Flo Mobility Wins Big With $2.5 Million to Transform Construction

The Bengaluru startup’s AI-driven material-handling robot, already working across 10 Indian states, now has capital to push into the Middle East and scale domestic manufacturing.

Flo Mobility, a Bengaluru-based construction robotics company, has closed a $2.5 million pre-Series A funding round, with Mela Ventures and Arali Ventures co-leading the raise. Additional participation came from ARTPARK, VentureGarage, JITO Incubation & Innovation Foundation, and DEVX Ventures, according to publicly available disclosures from the company.

Founded in 2021 by Manesh Jain and Pratik Patel, Flo Mobility operates at the intersection of physical AI and construction automation, a niche that has attracted limited venture attention globally despite the sector’s scale. The company builds autonomous robots designed to handle material movement on large-scale construction sites, environments that are inherently unstructured, hazardous, and resistant to conventional automation.

Flo Mobility’s primary product is the Flo Hauler, a battery-powered autonomous mobile robot built for transporting construction materials. The machine can carry payloads of up to 1.5 tonnes and is engineered to function across uneven terrain, shifting site layouts, adverse weather conditions, and multi-floor project environments, operating conditions that eliminate most off-the-shelf robotics solutions.

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The company describes its approach as Physical AI, integrating autonomy and AI systems into hardware designed specifically for construction workflows, rather than adapting general-purpose robots to the sector.

Flo Mobility reports deploying more than 60 robots across 10 Indian states. Its disclosed client base includes several of India’s largest construction and real estate operators: L&T Construction, Godrej Properties, Embassy Group, Sobha, Capacite Infra, Ahluwalia Contracts, KEC International, Shriram Properties, Total Environment Building Systems, and Century Real Estate, among others.

The company has publicly stated that clients using its systems have reported approximately 45% cost savings on material movement, a 50% improvement in transport speed, and a 67% reduction in on-site accidents. These figures are self-reported by the company and have not been independently verified.

The pre-Series A capital is earmarked across three priorities: scaling domestic manufacturing capacity, strengthening the AI and autonomy stack underpinning the Hauler’s navigation and decision systems, and funding geographic expansion, with the Middle East identified as the first international target market. The company also indicated it is in prototyping for a second product, though no details have been disclosed.

Viju George, Partner at Mela Ventures, pointed to the construction sector’s demand for solutions with short payback periods as a key factor in the firm’s conviction. He also cited the founding team’s combination of domain depth and technical execution as central to the investment thesis, particularly given the difficulty of deploying autonomy in environments as unpredictable as active construction sites.

Jain, for his part, framed the company’s mission in operational terms: the construction industry has long directed significant labour toward moving materials rather than building, and autonomous robots, in his telling, are not replacing skilled workers but redirecting them toward higher-value tasks.

Construction remains one of the least automated major industries globally, a gap that has persisted despite chronic labour shortages, rising input costs, and growing pressure on project timelines. In India specifically, the sector accounts for a large share of workplace fatalities and injuries, a dynamic that gives safety-focused automation a regulatory and reputational tailwind beyond pure productivity arguments.

Flo Mobility is not the only company pursuing this space, but purpose-built construction robotics at the pre-Series A stage with demonstrated multi-state deployment is an uncommon combination in the Indian market. How the company manages the complexity of international expansion while simultaneously scaling manufacturing domestically will be the central operational test of this raise.

Disclaimer: This article is based solely on publicly available information, including disclosures made by Flo Mobility and statements published by the investors. NervNow has not independently verified the operational metrics or financial figures cited in this article.

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