Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Inbolt raises €11M to expand real-time industrial robot vision
- Bridges Climate Transition Partners, BNP Paribas Développement and Ora Global participated.
- Its hardware-agnostic 3D vision software operates across three continents; named customers include Bosch, Beko, Flex, Ford, Stellantis and Toyota.
- Capital supports U.S. and APAC growth and planned entry into data centres and electronics manufacturing.
Lupin Dental closes €15M Series A
- Fynveur invested €10 million; existing shareholders and new private investors also participated.
- The equity round is complemented by a separate Bpifrance loan, whose amount was not disclosed and is excluded from the private-funding aggregate.
- Invus, which advises Fynveur, will join Lupin Dental’s board as the company expands its dental-robotics operations.
Macrodata Labs raises $4 million pre-seed round
- Pre-seed: USD 4,000,000.
- The cited source confirms the completed financing.
- Macrodata Labs raised $4 million in pre-seed financing to scale robot-data collection and training infrastructure for physical-AI models.
Carvolix secures new €10 million financing tranche
- The reserved offering issues 2,976,190 new ordinary shares at €3.36 per share to existing shareholders.
- Carvolix says proceeds support Tavipilot commercialization in the United States and development of Tavipilot, Kalios, Artus, Artedrone and Mitrapilot.
- The tranche extends the company’s cash runway to the end of September 2026, with venture debt under negotiation.
Comand AI raises EUR 32 million Series A
- Blossom Capital led the round, with a strategic investment from Saab and renewed participation from Expeditions.
- Prevail had been deployed with operational units in France, Germany, Ukraine and other allied nations during the preceding twelve months.
- The financing supports wider NATO deployment, work with operational units in Ukraine and expansion into air and maritime domains.
Prophesee raises €20M for dual-use event-based vision scale-up
- The round supports Mantara commercial scale-up, embedded intelligence in sensors and the Hearth event-sensor software platform.
- The financing follows Prophesee’s shift toward full-stack dual-use civil and defense sensing.
- The capital supports robot sensing, actuation, compute or communications systems as Prophesee moves toward broader commercial use.
Alta Ares raises €50M Series A for counter-drone systems
- The Series A round was reported at €50 million.
- The company is focused on counter-drone systems and onboard artificial intelligence.
- Airbus separately announced a June 2026 MoU with Alta Ares for European counter-drone integration.
SquareMind raises $18 million to launch Swan skin-imaging robot
- SquareMind raised $18 million, including previously undisclosed pre-Series A financing, to bring Swan to market.
- Sonder Capital led the round, with Deeptech 2030 Fund, Bpifrance, Adamed Technology, Calm/Storm Ventures and Teampact Ventures participating.
- Swan is a robotic full-body dermoscopy system for standardized imaging, lesion mapping and AI-assisted longitudinal review.
Donecle raises EUR10M to scale drone-based aircraft inspection
- IRDI Capital Investissement and SWEN Capital Partners jointly led the round, with participation from GSO Innovation and ARIS Occitanie.
- Donecle said the financing would accelerate international expansion in Europe and the United States, team growth, AI investment and strategic partnerships.
EGIDE raises €8M seed round to build affordable interceptor systems for modern warfare
- EGIDE raised an €8 million seed round to develop affordable air-defence systems aimed at intercepting hostile drones and other mass-produced strike threats.
- Public coverage says the company is building electrically propelled interceptors alongside a software platform for detection, classification, and interception.
- The financing puts real capital behind a defence-autonomy company focused on low-cost counter-drone systems rather than traditional high-cost munitions.
ISYBOT raises €7M to industrialise collaborative sanding robots
- Supernova Invest and Bpifrance Amorçage Industriel co-led the round, with historical investors also participating.
- NOVA by Saint-Gobain separately confirmed its participation in the financing.
- ISYBOT said it had more than 70 robots deployed in production and planned to expand sales in Germany and Austria by the end of 2026.
Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation
- Dassault Aviation led Harmattan AI's $200M Series B as part of a broader strategic partnership announced by both companies.
- The deal pairs Harmattan's autonomy stack with Dassault's future air combat programs, including Rafale F5 and UCAS, particularly around controlled autonomy for unmanned aerial systems.
- The round funds deployment expansion, product-line extension, and industrial manufacturing scale across Harmattan's ISR, drone interception, and electronic warfare platforms.
Agreenculture raises €6 million Series A
- Supernova Invest, Future Food Fund and Unilis participated in the €6 million Series A equity round.
- Crédit Agricole Toulouse 31 provided a separate credit facility alongside the financing.
- The capital is allocated to autonomy-product standardization and industrialization, plus commercial deployment with machinery manufacturers.
Exwayz raises €1M for GPS-free robotics localization software
- The funding supports R&D hiring and industrial optimization work.
- Exwayz targets robotics, mobility, logistics and inspection applications that need localization without GPS.
- The capital supports warehouse automation and material-handling workflows as Exwayz moves toward broader commercial use.
Genesis AI emerges from stealth with $105M seed for robotics foundation models
- Genesis AI emerged from stealth with $105 million in seed funding co-led by Eclipse and Khosla Ventures.
- The company said it is building a universal robotics foundation model and horizontal robotics platform for general-purpose physical AI.
- Backers included Bpifrance, HSG, Eric Schmidt and Xavier Niel, supporting Genesis AI's data-engine and robot-learning roadmap.
Wandercraft secures US$75M mixed funding-and-financing Series D package
- Major contributors were Renault Group, the PSIM fund managed by Bpifrance, Teampact Ventures and Quadrant Management.
- Other investors were LBO France, Mutuelles Impact, Cemag Invest, Martagon Capital and AG2R LA MONDIALE; XAnge is the manager of Mutuelles Impact, not a separate investor.
- The mixed US$75 million package supports Eve commercialisation, Atalante X adoption, and development and deployment of Calvin-40 and the broader Calvin family.
Galam Robotics raises €10 million Series A led by Supernova Invest
- Supernova Invest led a €10 million Series A in Galam Robotics, with public materials framing the round around scaling industrial deployment of modular warehouse buffer automation.
- The round stands out in European intralogistics robotics for emphasizing a productized buffer automation unit and deployment footprint rather than bespoke integration-only go-to-market.
- The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform.
Robeauté raises $28 million for neurosurgical microrobotics
- Plural, Cherry Ventures and Brainlab participated in the financing.
- The platform is designed for diagnosis, monitoring and local treatment through a minimally invasive entry point.
- The round supports development and clinical translation of the company’s neurosurgical system.
Comand AI raises EUR 8.5 million seed round
- Eurazeo led the round, with participation from existing investor Frst and new investor Expeditions Fund.
- Comand AI said Prevail supported operational planning and after-action analysis under constrained timelines.
- The company reported contracts in two countries, including France, and planned to use the financing for growth and hiring.
Inbolt raises EUR 15M Series A for real-time robot guidance
- The Series A round totaled EUR 15 million.
- The funding supports AI-powered 3D vision for industrial robot guidance.
- Inbolt planned expansion into the United States and Japan.
SpinEM Robotics raises EUR 10M Series A2
- SpinEM Robotics completed a Series A2 financing of EUR 10M.
- The financing was announced on 2024-04-30 in EUR.
- SpinEM Robotics develops a compact tracking and surgical-navigation subsystem intended to preserve anatomical reference accuracy during robot-assisted spine procedures.
HyLight raises EUR 3.7M for hydrogen airship drones
- HyLight raised EUR 3.7 million to scale hydrogen-powered airship drones for aerial infrastructure inspection.
- The round included Y Combinator, Ring Capital, Kima Ventures, Collaborative Fund and Marc Tarpenning.
- HyLight tied the capital to industrial-scale deployment of zero-emission inspection airships.
Pixee Medical raises $15M for U.S. expansion
- Relyens Innovation Sante, UI Investissement, Innovacom, Angelor and Bpifrance backed the round.
- The capital supported U.S. expansion and product development for AR orthopedic surgery.
- The capital supports healthcare, service or human-assistive robotics workflows as Pixee Medical moves from product development toward broader commercial use.
Minitrucks Robotics raises €1.5 million
- Investment round: EUR 1,500,000.
- The cited source confirms the completed financing.
- Minitrucks Robotics raised €1.5 million to deploy and expand its compact electric material-transport robots for construction and industrial sites.
ACWA Robotics raises EUR 4.8M for water-pipe inspection robots
- The round included Banque des Territoires, FMG Circular Invest and Capital & Innovation by Credit Agricole Alpes Provence.
- The financing supported pilot missions and industrial deployment for autonomous water-pipe inspection.
- The capital supports maritime autonomy, underwater robotics or marine inspection workflows as ACWA Robotics moves toward broader commercial use.
Niryo raises EUR10M financing package
- The EUR6.4 million Series A was led by Bpifrance Digital Venture, Innovacom, IRD, Finorpa, NFA and Go Capital.
- A further EUR3.6 million of loans from a banking pool brought the financing package to EUR10 million.
- Niryo said the capital would support international expansion and development for additional collaborative-robot use cases.
Retail Robotics Solutions raises €500,000 for AI self-checkout expansion
- Ariel Investments led the financing in exchange for a 6.25 percent equity stake.
- The company planned to use the capital to expand its restaurant and corporate-canteen customer base.
- Its Robot Cashier system uses computer vision to recognise food items and automate checkout without individual barcode scanning.
Moon Surgical raises $55.4M for Maestro commercialization
- Sofinnova Partners and NVIDIA were named as leading investors in the financing.
- The capital supported Maestro surgical robotic system development and commercialization.
- Maestro is a collaborative robotic assistant for laparoscopy.
Ganymed Robotics adds €15 million, taking its financing to €36 million
- Series B extension: EUR 15,000,000.
- The cited source confirms the completed financing.
- Ganymed Robotics raised an additional €15 million in a Series B extension, taking the round total to €36 million for development and regulatory work on its surgical robot.
Naio Technologies raises EUR 32M for field robots
- Naio planned to more than double its fleet in operation over two years.
- The company had about 300 field robots operating worldwide at the end of 2022.
- The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Naio Technologies moves toward broader commercial use.
SABI AGRI raises EUR8M for agroecological robotics
- SABI AGRI raised EUR8 million from historical investors and Cita to expand electric agricultural robotics.
- The financing backed SABI AGRI multipurpose electric tractors and agroecological robotics.
- Investors included UI Investissement, Crédit Agricole Centre France and Cita.
Ganymed Robotics raises €21 million Series B
- Series B: EUR 21,000,000.
- Cathay Health led or provided the financing.
- Ganymed Robotics raised €21 million in the first close of its Series B to complete development of its computer-vision-guided orthopaedic surgical robot.
ZettaScale secures strategic investment and automotive partnership from TTTech Auto
- The investment supported ZettaScale’s expansion from robotics and mission-critical middleware into automotive software.
- The companies planned MotionWise Cyclone DDS around TTTech Auto software and ZettaScale open-source Cyclone DDS.
Enchanted Tools raises €15M in record French robotics seed round
- Enchanted Tools raised €15 million in seed funding in February 2022.
- Contemporaneous reporting described it as the largest seed round in French robotics at the time.
- The financing supported development of the company's character-led service-robotics platform.
Wandercraft closes $45M Series C
- Quadrant Management led the round, with existing investor Bpifrance also participating.
- Wandercraft allocated the capital to U.S. expansion and continued development of its self-balancing mobility systems.
- The later 2025 Wandercraft Series D announcement independently identifies the preceding Series C as $45 million.
Exotec closes $335M Series D at $2B valuation
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management led the Series D; 83North and Dell Technologies Capital made follow-on investments.
- Exotec planned large-scale deployments across North America, Europe and Asia.
- The company planned to hire 500 R&D engineers by 2025.
Terabee secures €1.27 million capital increase
- The financing was intended to provide short- to medium-term funding while Terabee strengthened its commercial position.
- The board was evaluating a merger, other M&A options and a conventional fundraising round for the company’s next stage.
- Terabee reported more than 50 employees at its Pays de Gex headquarters and expected a fourth consecutive year of growth.
H3 Dynamics closes $26M Series B for hydrogen-electric aviation
- Mirai Creation Fund led the round.
- The financing supported H3 Dynamics hydrogen-electric drone and autonomous aerial mobility work.
- Participants included Ascent Hydrogen Fund, Audacy Ventures and Grosvenor Group.
Elistair raises EUR 5M Series B for tethered drone systems
- Omnes and Starquest Capital backed the round.
- At the time, Elistair systems had been deployed by military and national security agencies in more than 65 countries.
- The capital supports unmanned aircraft, air mobility or counter-drone operations as Elistair moves toward broader commercial use.
ACWA Robotics raises EUR 1M for water-network inspection robots
- Investors included Calao Finance, Region Sud Investissement and Sofimac Innovation.
- The capital supported robotics and digital solutions for mapping and inspecting water distribution networks.
- The capital supports inspection, monitoring or infrastructure automation workflows as ACWA Robotics moves toward broader commercial use.
Azur Drones raises additional $2.9M for Skeyetech
- The financing came from a French private investor.
- Azur Drones said it had raised nearly $29 million in under four years.
CerbAir announces EUR5.5M financing round for counter-UAS systems
- CerbAir announced EUR5.5 million in new financing and new shareholders to support its counter-UAS systems business.
- The financing supported CerbAir drone-detection and counter-UAS technology for security and critical-infrastructure customers.
- The announcement named new shareholders alongside the funding round, broadening the company investor base.
Azur Drones raises $10M for autonomous drone development
- The financing supported Skeyetech autonomous surveillance drone commercialization.
- The round brought Azur Drones cumulative fundraising to nearly $23 million since 2016.
Elistair raises EUR 2M for tethered drone growth
- Starquest Capital participated in the financing with existing investors.
- The funding supported tethered drone systems for surveillance, security and industrial operations.
- The capital supports unmanned aircraft, air mobility or counter-drone operations as Elistair moves toward broader commercial use.
Stanley Robotics raises EUR 3.6M Series A
- Stanley Robotics completed a Series A financing of EUR 3.6M.
- The financing was announced on 2017-05-23 in EUR.
- Stanley Robotics develops robotic systems for outdoor vehicle logistics and autonomous valet parking.
French robotics startup Exotec Solutions raises €3.3 million to become the leading creator of logistics robots
- Exotec Solutions raised EUR 3.3M to develop logistics robots for warehouse automation.
- The financing supported early commercialization of the Skypod-style warehouse robotics approach that later became Exotec's core market position.
- The event is an early funding signal for Exotec's move from French robotics startup into warehouse automation supplier.