About

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

DL

Dr. Lena Brandt

CEO & Co-Founder

Former VP Strategy at a global robotics OEM. PhD Robotics.

MR

Markus Reuter

COO & Co-Founder

Former manufacturing leader at a leading EV maker, 15 years global ops.

SM

Sarah Mendez

CFO

Former finance leadership at a global industrials group. CPA, CFA.

DW

Dr. Wei Lin Tan

CTO

Former research lead at a global automation OEM. PhD Control Systems.

CH

Clara Hoffmann

Head of Communications

Former external relations at a global engineering group.

RK

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.

Tier-1 US deep-tech VC
European growth fund
Strategic robotics LP
Sovereign tech fund
Industrial corporate VC
Mission-driven defense-tech fund

Milestones

  1. 2019

    Founded

    Toronto, ON headquarters. First 4 rental units in the field.

  2. 2021

    Seed $1.5M

    Led by an early-stage deep-tech fund. First US customers onboarded.

  3. 2023

    25th unit

    Fleet reaches 25 active deployments across North America.

  4. 2024

    Series A $4.5M

    Expanded to EU logistics customers. ISO 9001:2015 certified.

  5. 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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