relationships

• Luxonis

  Inbound - Perception - Vention AI Operator uses Luxonis vision hardware

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• SICK AG

  Inbound - Perception - Vention offers SICK PLB and PLOC2D robot-guidance systems through its manufacturing automation platform

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• 2026-01-27 - Series D - $110M - Vention raises $110M Series D to scale physical-AI manufacturing automation

  Vention completed a US$110 million Series D led by Investissement Québec, with Desjardins Capital, Fidelity Investments Canada and NVentures participating, to expand its physical-AI automation platform. - source: prnewswire.com

• 2022-05-10 - Series C - $95M - Vention closes $95M Series C financing

  Vention closed a US$95 million Series C led by Georgian to expand its manufacturing-automation platform and global distribution. - source: prnewswire.com

• Bain Capital Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-10
• Bolt Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-10
• Desjardins Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-27
• Fidelity Investment Canada ULC - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-10
• Fidelity Investments Canada ULC - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-27
• Georgian - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-10
• Investissement Québec - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-27
• NVentures - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-01-27
• White Star Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-10

• Etienne Lacroix - Founder & CEO

Events

• 2026-06-24 - Partnership - Vention and Universal Robots expand cell-design platform

  The co-branded environment supports end-to-end UR cell configuration and quoting. It uses Vention MachineBuilder and a marketplace of vetted UR+ components. Automate 2026 demonstrations showed the expanded integration.

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• 2026-06-22 - Partnership - Vention and Teradyne optimize digital twins for UR cells

  MachineBuilder models UR robotic cells. The collaboration connects Vention and Teradyne Robotics workflows. The companies announced the work on 22 June 2026.

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• 2026-06-22 - Partnership - Vention and FANUC integrate robots with MachineMotion AI

  The combined platform supports FANUC CRX, LR Mate, LR-10iA, M-710iD and M-20iD robot families. Manufacturers can design, simulate, program, deploy and operate FANUC applications through Vention’s unified environment. The companies demonstrated FANUC CRX10iA and LR Mate robots using Vention software at Automate 2026.

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• 2026-03-16 - Product Launch - Vention launches Rapid Operator AI for autonomous bin picking

  Vention announced the commercial launch of Rapid Operator AI at NVIDIA GTC 2026 The system is positioned as a turnkey physical AI solution for autonomous bin picking in unstructured manufacturing environments Vention said the launch combines its automation platform with AI, vision, and robotic workcell tooling for variable picking tasks

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• 2026-02-20 - Product Launch - Vention expands Manufacturing Automation Platform with enhanced AI-driven system design tools

  Enhances cloud-based platform for designing and deploying automated manufacturing systems Integrates simulation and real-world deployment workflows Enables faster build-out of robotic production cells

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• 2026-01-27 - Funding - Vention raises $110M Series D to scale physical-AI manufacturing automation

  The financing totalled US$110 million (C$150 million) and was led by Investissement Québec. Desjardins Capital, certain funds managed by Fidelity Investments Canada and NVentures participated alongside other financial institutions. Vention allocated the capital to physical-AI research, software capabilities, pre-engineered applications and expansion across North America and Europe.

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• 2025-04-15 - Deployment - Vention deployed matching FANUC collaborative palletizing systems at Polykar's Montreal and…

  Matching FANUC collaborative palletising systems operate at Polykar plants in Montreal and Edmonton. The two-site installation increased output by about 30%.

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• 2022-05-10 - Funding - Vention closes $95M Series C financing

  Georgian led the US$95 million Series C, with Fidelity Investment Canada joining as a new investor. White Star Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Bolt Ventures also participated as existing investors. Vention said the capital would expand go-to-market activity and global distribution and accelerate its hardware and software platform.

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• 2021-06-15 - Partnership - SICK and Vention partner on robot-guidance systems

  This partnership combines SICK's PLB and PLOC2D systems with Vention's manufacturing automation platform to accelerate the design and deployment of applications custom-built for robot guidance systems. Vention's cloud-based platform allows customers to design, automate, and deploy SICK robot guidance systems with 2D and 3D vision solutions for use in automated bin picking applications.

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Relationships

• NVIDIA

  Isaac Manipulator Partner - Vention collaborates with NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator on AI-based robot-arm development.

• Universal Robots

  Qualified Robotics Graph Fact - Vention and Universal Robots offer a co-branded digital workspace for designing, configuring and quoting UR automation cells.

• FANUC

  Automation Platform Integration - Vention integrated FANUC robots with its MachineMotion AI and MachineLogic automation ecosystem.

• Teradyne

  Verified Robotics Partner - Vention and Teradyne collaborated on a MachineBuilder digital-twin environment optimized for Universal Robots cells.