We make industrial automation rentable.
VANTIX LABS is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with a global service footprint spanning North America, EMEA and APAC. We exist to remove the capital and complexity barriers that keep automation out of reach for mid-sized manufacturers. We own, service, and continuously upgrade a global fleet of industrial robots — and lease it to factories that need flexibility, not depreciation schedules.
- 2019
- Founded in Toronto, Canada
- 60+
- Active deployments
- 8
- Countries served
- 99.5%
- Fleet uptime SLA
- 24
- Employees
- $6M
- Seed + Series A raised
- 92%
- Customer retention
- 21 d
- Avg. deployment time
Leadership
Dr. Lena Brandt
CEO & Co-Founder
Former VP Strategy at a global robotics OEM. PhD Robotics.
Markus Reuter
COO & Co-Founder
Former manufacturing leader at a leading EV maker, 15 years global ops.
Sarah Mendez
CFO
Former finance leadership at a global industrials group. CPA, CFA.
Dr. Wei Lin Tan
CTO
Former research lead at a global automation OEM. PhD Control Systems.
Clara Hoffmann
Head of Communications
Former external relations at a global engineering group.
Rohan Kapoor
Head of APAC Service
Former industrial integration lead at a global IT services firm, 12 years.
Backed by
$6M raised across seed and Series A. Cap table and board composition disclosed under NDA.
Milestones
- 2019
Founded
Toronto, ON headquarters. First 4 rental units in the field.
- 2021
Seed $1.5M
Led by an early-stage deep-tech fund. First US customers onboarded.
- 2023
25th unit
Fleet reaches 25 active deployments across North America.
- 2024
Series A $4.5M
Expanded to EU logistics customers. ISO 9001:2015 certified.
- 2025
60th deployment
Cross-border support extended to APAC pilot customers.
Compliance & due diligence
Our operations are certified to ISO 9001:2015 quality management and ISO 10218 industrial-robot safety standards. Every shipment is CE-marked and accompanied by a full conformity dossier. Financial and legal disclosure packs are available to qualified counterparties under NDA.
- · ISO 9001:2015 quality management
- · ISO 10218-1 / TS 15066 robot safety
- · CE conformity, RIA membership, TÜV SÜD audited
- · GDPR-compliant data handling
- · Liability insurance up to €10M per deployment
Operating principles
Engineered Reliability
Every unit is overhauled and recertified between deployments. We sell uptime, not hardware.
Transparent Economics
Single monthly rate. No hidden service fees, no balloon payments, no surprise consumables.
Operator-First Design
Programming is drag-to-teach. Documentation is plain-language. Support reaches a human within five minutes.
Work with us
Procurement, integration, partnerships, or press — we route every inbound to a real person.
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