Jennifer Gill Roberts
Co-Founder, Managing Partner @ Grit Ventures
Menlo Park, United States
Jennifer Gill Roberts is a seed investor at Grit Ventures in Menlo Park focused on Industrial Automation and Robotics. Jennifer Gill Roberts is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Grit Ventures. Additionally, Jennifer Gill Roberts has had 6 past jobs including Co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer at Rallyon.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Jennifer Gill Roberts invests in
Stages Jennifer Gill Roberts invests in
Countries Jennifer Gill Roberts invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Industrial Automation 4 (50%)
- Robotics 3 (38%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (38%)
- Machinery Manufacturing 2 (25%)
- Solar 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (63%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Investments
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Better roofs, through brilliant robotics. Renovate Robotics is building robots that make roofing safer and more efficient for roofing contractors. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 02, 2023 | |
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Apptronik develops humanoid robots designed to operate alongside human workers and assist with physical tasks. The company focuses on creating general-purpose robotic systems that combine hardware, software, and AI to perform activities such as material handling, case picking, palletizing, and machine tending in industrial and logisticsenvironments. Its flagship product, the Apollo humanoid, is engineered to navigate spaces built for people and interact with existing tools and infrastructure. Apptronik also integrates robotic solutions through service and ownership models to support operational workflows. The company partners with technology and industrial firms to advance robot capabilities and real-world deployment. | $14.6M / Seed / Jun 23, 2022 | |
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Agtonomy is a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles. | $5M / Seed / Jan 18, 2022 | |
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Cognitive Space makes use of AI technology to automate multi-agent command and control. Through its CNTIENT-SC3(TM) platform, it can automate mission planning and commanding for constellation of Earth observing and telecommunication satellites. Leadership team has over 50 years of space systems experience and critical software development. | $4M / Seed / Nov 18, 2021 | |
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Agtonomy is a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles. | $4M / Seed / Sep 23, 2021 | |
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RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CAand has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai. | $5M / Jun 30, 2020 | |
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RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CAand has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai. | $5M / Seed / Jun 30, 2020 | |
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Moxxly takes the guesswork out of modern motherhood through beautiful, connected devices. Moxxly’s first product is a smart, stylish, and high performing breast pump system that enables today’s mobile mom to pump wherever she is, with her shirt on, while receiving real-time data about her breastmilk supply. Moxxly is female-founded, SanFrancisco-based, and a proud alum of PCH International's Highway 1 hardware incubator as well as a current participant in Stanford's StartX accelerator. | Seed / Jun 15, 2015 |
Co-Investors
About Grit Ventures
Grit Ventures is leading pre-seed and seed stage investments and bringing a smart money model to Deep Technology early stage investing. Sourcing from the leading nationwide labs and leveraging over 3 decades of Go-To-Market experience in Hardware, Grit invests in and shepherds groundbreaking AI + Robotics + Clean Energy companies through the oftentumultuous journey from Labs to Launch.
Grit Ventures Contacts
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Jennifer Gill Roberts
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Kelly Coyne
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Mike Regan
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FAQ
What does Jennifer Gill Roberts invest in?
Jennifer Gill Roberts invests primarily in Industrial Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Jennifer Gill Roberts last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jennifer Gill Roberts closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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