Robotics capital moves — 15–21 June 2026

SEAHI Robotics announced a Series A exceeding RMB1 billion, with new investors including Shanghe Momentum Fund, Vertex Growth, CITIC’s agriculture fund and Dayang Motor. Proceeds will support core research, international expansion and the supply ecosystem around its marine robots.

The company develops systems for ship cleaning, seabed inspection, offshore wind and marine operations. Its CEORION model combines perception, task understanding and action generation using real and simulated data. SEAHI reported success rates above 90% in simulation; that figure does not establish reliability in field deployments. The financing supports bringing these learning systems and marine hardware into a wider range of operating environments.

Jijia Vision raised RMB1 billion in a B2 financing from investors including Fosun RZ, Lion City Capital, the China-Belgium Fund, JIC Investment and Wanxiang Qianchao, with existing backers also increasing their investment. The round followed RMB1 billion of Pre-B financing in March and RMB1.5 billion of B1 financing in April, taking the three-round total to RMB3.5 billion.

The company combines GigaWorld world models with GigaBrain action models and robot hardware for household and industrial tasks. It licenses model capabilities to partners and develops its SeeLight household robots and Maker industrial platforms. Proceeds will expand its data and algorithm systems, model development and deployments; its June plans included a three-year programme with Longsheng Technology to deploy 1,000 general-purpose robots in Wuxi.

XDOF emerged from stealth with $70 million in backing from Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, a16z, Lux and WndrCo. The company builds data pipelines, collection equipment, cleaning and annotation tools for robot developers, linking physical demonstrations to the datasets and evaluations needed to train robot models. CEO Philipp Wu said it was already working with about 20 customers, including frontier AI laboratories.

Founded in October 2024 by Wu, Fred Shentu and Nemo Jin, XDOF draws on the founders’ work on robot learning and low-cost teleoperation. Its launch also included ABC-130K, an open dataset of more than 130,000 manipulation episodes produced with academic and industry researchers. The financing supports expansion of the collection and software infrastructure behind that work, giving robotics teams access to training data without having to build every collection operation themselves.

SynapX announced a $50 million Series A led by Jinqiu Capital, Xinlian Capital and Huangpu River Capital, with participation from JAFCO Asia, Houxue Capital, HKTT and Panga Capital and additional investment from existing backer Linear Venture. Financial adviser CEC Capital said the company had raised nearly RMB1 billion cumulatively over three months. A further RMB500 million financing was described as close to being secured and was separate from the completed round.

The company is developing its SYNTH architecture around a world foundation model, a strategy model, multimodal sensing and dexterous manipulation hardware. Its SYNData system combines vision, force and touch information to connect model training with physical execution. The new capital will advance the world model and integrated manipulation platform, with the foundation model and core products scheduled for release in the second half of 2026.

Manifold AI announced a new financing of several hundred million yuan, adding Guoxin Fund, Temasek-backed Vertex Ventures, BAIC Capital and Xinneng Venture Capital, with four existing shareholders increasing their investment. The company said its Pre-A financing had reached nearly RMB1 billion across multiple rounds. That cumulative figure is larger than the newly announced transaction and covers financing raised since its May 2025 founding.

The Beijing company develops WorldScape world models and WorldScape Policy, which uses predicted physical states and visual inputs to plan robot actions. Its work includes model evaluation through WorldArena and applications in e-commerce logistics and electronics manufacturing. Proceeds will fund multimodal world-model research and supporting infrastructure, alongside deployment work in logistics, electronics and automotive factories.

NOITOM Robotics completed a Pre-A++ round of several hundred million yuan, according to investor Qiming Venture Partners. Founder Dai Ruoli said the company had selected investors with access to varied environments for data collection. Qiming also said another financing would begin shortly, making that prospective transaction separate from the completed Pre-A++ round.

NOITOM applies motion capture to robot teleoperation and training-data collection. Its systems translate body and finger movements into robot commands, record human demonstrations and measure robot posture and trajectories for development and evaluation. The financing supports its role in the data infrastructure used to teach robots physical tasks, with operating environments supplied by investment and industry partners.

Simple AI completed a Pre-A round of several hundred million yuan led by Didi, with participation from Plum Ventures and Keli Sensing. Existing investors CCV, Linear Capital and Puhua Capital also increased their backing. The announcement marked the company’s fourth financing within a year and brought in strategic investors with access to operating environments and robot supply chains.

The company develops general-purpose embodied robots and its Simple-World Model for learning physical tasks. It will use the funding to improve that model, build its embodied-intelligence data systems, recruit core staff and develop applications in household and related service environments. Those investments support the transition from demonstrations of individual abilities toward robots intended to provide sustained service in real settings.

Maniformer completed an Angel+ financing of several hundred million yuan led by Guofang Capital. Fortera Capital, Shanghai Electric Apparatus Research Institute’s fund and Yuanqi Innovation participated, while existing investors PIA Automation and CDH VGC increased their backing. The financing supports a platform supplying physical-AI training data to robot and model developers.

Proceeds will fund production of MEgo collection hardware, data-quality and governance tools, a global collection network and expansion of the company’s Hive ecosystem. Investment partners also bring industrial settings, robot operations and testing resources: Yuanqi will contribute collection environments in commerce, tourism and education and help refine collection equipment and data standards. The aim is to increase the supply of structured physical-task data for embodied models.

Prophesee raised €20 million in a financing led by Critical Path Ventures, with existing shareholders participating, and launched Mantara, its integrated drone-detection and tracking system. The funding supports a strategy that combines the company’s event-based sensors with embedded AI processing and software for civil and defence applications.

Mantara detects changes at individual pixels instead of capturing conventional video frames, allowing the system to respond to movement with low latency. It runs on Hearth, a new software platform incorporating AI models, sensor fusion and over-the-air updates. Prophesee said the system had been validated in the field in June, with applications including counter-drone monitoring around airports, power plants and other critical infrastructure.

Limitless Labs raised a $20 million Series A co-led by Dell Technologies Capital and Square Peg, with Grove Ventures, Meron Capital and Kinetica participating. The company, previously LimitlessCNC, develops an AI agent that works inside existing CAD/CAM software used to program precision manufacturing.

Given a part design, the agent identifies features, selects tools, sequences operations and generates machining paths using a model trained on geometry, metal-cutting physics and machine constraints. Limitless reported production deployments with Sandvik and Iscar and programming-time reductions of up to 50%. The funding supports model development and expansion of software that captures experienced machinists’ knowledge.

Aether AI closed a $20 million seed round led by MPCi, with Inno Angel Fund, SWC Global and Unity Ventures participating. Founded by UC San Diego researcher Biwei Huang, the San Diego company develops models intended to reason about causal mechanisms in physical systems.

Its initial commercial focus is robotics and Physical AI, where a model must predict how an action changes an environment. Proceeds will fund research, scientific recruitment, engineering infrastructure and early deployments. The announcement describes the development objective and financing rather than publishing a benchmark result or production reliability measure.

Channel Robotics closed a $2.5 million Seed+ round led by True Ventures, bringing cumulative funding to $4.6 million. Defined VC and Old Line Capital Partners participated in the earlier $2.1 million seed round, rather than being identified as new investors in this financing.

The company develops a handheld robotic system intended to give physicians greater dexterity through existing flexible endoscopes. The capital supports prototype validation, engineering, manufacturing and quality systems ahead of an FDA submission targeted for 2027. Commercial launch remains dependent on regulatory clearance, with hospitals and ambulatory centres among the intended users.

PDKINEMATICS closed a €2 million seed round co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital, with defence-focused angel investors and experienced founders also participating. The Lithuanian company will use the capital to increase manufacturing and expand deployments of its UAV precision-guidance systems across Europe and Ukraine.

Its Gannet system is designed to fit different drone platforms and operate under electronic interference, with low size, weight, power and cost requirements. Coinvest said PDKINEMATICS had integrated its systems with Ukrainian manufacturer Bavovna.ai and formed a European partnership with Italy’s SiraLab. The investment supports production and further integration into UAV manufacturers’ supply chains.