ViaBot
Series ARaised Since FeaturedParking lots that clean themselves
Autonomous cleaning and security robots for commercial properties, operating 24/7 as a Robotics-as-a-Service platform.
About
ViaBot builds autonomous outdoor robots called RUNO that sweep, clean, and monitor commercial properties around the clock. The robots are self-charging, self-emptying sweepers equipped with cameras, sonar, and GPS for facility monitoring and suspicious activity detection. Founded in 2016 by Gregg Ratanaphanyarat and Dawei "Andre" Ding while they were undergraduates at Penn State, ViaBot has grown from a dorm-room robotics project into a fleet of robots servicing Fortune 500 campuses, sports arenas, COVID vaccination sites, and retail spaces across the Bay Area. The company operates on a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, giving property managers autonomous facility maintenance without upfront hardware costs. Their strategic partnership with Cushman & Wakefield validates the enterprise demand for robotic facility management at scale.
DailyDropout Take
ViaBot caught our attention as a scrappy robotics startup that solved a real, unglamorous problem — keeping parking lots and commercial properties clean — with an autonomous robot that doubles as a security guard. The dual cleaning-plus-surveillance approach creates stickiness that pure cleaning robots lack, and their RaaS model removes the biggest barrier to enterprise adoption.
Discovery signal: Forbes 30 Under 30 founder, Cushman & Wakefield partnership, dual-use cleaning+security robot in underserved outdoor market, RaaS model traction.
What Makes Them Unique
ViaBot is the only autonomous robot platform that combines outdoor sweeping and cleaning with built-in security monitoring — cameras, sonar, and GPS — in a single unit that self-charges and self-empties, operating 24/7 on a RaaS model.
~$10.8M
Total Raised
11-50
Team Size
11
Patents Filed
Target Markets
Founders
Gregg Ratanaphanyarat
Co-Founder & CEO
Team captain of Gunn Robotics Team. Named Forbes 30 Under 30. Founded ViaBot while an undergraduate at Penn State.
Dawei "Andre" Ding
Co-Founder & CTO
Designed award-winning robotic components recognized by Lockheed Martin. Co-founded ViaBot at Penn State.
Funding History
Lead: Baseline Ventures
Lead: Undisclosed
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