The lawn mowing robot founded by a former senior executive of Yunjing has raised another round of financing. It was invested by Li Zexiang and has exceeded $5 million in crowdfunding | Exclusive report by Yingke.

Author | Huang Nan

Editor | Yuan Silai

Yingke learned that Changzhou Laimou Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Laimou Technology") recently completed a Pre-A round of financing worth tens of millions of yuan. The investor in this round is Jiukun Venture Capital, and Maple Pledge served as the private equity financing advisor. The funds will be used for product mass production and delivery and market - expected inventory. Previously, the company had received seed - round financing from the XbotPark Fund founded by Professor Li Zexiang, and later obtained tens of millions of yuan in angel - round investment from NBT Capital.

"Laimou Technology" is an enterprise that Yingke has been following for a long time. The company focuses on the research and development and manufacturing of lawn mowing robots for the European and American markets. The founder, Gao Wangshu, was once a co - founder of Yunjing and later joined the SharkNinja brand to lead the research and development of floor - cleaning robots. Its products have the highest market share in North America. The founding team members all graduated from top domestic and foreign universities and have served as core R & D leaders in companies such as NVIDIA, Huawei, and TuSimple. The team has rich experience in the research and development and mass production of consumer robots and autonomous driving core technologies. It is a composite team with both technological innovation, in - depth understanding of scenarios, and large - scale mass production and delivery capabilities.

In European and American courtyards, lawn mowing is a long - standing and necessary task.

According to Statista statistics, there are approximately 250 million courtyards and gardens in the world, with 100 million in the United States and 80 million scattered across various regions in Europe. The lawn culture has continued to this day. 77% of European and American families regularly engage in courtyard activities. The average family trims the lawn 2 to 3 times a month, and more than 227 million Americans own lawn maintenance and gardening tools.

As a newly emerging field, lawn mowing robots have technological and product barriers and precise application scenarios. With the increasing demand from users for intelligent tool replacement, many startups and large companies have been attracted to enter the market. Among them, affected by the characteristics of grasslands in different countries and regions, users have different requirements for the technical functions, product forms, performance, and battery life of lawn mowers. There are also certain differences in the market education level and users' product acceptance.

Lymow One lawn mowing robot by Laimou Technology (Photo/Enterprise)

Statista data shows that the penetration rate of lawn mowing robots in Europe is between 10% and 15%, while in the United States, it is only 2%. Many users still use traditional handheld lawn mowers for work.

Gao Wangshu analyzed to Yingke that this is mainly due to the higher complexity of the large - scale environment. "Looking at the grasslands in Europe and America, nearly 40% of families in North America and nearly 20% in Europe have lawns larger than 1,000 square meters, and there are many open lawns with complex terrains, including wet grasslands and woodlands. This requires the machine to have strong passing ability and higher requirements for positioning and recognition stability. In these user scenarios, lightweight lawn mowing robots cannot be used, which is beyond the coverage of existing lawn mowing robot products."

Returning to the essence of lawn mowing, the core demand of users is how to mow the grass efficiently, with high requirements for high power, high performance, and long battery life. In response to the above pain points, "Laimou Technology" launched its first - generation lawn mowing robot, Lymow One. It has self - developed positioning algorithm solutions and hardware structures, starting from complex grasslands to solve the problem of lawn mowing on multiple terrains.

Lymow One lawn mowing robot by Laimou Technology (Photo/Enterprise)

On the software side, "Laimou Technology" uses a vision + inertial navigation RTK (Real - time kinematic) solution. Through binocular AI vision and ultrasonic sensors, it can detect and avoid obstacles from multiple directions to bypass courtyard facilities, rocks, animals, children, etc., to avoid collisions, ensure the efficient and stable operation of the robot, and solve the problem of lawn mowing boundaries. The cost is only one - tenth of the traditional RTK solution.

In daily use, users only need to remotely control the robot through its mobile app to start, monitor, and stop the lawn mowing task, remotely manage multiple - area grasslands in real - time, and the device will automatically return to charge and continue mowing without manual intervention.

Multi - area management algorithm of Lymow One (Photo/Enterprise)

On the hardware side, Lymow One adopts a crawler - type design, which has stronger grip ability. It can handle slopes up to 45°, is less likely to slip when mowing on sloped terrains, and can cross obstacles up to 2 inches (about 5 centimeters) high. At the same time, it has a stronger ability to adapt to complex terrains, eliminating concerns about the device getting stuck on tree roots, potholes, bumps, or muddy ground, thus improving the durability of the product.

Different from the multi - toothed blades of most lawn mowing robots on the market, Lymow One is equipped with a straight blade for grass shredding. It cuts the lawn through high - speed rotation, ensuring that the lawn is trimmed neatly and evenly, whether it is soft grass or relatively rough and dense grass. Its stable working performance and easy - to - control characteristics also enable the robot to mow the grass more accurately along the preset path during autonomous operation.

The unit price of Lymow One is about $3,000. Since the crowdfunding started in 2024, it has raised up to $5 million. It ranked fourth among all categories and first in the lawn mower category on Kickstarter in 2024. The amount raised is the highest in the history of the lawn mower category and more than twice that of other similar products.

Crowdfunding data of Laimou Technology (as of April 2025, Source/Kickstarter)

According to Gao Wangshu, in addition to online platforms, the company will focus on offline channels this year and establish teams in Europe and America to accelerate further market expansion. "Laimou Technology" has attracted the attention of nearly a hundred distributors and has received a large number of orders. Currently, Lymow One has entered the trial - production stage and is being delivered in small batches. At the same time, in terms of the R & D rhythm, it will explore the integration of AI and robot technologies to accelerate product optimization and iteration and provide users with a better lawn mowing experience.