KinderLab Robotics, Inc.
Developmentally appropriate robot kits with physical programming language and sensor-based engineering for early childhood STEM education
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- WALTHAM, MA
- Founded
- 2013
- Latest Form D
- $1M, Jan 2017
- Total capital
- $1.8M
- Federal grants
- $750K
- 1 award · 2015
- Rank in peer group#4 of 16
- Private capital raised
- $1M
- 1 Form D · last Jan 2017
- 117 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Making and programming robots in early childhood education$750K
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Federal first
22months
from KinderLab Robotics, Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Mar 2015
- NSF · $750K
- First Form D · Jan 2017
- $1M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
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Standing among 16 peers
Line = medianRobotics · Device
- Federal grants#4 · top 25%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Mitchell Umaschi RosenbergResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $750K in grants as PI
- Marina Umaschi BersDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Pei Umaschi QiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert Umaschi LeahyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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