# Grishin Robotics

> Grishin Robotics is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Robotics. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 35%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: Jun 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grishin-robotics
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/GrishinRobotics
- Website: http://www.grishinrobotics.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrishinRobotics

Grishin Robotics is a VC firm based in Silicon Valley and London, currently investing its second early-stage fund. Founded in 2012, we have been one of the first to start supporting entrepreneurs in robotics, IoT, AI, smart hardware and associated software.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$9M |
| Series A | $6M–$22M |
| Series B | $15M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 26% |
| Robotics | 10 | 22% |
| Gaming | 8 | 17% |
| Apps | 6 | 13% |
| Mobile | 4 | 9% |

93 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 46% |
| Series A | 9 | 20% |
| Series B | 5 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 31 | 67% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sergey Nikulin | Chief Technology Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sergey-nikulin-7df0 |
| Andrew Wang | Venture Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-wang-ce4c |
| Dmitry Grishin | Founder | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitri-grishin |
| Eugene Godov | VC Scout | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgeny-godov |
| Farah Ereiqat | Venture Scout | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farah-ereiqat-b50e |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Squido Studio | Squido Studio is an innovative video game studio that focuses on the development of virtual reality games for classic gaming experiences. | $2.7M | Seed | Nov 07, 2024 |  |
| Playbite | Playbite is a social gaming platform where users can socialize, play, earn, and compete. Playbite was founded by Diego Kafie, Stu Feldt, and Nic Weber. | $1M | Seed | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| LF Group | SaaS for communities. We help you find new teammates in your favorite online games. | $1M | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| LF Group | SaaS for communities. We help you find new teammates in your favorite online games. | $1M | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| 9 Count | We are on a mission to create the world’s best online community. | $6M | Series A | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Arctic7 | Arctic7 is a next-gen transmedia partner helping IP holders expand their worlds across games, film, and TV – through strategy, creative execution, and technical excellence. Our method helps studios turn original stories into living worlds – made to move across games, film, TV, and beyond. From defining what makes your IP worth expanding, tobuilding the creative and strategic blueprint that holds it all together – this is how we bring the big picture to life. | $2M | Seed | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| Linguix | Linguix is an AI-based writing assistant that eliminates spelling issues in English texts anywhere on the web.Linguix offers a browser extension that checks grammar in real-time on the sites—from Gmail and Asana to LinkedIn and Facebook.With their new paraphrasing feature, the user can get suggestions on how to make their writing clear,compelling, and native. It creates a shortcut for a long text in the Web App.It also provides a Personalized Writing Coach to improve the skills using the topics needed most in everyday writing. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Skipp | Skipp provides a good hiring substitute. It assists clients in quickly developing the resources necessary to alter and expand their businesses. Using our talent-as-a-service, you may find the top tech experts who have already been carefully matched to the objectives of your project. Companies can pay several employees at once using the Skippplatform. You just pay for the hours actually performed thanks to our transparent team performance measurements provided by our remote management system.Skipp was established in 2020 by Alex Odin in Menlo Park, California. | $1.9M | Seed | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Mo Meditation | Mo is a mobile application for sleep, meditation, and relaxation. | $1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Kadama | Kadama is a Gen-Z education tutoring marketplace that has impacted millions of students. Kadama has raised $1.7 million, reached over 2M downloads, and accumulated 2.5 million followers and 1 billion views on TikTok and Instagram.Highlights:• $1.7M seed investment• Paid tutors millions of dollars• 3-5x Y/Y revenue growth (Profitableafter 1 year)• Conducted hundreds of thousands of tutoring sessions across K-12 & college• Most downloaded tutoring platform on App Store since 2020 (2M downloads)• Forbes 30 Under 30 Education & Youngest Lists• 1B views & 2.5M followers on TikTok, Instagram• Reached #2 ranking on App Store• Featured on Forbes, Fox, TechCrunch, NBC, Yahoo, and more | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Grishin Robotics invest in?

Grishin Robotics invests primarily in Software, Robotics and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 46 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Grishin Robotics's check size?

Grishin Robotics typically joins rounds of $1M–$9M at Seed, $6M–$22M at Series A and $15M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Grishin Robotics participates in.

### How do I contact Grishin Robotics?

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### Who are the partners at Grishin Robotics?

The team at Grishin Robotics includes Sergey Nikulin (Chief Technology Officer), Andrew Wang (Venture Principal) and Dmitry Grishin (Founder), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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