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Dave Thornton

Partner

Northwind Robotics

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Autonomous mobile robots for warehouse picking, sold with an outcome-based per-pick commercial model.

Robotics / HardwareSeries BSwedenInvested Apr 27, 2021Lead: Andrew

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Thu, August 6

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Status rationale: Two deployments slipped a quarter on customer-side site readiness, pushing recognised revenue into Q3.Updated Jul 23, 2026

ARR

£9.7m

Budget: £11.2m-13%

ARR behind plan

ARR Growth

7.0%

Budget: 16.0%-56%

Growth behind plan

Cash Balance

£7.1m

Budget: £7.4m-4%

Net Burn

£0.6m

Budget: £0.5m+14%

Burn above plan

Runway

12.2 mo

Budget: 14.5 mo-16%

Runway behind plan

Gross Margin

34.0%

Budget: 38.0%-11%

Margin below budget

Net Revenue Retention

99.0%

Budget: 105.0%-6%

Retention below plan

Churn

5.6%

Budget: 5.0%+12%

Churn above plan

Pipeline Value

£12.4m

Budget: £11.0m+13%

ARR Trend (last 5 quarters)

  • £8.1m
    Q2 25
  • £8.8m
    Q3 25
  • £9.2m
    Q4 25
  • £9.5m
    Q1 26
  • £9.7m
    Q2 26

Metrics

Actuals vs plan, with extraction confidence.

Metrics
MetricValuevs. planConfidence
ARR£9.7mOff plan
87%
ARR Growth7.0%Off plan
83%
Cash Balance£7.1mOn plan
92%
Net Burn£0.6mOff plan
78%
Runway12.2 moOff plan
71%
Gross Margin34.0%Off plan
42%
Net Revenue Retention99.0%Off plan
53%
Churn5.6%Off plan
47%
Pipeline Value£12.4mOn plan
35%