Seed · Q1 2027
RM6M
about USD 1.4M
- Pays for
- Founding pilots and the start of the integrator channel, 2027 and 2028
- Must reach
- 130+ paying cells, payback proven on 10+ sites, 15 active integrators, about RM2.5M of recurring revenue
About Seventh Axis
We're building the next generation of robotics software.
Robot arms got cheap. Programming them didn't. Our first product, Kata, lets factory teams program the arms they already buy by describing the task in English, Bahasa Malaysia or Mandarin. We're raising a RM6 million seed round to take it to Malaysia's factories.
- Made in Kuala LumpurFor Malaysian lines first
- Malaysia firstAbout 21,000 industrial robots: RM302M a year at our price
- Then ASEANThailand, Vietnam and Indonesia: about RM480M a year by 2030
RM302Ma year: every industrial robot in Malaysia, at our price
1,800paying robot cells by the end of 2031
RM23.9Myearly recurring revenue by the end of 2031
80%gross margin by 2031
RM6Mseed round, closing Q1 2027
01 · Why we started
Robots should understand the people who run them.
Malaysian factories are short of hands. Wages and levies are rising, and robot arms have never been cheaper. Yet most cells still sit on one job for years, because changing what a robot does takes a specialist, a teach pendant and days of downtime.
A robot arm moves on six axes. We think the seventh is understanding: an arm that takes instructions in the language your team already speaks, and shows you exactly what it will do before it does anything.
We don't sell robots. We build the software that makes the one you buy worth more, and we build it here, for Malaysian lines first.
Malaysia74
Thailand98
World average162
Singapore818
IFR data. The Singapore bar is cut short to fit.
RM1,700monthly minimum wage for every employer since August 2025
RM1,850yearly levy per foreign worker in manufacturing, with a tiered levy coming
70%of eligible automation costs matched by the Smart Automation Grant
02 · The product
The AI never moves the robot.
A language model turns the operator's words into a plan. Our own code checks it, a named person approves it, and only that signed program runs. The server and the bridge enforce the order, not just the screen.
- AskType or say the task in BM, English or Mandarin.
- CheckReach, collisions, payload and speed near people, against the real cell.
- ApproveWatch it run in 3D, then a named person signs that exact program.
- RunThe bridge beside the cell runs it, and refuses anything unsigned.
How we work
Show before it moves
Every plan is simulated and checked first. A person approves it. Nothing surprising happens on the floor.
Your language, your line
BM, English and Mandarin are first-class. The software fits the team, not the other way round.
Measured payback
We start with a pilot on one cell and a number you can check. If it doesn't pay, you'll know in 90 days.
03 · Market
RM300 million a year in Malaysia. More across ASEAN.
Sized from robots in use, because we charge per robot cell: about 2.84 million manufacturing workers at 74 robots per 10,000 is about 21,000 robots, each worth RM14,400 a year at our price.
Each slab's area is its yearly value. Each dot is 100 robots.
TAM, MalaysiaEvery industrial robot in Malaysian manufacturing
RM302M 21,000 robots
SAM, MalaysiaRobots on pick-and-place, palletising, packing and machine tending (40%)
RM121M 8,400 robots
SAM, Malaysia 2030Same share if Malaysia reaches Thailand's robot density
RM160M 11,100 robots
ASEAN SAM, 2030Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia
RM480M 33,000 robots
Our plan, 20311,800 paying cells at list price
RM26M 1,800 cells
04 · Business model
Software by the cell. Integrators sell it.
RM1,200
per robot cell per month, billed yearly, after a free 90-day pilot. Enterprise pricing for groups and integrators.
RM5,000
onboarding per site, once: mapping the cell, setting up approvals and training operators.
20%
of the subscription goes to the integrator who brings the customer, for as long as they stay.
RM14,400List price
−1,152Discounts
−2,500Cost to serve
−1,590Integrator share
RM9,158Contribution
It costs about RM8,745 to win a cell (pilots, sales and partner staff, marketing), earned back in 11.5 months. Five years of contribution is 5.2× that cost. Gross margin is 81%.
05 · Financials
RM23.9M of recurring revenue by 2031.
A bottom-up five-year model from paying cells. Each year's column is its recurring revenue at year end; each crate is about RM0.4M.
RM0.4M
2027
30 cells
RM1.7M
2028
130 cells
RM5.6M
2029
420 cells
RM12.6M
2030
950 cells
RM23.9M
2031
1,800 cells
Profit and loss
| RM million | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paying cells at year end | 30 | 130 | 420 | 950 | 1,800 |
| Subscription revenue | 0.20 | 1.06 | 3.64 | 9.07 | 18.22 |
| Onboarding fees | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.63 | 1.04 | 1.54 |
| Total revenue | 0.29 | 1.32 | 4.27 | 10.12 | 19.76 |
| Cost to serve | 0.11 | 0.39 | 1.06 | 2.20 | 3.95 |
| Gross profit | 0.18 | 0.93 | 3.21 | 7.92 | 15.81 |
| Gross margin | 62% | 71% | 75% | 78% | 80% |
| People | 0.82 | 1.92 | 3.70 | 5.98 | 8.51 |
| Other operating costs | 0.50 | 0.90 | 1.60 | 2.40 | 3.20 |
| Integrator share | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 1.18 | 2.55 |
| Pilots | 0.25 | 0.60 | 1.06 | 1.34 | 1.76 |
| Operating costs | 1.59 | 3.52 | 6.79 | 10.91 | 16.02 |
| EBITDA | −1.40 | −2.59 | −3.59 | −2.99 | −0.22 |
| Equity raised | 6.00 | – | 20.00 | – | – |
| Cash at year end | 5.00 | 2.40 | 18.82 | 15.83 | 15.61 |
RM million. Figures may not add exactly because of rounding. The model treats EBITDA as cash flow; customers pay a year ahead, so real cash would be higher. No grants are counted.
Cash
Cash never falls below RM1.8M once the seed closes.
Month-end cash, January 2027 to December 2031. The tightest moments are just before each round, so the seed must close by March 2027.
What if we're wrong?
| Case | What changes | 2031 revenue | 2031 EBITDA | Cash, end 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base case | As planned | RM19.8M | −RM0.2M | RM15.6M |
| Slower adoption | 40% fewer cells every year, spending as planned | RM11.9M | −RM4.8M | RM8.1M |
| Slower, spending cut | 40% fewer cells; headcount and other costs 20–35% lower from 2029 | RM11.9M | −RM0.9M | RM15.1M |
| Lower price | Customers pay 80% of list instead of 92% | RM17.4M | −RM2.3M | RM12.0M |
| Faster adoption | 30% more cells, spending as planned | RM25.7M | +RM3.2M | RM21.2M |
The plan survives a much slower ramp without new money, provided hiring follows sales. Volume matters more than price: 30% more cells adds about RM3.5M to 2031 EBITDA, while a 13% lower price costs about RM2M.
06 · The round
RM6 million to prove it, RM20 million to scale it.
Series A · Q1 2029
RM20M
about USD 4.8M
- Pays for
- Scaling the channel, a second robot brand, Thailand and Vietnam
- Must reach
- 1,800 paying cells and break-even during 2031
Use of funds
Where the seed goes.
In 2027 and 2028 we spend RM5.6M and earn RM1.6M from customers. The seed covers the gap and leaves about RM2.4M going into 2029, enough to absorb a Series A that arrives a quarter late.
People: engineering, pilots and support, sales and partnersRM2.74M · 49%
Office and demo lab, marketing, travel, legal, toolsRM1.40M · 25%
Running the founding pilotsRM0.85M · 15%
Cost to serve paying cellsRM0.50M · 9%
Integrator shareRM0.12M · 2%
Total spending, 2027 and 2028: RM5.61M
What the seed buys
- Q4 2026A real cell runs a signed program end to end; first pilot letters
- Q1 2027Seed closes; first pilots running
- Q2 2027First paying cell; first integrators signed
- Q4 202730 paying cells, 5 integrators
- Q4 2028130 paying cells, 15 integrators, about RM1.7M recurring revenue
07 · Risks
What could go wrong, and what we do about it.
- Pilots don't show a clear payback
- We choose sites with frequent changeovers, agree what to measure before we start and publish the payback report. If fewer than half of the first 10 pilots convert, we stop and rethink.
- A robot maker builds the same thing into its pendant
- We work across cells and brands, keep the approval record, speak BM and Mandarin well, and aim to be the integrators' tool before it happens.
- Someone is hurt at a cell running our program
- Checks and simulation before every run, signed approval by a named person, and the controller's own safety system always in charge. Product liability insurance from the first pilot.
- Integrators see us as a threat
- They earn 20% of every subscription they bring, for life, and keep their installation business. We never install or sell hardware.
- Why READY Robotics failed, and why we won't
- It raised over USD 41M for a universal robot OS that needed extra hardware and a new language. We need neither, and we work with robot makers' channels, not against them.
- One robot brand today
- Universal Robots leads SME cobot cells, so we start there. A second brand follows in 2028; the bridge is built so new brands plug in.
08 · Team
Built end to end by its founder.
Founder
Zishaan Ahmed
Meet the founder
First hires with the seed
- Robotics and motion engineerOwns the checker and the bridge on real cells
- Applications engineerHas commissioned cobot cells; runs pilots on site
- Partnerships leadFrom the integrator world; signs the first five
- AI and planner engineerBM and Mandarin accuracy, lower model costs
- Full-stack engineerOperator app, approvals, integrator portal
From 3 people at the start of 2027 to 16 by the end of 2028 and 52 by 2031.
Build it with us.
Factories: put the seventh axis on your line. Investors: ask us for the full plan and model.
This page is for information only. It is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any shares or other securities of Seventh Axis. Projections are the company's own estimates, based on assumptions that may prove wrong; actual results may differ materially. Market figures come from IFR, DOSM, MITI and other public sources listed in the full plan.