Flo Mobility raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A round to expand its AI-powered construction robotics platform and scale global deployments. The company’s flagship product, Flo Hauler, is a battery-powered autonomous mobile robot capable of transporting loads up to 1.5 tons across construction sites, including multi-floor operations.
The robot is designed to operate in unstructured environments with changing layouts and harsh weather conditions.
The Bengaluru-based construction robotics startup Flo Mobility has raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by Mela Ventures and Arali Ventures. The proceeds will be used to scale manufacturing, strengthen its AI and autonomy stack, expand deployments across India, and enter international markets, particularly the Middle East.
“When we first walked onto a construction site with our robot, the reaction from site teams was immediate - They saw materials moving autonomously to the right floor, to the right zone, without anyone pushing a wheelbarrow. That moment still drives us. We’ve built the hardware, the AI, and the go-to-market from the ground up. With this capital, we will expand our engineering team, double down on product development for automating more use cases, and cement Flo Mobility’s position as the defining robotics platform for construction,” said Pratik Patel, Co-Founder & COO, Flo Mobility.
Building robotics for construction requires a fundamentally different approach than solutions designed for industrial warehouses or automotive plants.
“The market imperative of today (acute labor shortage driving up timelines & costs in construction), coupled with the evolution of technology (rapid development of vision models & lowering costs of hardware components), makes for great timing for Flo Mobility to make a ‘material movement’ in the construction robotics landscape. We have been investors in industrial AI since 2019 and believe that founders working on special-purpose robotics solving for nuanced industry use cases achieve rapid enterprise adoption and value,” mentioned Rajiv Raghunandan, General Partner at Arali Ventures.
“Flo Mobility sits at the intersection of Physical AI and strong vertical focus; two areas we believe will define the next wave of innovation. Construction’s unique constraints demand purpose-built solutions that deliver ROI in months, not years. Manesh and Pratik have demonstrated deep domain understanding, strong execution capabilities, and technical depth, exactly what is needed to deploy autonomy in unstructured environments like construction sites. Their traction with marquee logos in the industry in India and early proof-points in the Middle East validates the approach, and we’re excited to partner with them as they scale globally,” said Viju George, Partner at Mela Ventures.
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Founded in 2021 by Manesh Jain and Pratik Patel, Flo Mobility builds Physical AI and robotics solutions for the construction sector. The startup develops autonomous robots for material handling and other construction workflows across large-scale project sites.
“The construction industry has been operating the same way for decades, with enormous amounts of labor dedicated to simply moving materials from one place to another. That’s not a people problem; it’s a systems problem. Flo mobility was built to solve it. Our robots do not replace the skilled labor that builds India’s cities; they free that labor to do the work that matters. This funding gives us the firepower to scale our deployments, build more robots, and expand internationally. We’ve proven the model. Now we’re going to take it to every major construction market in the world,” explained Manesh Jain, Co-Founder & CEO, Flo Mobility.
Flo Mobility has deployed over 60 robots across 10 states in India, with leading developers including L&T, Godrej Properties, Embassy Group, and Sobha. Several customers have already expanded deployments across multiple sites post initial pilots.