Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Noble Machines receives completed strategic investment from Shimizu
- The work targets physically demanding and hazardous construction tasks.
- Noble develops MOBY-series hardware, control systems and application software.
- The partners plan to combine BIM/CIM-based simulation with tests at real construction sites.
NEXFORM completes tens-of-millions RMB seed financing
- Investors include Gobi Partners and Zhejiang University Youchuang, without assigned lead status.
- Hotel/property cooperation values are signed agreements, separate from financing, realised revenue or robot deliveries.
Astribot raises RMB1B at RMB15B valuation
- TouKong Donghai led the round; Hongtai Fund, the Ninghai Xingtaihe Fund managed by Guanghua Sunshine, Shanheng Capital and returning investor Xianmu participated.
- The capital will support model iteration, hiring, commercialization and production-capacity development.
- June’s earlier B-series financing announcement disclosed more than RMB1 billion across multiple financings.
Lumos Robotics receives strategic investment from Keli Sensing
- The partners plan to integrate Keli’s industrial force-sensing hardware and joint-torque sensors with Lumos robot platforms.
- Their collaboration also covers supply-chain development and joint work on industry-specific applications.
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.
KNOWIN raises several hundred million yuan in Angel+++ round
- Zhengxingu Capital, Nanshan strategic investment and Walden participated in the round.
- Capital will support GLOW training data and generalisation, KNOWIN-X1 engineering validation, production preparation and specialist hiring.
- The Angel+++ announcement came 49 days after Knowin disclosed its RMB500 million Angel++ financing on 10 August 2026.
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BlueBug Embodied raises reported tens of millions of RMB in angel funding
- The company was founded in March 2025 by a team including Xi’an Jiaotong University researchers and robotics engineers.
- Its Mantis Standard modular humanoid is an embodied-AI development platform available since September 14.