The Venture Codex

Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

RoboParty produces a fully open-source two-legged humanoid robot prototype and an accompanying open development platform that enables self-assembly, action replication, and algorithm debugging. Since open-sourcing, its GitHub project has received about 1.7K stars and its global developer community has exceeded 5,000 contributors. The team has shipped the first several hundred devices to early adopter universities, labs and developers, leading to high purchase and usage rates and repeat orders, with many users preordering the next product, RP1. RoboParty has earned industry recognition including third place globally at the ICRA Reasoning to Action competition and multiple open-source awards in embodied intelligence. The company is building a young, full-stack technical team recruiting from top universities worldwide and plans to continue iterating on ontology structure, motion control, documentation, development tools and hardware. It aims to scale mass replication and industrial deployment of humanoid robots by leveraging open source, youthful talent, and real user scenarios.

Participated · Series C · Jul 2026

Snapmaker develops consumer-grade desktop 3D printers, most notably the U1 which uses an architecture of four independent tool heads and the SnapSwap™ rapid tool-changing system to enable multi-color and multi-material printing. The U1 architecture reportedly delivers about a 5x improvement in printing efficiency and reduces filament waste by around 80% compared with traditional single-nozzle solutions. The U1 raised $20.61 million on Kickstarter from over 20,000 backers and the company has since shipped over 100,000 units. Snapmaker says the U1 drove a 10x year-over-year revenue increase. The company plans to expand beyond hardware into a creator-centered ecosystem including consumables, a content community, a dedicated 3D model platform for one-click printing, and AI tools to simplify 3D design and production.

Participated · Equity · May 2026

SynapX builds a system architecture called SYNTH that links three domains—SYNAction (manipulation intelligence), SYNWorld (physical-world modeling), and SYNData (data systems)—to enable robots to execute complex operation tasks more efficiently and evolve autonomously. Its Omni-modal Physical Data System (OPDS) combines custom hardware design and AI algorithms to collect and generate high-quality multimodal physical signals such as vision, force, and touch at scale to continuously improve base models. The company plans to invest its recent $50 million raise into core technology and product R&D, construction of its multimodal data system, and hiring global talent. Founded in January 2026 by Tsinghua alumnus Du Dalong, SynapX positions itself as an emerging player in physical AI focused on large-scale data-driven model evolution. The article did not report revenue, user metrics, or a disclosed valuation.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

Octopus Dynamics is focused on building a unified system for embodied intelligence aimed at physical AGI and has proposed the SYNTH Deep Thought architecture as its core technology framework. SYNTH encompasses three pillars: SYNAction (an end-to-end manipulation architecture called REMA that layers high-, mid- and low-frequency control), SYNWorld (a Vision–Force–Tactile World Foundation Model integrating visual, force and tactile modalities) and SYNData (an Omni-modal Physical Data System, OPDS, for scalable multi-modal data capture). The company intends to use its recent financing to accelerate R&D, construct its data system and expand technical hiring. Founded in January 2026 by Du Dalong, the team includes researchers and engineers from Horizon Robotics, Baidu, Microsoft, Alibaba, ByteDance, NIO, XPeng and Li Auto. Leadership highlights include Du Dalong’s Tsinghua background, his role as an early employee at Horizon Robotics, and a prior co-founded company, Jianzhi Robotics, which was acquired at the end of 2025. The company emphasizes end-to-end execution cycles in real environments and claims system-level integration of model architecture, world modeling and data as central to achieving embodied intelligence.

Participated · Series C · Mar 2026

FAIR develops collaborative robots and intelligent manufacturing solutions with full-stack in-house development of core components such as controllers, encoders, servo drives, harmonic reducers, servo motors and brakes. Its FR series of collaborative robots covers 3–35 kg payloads across 11 models and it also offers WM welding series and C-series commercial robots for CNC feeding, palletizing, welding, polishing, assembly, inspection and service scenarios. The company has built over 50 overseas sales outlets and three overseas service centers, and works with global channel partners like igus and MISUMI and customers including Samsung, Hyundai, AISIN, Unilever and DENSO. FAIR has completed a shareholding reform and recently raised nearly $100 million in a C round to bolster capital strength and expand global operations; it plans to focus on "AI+collaborative robots," accelerate humanoid-robot initiatives toward 2026, and position itself as a Tier-1 supplier for humanoid manufacturers.