Minerva Humanoids
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About Minerva Humanoids
Minerva Humanoids builds Roger, a semi-autonomous humanoid for hazardous energy and public-safety work. Specialists use VR teleoperation for critical manipulation while the robot manages balance, recovery and navigation. Founded in late 2025 and based in San Francisco, the company develops its software mainly in the US and builds its first prototypes in Germany.
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Funding
- 2026-10-06 - Pre-seed - ~$10M - Minerva Humanoids raises approximately $10M pre-seed for hazardous-work robots
Minerva Humanoids completed pre-seed financing as it prepares paid pilots of its semi-autonomous Roger humanoid. - source: via.ritzau.dk
Investors
- Babylon - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Chaotica - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Codecademy - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Compound - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Credo Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Founders Embassy - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- General Catalyst - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Hugging Face - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Kaya - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Long Journey Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- MVP Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- RunwayVC - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Tiny Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- Walter Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
- YG - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-06
Team
- Dominic Asquith - Head of Hazardous Operations - Leads hazardous operations for Minerva’s energy and public-safety applications.
- Maurice Rahme - Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer - Co-founded Minerva Humanoids and leads its technology development.
- Sandor Felber - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Co-founded Minerva Humanoids and leads its development of hazardous-work humanoid systems.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-06 - Funding - Minerva Humanoids raises approximately $10M pre-seed for hazardous-work robots
Long Journey Ventures and Credo Ventures co-led the round, alongside participants including MVP Ventures, Kaya, Compound and Hugging Face. Remote specialists use a VR headset for critical manipulation while Minerva Intelligence manages balance, fall recovery and navigation. Initial prototypes are manufactured and assembled in Germany, with software and AI primarily developed in the United States; paid pilots begin in fall 2026.
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