Syncere

Robotics startup Syncere has raised $11 million in pre-seed funding to develop a home robot designed to look like a lamp. The company aims to bring an unobtrusive domestic assistant into living spaces, hiding its robotic nature in familiar household furniture. The funding will support development of the device, which stands out in a crowded home robotics market for its disguised form factor.

Syncere, a startup building a robot lamp that folds laundry, has raised an $11 million pre-seed funding round led by a16z Speedrun. The raise puts attention on early-stage robotics aimed at household chores, with investors backing the idea that folding clothes is a task automation startups can now tackle. Details on other participants and product timelines were not disclosed.