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Fetch Robotics

ACQUIRED
Robotics companyHardware vendor
FetchFYS Systems

American robotics company from San Jose building autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for warehouses and logistics; acquired by Zebra Technologies in 2021.

Founded2014United States
HQSan JoseUnited States
Total funding$94000B4 · 2015–2019
01 · About

Fetch Robotics

Founded 2014 · San Jose, United States

Fetch Robotics, Inc. is an American robotics company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 2014. It was formed when an engineering team originating from Willow Garage and Unbounded Robotics (including Melonee Wise) joined the incubated company FYS Systems, which was renamed Fetch Robotics. The company specialized in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and cloud fleet-management software (FetchCore) used for material transport, order picking and inventory in warehouses, logistics centers and manufacturing plants. Its products included the Freight mobile bases (Freight100/500/1500), the Fetch mobile manipulator, and top modules such as RollerTop and CartConnect. Fetch offered a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. By 2019 the company had raised approximately $94M from investors including SoftBank, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Sway Ventures and Zebra Ventures. In July 2021 Zebra Technologies announced the acquisition of Fetch Robotics for about $290M (completed August 2021); Zebra had previously held about 5%. In late 2025 Zebra began winding the business down, and in April 2026 sold it to Skild AI.

  • Melonee Wise

    Co-founder & CEO

    Previously led the engineering team at Willow Garage and co-founded Unbounded Robotics.

  • Michael Ferguson

    Co-founder

  • Derek King

    Co-founder

  • Eric Diehr

    Co-founder

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

3 areas · 2 technologies · 3 industries
What they do3Areas
  • Mobile robots
  • Autonomous systems
  • Industrial robots
How they do it2Technologies
  • Robotics
  • Computer vision
Who for3Industries
  • Logistics & warehousing
  • Industrial manufacturing
  • Retail
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ San Jose · 3 regions
GlobalNorth AmericaUSA
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2014 · Series C
2014founded
$94Mtotal funding
Series Clatest round
growthdevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
acquiredstatus
$94M
total funding
4 · 2015–2019
SeedFebruary 2015O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Shasta Ventures
$3M
Series AJune 2015SoftBank Capital, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Shasta Ventures
$20M
Series BDecember 2017Sway Ventures, SoftBank Group, Shasta Ventures, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures
$25M
Series CJuly 2019Fort Ross Ventures, EAS Investments, Redwood Technologies, TransLink Capital, Zebra Ventures
$46M
06 · Relations

Organizational relations

1 strategic relations

Strategic relations

1
  • Acquired by
    Zebra TechnologiesZebra Technologies acquired Fetch Robotics for ~$290M (announced July 1, 2021, completed Aug 10, 2021); Zebra previously held ~5%. In April 2026 Zebra sold the business to Skild AI.
    2021 →
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 5 external links

Classification

  • Statusacquired
  • Development stagegrowth
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typeRobotics company+ Hardware vendor