All the fundraising deals in the humanoid robotics market (from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026)
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Humanoid robotics companies announced 31 qualifying fundraising transactions between Q2 2025 and Q2 2026.
These humanoid robotics funding rounds reached a combined value of about $8.00 billion.
Funding accelerated sharply in Q2 2026, when eight deals generated almost $3.79 billion.
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Insights
- Humanoid robotics funding more than doubled between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026, even though the number of announced deals remained unchanged at eight.
- Q2 2026 represented 47.3% of all humanoid robotics funding recorded across the five-quarter period.
- NEURA Robotics and Figure AI alone raised up to $2.40 billion, equal to about 30% of the total humanoid robotics funding.
- The five largest humanoid robotics transactions represented 53.4% of all capital raised, showing that funding remains highly concentrated.
- Every humanoid robotics deal announced in Q1 2026 and Q2 2026 was worth more than $50 million.
- General-purpose humanoid robots received $3.84 billion, making this the largest product category with 47.9% of total funding.
- Humanoid AI platforms received another $1.76 billion, showing strong investor demand for companies combining robots, data and embodied intelligence.
- Chinese humanoid robotics companies completed the largest number of deals, while European and US companies secured several of the largest individual rounds.
- Most recent humanoid robotics rounds were designed to finance manufacturing, commercial fleets and training data rather than basic prototypes.
- Traditional round labels provide limited guidance in humanoid robotics because several Series A and Series C rounds were worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Summary table of the funding deals in the humanoid robotics market (last 5 quarters)
We define the humanoid robotics market as robots with a human-like torso and two arms or hands designed to perform tasks in human-built environments.
We include bipedal or wheeled humanoid platforms, mobile manipulators marketed as humanoids, and integrated robot systems combining hardware with onboard autonomy.
We exclude non-manipulating mobile robots, fixed industrial arms, exoskeletons, prosthetics and entertainment animatronics that are not sold as task-performing robots.
You can also read our detailed analysis to understand how funding activity in the humanoid robotics market has evolved over the last few years.
Also, you should know that we have a dedicated page, updated weekly, with all the latest fundraising deals in the humanoid robotics market.
| Name | What they do | Amount in $ | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galbot | Builds wheeled humanoid robots for pharmacies, stores, warehouses, factories and service locations in China. | $151M | Q2 2025 |
| Persona AI | Develops rugged bipedal humanoid workers for shipyards and heavy industrial sites in the US and Korea. | $27M | Q2 2025 |
| RobotEra | Builds bipedal and wheeled humanoids with dexterous hands and embodied AI for China. | $69M | Q3 2025 |
| LimX Dynamics | Develops humanoid and wheeled-legged robots for industrial and commercial work in China. | $69M | Q3 2025 |
| Spirit AI | Develops force-controlled humanoid robots and embodied AI models trained with physical interaction data. | $83M | Q3 2025 |
| EngineAI | Builds bipedal humanoids for industrial, service and commercial work in China. | $139.7M | Q3 2025 |
| Galaxea AI | Builds dual-arm humanoids and AI models for manufacturing and physical manipulation in China. | $100M | Q3 2025 |
| Figure AI | Builds general-purpose humanoid robots for factories, logistics facilities and future household tasks. | $1,000M | Q3 2025 |
| Leju Robotics | Builds humanoids for factories, education, healthcare, elder care and public services in China. | $207M | Q4 2025 |
| Noetix Robotics | Develops lower-cost humanoid robots for homes, schools, research and service applications in China. | $41M | Q4 2025 |
| Physical Robotics | Builds force-controlled upper-body humanoids with two dexterous arms for manipulation and interaction. | $4M | Q4 2025 |
| Deep Robotics | Develops industrial humanoids for factories and difficult outdoor operating conditions in China. | $68M | Q4 2025 |
| Generative Bionics | Commercializes humanoid technology from Italy's iCub research ecosystem for industrial and service work. | $81.2M | Q4 2025 |
| RobotEra | Builds bipedal and wheeled humanoids with dexterous hands for industrial and service tasks. | $140.5M | Q4 2025 |
| Galbot | Builds mobile humanoids for retail, pharmacies, warehouses, factories and household environments. | $300M | Q4 2025 |
| LimX Dynamics | Builds full-size humanoids and legged robots for embodied AI research and commercial work. | $200M | Q1 2026 |
| Apptronik | Develops Apollo humanoids for manufacturing, logistics, retail and repetitive industrial work. | $520M | Q1 2026 |
| Galaxea AI | Builds humanoids and AI systems for factories and other manipulation-heavy environments. | $144M | Q1 2026 |
| AI² Robotics | Builds wheeled humanoids with two arms and five-fingered hands for industrial and service tasks. | $144.7M | Q1 2026 |
| Spirit AI | Builds humanoid robots, embodied AI models and physical training-data infrastructure in China. | $280M | Q1 2026 |
| Noetix Robotics | Develops affordable humanoid robots for homes, education and consumer-facing service environments. | $140M | Q1 2026 |
| RobotEra | Builds bipedal and wheeled humanoids, dexterous hands and proprietary embodied AI models. | $140M | Q1 2026 |
| Sunday Robotics | Builds a mobile household humanoid for laundry, dishes, table clearing and other domestic chores. | $165M | Q1 2026 |
| Galaxea AI | Builds dual-arm humanoids and AI systems for industrial and service manipulation tasks. | $290M | Q2 2026 |
| EngineAI | Builds bipedal humanoids for factories, service businesses and commercial operating environments. | $200M | Q2 2026 |
| X Square Robot | Develops household humanoids powered by its proprietary WALL embodied AI foundation model. | $276M | Q2 2026 |
| RobotEra | Builds full-size humanoids, wheeled service robots, dexterous hands and embodied AI models. | $200M | Q2 2026 |
| WIRobotics | Develops sensitive humanoid robots for human-like physical interaction and manipulation in Korea. | $68M | Q2 2026 |
| Agility Robotics | Builds Digit humanoids for moving materials inside warehouses, factories and distribution centers. | $620M | Q2 2026 |
| AI² Robotics | Builds wheeled humanoids for manipulation and service work in human-designed commercial spaces. | $735M | Q2 2026 |
| NEURA Robotics | Builds cognitive industrial robots, humanoids and a shared physical AI platform. | Up to $1,400M | Q2 2026 |
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How has funding activity in the humanoid robotics market changed over time?
Q2 2026 was the most active quarter because eight humanoid robotics deals raised $3.79 billion, led by NEURA Robotics, AI² Robotics and Agility Robotics.
Q2 2025 was the least active quarter because only two humanoid robotics transactions were recorded, with Galbot providing most of the capital.
Humanoid robotics funding increased by 118.5% between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026, and by more than 2,000% compared with Q2 2025.
The growth trend remains positive after removing the largest deal from each quarter. The adjusted quarterly total rises from $27 million in Q2 2025 to about $2.39 billion in Q2 2026.
| Quarter | Number of deals | Total raised ($) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 2 | $178M | Galbot represented most of the quarter, while overall humanoid robotics activity remained limited. |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | $1.46B | Figure AI's $1 billion round created the first major quarterly jump in funding. |
| Q4 2025 | 7 | $842M | Funding became more broadly distributed across Galbot, Leju Robotics, RobotEra and several emerging companies. |
| Q1 2026 | 8 | $1.73B | Apptronik led a quarter in which every humanoid robotics transaction exceeded $50 million. |
| Q2 2026 | 8 | $3.79B | Three very large transactions pushed humanoid robotics funding to a new quarterly record. |
| All quarters | 31 | $8.00B | Humanoid robotics funding accelerated strongly as companies moved toward manufacturing and deployment. |
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Which startups in the humanoid robotics market raised the largest rounds over the last months?
These startups raised the most recently in the humanoid robotics market:
- NEURA Robotics raised up to $1.40 billion to expand robot production, grow Neuraverse and build large robot-training facilities.
- Figure AI raised more than $1.00 billion to manufacture more humanoids, deploy larger fleets and improve its Helix intelligence system.
- AI² Robotics raised about $735 million to scale AlphaBot 2 manufacturing and expand commercial deployments.
- Agility Robotics announced more than $620 million in expected gross proceeds to increase Digit production and fulfil customer orders.
- Apptronik raised $520 million to expand Apollo production and support manufacturing and logistics customers.
- Galbot raised about $300 million to scale robot production and expand commercial deployments in China.
- Galaxea AI raised about $290 million to increase R1 production and develop more embodied intelligence products.
- Spirit AI raised about $280 million to collect more physical training data and build robot-training facilities.
- X Square Robot raised about $276 million to improve its WALL model and prepare household humanoids for commercial production.
- Leju Robotics raised about $207 million to mass-produce humanoids for factories and public-service settings.
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Is the humanoid robotics market shifting toward smaller or bigger deals?
The average humanoid robotics deal was about $258 million across the five quarters, although a few very large transactions raised the overall average.
The quarterly average increased from $89 million in Q2 2025 to almost $474 million in Q2 2026. This increase came from larger manufacturing and commercialization rounds.
Even without the largest transaction in each quarter, the humanoid robotics market still shows a clear move toward bigger deals.
| Quarter | Number of deals | Average deal size | Deals below $2M | Deals above $50M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 2 | $89.0M | 0 | 1 |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | $243.5M | 0 | 6 |
| Q4 2025 | 7 | $120.2M | 0 | 5 |
| Q1 2026 | 8 | $216.7M | 0 | 8 |
| Q2 2026 | 8 | $473.6M | 0 | 8 |
| All quarters | 31 | $258.2M | 0 | 28 |
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How concentrated was funding activity in the humanoid robotics market?
Humanoid robotics funding was highly concentrated because the largest transaction represented between 30.0% and 84.8% of quarterly funding. The concentration was highest during quarters with fewer deals.
The humanoid robotics market became slightly broader in Q1 2026, but the three largest rounds still represented 57.7% of quarterly capital.
| Quarter | Number of deals | Top 1 | Top 3 | Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 2 | 84.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | 68.5% | 84.9% | 100.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 7 | 35.6% | 76.9% | 100.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 8 | 30.0% | 57.7% | 100.0% |
| Q2 2026 | 8 | 36.9% | 72.7% | 100.0% |
| All quarters | 31 | 17.5% | 39.2% | 71.1% |
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Which categories in the humanoid robotics market received the most funding?
General-purpose humanoids received $3.84 billion, or 47.9% of total humanoid robotics funding. Investors supported platforms that can serve several industries instead of one narrow task.
Humanoid AI platforms received $1.76 billion, or 22.0% of total funding. NEURA Robotics and Spirit AI attracted capital by combining robot hardware, autonomy and training data.
Industrial labor humanoids received $954.7 million, or 11.9% of total funding. Apptronik provided more than half of this category's capital.
| Category | Number of deals | Total raised | Startups and amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| General-purpose humanoids | 17 | $3,836.4M | Figure AI $1,000M; AI² Robotics $879.7M; Galbot $451M; RobotEra $549.5M; Galaxea AI $534M; LimX Dynamics $269M; WIRobotics $68M; Generative Bionics $81.2M; Physical Robotics $4M |
| Humanoid AI platforms | 3 | $1,763.0M | NEURA Robotics up to $1,400M; Spirit AI $363M |
| Industrial labor humanoids | 5 | $954.7M | Apptronik $520M; EngineAI $339.7M; Deep Robotics $68M; Persona AI $27M |
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Who are the biggest investors in the humanoid robotics market?
HSG, HongShan and Sequoia China were the most active disclosed investor group, with seven deals across five humanoid robotics companies in China.
IDG Capital participated in five disclosed humanoid robotics deals involving RobotEra, Galbot and Galaxea AI.
Chinese state-backed funds appeared in at least five disclosed deals, reflecting government support for domestic humanoid robotics manufacturing and embodied AI.
Lenovo Capital participated in four disclosed deals involving Galbot, RobotEra and Galaxea AI.
Xiaomi-linked capital participated in three disclosed transactions involving Spirit AI and X Square Robot.
Baidu and Baidu Ventures backed three disclosed humanoid robotics deals involving AI² Robotics, Galaxea AI and Noetix Robotics.
CATL-linked capital participated in three disclosed deals involving Galbot and Noetix Robotics.
China Merchants Capital participated in two disclosed LimX Dynamics rounds.
Meituan participated in two disclosed humanoid robotics transactions involving Galbot and Galaxea AI.
Shunwei Capital participated in two disclosed company relationships involving Spirit AI and Noetix Robotics.
Disclaimer: this investor list may be incomplete; we focus on publicly disclosed lead and prominent recurring investors, so some frequent minority participants may be underrepresented. “Total funded” does not represent the amount personally invested by an individual investor. Instead, it refers to the aggregate amount raised across all fundraising rounds in which the investor participated.
| Investor | Number of deals | Total funded | Startups |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSG / HongShan / Sequoia China | 7 | About $1,348.5M | RobotEra, Spirit AI, X Square Robot, Galbot and LimX Dynamics |
| IDG Capital | 5 | About $760.5M | RobotEra, Galbot and Galaxea AI |
| State-backed Chinese funds | 5+ | Not precisely disclosed | AI² Robotics, RobotEra, Galaxea AI, EngineAI and Leju Robotics |
| Lenovo Capital | 4 | About $620M | Galbot, RobotEra and Galaxea AI |
| Xiaomi-linked capital | 3 | About $639M | Spirit AI and X Square Robot |
| Baidu / Baidu Ventures | 3 | About $285.7M | AI² Robotics, Galaxea AI and Noetix Robotics |
| CATL-linked capital | 3 | About $591M | Galbot and Noetix Robotics |
| China Merchants Capital | 2 | About $269M | LimX Dynamics |
| Meituan | 2 | About $251M | Galbot and Galaxea AI |
| Shunwei Capital | 2 | About $124M | Spirit AI and Noetix Robotics |
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