# Daryl Lim

> Daryl Lim is the co-founder and CEO of Augmentus, a no-code robotics company that lets factory operators program industrial robots by 3D-scanning a part instead of writing code or CAD. Founded in Singapore in 2019 and now US-headquartered near Austin, Texas, Augmentus targets surface finishing, sanding, welding and spray coating for high-mix manufacturing. A serial entrepreneur since his teens, Lim was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2022 and has raised roughly $16-17M across seed and Series A rounds, including an $11M round in July 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Augmentus
- **Organizations:** Augmentus, Edge Neo, Infofix, Illuminate Singapore
- **Nationality:** Singaporean
- **Education:** Bachelor's, Economics (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), National University of Singapore (NUS), Diploma, Singapore Polytechnic
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2022 (Industry, Manufacturing & Energy), National Youth Entrepreneurship Awards 2021 - GOLD (University & Open category), TechBlazer Silver Award (2023)

## Career timeline

- **Teens** — Founded Infofix, a phone and PC repair business, later growing it into a computing distribution venture
- **Pre-2019** — Co-founded Edge Neo, a computing and encryption-hardware distributor in Southeast Asia; co-founded social enterprise Illuminate Singapore
- **2019** — Co-founded Augmentus with Chong Voon Foo and Leong Yong Shin after meeting at a hackathon, inspired by frustrations with manual robot programming in aerospace automation work
- **2021** — Augmentus won GOLD at the National Youth Entrepreneurship Awards; raised seed funding (Cocoon Capital)
- **2022** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (Industry, Manufacturing & Energy)
- **2023** — Raised $5M Series A led by Sierra Ventures; opened Austin Experience Center; won TechBlazer Silver Award
- **2025** — Raised $11M round led by Woori Venture Partners with EDBI; scaling US operations from Pflugerville, Texas

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2022 (Industry, Manufacturing & Energy)
- National Youth Entrepreneurship Awards 2021 - GOLD (University & Open category)
- TechBlazer Silver Award (2023)
- Built Augmentus into a platform deployed across 50+ systems in 6-7 countries
- Signed manufacturers including Hyundai, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, Fujitsu and Applied Materials
- Raised roughly $16-17M in total venture funding across seed and Series A rounds

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Augmentus raised $11M led by Woori Venture Partners with new investor EDBI, plus returning investors Sierra Ventures and Cocoon Capital, to scale physical AI for high-mix surface finishing and welding.
- **2024-02** — Featured in a no-code robotics podcast/video interview discussing Augmentus's scan-to-path approach.

## Links

- Website: https://augmentus.tech
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllimyq
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/augmentustech
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Mm7Jyc0kY
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/augmentustech

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Last updated: 2026-07-22