Facts

• Segment: Sensors
• Country: Australia
• Website: https://contactile.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Events
• Team
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Contactile develops tactile sensor technology for robotic grasping and manipulation. Its sensors provide contact, force and slip information for robot hands and grippers.

Market context

Contactile supplies tactile sensing technology for robot hands, grippers and manipulation systems.

Facts

• Website: https://contactile.com/
• HQ: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Segment: Sensors
• Known funding rounds: 2

Funding

• 2025-06-23 - $269K - Contactile wins A$268,712 grant for tactile robotic gripper - source: contactile.com
• 2022-05-04 - Seed - $3M - Contactile raises US$2.5M seed funding led by True Ventures - source: prnewswire.com

Investors

• Flying Fox Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-04
• Radar Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-04
• True Ventures - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-04
• UNSW Founders - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-05-04

Events

• 2025-06-23 - Funding - Contactile wins A$268,712 grant for tactile robotic gripper - Grant amount was A$268,712.
• 2022-05-04 - Funding - Contactile raises US$2.5M seed funding led by True Ventures - True Ventures led the round with participation from Flying Fox Ventures, Radar Ventures and UNSW Founders.

Team

• Heba Khamis - CEO & Co-founder - Founder-executive for Contactile tactile sensing and dexterous manipulation products.
• Benjamin Xia - CTO & Co-founder - Technical founder for Contactile tactile sensor and smart-gripper development.
• Stephen Redmond - Co-founder - Research co-founder for Contactile tactile physiology and biomedical-engineering roots.

Context tags

• Tactile sensing - Capability - Company sources support this robotics context.
• Force sensor component supplier - Stack Layer - Official company site supports this robotics context.
• Robotics tactile sensors - Peer Group - Company sources support this robotics context.
• Haptic sensor component supplier - Stack Layer - Official company site supports this robotics context.
• Dexterous manipulation components - Stack Layer - Company sources support this robotics context.
• Industrial robotics supply chain - Stack Layer - Official company site supports this robotics context.
• Force and contact interaction - Capability - Contactile publishes tactile and force/contact sensing for robotic grippers.
• Dexterous manipulation - Capability - Tactile sensing supports dexterous manipulation stacks without making Contactile a hand OEM.