India, Oct. 16 -- Emerging out of stealth mode, robotics startup Origin has raised $20 Mn (around Rs.189 Cr) in a funding round co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures.

The round also saw participation from Unilazer Ventures, Schema Ventures and Z21. Angel investors from Anduril, Skild AI, 1X and Tesla also participated in the fundraise. As part of the investment, Zacua Ventures' founding partner Vivin Hegde has also joined the startup's board as a director.

The startup said that the fresh capital will primarily be utilised to deploy its flagship OG-1 robot and build a fleet of construction robots. A chunk of the capital will also be used to support "large-scale" pilots with customers in the US and Europe and explore new use cases for bots....