MAKIINA

MAKIINA builds a modular hardware and software stack for physical intelligence in Finland. Its public stack spans drone motors, actuators, power electronics, sensor units, perception software and an AI robotics foundation-model layer.

Facts

Segment: Actuation And Motion Control
Country: Finland
Website: https://www.makiina.com/

Funding

2024-06-16 - Pre-seed - $800K - MAKIINA raises $800K pre-seed for robotics hardware and software stack - MAKIINA raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding from investors including FOV Ventures, byFounders, Tiny.vc, The Nordic Web Ventures and angels. - source: nordic9.com

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Investors

byFounders - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-06-16
FOV Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-06-16
The Nordic Web Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-06-16

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Market context

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ACE Robotics / 大晓机器人 / Daxiao Robotics - comparable profile - peer: Robot Foundation Model Developer

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Timeline

2026-03-21 - Market Signal - MAKIINA positioned as European physical-AI hardware stack company - MAKIINA was positioned as a Finnish company building drone motors, actuators and robotic systems in-house. The company’s stack focused on lower-cost robotic arms and physical-AI hardware infrastructure. The signal placed MAKIINA in Europe’s emerging… - source: therobotreport.com

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Team

Fayez Salka - Founder - Founder background spans machine learning, AR and robotics-adjacent product development.

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