About

Founded

2015

Headquarters

London, England, United Kingdom

Industry

Hardware, Biotech

Company Description

Automata was founded with a clear aim: to unlock human potential with automation. Through our collaboration with some of the world’s leading pathology labs, we’ve developed the most comprehensive lab automation platform on the market. By simplifying environments and empowering people, Automata enables labs to scale with precision and creates new opportunities for scientists to accelerate innovation.

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Funding

Total Raised

$59.8 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Octopus Ventures, Hardware Club, Hummingbird, Latitude Ventures, ABB Technology Ventures, Isomer Capital

Company Traction

As of June 2023, Automata reported customers see a 5x increase in throughput, a 95.25% reduction in manual instructions, and a 3x increase in throughput in the same space.

Automata customers include the National Health Service, Imperial College of London, Bit Bio, Don Whitley Scientific, and Novartis.

Leadership Team

Mostafa ElSayed: Co-Founder & CEO of Automata. Former Lead Designer, Computation & Design Group at Zaha Hadid Architects.

Pete Shea: CFO & COO at Automata. Former VP of Operations & Trust at Skyscanner.

Pantea Razzaghi: Head of Design at Automata. Former Director of Design at Opentrons Labworks.

Sven Poppelmann: VP of Engineering at Automata. Former VP of Engineering at Cleo AI.

Nick Pattinson: VP of Product & Strategy at Automata. Former Lead Consultant at Newton Europe.

Press

TechCrunch (February 22, 2022): Automata expands its lab automation ambitions with $50M B round

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