Tombot, a Los Angeles-area company that makes a robotic dog for people who cannot keep a real one, has closed a $7m Series A3 financing round to move its flagship product from development into manufacturing.
The company said on June 24 that the round drew investment from Caduceus Capital Partners, Wavemaker 360, the Lutheran Foundation for Long Term Living, and Florida Community Health Network, a mix of healthcare and aging-services backers rather than the usual consumer-tech names.
The money is meant to carry Tombot through to a planned launch in the autumn. The company says the financing will let it scale manufacturing, expand operations, and accelerate commercialisation ahead of a Fall 2026 customer launch, its first shipments to paying buyers.
It also says it has already taken more than 23,000 pre-orders and waitlist sign-ups for the product, a number it offers as evidence of demand before a single unit has shipped.
The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!That product is a robotic Labrador puppy named Jennie, designed to behave like an eight-to-ten-week-old dog. According to the company, Jennie is fully autonomous and built to mimic the movements and responses of a real puppy, the idea being to deliver the companionship and the claimed health benefits of a live animal without the feeding, walking, or vet bills.
