Which startups have raised the most funding in the humanoid robotics market?

Last updated: 13 July 2026

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The humanoid robotics market is moving from research labs into warehouses, factories, logistics sites, homes, and service environments.

This list is refreshed every month, so founders, investors, and operators can track which humanoid robotics startups are raising the most capital.

Funding is still concentrated in a small group of leaders, but the market now includes a much wider base of industrial, service, home, and dexterous manipulation companies.

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A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most funded humanoid robotics startup Figure AI, with $1.9B raised
Second most funded humanoid robotics startup NEURA Robotics, with $1.6B raised
Largest humanoid robotics funding round NEURA Robotics, $1.4B Series C in June 2026
Median funding About $100M across the included startups
Share of funding captured by the top 10 About 57% of total included funding
Median time since last round About 10 months, based on disclosed last round dates
Startups that raised funding in the last 12 months 39 startups, based on disclosed last round dates
Humanoid robotics startups above $1B raised 5 companies, Figure AI, NEURA Robotics, UBTECH Robotics, Apptronik, and Galbot
Industrial humanoid robotics funding leaders Figure AI, Apptronik, X Square Robot, Spirit AI, Agility Robotics, and RobotEra
Home humanoid robotics funding leaders The Bot Company, Sunday Robotics, 1X Technologies, Prosper Robotics, and Weave Robotics
Chart illustrating yearly venture capital funding for humanoid robotics startups

This chart, featured in our humanoid robotics market deck, illustrates yearly venture capital funding for humanoid robotics startups

Top startups in the humanoid robotics market ranked by total funding raised

Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the humanoid robotics market based on the total amount of funding they have raised to date.

The table also includes the total number of funding rounds, the date and size of the latest round, the financing type (e.g. Series A, equity financing), key investors, the startup’s current status (active, IPO, acquired, or shut down), and a confidence score based on the data collected (we excluded startups with very low data confidence, to make sure everything is reliable).

If you're interested in knowing how much these startups are worth, you can check our list of the top startups in the humanoid robotics market ranked by valuation.

# Startup What They Do Total Raised ($) Total Rounds Last Round Date Last Round Amount ($) Last Round Type Key Investors Current Stage Confidence
1 Figure AI General-purpose humanoid robots $1.9B 4 September 2025 $1.0B+ Series C Parkway Venture Capital, Brookfield, NVIDIA Active Strong
2 NEURA Robotics Cognitive humanoid robotics platform $1.6B 4 June 2026 $1.4B Series C Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon Active Strong
3 UBTECH Robotics Commercial humanoid robot systems $1.1B 4 December 2023 $128M IPO Tencent, Qiming Venture Partners, HKEX investors IPO Partial
4 Apptronik Apollo general-purpose humanoid robots $1.0B 3 February 2026 $520M Series A-X B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz Active Strong
5 Galbot Embodied AI humanoid robots $1.0B 5 March 2026 $362M Later-stage financing National AI Industry Investment Fund, Sinopec, CITIC Investment Holdings Active Partial
6 AI2 Robotics Embodied AI humanoid robots $880M 2 June 2026 $735M New financing Baidu, CRRC Capital, Yusys Technologies Active Partial
7 X Square Robot Embodied AI humanoid robots $871M 12 June 2026 Not disclosed Series C China Mobile, IDG Capital, Xiaomi Active Strong
8 Spirit AI Industrial embodied AI humanoids $842M 8 June 2026 $214M Series A+ First-tier USD fund, industrial investors, state-owned funds Active Full
9 Galaxea Dynamics Embodied AI humanoid robots $710M 3 April 2026 $290M Series B+ Walden International, Lens Technology, CICC Capital Active Partial
10 Agility Robotics Digit warehouse humanoid robots $578M 4 March 2025 $400M Series C WP Global Partners, SoftBank, Amazon Active Partial
11 GigaAI Physical AGI robot platform $572M 10 June 2026 $148M Series B2 Lion Partners Capital, China-Belgium Direct Equity Investment Fund, Wanxiang Qianchao Active Strong
12 RobotEra Full-stack humanoid robots $554M 4 May 2026 $200M+ Growth financing SF Group, HSG, IDG Capital Active Strong
13 The Bot Company Household chore robots $552M 3 Not disclosed $252M Later VC Greenoaks, Spark Capital, Nat Friedman Active Partial
14 EngineAI Agile industrial humanoid robots $520M 4 April 2026 $200M Series B Henan Investment Group, Luxshare Precision, Huangpujiang Capital Active Partial
15 Star Chart AI Rope-driven embodied AI robots $420M 6 March 2026 $140M Series B Jinding Capital, BAIC Industrial Investment, Zhengxingu Capital Active Partial
16 Pudu Robotics Commercial service robots $342M+ 9 April 2026 $150M Late-stage / new funding Undisclosed Active Strong
17 LimX Dynamics Modular embodied AI robots $296M 6 February 2026 $200M Series B Stone Venture, JD.com, Oriental Fortune Capital Active Strong
18 PaXini Technology Tactile humanoid sensing robots $284M 2 March 2026 $145M Series B JD.com, Huangpu River Capital, Kaitai Capital Active Partial
19 Rainbow Robotics Korean humanoid and cobot maker $264M 3 December 2024 $181M Post-IPO equity Samsung Electronics IPO Partial
20 Leju Robot Kuavo humanoid robot maker $252M 5 October 2025 $207M Pre-IPO Greenwoods Asset Management, CITIC Goldstone, Shenzhen Investment Holdings Active Partial
21 Agile Robots AI-powered industrial robots $250M 5 April 2022 $30M Series C extension Foxconn Industrial Internet Active Partial
22 SoftBank Robotics Social humanoid robots $250M 4 June 2015 $236M Strategic equity Alibaba, Foxconn, SoftBank Acquired Partial
23 Keenon Robotics Autonomous service robots $244M 4 September 2021 $200M Series D SoftBank Vision Fund 2, CICC Alpha, Prosperity7 Ventures Active Partial
24 Noetix Robotics Affordable consumer humanoid robots $220M 9 March 2026 $145M Series B CD Capital, CAS Investment, Unity Ventures Active Partial
25 Fourier Intelligence Rehabilitation and humanoid robots $214M 4 August 2025 $42M Series E+ Zhejiang Runyang, Prosperity7, SoftBank Active Partial
26 Booster Robotics Humanoid motion-control robots $210M 6 April 2026 $140M Later Series A Beijing High-Precision Industry Fund, Beijing Guosheng Fund, Huakun Fund Active Partial
27 Sunday Robotics Household humanoid robot Memo $200M 2 March 2026 $165M Series B Coatue Management, Tiger Global, Bain Capital Ventures Active Strong
28 Richtech Robotics AI service robots $195M 6 January 2026 $39M Private placement Institutional investors, Rodman & Renshaw IPO Strong
29 Unitree Robotics Quadruped and humanoid robots $155M 6 June 2025 Not disclosed Series C China Mobile Capital, Tencent, Alibaba Active Partial
30 Astribot AI humanoid assistants $150M 6 November 2025 Not disclosed Series A++ Guoke Investment, Ant Group, Yunqi Partners Active Partial
31 Lumos Robotics Industrial humanoids and modules $143M 6 May 2026 $71M Series A1/A2 Mitsubishi Electric, Puhua Capital, Hundsun Technologies Active Strong
32 1X Technologies Home and enterprise androids $137M 3 January 2024 $100M Series B EQT Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Sandwater Active Strong
33 Sanctuary AI Phoenix general-purpose humanoid robot $100M 5 January 2025 $2M Early-stage extension BDC, Workday Ventures, InBC Active Partial
34 X-Humanoid Tiangong humanoid robot platform $100M 1 February 2026 $100M First market-oriented round Beijing Robotics Industry Development Fund, E-Town Capital, Beijing Gaojingjian Fund Active Strong
35 Kepler Exploration Robotics Industrial humanoid robots $100M+ 5 April 2026 $14M Series A++ SAIF Partners, Nuoli, Minbao Optoelectronics Active Partial
36 Sharpa Dexterous humanoid manipulation robots $100M 1 Mid-2024 $100M Series A HongShan, Meituan, Kai Sun Active Partial
37 MagicLab Humanoid and quadruped robots $89M 2 March 2026 $68M Series A Sky Factory Venture Fund, Tuopu Group, Wuxi Liangxi Venture Capital Active Strong
38 Zerith Robotics Service humanoid robots $88M+ 5 July 2026 $74M Pre-A Ant Group, Baohe Venture, Cowin Capital Active Partial
39 WIRobotics Wearable and humanoid robots $81M 3 May 2026 $68M Series B JB Investment, InterVest, Hana Ventures Active Strong
40 Generative Bionics Industrial humanoid physical AI $81M 1 December 2025 $81M Seed CDP Venture Capital, AMD Ventures, Tether Active Strong
41 RoboForce Industrial physical AI robots $67M 3 March 2026 $52M Series A YZi Labs, Jerry Yang, Myron Scholes Active Strong
42 VinMotion Vingroup humanoid robot subsidiary $52M 2 May 2026 $13M Corporate funding Vingroup Active Partial
43 Daimon Robotics Tactile dexterous robot hands $42M 4 December 2025 Not disclosed Strategic / new round China Mobile, Lenovo Capital, China Merchants VC Active Partial
44 Dexmate Dexterous industrial humanoid robots $33M 1 March 2026 Not disclosed Seed LG Technology Ventures, LG CNS, RoboStrategy Active Partial
45 ROBOTIS Humanoid actuators and robot platforms $30M 3 October 2018 $21M IPO LG, Striker Capital Management IPO Strong
46 Phybot Full-stack humanoid robot platforms $28M 1 January 2026 $28M Angel++ Not disclosed Active Partial
47 DroidUp Tendon-driven humanoid robots $28M 2 February 2026 $14M Pre-A+ Shanghai Pudong Fund, Zhangjiang Sci-Tech VC, Henan Ketou Active Partial
48 Persona AI Heavy-industry humanoid robots $27M 1 May 2025 $27M Pre-seed Unity Growth, Tides, K2 Global Active Strong
49 CasiVision Compact service humanoid robots $22M 5 Unknown Not disclosed Series C-II Qixin Capital, CAS Capital, Haitong Leading Capital Management Active Partial
50 iHub Robotics Humanoid robotics solutions $21M 2 March 2025 $1M Seed extension U.S. investors, Qatar investors Active Partial
51 Mimic Robotics Dexterous robotic hands AI $19M 2 November 2025 $16M Seed Elaia, Speedinvest, Founderful Active Strong
52 Enchanted Tools Social humanoid companion robots $17M 1 January 2022 $17M Seed Not publicly disclosed Active Full
53 Mentee Robotics Industrial humanoid robot platform $17M 1 April 2024 $17M Series A Ahren Innovation Capital, Cisco Investments, Hookipa Acquired Full
54 Cyan Robotics Companion humanoid robots $14M 2 March 2026 $14M Pre-A Houxue Capital, Tianji Capital, Lepu Capital Active Partial
55 Lingbao CASBOT Industrial humanoid robots $14M 1 June 2025 $14M Angel+ Lens Technology, Tianjin Jiayi, SDIC Venture Capital Active Partial
56 Foundation Industrial and defense humanoids $11M 1 August 2024 $11M Seed Tribe Capital, Defined Ventures, angel investors Active Full
57 Prosper Robotics Home robot butler $10M 4 January 2025 $5M Series A Fuel Ventures, Connect Ventures, MMC Ventures Active Partial
58 AeiROBOT Korean humanoid robots $10M 2 July 2025 $7M Series A BonAngels, Korea Development Bank, NH Venture Investment Active Strong
59 Clone Robotics Biomimetic humanoid robots $7M 1 Not disclosed $7M Seed Initialized Capital, Pioneer Fund, Wikus Ventures Active Partial
60 Reflex Robotics Wheeled logistics humanoids $7M 1 March 2024 $7M Seed Khosla Ventures, Dropbox co-founders, Cruise co-founders Active Partial
61 Allonic Robotic body manufacturing platform $7M 1 February 2026 $7M Pre-seed Visionaries Club, Day One Capital, TinyVC Active Full
62 Oversonic Robotics Cognitive humanoid robot RoBee $6M 3 June 2026 Not disclosed Strategic equity STMicroelectronics, ENEA Tech Biomedical, SpotInvest Active Partial
63 Macco Robotics Hospitality humanoid robots $4M 1 April 2025 $4M Seed Right Side Capital Management, finetwork, MARL 5G Accelerator Active Strong
64 Physical Robotics Upper-body humanoid robots $4M 2 October 2025 Not disclosed Undisclosed Skyfall Ventures, Fiori Fund, Hennig-Olsen Holding Active Partial
65 Perceptyne Semi-humanoid industrial automation robots $4M 3 October 2024 $3M Seed Endiya Partners, Yali Capital, Whiteboard Capital Active Strong
66 Pollen Robotics Open-source Reachy humanoid robots $3M 3 June 2023 $3M Seed Bpifrance, Société Générale, BNP Paribas Acquired Partial
67 Navel Robotics Elder-care social robot $3M 2 November 2024 $2M Seed Not publicly disclosed Active Partial
68 Tangible Robots Contact-rich home manipulation robots $3M 2 June 2025 $3M Seed Blume Ventures, Micelio Technology Fund Active Strong
69 Tokyo Robotics Torque-controlled humanoid robots $2M 1 January 2020 $2M Strategic equity Yamaha Motor Acquired Partial
70 Weave Robotics Home chore robot $1M 2 November 2024 Not disclosed Seed Y Combinator, Team Ignite Ventures, CoreNest Active Strong
71 K-Scale Labs Open-source humanoid robot kits $1M 2 April 2024 Not disclosed Seed / accelerator Y Combinator Shutdown Strong
72 ARTROBOT Bipedal research humanoid robots $1M 1 Undisclosed $1M Series A Cowin Capital, Jinbang Capital Active Partial
73 Mirsee Robotics Teleoperated industrial humanoid robots $1M 1 March 2025 $1M Seed Government of Canada, Archangel Network of Funds, Redstick Ventures Active Partial
Market map chart showing top companies and startups in the humanoid robotics market

This market map, featured in our humanoid robotics market deck, highlights top companies and startups in the humanoid robotics market

Key funding trends in the humanoid robotics market

Insights

  • The top 10 humanoid robotics startups account for about 57% of included funding, showing that capital is still heavily concentrated around a few perceived platform leaders.
  • Figure AI, NEURA Robotics, Apptronik, Galbot, and UBTECH Robotics have each raised about $1B or more, which sets a high financial bar for new general-purpose humanoid robot challengers.
  • NEURA Robotics’ $1.4B Series C is larger than the total funding raised by most companies in the ranking, which shows how quickly mega-rounds can reshape the competitive map.
  • China has built a dense embodied AI robotics funding cluster, with X Square Robot, Spirit AI, GigaAI, RobotEra, EngineAI, LimX Dynamics, and Noetix Robotics all raising meaningful late-stage capital.
  • Industrial and service humanoid robotics remain better funded than home robotics, as major capital is still flowing toward factory, warehouse, logistics, and commercial deployment use cases.
  • Home humanoid robotics is still early, but Sunday Robotics, The Bot Company, 1X Technologies, Prosper Robotics, and Weave Robotics show that household automation is becoming an investable category.
  • The funding cliff is steep after the top group, since the ranking falls from $137M at 1X Technologies to many companies below $20M in the long tail.
  • Strategic investors are highly active in humanoid robotics, with Google, Mercedes-Benz, Amazon, NVIDIA, Samsung, Qualcomm, Tether, Mitsubishi Electric, JD.com, and Tencent appearing across the funding landscape.
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A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks startups in the humanoid robotics market based on their total cumulative fundraising. To create this ranking, we reviewed many sources and cross-checked information across multiple places.

Whenever possible, we prioritized official company communications, since they are the most reliable source for funding amounts. When those were not available, we relied on reputable industry sources such as TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Financial Times or Forbes (to name a few).

We excluded random blogs, unverified websites, and any sources that could not be validated.

When funding rounds were announced in other currencies such as euros, Swiss francs, Singapore dollars, Australian dollars, or rupees, we converted them into approximate USD equivalents for consistency.

Sometimes different sources report slightly different numbers, or the exact round size is not fully disclosed. In those cases, we flag the uncertainty and assign a confidence label to each startup, visible in the last column.

Here is what they mean.

Full confidence: The company’s equity fundraising history can be reconstructed completely from public sources. The rounds, dates, amounts, and key investors are clearly identified, with no meaningful gaps.

Strong confidence: The fundraising history is largely complete and reliable. There may be a small missing detail, such as incomplete investor information or a minor round with limited data, but the overall record is clear.

Partial confidence: The main fundraising rounds can be identified, but the record is incomplete or somewhat mixed. Some rounds may be missing or certain funding events may be difficult to separate clearly.

Low confidence: Public information is too limited, inconsistent, or ambiguous to reliably reconstruct the company’s equity fundraising history.

When the confidence level is too low, we take a conservative approach and exclude the company from the ranking. We don’t want to include data that cannot be reliably verified.

This reflects how we conduct all our research, including the work behind our report covering the humanoid robotics market.

In a world where LLMs hallucinate and unreliable information is everywhere, our goal is simple: provide data you can trust.

If you want the full detail on a specific calculation, feel free to contact us and we will gladly explain.

Finally, know that we update the dataset once per month, so come back here if you need fresh information.

Chart showing how Agility Robotics is capturing share in the humanoid robotics market

This chart, featured in our humanoid robotics market deck, shows how Agility Robotics is capturing share in humanoid robotics

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