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Ascento: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Ascento Robotics aims to push the progress of wheeled bipedal robotic systems beyond the laboratory and into practical settings. Their approach blends the advantages of legs, which can surmount stairs and barriers with ease, with the speed and efficiency of wheels for agile and economical movement. Consequently, their platform is well-suited for implementing mobile robots in various real-life scenarios.

www.ascento.ethz.ch LinkedIn Zurich, Switzerland 11-50 employees
Computer Vision Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Robotics B2B
Total raised
$4.3M
Rounds
1
Latest
Pre-Seed
Sep 2023

Ascento has raised $4.3M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Pre-Seed of $4.3M announced in Sep 2023.

That round is below the $10M median round size for Hardware companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Ascento Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$4.3M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Pre-Seed
$4.3M in Sep 2023
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland

Latest funding round on record: Sep 2023.

Ascento Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Pre-Seed
$4.3M

Ascento Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Ciro Salzmann
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Ascento Funding Compared to Other Hardware Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,454
$10M
879
$3.8M
5,801
$600K

Ascento's latest round of $4.3M is below the median round in Hardware. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Ascento Funding FAQs

What does Ascento do?

Ascento Robotics aims to push the progress of wheeled bipedal robotic systems beyond the laboratory and into practical settings. Their approach blends the advantages of legs, which can surmount stairs and barriers with ease, with the speed and efficiency of wheels for agile and economical movement. Consequently, their platform is well-suited for implementing mobile robots in various real-life scenarios.

How much funding has Ascento raised?

Ascento has raised $4.3M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Pre-Seed of $4.3M announced in Sep 2023.

When did Ascento last raise funding?

Ascento's most recent funding round on record is a Pre-Seed of $4.3M, announced in Sep 2023.

Who founded Ascento?

FundedIQ lists Ciro Salzmann (Founder) at Ascento.

Where is Ascento headquartered?

Ascento is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

How many employees does Ascento have?

Ascento is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Ascento's funding compare to other Hardware startups?

Ascento's latest round of $4.3M is below the $10M median round size for Hardware companies on FundedIQ across 1,454 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Ascento Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Ascento is left off this page rather than filled in.

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