Facts

• Segment: Healthcare
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2017
• Website: https://tombot.com/

Profile sections

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

Summary

Tombot builds Jennie, a robotic Labrador puppy for people who cannot safely or practically care for a live animal companion. The Santa Clarita company raised a $7M Series A3 to move Jennie into manufacturing ahead of a Fall 2026 customer launch, with 23,000+ pre-order and waitlist signups.

Market context

Tombot is a current companion-robotics funding signal with a named product, healthcare-aligned investors, a Fall 2026 launch target and a large pre-order / waitlist base. Jennie Tombot builds robotic companion animals for healthcare, home-care and senior-living settings where live pets are not safe or practical.

Products

• Jennie - Jennie

Facts

• Website: https://tombot.com/
• HQ: Santa Clarita, California, United States
• Founded: 2017
• Segment: Healthcare
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2026-06-25 - Series A3 - $7M - Tombot raises $7M Series A3 to move Jennie into manufacturing - source: thenextweb.com

Investors

• Caduceus Capital Partners - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-25
• Florida Community Health Network - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-25
• Lutheran Foundation for Long Term Living - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-25
• Wavemaker 360 - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-25

Events

• 2026-06-25 - Funding - Tombot raises $7M Series A3 to move Jennie into manufacturing - The Series A3 drew investment from Caduceus Capital Partners, Wavemaker 360, Lutheran Foundation for Long Term Living and Florida Co…

Team

• Tom Stevens - Co-Founder and CEO - Leads Tombot as it moves Jennie from development into manufacturing and commercial launch.
• Hank Schorz - Co-Founder and CTO - Oversees technical direction for Tombot’s Jennie companion-robot platform.
• Jesse Schorz - Co-Founder and COO - Leads operations as Tombot scales Jennie toward manufacturing and customer launch.

Context tags

• Companion consumer robot builder - Peer Group - Tombot builds Jennie, a robotic companion animal for people unable to care for live pets.
• Companion robot interaction - Workflow - Jennie is designed around touch response, naturalistic movements and companion interaction.
• Service robotics companies - Peer Group - Tombot is a service / assistive companion robotics company.
• Healthcare and assistive - Customer Environment - Tombot targets dementia, MCI, anxiety, loneliness, autism and PTSD use cases.
• Healthcare Robotics - Peer Group - The product is positioned for private homes, assisted living and memory-care communities.