Facts

• Segment: Lab Automation
• Country: United Kingdom
• Founded: 2015
• Website: https://automata.tech

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Automata builds lab automation systems for life-sciences workflows. Its LINQ platform combines robot-enabled lab benches, sample transport, software and Python-based control so labs can automate instrument workflows, sample handling and high-throughput experimental processes.

Market context

Part of a growing shift toward fully automated, software-orchestrated experimentation in biotech, reducing manual bottlenecks and enabling scalable research operations. EVA modular robotic arm and lab automation platform; workflow orchestration software for life sciences and research.

• Capability: Robotic sample handling
• Capability: automated lab workflows
• Capability: experiment orchestration software
• Capability: modular robotic systems
• Capability: life sciences automation
• Strategic position: Positioned in builders (healthcare / production)
• Strategic position: lab automation and software-orchestrated experimentation for biotech and research

Products

• LINQ Bench - LINQ

Facts

• Website: https://automata.tech
• HQ: London, United Kingdom
• Founded: 2015
• Segment: Lab Automation
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2026-01-29 - Series C - $45M - Automata raises $45M Series C to scale lab automation platform - source: automata.tech

Investors

• Danaher Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-29
• Dimension - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-29
• Entrepreneurs First - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-29
• Octopus Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-29
• Tru Arrow Partners - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-29

Laboratory automation robotics company

Automata provides lab automation systems that combine robots, software and workflow orchestration for life-science laboratories.

• Target environment: Life-science labs, clinical testing environments, pharmaceutical research sites and high-throughput laboratory workflows.
• Deployment model: Lab automation platform deployment using robotic workcells, software and process integration.
• Customer context: Biotech companies, pharmaceutical labs, clinical testing providers, research organizations and lab operations teams.
• Workflow context: Sample handling, workflow automation, lab process orchestration, robot scheduling and laboratory throughput improvement.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial lab automation company with productized automation systems for life-science workflows.
• Market position: Laboratory robotics company focused on software-orchestrated automation for scientific workflows.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on protocol fit, validation, instrument integration, lab layout, reliability, regulatory needs and scientist adoption.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes lab automation, scientific robotics, sample handling, workflow orchestration and biotech automation.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-01-29 - Funding - Automata raises $45M Series C to scale lab automation platform - Expands deployment of robotic lab automation systems in life sciences
• 2023-09-01 - Production Milestone - Automata expands software layer for orchestrating lab automation workflows - Adds workflow orchestration to coordinate robotic lab processes
• 2020-06-01 - Product Launch - Automata launches EVA modular robotic arm for lab automation - Introduces compact robotic arm designed for laboratory workflows

Team

• Mostafa ElSayed - Co-founder and CEO
• Jennifer Howson - CFO
• Joe Stringer - Executive Chairman and President of Corporate Development

Relationships

• lead investor - Octopus Ventures led Automata Series B funding.
• lead investor - Dimension led Automata Series C funding.

Context tags

• Automated lab workcell - Workflow
• Lab automation platform builder - Peer Group
• Lab instrument orchestration - Capability
• Lab automation OEM - Stack Layer
• Lab automation handling - Workflow
• Research labs - Customer Environment
• Lab automation sites - Customer Environment