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

Last updated: 12 March 2026

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This page tracks the most funded startups in the humanoid robotics market, ranked by total equity raised to date.

We built this list by cross-referencing official company announcements, industry databases, and reputable media sources to give you the most reliable picture possible.

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A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most funded humanoid robotics startup Figure AI ($1.8B+)
Second most funded humanoid robotics startup UBTECH Robotics ($1.7B)
Largest single humanoid robotics funding round Figure AI Series C (>$1.0B)
Median funding across all ranked startups ~$49M
Share of funding captured by the top 10 ~62%
Median time since last round ~9 months
Startups that raised funding in the last 12 months 51 out of 73 (~70%)
IPO-status humanoid robotics companies 4 (UBTECH, Robotis, Rainbow Robotics, Richtech Robotics)
Largest humanoid robotics seed round $81M (Generative Bionics, December 2025)
Most active strategic investor in humanoid robotics Samsung (3 deals across IPO and acquired-status companies)
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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 labor robots $1.8B+ 4 September 2025 >$1.0B Series C Parkway Venture Capital, Brookfield, NVIDIA Active Strong
2 UBTECH Robotics Humanoid and service robots $1.7B 9+ July 2025 $317M Post-IPO placing Undisclosed placees IPO Strong
3 Galbot Embodied AI humanoid robots $968M 5 March 2026 $350M Late-stage private round National IC Fund, Sinopec, CITIC affiliates Active Strong
4 Apptronik Apollo humanoids for industrial work $938M 4 February 2026 $520M Series A-X B Capital, Google, Qatar Investment Authority Active Strong
5 Spirit AI Embodied AI humanoid robots $482M 6 February 2026 $290M Series A Yunfeng Fund, HongShan, TCL Ventures Active Partial
6 X Square Robot Embodied foundation models for robots $426M 10 February 2026 $29M+ Pre-B SAIC, CICC Capital, Meituan Longzhu Active Partial
7 Galaxea Dynamics Embodied AI robot platform $410M 7 February 2026 $137M Series B Jinding Capital, BAIC Capital, Loyal Valley Capital Active Partial
8 Beijing Galaxy General Robot General-purpose embodied AI robots $316M+ 4 June 2025 $150M Series A CATL Capital, Puquan Capital, GGV Capital Active Strong
9 The Bot Company Household chore robots $300M 2 March 2025 $150M Venture round Greenoaks, Spark Capital, Quiet Capital Active Strong
10 RobotEra General-purpose embodied humanoid robots $265M 4 February 2026 Undisclosed Private round SAIC Capital Active Strong
11 Agile Robots Industrial AI robotics systems $250M 5 April 2022 $30M Later-stage strategic Foxconn Industrial Internet Active Partial
12 KEENON Robotics Service and delivery robots $244M 7 April 2025 Undisclosed Series D+ Enran Ventures Active Strong
13 Leju Robot Industrial humanoid robot maker $243M 2 October 2025 $207M Pre-IPO Greenwoods, CITIC Goldstone, Shenzhen Investment Holdings Active Partial
14 Unitree Robotics Quadruped and humanoid robots $237M+ 5+ June 2025 $97M Series C Tencent, Alibaba Group, Ant Group Active Partial
15 SoftBank Robotics Humanoid and service robots $236M 1 June 2015 $236M Private equity strategic Alibaba, Foxconn Active Low
16 Fourier Intelligence Rehab and humanoid robotics $234M+ 8+ May 2025 $42M Strategic corporate minority Runyang Technology Active Partial
17 GigaAI World-model robotics stack $230M 9 March 2026 $145M Pre-B Undisclosed broad syndicate Active Partial
18 AI² Robotics General-purpose embodied AI robots $227M+ 12 February 2026 $145M Series B Baidu Venture, CRRC Capital, Cedarlake Capital Active Partial
19 LimX Dynamics Adaptive humanoid and biped robots $200M+ 2 February 2026 $200M Series B Lestone Capital, Oriental Fortune Capital, JD.com Active Partial
20 Pudu Robotics Commercial service delivery robots $192M 8 May 2025 Undisclosed Series D Yazi Capital Active Strong
21 Noetix Robotics Affordable consumer humanoid robots $187M 2 March 2026 $146M Series B Chendao Capital, CAS Investment, Unity Ventures Active Partial
22 Robotis Robot actuators and platforms $185M 3 November 2025 $155M Rights offering LG, existing shareholders IPO Strong
23 NEURA Robotics Cognitive and humanoid robotics $180M 2 January 2025 $125M Series B Lingotto, BlueCrest Capital, Volvo Cars Tech Fund Active Strong
24 Agility Robotics Warehouse humanoid robot Digit $178M+ 4 November 2024 Undisclosed Strategic minority investment Schaeffler Group Active Strong
25 EngineAI Full-stack humanoid robot developer $140M+ 4 January 2026 Undisclosed Series A2 Huangpu River Capital, Huirong Fund, TH Capital Active Partial
26 PaXini Technology Tactile sensors, dexterous humanoids $139M+ 2+ August 2025 Undisclosed Series A JD.com, Puyao Xinye, Hongzhao Fund Active Partial
27 1X Technologies Home humanoid robots and androids $136M 4 January 2024 $100M Series B EQT Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Sandwater Active Strong
28 X-Humanoid Embodied intelligence innovation center $100M 1 February 2026 $100M First funding round Beijing Robotics Fund, E-Town Capital, Gaojingjian Fund Active Partial
29 AgiBot Mass-produced humanoid robots $85M+ 3+ August 2025 Undisclosed Strategic financing LG Electronics, Mirae Asset Active Partial
30 Generative Bionics Industrial humanoid robots, physical AI $81M 1 December 2025 $81M Seed CDP Venture Capital, AMD Ventures, Eni Next Active Full
31 CasiVision Industrial vision inspection systems $80M 7 November 2023 $29M+ Series C+ China Mobile fund, CAS Capital, Haitong-CCTV fund Active Strong
32 Cyan Robotics Delivery robots, not humanoids $80M 2 June 2025 $80M Strategic financing package SNR, Pelion Venture Partners, Offline Ventures Active Low
33 Rainbow Robotics Cobots and humanoid robot platforms $70M 2 January 2023 $46M Post-IPO strategic equity Samsung Electronics IPO Strong
34 Sanctuary AI General-purpose humanoid AI robots $59M+ 3 July 2024 Undisclosed Strategic financing BDC Capital, InBC Active Partial
35 Lanxin Robotics 3D-vision mobile humanoid robots $56M 6+ May 2025 Undisclosed Series C+ Kunpeng Fund Active Low
36 Humanoid Industrial general-purpose humanoids $50M 1 May 2024 $50M Founder-led capital Founders Active Partial
37 Richtech Robotics Service robots for hospitality $49M 2 January 2026 $39M Private Placement Institutional investor IPO Full
38 Booster Robotics Open-source humanoid robots $42M+ 5 November 2025 $14M+ Private round IDG Capital, Yizhuang State Investment, Source Code Capital Active Low
39 Lumos Robotics Tactile humanoid robot systems $42M+ 4 December 2025 Undisclosed Pre-A2 Shenergy Chengyi, CDH Investments, Nanjing VC Active Partial
40 Mentee Robotics AI-first humanoid warehouse robots $38M 2 March 2025 $21M Later-stage private round Cisco Investments, Samsung Ventures Acquired Partial
41 Sunday Robotics Home robot for household chores $35M 1 November 2025 $35M Seed Benchmark, Conviction Active Strong
42 InfiForce Embodied AI robot platform $29M 2 March 2025 $29M+ Pre-A Liding Capital, Hangshi Group, Xingtai Capital Active Strong
43 Lingbao CASBOT General-purpose humanoids, embodied AI $28M 2 June 2025 $14M Angel+ Lens Technology, Tianjin Jiayi, SDIC Unity Capital Active Partial
44 DroidUp General-purpose biomimetic humanoid robots $28M 2 February 2026 $14M Pre-A+ Shanghai Pudong Leading Area, Zhangjiang VC, Henan Ketou Active Partial
45 Phybot High-torque humanoid robot systems $28M 1 January 2026 $28M Angel++ Undisclosed Active Partial
46 Zerith Robotics Humanoids for services and industry $28M+ 3 July 2025 Undisclosed Angel++ Waterwood Asset, Baohe VC, Mizuho Leaguer Active Strong
47 Persona AI Shipyard humanoid robots $27M 1 May 2025 $27M Pre-Seed Unity Growth, Tides Ventures, Mirae Asset Group Active Full
48 MagicLab Embodied AI humanoid robotics $21M 1 December 2024 $21M Angel Zhuichuang Venture Capital, Yipu Fund Active Full
49 iHub Robotics Humanoid robotics and automation $21M 2 March 2025 $520K Pre-Seed Consortium of Qatar investors Active Strong
50 Mimic Robotics Dexterous robotic hands for industry $19M 2 November 2025 $16M Seed Elaia, Speedinvest, Founderful Active Full
51 Enchanted Tools Mirokaï service humanoid robots $17M 1 January 2022 $17M Seed Undisclosed business angels Active Strong
52 RoboForce Outdoor industrial robot labor $15M 2 May 2025 $5M Extension follow-on New and existing investors Active Strong
53 Daimon Robotics Tactile sensing, dexterous manipulation $14M+ 3 August 2025 $14M+ Angel++ China Merchants Venture, Orient Renaissance, Bridge Capital Active Partial
54 WIRobotics Wearable and humanoid robots $13M+ 3 March 2024 $10M Series A InterVest, GU Equity Partners, JB Investment Active Strong
55 Oversonic Robotics Cognitive industrial humanoid robots $11M+ 4 February 2026 Undisclosed Corporate Minority COMAT, Fimag Active Partial
56 Foundation Industrial humanoid robotics platform $11M 1 August 2024 $11M Pre-seed Tribe Capital, Arjun Sethi Active Strong
57 AEI Robot Humanoid robots for industry $10M 2 July 2025 $7M Series A BonAngels, KDB, NH Venture Investment Active Strong
58 Clone Robotics Biomimetic humanoid androids $7M 2 February 2025 $6M Seed early-stage VC Initialized Capital, Pioneer Fund, Access VC Active Partial
59 Allonic Robotic body manufacturing platform $7M 1 February 2026 $7M Pre-Seed Visionaries Club, Day One Capital, Prototype Active Full
60 Reflex Robotics Low-cost wheeled humanoids $7M 1 2024 $7M Seed Khosla Ventures, Dropbox co-founders, Cruise co-founders Active Strong
61 RT Corporation Japanese service and humanoid robots $5M+ 3 October 2025 Undisclosed Series D first close NSK, DIC, Mizuho Capital Active Low
62 Macco Robotics Hospitality humanoid bartender robots $4M 1 April 2025 $4M Equity round Undisclosed Active Low
63 Physical Robotics Household humanoid robot platform $4M 2 October 2025 Undisclosed Follow-on equity Skyfall Ventures, NECIA Active Partial
64 Perceptyne AI robotics for assembly $3M 1 October 2024 $3M Seed Endiya Partners, Yali Capital, Whiteboard Capital Active Full
65 Pollen Robotics Open-source research humanoid robots $3M 1 June 2023 $3M Seed Bpifrance, private angel Acquired Full
66 Roboligent Assistive and logistics robotics $2M 1 August 2024 $2M Venture round Undisclosed investors Active Partial
67 Tokyo Robotics Force-controlled humanoid industrial robots $2M 1 December 2021 $2M Seed Igarashi Electric Works Acquired Strong
68 Navel Robotics Social robots for elder care $1M 2 September 2024 $743K Equity extension Undisclosed Active Partial
69 Mirsee Robotics Teleoperated humanoids for industry $695K 1 March 2025 $695K Seed Archangel Network, Redstick Ventures, WECAN Active Low
70 Weave Robotics Home laundry-folding robots $500K 2 November 2024 Undisclosed Seed Y Combinator, CoreNest Capital, Team Ignite Active Partial
71 K-Scale Labs Open-source humanoid robot platform $500K+ 2 2024 Undisclosed Seed GFT Ventures Shutdown Partial
72 Kinisi Robotics Practical industrial humanoid robots $437K 1 September 2025 $437K Early-stage pre-seed Undisclosed Active Partial
73 ARTROBOT Biped humanoid R&D platform $1M 1 February 2017 Undisclosed Series A early venture Cowin Capital, Jinbang Capital Active Low
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Key funding trends in the humanoid robotics market

Insights

  • Figure AI and UBTECH Robotics together account for roughly $3.5 billion in humanoid robotics funding, which is more than the combined totals of the next six highest-funded startups on this list.
  • Apptronik raised its entire $938 million across rounds all labeled as Series A variants, making Apptronik's fundraising trajectory the most capital-intensive Series A path in the humanoid robotics sector by a wide margin.
  • UBTECH Robotics raised over $580 million through post-IPO placings alone since December 2023, a signal that public markets have strong and sustained appetite for humanoid robotics equity.
  • Generative Bionics secured $81 million in a single seed round in December 2025, making it the largest confirmed seed-stage raise across all 73 ranked humanoid robotics startups (nearly five times larger than the next biggest seed).
  • Sunday Robotics and Reflex Robotics both launched with single-round seed financing led by top-tier Silicon Valley investors, yet Sunday Robotics' $35 million seed was five times the size of Reflex Robotics' $7 million round.
  • Samsung appears as a strategic investor backing both Rainbow Robotics ($46 million) and Mentee Robotics, making Samsung the most frequently recurring strategic backer across IPO and acquired-status humanoid robotics companies.
  • Persona AI's $27 million pre-seed and Generative Bionics' $81 million seed both closed within seven months of each other, pointing to a 2025 surge in outsized early-stage checks flowing into humanoid robotics startups.
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A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks humanoid robotics startups 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 humanoid robotics startup'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.

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