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Slamcore is a technology company.
Slamcore develops spatial intelligence solutions primarily for material handling equipment. Its core product uses advanced visual SLAM technology, providing real-time positioning, mapping, and perception to make industrial assets intelligent and connected. This enhances operational efficiency, reduces risk, and improves safety in complex facilities, often retrofitting without new infrastructure.
Founded in 2016, Slamcore's co-founders include Owen Nicholson, Andrew Davison, Hanme Kim, Jacek Zienkiewicz, and Stefan Leutenegger. Professor Andrew Davison’s deep expertise in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) research underpinned the venture. The team aimed to extend sophisticated spatial awareness from specialized robotics into broad industrial applications for improved machine autonomy.
Slamcore’s technology benefits modern warehouses and factory floors, empowering operators and managers with situational awareness and operational control. The company integrates with partner ecosystems, offering solutions for fleet management, safety, and analytics. Its vision is to democratize real-time location services, enabling all moving machines and industrial assets to achieve robust spatial understanding and coordination.
Slamcore has raised $32.0M across 5 funding rounds.
Slamcore has raised $32.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Slamcore is an embedded software company specializing in Spatial AI solutions, delivering real-time location, mapping, and perception via vision-based SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) technology.[1][2][3][5] It builds an SDK and products like Slamcore Aware that fuse visual-inertial data with AI to enable robots, drones, material handling vehicles (e.g., forklifts), and autonomous machines to navigate dynamic environments precisely without heavy infrastructure.[1][4][5][6] Targeting industrial automation, robotics, and consumer devices, Slamcore solves challenges in positioning, object detection, and safety—such as tracking pedestrians and assets in warehouses—serving OEMs, factories, and robotics developers to boost efficiency, reduce risks, and enable redundancy in manual/autonomous operations.[1][4][5] With strong growth, including product launches in 2024 (Slamcore Aware) and 2025 (Slamcore Alert), over 100 companies onboarded by 2021, and nearly $25M raised by 2022, Slamcore demonstrates robust momentum in edge AI and RTLS (Real-Time Location Systems).[5]
Slamcore originated as a spin-out from Imperial College London in 2017, founded in 2016 by SLAM research leaders including Professor Andrew Davison, Dr. Stefan Leutenegger, Dr. Jacek Zienkiewicz, and Owen Nicholson (current CEO), whose work has garnered over 30,000 citations.[2][3][5] The idea emerged from their pioneering academic research in robotic vision and multi-sensor fusion, aiming to commercialize on-device spatial intelligence for real-world robotics.[2][3] Early traction included a first-generation developer kit in 2018 with 20+ employees, a $12M seed round in 2020 (backers: Amadeus Capital, Toyota Ventures, Octopus Ventures), SDK launch and 100+ onboarded companies in 2021 (plus Top Startup award from Edge AI and Vision Alliance), and a Series A pushing total funding to nearly $25M in 2022.[5] Pivotal moments: 2024 launch of Slamcore Aware for industrial material handling and 2025's Slamcore Alert for pedestrian safety alerts.[1][5]
Slamcore rides the edge AI and autonomous robotics wave, enabling spatially aware machines amid surging demand for warehouse automation, Industry 4.0, and RTLS in dynamic factories—where GPS fails and legacy systems falter.[1][4] Timing aligns with post-2020 robotics boom, fueled by labor shortages, e-commerce growth, and AI hardware advances (e.g., Arm partnerships), making vision-SLAM viable on cost-sensitive embedded devices.[3] Market forces like rising forklift accidents and efficiency mandates favor its retrofit model, which adds redundancy/safety without overhauls.[1][4] By democratizing SLAM from Imperial research, Slamcore influences the ecosystem via OEM integrations, lowering barriers for consumer/industrial autonomy and accelerating "spatially intelligent" products in drones, vehicles, and AMRs.[2][3][5]
Slamcore is poised to expand Slamcore Aware/Alert into broader RTLS ecosystems, targeting more vehicle classes, multi-site deployments, and integrations with IoT/5G partners amid 2026's projected automation surge.[1][4][5] Trends like generative AI-enhanced perception and hybrid human-robot warehouses will amplify its edge, potentially driving Series B funding and global OEM deals. Its influence may evolve from niche enabler to standard for vision-based autonomy, transforming material handling into proactive, insight-driven operations—unlocking the full potential of spatial intelligence that began in Imperial labs.[2][5][6]
Slamcore has raised $32.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $16.0M Series A in May 2022.
Slamcore has raised $32.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Slamcore's investors include KUNI KAWASE, Lisa Chai, Amadeus Capital Partners, AYANA Capital LLC, Balderton Capital, Kindred Capital VC, R42 Group, Adrien Cohen, Jonathan Milner, Global Brain, MMC Ventures, Octopus Ventures.