Companies / Upside Robotics

Founded

2024

HQ

Kitchener-Waterloo, ON

Category

AgTech AI

Status

Active

Disclosed raised

US$7.5M

Funding history

Round	Date	Amount	Investors
Seed	Feb 2026	US$7.5M	Plural (lead); Garage Capital, Entrepreneurs First, Clearpath Robotics founders (angels). total >US$11M

Founders

• Sam Dugan, Co-founder/CEO.
• Jana Tian, Co-founder.

In the newsletter

• Canadian AI: Taalas and LawZero raising $100M+ eachFeb 24, 2026

Sources

• techcrunch.com: Upside Robotics seed announcement
• Covered in Canadian AI Newsletter, Issue 2

Data as of September 26, 2026. Suggest a correction