Arcwise
Welding & surface treatment
Cobot welding cell that a shop-floor welder programs by guiding the torch by hand.
- Buyer
- Metal fabricators with 20–200 staff; production manager signs.
- Sales model
- Lease
- Proof
- Deployments
Applied robotics · Early stage · From the team behind Conclave Partners
Backing robots that earn their keep
We study where automation pays back, then back the companies making it happen.
Welding & surface treatment
Welding, grinding and coating cells for metalworking shops.
Food production
Picking, packing and processing where labour is scarce.
Waste sorting
Vision-guided sorting that turns mixed streams into material.
Agriculture
Field and greenhouse machines for weeding and harvest.
Infrastructure inspection
Drones and crawlers for bridges, pipes, tanks and lines.
Six questions before any cheque
A robot is only as good as the business it runs in. We answer the same six questions for every segment and every company we study — and publish what we find.
- 01
Who buys it
The type of business, the person who signs, and which budget the money comes from.
- 02
How it pays back
Labour saved, scrap avoided, uptime gained — and how many months until the machine has paid for itself.
- 03
What installation takes
Floor space, integration, safety certification and the changes the customer has to make.
- 04
Who services it
The vendor, an integrator or the customer's own team — and what a service call costs.
- 05
How repeatable it is
How much engineering each new customer needs, and whether the tenth install is easier than the first.
- 06
What limits growth
Sales cycles, supply chain, field engineers, capital — the thing that caps the vendor's next year.
The simplest machine that does the job wins.
Occam’s razor, applied to robotics
How we work
Study
We map a segment end to end — buyers, budgets, payback — before we talk to anyone in it.
Meet
We talk to founders, integrators and the people who actually sign the purchase order.
Verify
Technical experts check that the product works, installs cleanly and stays running.
Back
We invest in companies whose customers come back for the second machine.
Latest research
All researchPreview: sample entries, not real research
An industrial network on the buyer’s side
An industrial network
Through Conclave Partners we know factory owners, industrial groups and strategic buyers across Europe and MENA.
Buyer-side diligence
We ask the customer, not just the founder: what it cost to install, what broke, and whether they would buy again.
Engineers in the loop
Independent technical experts review reliability, servicing and the engineering effort behind every new customer.
A path to exit
Industrial companies that automate are also the natural acquirers of robotics companies. We know them well.
Companies we study
A growing catalogue of robotics companies, each described by who buys, how they sell and what proves it works.
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Carvex
Food production
Vision-guided cutting for meat processing lines.
- Buyer
- Meat processors; plant manager and food-safety lead.
- Sales model
- Equipment
- Proof
- Demo
Fieldhand
Agriculture
Autonomous weeding robot for vegetable rows, with camera-guided tools.
- Buyer
- Vegetable growers above 50 ha; farm owner.
- Sales model
- Lease
- Proof
- Customer
For founders
What stage do you invest in?01
Early-stage companies with a working product and first paying customers or paid pilots.
Do you lead rounds?02
Usually we join rounds alongside a lead investor, and bring research and introductions with us.
What do you look at first?03
Who pays, how quickly the machine pays back, and how much engineering each new customer takes.
What do you bring beyond capital?04
Introductions to industrial buyers and integrators through the Conclave network, and research you can use in your own sales.
How do we start?05
Send a short note on the product and its first customers. A deck helps but isn’t required.
Building robots that pay for themselves?
Tell us what your machine does and who already pays for it. We read every message.
Or write to hello@occamrobots.com