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Mantis Robotics receives strategic investment from DIC
- DIC and Mantis plan to explore tactile sensing, robotic fingers and lightweight components.
- The investment follows safety certification of the MR-1 industrial robot, which combines 3D sensing with safety controls for shared workspaces.

Autonomous Solutions receives SoftBank strategic investment
- The companies also formed a separately capitalized venture to develop and commercialize autonomous construction equipment for large infrastructure projects.
- ASI’s Mobius system is designed to orchestrate mixed fleets across equipment brands, including haul trucks, dozers, loaders and compactors.
- The investment supports ASI’s broader construction-market commercial operations.

Feitai raises tens of millions of RMB for aerospace assembly robotics
- Zhongfu Venture Capital, Jinke Tongchuang, the Nantong Jianghai Talent Angel Investment Fund and individual angel investors also participated.
- Feitai builds robot systems for drilling, riveting, adhesive application, grinding and inspection, alongside turnkey aerospace assembly lines.
- The company plans to use the capital for product and model development, team growth and delivery of intelligent manufacturing projects.

Watney Robotics closes USD 80M Series A co-led by Valor Atreides and Hummingbird
- Conviction, Abstract and A* participated alongside the co-leads, with Grant Gordon continuing as an individual investor.
- Across hundreds of thousands of hours in customer facilities since 2025, Watney systems have maintained more than four nines of reliability while supporting hyperscaler compute build-outs.
- Watney positions its fleet as the largest of dexterous robots running 24/7/365 across the United States.

Noetive emerges from stealth with $41M seed round
- Craft Ventures, The Westly Group, Swish Ventures, Factory and others participated.
- A sensing pod feeds real-world spatial data into the company’s operational AI system.
- Steuben Foods is using the technology to shift production planning from a monthly, week-long process to daily updates taking minutes.

ABICO Group makes strategic investment in Mantis
- ABICO Group invested in Mantis as it expanded into robotics and factory automation.
- The strategic capital was linked to mass-production scale-up and distribution in Taiwan and Japan.
- Mantis described its MR-1 platform as a fenceless autonomous robot arm with spatial intelligence and code-free deployment software.

Linghou Robotics raises over RMB100 million in Series C financing
- Chendao Capital, an industrial investment platform associated with CATL, led the round.
- Capital supports component R&D, expanded production in China and Vietnam, and a planned Jiangsu provincial laboratory for embodied-robotics technology and components.

Guoao Technology raises nearly RMB100m in Series A+ funding
- Shenzhen Capital Group, Cornerstone Capital and Guangdong Technology Financial Group participated in the round.
- Guoao said G-Tools has been sold to Bosch and is in pre-operation on production lines at several large manufacturers.
- The capital is allocated to robot mass production and the build-out of a dedicated robotics business unit.

TetraGen Robotics raises C$1.8 million seed round
- StepChange Capital led the round, with participation from Emend Vision Fund and investor Jim Richardson.
- TetraGen uses AI and proprietary 3D vision to generate welding programmes and adapt to part variation without conventional manual robot programming.
- Capital will fund additional customer deployments and expansion of engineering and commercial teams.

Shexu Technology closes Series B of more than RMB100M
- The round included Shenzhen Capital Investment, Heding Gong and returning investor Yonghua Investment.
- Shexu said proceeds will support domestic and international market expansion and core model research.
- The current round exceeds RMB 100 million; the RMB 300 million figure is cumulative funding, not the size of this round.

Atoms raises $1.7B equity investment led by a16z
- Atoms announced a $1.7 billion equity investment led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- Ben Horowitz joined the Atoms board as part of the investment.
- The financing unified the company's businesses into one Atoms equity structure supporting physical automation across food, mining and transport.

ZhiYou Wujie raises tens of millions of yuan in Angel+ round
- Oriza Puhua and Shenzhen Capital Group-backed Nantong Baoyue Lake invested in the round.
- The company is developing autonomous mobile coating systems for shipbuilding and repair alongside industrial material-handling robots.
- Proceeds are intended for product and technology iteration, manufacturing-capacity expansion, channel development and team growth.

Zhui Zhi raises seed funding to scale industrial agentic robots
- L2F Light Source Entrepreneur Fund, Shangrong Capital and Yicun Capital invested, with Mupai Capital acting as financial adviser.
- The company develops industrial agentic robots for grinding, welding and surface treatment and said proceeds will support product R&D, team building and market expansion.
- Zhui Zhi reported delivery of its first order to an A-share listed company and a separate aerospace-manufacturing order valued in the tens of millions of yuan.

Sancho Robotics closes $7M seed round
- Sancho is building mobile manipulation systems that connect machines and workcells into coordinated workflows.
- The company is initially targeting advanced manufacturing and laboratory environments.
- Sancho said its work appeared in NVIDIA's 2026 GTC keynote.

DeepCtrls raises several-hundred-million-yuan Series B
- DeepCtrls completed a Series B round described as several hundred million yuan.
- Pedaily coverage names Jinko Energy, SDIC-linked capital, CMB International, Source Code-linked funds and other investors.
- The company is building a PhyAI industrial-control stack spanning DeepSYS, DeepBot, DeepChip and DeepOS for energy and infrastructure automation.

NeoArc Robotics raises KRW 500M seed round
- FuturePlay led the seed round, with Korean coverage reporting KRW 500 million in new capital.
- NeoArc is developing robot automation for cutting, welding and AMR workflows in shipbuilding and construction environments.
- The company says its automation systems build on delivery and validation experience in shipbuilding and steel manufacturing.

Zhongke Xinsong announces several-hundred-million RMB A+ financing
- Hongtai Fund and CDH Baifu co-led the round, with China Chengtong Fund, Dazhong Juding, Guangzhou Suyuan and existing investor Dongjun Capital participating.
- The company focuses on industrial embodied robotics for semiconductor, intelligent welding and intelligent assembly scenarios.
- The product matrix spans mobile composite robots, teaching-free welding robots and intelligent collaborative robots, with more than 5,000 delivered customer scenarios.

HIVE Autonomy raises $15M pre-Series A for physical-AI retrofit stack
- SuperSeed led the round, with Veriten, Skyfall and Nysn? participating.
- HIVE installs a silicon-brain retrofit into existing industrial machines including wheel loaders, forklifts and excavators.
- The company cites deployments in harsh industrial environments including Yara Her?ya.

Mowito raises $3M pre-seed for industrial robot-arm physical AI
- Version One Ventures led the round, with All In Capital, Unisol, iSeed and angel investors participating.
- The company is building foundation models for industrial robot arms and plans U.S. expansion.
- Mowito reports deployments with automotive and electronics manufacturers.

Guangxiang Technology raises several hundred million RMB in angel financing
- The financing supports industrial-grade embodied-intelligence model R&D and commercial delivery.
- The company is Tsinghua-linked and focused on physical-native models for industrial scenarios.
- The amount is modeled as cumulative several-hundred-million RMB angel financing rather than a clean single-round figure.

CarbonSix raises US$40M Series A for physical-AI manufacturing robotics
- The round is described as US$40 million, approximately KRW60 billion.
- DSC Investment and LB Investment co-led the Series A, with new and existing investors participating.
- CarbonSix says its deploy-ready robotic intelligence software and hardware are already tied to commercial contracts and scaling revenue.

EIS Automation closes $2 million growth-capital raise
- Growth capital: USD 2,000,000.
- The cited source confirms the completed financing.
- EIS Automation closed $2 million in growth capital to expand its modular robotic manufacturing systems.

mkind raises €3 million pre-seed round
- Pre-seed: EUR 3,000,000.
- The cited source confirms the completed financing.
- mkind raised €3 million in pre-seed financing to develop AI-native robotic workcells for high-mix surface finishing, welding and coating.

Acumino raises $11.7 million seed round led by Radar Ventures
- Radar Ventures led the round, with Schaeffler, Big Pi Ventures, MegaChips Corporation, LDV Partners and Bulent Celebi participating.
- The round brought Acumino's total funding to $19.2 million.
- The capital supports customer deployment growth and expansion of the engineering team.

Cognibotics selected for €6.5M EIC Accelerator blended finance
- The package includes a €2.5 million grant and €4 million in equity financing.
- Funding supports HKM1800, a hybrid-kinematic robot platform for logistics and manufacturing.
- The capital supports warehouse automation and material-handling workflows as The company moves toward broader commercial use.

THEKER Robotics raises EUR 73 million Series A for AI-native factory robots
- THEKER Robotics raised a EUR 73 million Series A led by CRV.
- Samsung, LVMH, Cathay Innovation, 20VC, Henkel Ventures, Korelya and Bright Pixel Capital participated.
- The capital supports factory robots already operating in live European production environments.

Standard Bots raises $200M Series C at $1B valuation
- The corrected PR Newswire release confirms the original news was issued on 9 June 2026.
- The round was described as a $200 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation.
- Standard Bots tied the capital to scaling AI-native industrial robots in the United States.

Integra Robotics raises $1.12M Pre-Series A for industrial and defence robotics
- The Pre-Series A round totalled $1.12 million.
- Investors included Finvolve, India Accelerator and GrowthCap Venture Fund.
- Funding is intended for product delivery, market expansion and a human-in-the-loop data flywheel.

Mesoware raises $1.5M pre-seed for manufacturing robotics automation
- The pre-seed round totalled $1.5 million.
- Funding supports AI-powered robotics for automated manufacturing cells.
- The commercial focus is integrated robotics, software and design workflows for manufacturing users.

Oscorp Energy raises AUD 1.3 million pre-seed
- Atlas led the pre-seed through its AI VB fund, with Antler and Antipodean Capital participating.
- The company is developing edge-AI vision and robotics that identify and remove battery-containing objects from fast-moving waste lines.
- Funding supports commercial pilots, including design-partner work with Livium for a deployment at one of its recycling sites.

Bowintec raises nearly CNY 300M Pre-A
- Oriza FOFs led the round; Boyuan Capital and Bosch Ventures reinvested, with Oriza Holdings and Valley Capital also participating.
- Bowintec said proceeds would support production of its first self-developed robot, industrial-data collection and model-platform construction.
- The company also planned domestic and overseas market expansion across manufacturing sectors including automotive components, new energy, semiconductors and logistics.

Mind Robotics raises $400M follow-on financing led by Kleiner Perkins
- Kleiner Perkins was named as lead, with Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, SV Angel, Incharge Capital, A-Star Capital and Garuda Ventures among the new participants.
- Existing investors included Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse, Prysm Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Greenoaks.
- Mind Robotics said Rivian provides a live, high-volume manufacturing environment for model training and deployment.

Linghou Robotics completes over RMB 100 million B+ financing round
- Linghou Robotics announced completion of a B+ financing round exceeding RMB 100 million.
- The round was led by Zhongwangtou Fund, with Guyu Capital participating and existing investors including Jinding Capital, SMIC Juyuan, Houwei Capital, Guotai Junan Innovation Investment and Ginkgo Valley Capital continuing to invest.
- Linghou said the funding will support R&D in vision perception, motion control and whole-machine JDM technology, alongside production-base expansion in Suzhou and Jiaxing.

VNYX secures over €1 million to scale robotic fashion resale automation
- VNYX secured over €1 million in total funding through strategic investment and government grants.
- The company said the funding marks its transition into a post-revenue, client-focused growth phase.
- VNYX is using robotics and AI to automate fashion resale workflows for returns, overstock and second-hand garments.

Foundry Robotics announces $19M total seed funding
- Foundry Robotics said it has raised $19M in total seed funding.
- The company named Khosla Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Red Glass Ventures, and Zero Shot Fund among its investors.
- The announcement framed the raise around expanding its AI-first, software-defined manufacturing and robotic assembly effort.

JAKA closes new equity round backed by manufacturing investors
- Participants included a Shanghai industrial fund and unnamed global electronics and automotive manufacturing companies.
- JAKA said the capital would fund perception, reasoning and physical-interaction R&D.
- The company reported tens of thousands of robots deployed across nearly 100 countries and more than 1,500 customers.

Elite Robots closes RMB 600 million D+ financing round
- Elite Robots closed a RMB 600 million D+ financing round.
- The round included several CVC funds along the AIDC supply chain, Lavender Hill Capital Partners, Fortune Capital, Oriza Holdings, Harvest Capital, and the Zhengzhou Embodied Intelligence Industrial Fund.
- The financing supports Elite Robots' continued scale-up in collaborative robots and embodied-intelligence manufacturing applications.

Flexiv secures Invus-led strategic investment
- Flexiv announced that Invus led the completed strategic financing with participation from existing investors.
- The latest financing cohort placed Flexiv reported valuation at CNY 13 billion.
- The round amount and pre-/post-money basis were not disclosed, and no USD conversion is invented.

RoboForce raises $52M funding round to scale Physical AI robo-labor platform
- RoboForce announced a $52M oversubscribed funding round, bringing total capital raised to $67M.
- The company said the capital will advance its robot foundation model, Physical AI robots, and manufacturing readiness for commercial deployment.
- RoboForce targets labor-intensive environments including solar, data centers, mining, shipping, manufacturing, and logistics.

Mind Robotics closes $500M Series A at about a $2B valuation
- Mind Robotics completed a $500 million Series A co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz.
- The capital supports deployment of AI-enabled industrial robotic systems.
- Transaction coverage reported an approximately $2 billion company valuation; the basis was not specified.

Dajie Robotics completes Series D financing round
- Dajie Robotics announced a Series D financing round described as hundreds of millions of yuan.
- The round was co-led by Liangxi Digital Industry Fund and a fund under CICC Capital, with participation from Beijing Shunyi Science and Technology Innovation Group Fund and Zhongherunda Industrial Investment Fund.
- Proceeds will support industrial embodied intelligence, vertical expansion, and additional R&D in Physical AI and humanoid robotics.

RealMan Robotics completes nearly CNY 500M strategic financing
- The investors were described as industrial parties linked to several listed companies; individual names were not disclosed.
- Yuewei Capital served as financial adviser to the financing.
- RealMan said proceeds would fund product iteration, its AUTRON super-factory production line and a global hardware, data and remote-operation network.

Mecademic raises CAD 21 million for global expansion
- Export Development Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada also participated in the financing.
- The company allocated the capital to product innovation, international scaling and a new headquarters.
- Mecademic appointed Dominique Jodoin as board chair and David Massé as chief financial officer alongside the investment.

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.

R3 Robotics raises EUR 14 million Series A
- HG Ventures and Suma Capital co-led the EUR 14 million Series A, with Oetker Collection, the EIC Fund and existing investors also participating.
- The company separately cited EUR 6 million in grants; that non-dilutive support is not included in the Series A amount shown here.
- R3 planned to scale deployments for batteries, e-drives and power electronics while offering both operated dismantling sites and robotic lines for customer facilities.

Muso Action raises JPY 160M in seed funding to develop general-purpose robot workers
- Seed round; funding for general-purpose robot workers
- Investors: East Ventures, GMO AI & Robotics, Keisuke Tanaka, 9 Capital, FFG Venture Business Partners, Daiwa House Ventures
- East Ventures participated as existing investor

RobCo raises $100 million Series C
- Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lingotto Innovation co-led the round.
- Sequoia Capital, Greenfield Partners, Kindred Capital, Leitmotif and The Friedkin Group also participated.
- RobCo said the capital will support enterprise deployments, U.S. expansion and development of its autonomous industrial-robotics platform.

Vention raises $110M Series D to scale physical-AI manufacturing automation
- The financing totalled US$110 million (C$150 million) and was led by Investissement Québec.
- Desjardins Capital, certain funds managed by Fidelity Investments Canada and NVentures participated alongside other financial institutions.
- Vention allocated the capital to physical-AI research, software capabilities, pre-engineered applications and expansion across North America and Europe.

ZhiYou Wujie closes nearly RMB 20M Angel round
- Songhe Capital led the nearly RMB 20 million Angel round, bringing disclosed cumulative funding across three rounds to nearly RMB 50 million.
- The capital was earmarked for product development and engineering deployment of logistics-handling and ship-coating robots.
- Gasgoo reported orders from Shenzhen International, COSCO Shipping and Jiasheng New Materials, providing commercial context beyond the financing itself.

Youibot prices December 2025 financing at CNY2.65B post-money valuation
- The financing issued 1,375,683 new shares for CNY149.5 million of total consideration.
- The six named subscribers were Hongsheng Gongying No.1, Guangxi Guohai, Shenbao Yiben Fund, Guangxi Guangtou, Shenzhen Longgang Guiding Fund and Zhang Rongyu, with individual subscriptions ranging from CNY12.5 million to CNY40 million.
- Subscription terms were negotiated at arm's length, and secondary share transfers in the round provided no proceeds to Youibot.

DEEP Robotics raises over RMB 500M in Series C
- CMB International and ChinaAMC jointly led the completed Series C.
- Funds affiliated with China Telecom and China Unicom participated strategically alongside financial investors.
- The disclosed amount is a lower bound of more than RMB 500 million; the USD figure is an ECB-normalized floor, not a separately announced USD round.

Mujin raises ¥20.9B Series D equity alongside ¥15.5B debt
- NTT Group led the equity financing and Qatar Investment Authority co-led; Mitsubishi HC Capital Realty and Salesforce Ventures also invested.
- Japan Investment Corporation records a JPY148.2 billion valuation for the December 2 deal; its report does not identify the figure as pre- or post-money.
- The separate JPY15.5 billion debt component is excluded from the equity round amount and valuation ledger.

Forgis discloses $4.5 million pre-seed round
- The Zurich company said the financing was completed within 36 hours.
- Its software connects machines, PLCs and robots from multiple vendors.
- The capital supports development of edge-deployed industrial agents and factory coordination software.

Mind Robotics raises $115M seed round after Rivian spinout
- Mind Robotics was created as a Rivian spinout focused on industrial AI and robotics.
- According to a TechCrunch report, the company raised a $115M seed round led by Eclipse.
- The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform.

mimic raises $16 million seed round
- Elaia and Speedinvest led the $16 million seed round.
- Founderful, 1st Kind, 10X Founders, 2100 Ventures and Sequoia Scout Fund participated.
- The announcement said the financing brought mimic's cumulative funding above $20 million and would support its foundation model, dexterous hands and industrial deployments.

Dyna Robotics closes $120M Series A
- Robostrategy, CRV and First Round Capital led the Series A round.
- The company said the capital would expand research and engineering and accelerate its next-generation foundation model.
- The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Dyna Robotics moves from product development toward broader commercial use.

LE Robotics completes a tens-of-millions-RMB Series A financing round
- LE Robotics closed a Series A round described as tens of millions of RMB.
- The disclosure named Shenzhen Venture Capital as the sole participant in the round.
- Capital is earmarked for deeper R&D on industrial embodied intelligence and commercial rollout of existing lines.

SpeedBot Robotics raises more than CNY 100M Series B+
- SpeedBot Robotics completed a Series B+ financing of more than CNY 100M.
- The financing was announced on 2025-08-20 in CNY.
- SpeedBot Robotics develops AI and 3D-vision systems for flexible robotic welding and industrial inspection.

SoftWear Automation closes $20 million Series B1
- BESTSELLER led the round through Invest FWD.
- Existing investors CTW, SRI and MacDonald participated.
- The capital supports commercialization, R&D and geographic expansion.

FORT Robotics closes $18.9M Series B extension
- Tiger Global led the extension, with returning and new investors participating.
- FORT allocated the capital to product expansion, next-generation machine-safety development and commercial growth.
- The company explicitly reported $60.5 million in cumulative funding after the close.

THEKER Robotics closes $21M seed round
- Kibo Ventures led the round, with Kfund, Inditex, Mundi Ventures, JME Ventures, Mission VC, Itnig and s16vc among the named investors.
- The company described the financing as EUR18 million, equivalent to US$21 million in its announcement coverage.
- THEKER allocated the capital to technology development, industrial deployments and team growth.

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.

ROKAE completes June 2025 pre-IPO subscription at CNY5.295B post-money valuation
- ROKAE’s official HKEX application proof records Pinghu Jinluo’s CNY195.0 million equity subscription, with settlement on 30 June 2025.
- The round was priced at a CNY5.1 billion pre-money valuation and a CNY5.295 billion post-money valuation; the filing shows 879,044 units of registered capital subscribed.
- The filing classifies this as a pre-IPO investment, with proceeds from such subscriptions used for ROKAE’s general operations and working capital before the later public offering.

Tacta Systems reports US$75M across seed and Series A
- Matter Venture Partners led the US$11 million seed round.
- America's Frontier Fund and SBVA led the US$64 million Series A, with eight other strategic and financial investors participating.
- Tacta allocated the capital to tactile hardware, skill-capture software and its Dexterous Intelligence system for industrial manipulation.

Unchained Robotics raises EUR 8.5M Series A extension
- Unchained Robotics completed a Series A extension financing of EUR 8.5M.
- The financing was announced on 2025-06-25 in EUR.
- Unchained Robotics supplies turnkey robot automation for manufacturers and logistics operators, combining configurable workcells with its LUNA automation software.

Shinkei raises $22M Series A for seafood robotics
- Founders Fund and Interlagos co-led the Series A round.
- The financing brought Shinkei total funding to about $30 million.
- The capital supports agricultural, food-production or outdoor automation workflows as Shinkei moves from product development toward broader commercial use.

Sunrise Robotics emerges from stealth with €7.3M for simulation-trained industrial robots
- Sunrise Robotics emerged from stealth with €7.3 million in funding led by Plural, with participation from Tapestry, Seedcamp, Tiny.vc and Prototype Capital.
- The company developed intelligent robotic cells for high-mix manufacturing environments.
- The funding supported team expansion, AI capability development and production scale-up for its first fleet of industrial robot cells.

Youibot prices Post-Series B++ at CNY2.08B post-money valuation
- The three capital increases added RMB432,200 of registered capital and CNY220 million of total consideration across Xingchan (Huzhou), Hefei Dongcheng and Anqing Greenpine.
- The filing identifies three tranches: CNY70 million from Xingchan (Huzhou), CNY80 million from Hefei Dongcheng and CNY70 million from Anqing Greenpine.
- Pricing was set primarily on short-term operating performance, producing a more conservative valuation than the later public-market reference.

Youibot prices Angel at CNY30M post-money valuation
- The Angel financing issued RMB392,600 of new registered capital for CNY7.9025 million in consideration.
- The transaction valued Youibot at CNY22.0975 million before the investment and CNY30.0 million after it.
- Shenzhen Yingnuo, Changjian Changyu, SOSV (Ningbo), XiJiao 1896 and SOSV III were the named Angel investors.

RoboForce introduces Titan mobile manipulator, secures $5M funding
- • RoboForce introduced Titan, an AI-powered mobile manipulator designed for industrial deployment in demanding outdoor environments.
- • The company secured an additional $5 million in funding from new and existing investors, bringing its total capital raised to $15 million.
- • The funding will support workforce expansion, new pilot deployments, and the development of an advanced testing facility at RoboForce's Silicon Valley headquarters.

CarbonSix raises US$4M seed funding led by Foothill and Storm
- The company announced the seed round on May 15, 2025.
- Foothill Ventures and Storm Ventures led the round.
- CarbonSix described its focus as robot intelligence and physical AI for industrial automation.

Watney Robotics raises $21M seed funding for datacenter robotics
- Watney Robotics raised about $21 million in seed funding from investors including Conviction, Abstract and A*.
- The company developed autonomous robotic systems for datacenter and supercomputing infrastructure operations.
- The round supported Watney’s move from prototype work toward robotics deployment in hyperscale compute environments.

SEER Robotics closes CNY70.00M Series C at CNY3.2700B post-money valuation
- SEER Robotics completed its Series C financing on 30 April 2025, receiving CNY70.0 million through primary subscriptions.
- The official prospectus reports a CNY3.2 billion pre-money valuation and a CNY3.27 billion post-money valuation for the round.
- Hongtai Investment subscribed CNY50.0 million and Nanjing SAIF subscribed CNY20.0 million; the prospectus states that pre-IPO proceeds were used for business growth and general working capital.

Azalea Robotics raises $3.5M seed round
- Zero Infinity Partners led the round with participation from Vantage Futures, Y Combinator and SOMA Capital.
- The capital supported baggage-handling automation, AI and computer-vision development.

Standard Bots funding round
- Standard Bots announced $63M in funding, with its Series B led by General Catalyst and participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next.
- The company says the funding will expand AI-powered robotics development and support its upcoming robot roadmap and RO3 product line.
- The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform.

Shanghai SAGE Intelligent Technology reports four funding rounds and several hundred million RMB raised
- An English news item republished from Yicai states iSAGE completed four funding rounds totaling several hundred million RMB.
- The article links investor interest to the platform model, shipment growth, and deployment value in composite robotics.
- Round-by-round investors are not itemized on the page, so funding fields remain intentionally sparse.

Chef Robotics raises $43.1 million Series A financing round
- Chef Robotics announced a $43.1 million financing round made up of equity and debt.
- The company said the equity round was led by Avataar Venture Partners, while the debt facility would finance robotic systems for its Robotics-as-a-Service offering.
- Chef said the new capital would be used to scale customer deployments and build out go-to-market functions.

Dyna Robotics raises $23.5M seed round for embodied AI
- CRV and First Round Capital co-led the seed round.
- Dyna said its first target tasks included folding and food preparation using stationary robotic arms.
- The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Dyna Robotics moves from product development toward broader commercial use.

Seaspan invests USD 5M in Novarc welding robotics
- Seaspan invested USD 5 million in Novarc welding robotics.
- The investment supported development and commercialization of AI-driven robotic welding systems.
- The funding connected Novarc welding automation to shipbuilding and industrial manufacturing workflows.

Novarc raises USD 50M Series B for AI-powered welding automation
- Novarc raised a USD 50 million Series B for AI-powered welding automation.
- The funding supported commercialization of NovAI, its machine-vision system for automated welding.
- Novarc applies the software across cobot and articulated-robot welding workflows.

Ati Motors raises $20M Series B for global expansion of its AI-powered robotics workforce
- Walden Catalyst Ventures and NGP Capital co-led the round, with participation from existing investors True Ventures, Exfinity Venture Partners, Athera Venture Partners, and Blume Ventures.
- Ati Motors said the financing followed a tripled order book in Q4 2024 and would support product development plus expansion across North America and APAC.
- The company said it had deployed hundreds of Sherpa robots across 40 manufacturers, including scaled deployments with Forvia and Hyundai in North America.

HIRO Robotics secures strategic investment led by Levante Capital
- Levante Capital led the strategic investment.
- The transaction supports growth of robotic disassembly technology for electronics recycling and circular-economy workflows.

RoboForce raises $10M to deploy mobile manipulators
- • RoboForce secured $10 million in early-stage funding from investors including Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, VC Gary Rieschel, and Carnegie Mellon University.
- • The company announced plans to deploy its AI-powered robotic workforce, known as 'Robo-Labor,' in industries such as solar and space.
- • The company 's robots were reported to perform tasks with 1mm precision in harsh outdoor environments.

T-Robotics secures $5.4M seed funding for natural-language robot programming
- Emergent Ventures and Engine Ventures co-led the round, with Berkeley SkyDeck and Raisewell participating.
- T-Robotics focused the funding on skill models that let users program industrial robots without code.
- The event adds an early financing milestone for a physical-AI software layer serving factory robots.

USD 5 million round led by Emerald backs Mantis
- Emerald Technology Ventures led the USD 5 million investment, with Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund participating.
- The financing supports operational scale-up, product-portfolio expansion and broader industrial-robotics market reach.
- Mantis was developing fenceless robot arms with integrated sensing, adaptive motion and code-free deployment software.

AMP raises $91 million Series D to scale AI-powered sortation infrastructure
- AMP raised $91 million in Series D financing to support scaling of its AI-powered sortation systems and broader waste infrastructure platform.
- The round was led by Congruent Ventures and included both returning and new investors across climate, institutional, and growth-capital profiles.
- AMP positioned the financing around expansion of facility-scale smart sortation and modernization of waste and recycling infrastructure rather than a single robot product release.

Path Robotics secures $100M in new investments over 12 months
- Path Robotics said it closed $100 million in new investments across the preceding 12 months; it did not identify the disclosure as one round.
- Matter Venture Partners and Drive Capital led investments, with Yamaha Ventures, Taiwania Capital, MediaTek, Catapult Ventures, Gaingels, Addition, Tiger Global and Basis Set participating.
- The company said it had previously received $170 million in venture backing, separate from the rolling $100 million disclosure.

Catalyst Romania invests €2 million in Adapta Robotics
- Catalyst Romania Fund II led the €2 million investment, with Women Invest in Tech also participating.
- Adapta had deployed more than 50 robots to over 30 customers at announcement.
- The capital supports sales and marketing growth, distributor partnerships and product customization.

Safetics raises KRW 2 billion Series A
- JB Investment and Honest Ventures participated in the completed Series A round.
- Safetics had commercialised software that verifies collaborative-robot safety without physical collision testing.
- The company linked the capital to product development and customer expansion in Korea and international markets.

Jacobi Robotics raises $5 million seed round
- Moxxie Ventures led; Foothill Ventures, Humba Ventures, The House Fund and four returning backers participated.
- The financing is intended to expand Jacobi's capacity to meet initial and new demand.
- Jacobi also made its motion-planning platform and Jacobi Palletizer available alongside the financing.

Sanctuary AI announces strategic financing from BDC Capital and INBC
- BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund and InBC Investment Corp. made the strategic investment; the round amount was not disclosed.
- Sanctuary said total investment exceeded C$140 million, a cumulative figure that sits alongside a separate C$30 million government contribution.
- The company said the new capital would accelerate development of physical AI for general-purpose robots.

Dajie Robot (大界机器人) completes equity financing backed by Hengrui Capital
- Dajie Robot completed an equity financing round in July 2024.
- Hengrui Capital (恒砥资本) was identified as the investor in the round.

Realtime Robotics closes $21.1 million first tranche of planned $45 million Series B
- Realtime Robotics’ company history identifies $21.1 million as Part 1 of its Series B growth round.
- Mitsubishi Electric led the close, with participation from Next47 and Duke Capital Partners.
- The stated $45 million figure is the planned Series B total, not the amount completed in this close.

Acumino raises $6.5M from Greek and international investors
- Acumino raised $6.5 million from Greek and international investors.
- The company was described as Seattle-based, with a presence in New Zealand and Greece.
- The funding supported Acumino’s work on transferring human expertise and dexterity to robotic systems.

Shinkei raises $6M seed round for robotic fish harvesting
- Cantos led the round, with participation from 8VC and other investors.
- The company uses robotics to automate traditional fish-harvesting and processing techniques.
- The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Shinkei moves from product development toward broader commercial use.

Moying Robotics completes Series A+ financing
- The company said the proceeds would support robotics and intelligent-system R&D and new project development.
- Moying had deployed mobile collaborative robots in CNC machining, semiconductor and biopharmaceutical applications.
- The financing followed a large CNC automation project that converted hundreds of machine tools within a 30-day delivery window.

Chef Robotics closes $14.75 million financing
- Equity and debt financing: USD 14,750,000.
- The cited source confirms the completed financing.
- Chef Robotics closed a $14.75 million equity-and-debt financing package to expand commercial deployments of its food-assembly robotics platform.

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.

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.

Mujin raises ¥12.3B in Series C equity funding
- SBI Investment led the round, with Pegasus Tech Ventures, Accenture, James Kuffner and 7-Industries Holdings participating.
- Cumulative financing reached ¥20.5 billion after the round.
- The proceeds support controller and 3D-vision development, new mobile and depalletizing products, and expansion in Europe and the United States.