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Automata
Robotic automation solutions for biotech
- 101-200 employees
- B2B
- Enterprise
- Manufacturing
- Deep Tech
- Robotics
- Biology
- Angel, London, UK
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Company mission
To empower scientists by making automation a reality for every lab.
Our take
Automation is transforming just about every aspect of society and sector of the economy. Both repetitive software-based jobs and creative industries are leaning heavily on automated systems to cut costs and increase efficiency. Consequently, the industrial robotics industry is growing quickly.
Founded in 2015 by architects Mostafa ElSayed and Suryansh Chandra, Automata is setting out to help the life sciences industry automate repetitive physical work, freeing humans to do more fulfilling jobs. Besides Eva, its six axis robotic arm, the company developed its own software system, called Choreograph, which allows companies to configure all the sequences they need their robotic arm to complete.
Automata has now raised the funds to execute its vision of attempting to automate entire lab processes from start to finish. The company’s most visible success is an NHS testing facility that has been as optimised for robotic automation, and which has now processed over a million samples. Its recent expansion to the lucrative US life sciences market puts it in an excellent position to continue its growth.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Well-being budget ☀️ Invest in your own well-being, personal growth, and hobbies
- Holiday 🏖 30 days + 8 bank holidays
- Additional leave days ☺️ 'Me days', birthdays and volunteering days off
- Birthday trees 🌳 Planting a tree for every employee on their birthday, every year
- Private healthcare 🏥 A health insurance scheme with Vitality Health
- Mental health support 🧠 Emotional support tool 'Spill' and 24/7 access to an EAP
- Family friendly 🏡 Enhanced parental leave and pay, workplace nursery scheme
- Pension scheme 👵🏽 Pension scheme provided by NEST
- Flexible working ⏰ Work when and where is best for you
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes 🚲 Spread the cost of your new EV Car, bike gear and/or gadgets
- Dog friendly workplace 🐶 Being around dogs can reduce your anxiety levels
- Career progression frameworks 💫 Each department & discipline has a progression framework
- Keeping you fed 🍜 Well-stocked office pantry. Food truck lunch pop-up at the office (once a month)
Company values
- Customer>Automata>Team>Me
- Collaborate To Elevate
- Action Over Inaction
- Be Your Best
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2023
$40m
SERIES B
Feb 2022
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88.3m
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Leadership
Mostafa ElSayed
(CEO & Co-founder)Previously Lead Designer at Zaha Hadid Architects and Course Tutor Design Research Lab at Architectural Association in London since 2011