Robotics Startup Funding 2025-2026

Last updated: 11 June 2026
market research pitch 2026 statistics robotics market

In our robotics market deck, you will find everything you need to understand the market

SUMMARY

We analyzed every publicly disclosed equity round raised by pure-play professional robotics companies between July 2025 and June 2026, a 12-month window covering every geography. We only kept rounds of $300K or more, and excluded consumer robots, hobby drones, software-only automation, non-robotic automation equipment, debt-only rounds, grants-only rounds, IPOs, undisclosed-size rounds, and companies where robotics is not clearly more than 80% of the business.

Over this period, fundraising in the robotics market was active but extremely top-heavy. The dataset includes 37 disclosed equity deals across 35 unique companies, with $4.58B raised in total.

Capital in the robotics market is highly concentrated. The top deal alone represents 38.2% of total capital, the top 3 deals reach 60.5%, and the top 10 deals reach 87.7%.

The typical robotics funding round is much smaller than the headline total suggests. The median round size is $20.0M, while the average round size is $123.7M, showing how strongly megarounds distort the market average.

Deal activity was steadier than dollar activity. The robotics market averaged 3.08 deals per month, while monthly capital averaged $381.5M and swung from $0 in September 2025 to $2.34B in March 2026.

Infrastructure Service Robots lead the robotics market on both capital and deal count. The category raised $2.23B across 15 deals, equal to 48.7% of capital and 40.5% of disclosed deals.

Collaborative Robots are the most capital-intensive category in the robotics market. They account for only 10.8% of deals but 34.2% of capital, driven by large humanoid and embodied-AI robotics financings.

North America dominates dollars while Europe leads deal count. North America captured $3.76B, or 82.2% of all disclosed capital, while Europe produced 16 deals, or 43.2% of the disclosed deal count.

The robotics market is slightly late-stage weighted by dollars. Late-stage rounds captured 57.2% of capital, while Seed, Series A, and Series B together captured 41.8%.

Follow-on rounds dominate the robotics market. Only 7 of 37 disclosed rounds were first financings, which means investors mostly backed companies that had already cleared at least one financing event.

Repeat investor signals are limited. Eclipse appeared in both Bedrock Robotics financings, while Andreessen Horowitz and 8VC appeared in more than one large disclosed robotics round, but investor data is less complete than company and deal data.

Market map chart showing top companies and startups in the robotics market

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

What are all the funding deals in the robotics market from July 2025 to June 2026?

The table below lists every disclosed equity round raised by pure-play professional robotics companies between July 2025 and June 2026. We count as “pure-play” robotics companies those focused on professional physical robots that sense their environment, make decisions, and act in the real world for work purposes.

Each row shows the company, what it does, its category, the deal date, the funding stage, the round size, the region, the main investors, and the announcement source. For a wider view of how professional robotics is developing across industrial, warehouse, medical, agricultural, logistics, healthcare, and infrastructure use cases, we cover it in our Robotics market report.

Company What they do Category Date Stage Deal size Region Main investors Source
Civ Robotics Autonomous construction and infrastructure layout robots used for surveying and site marking Infrastructure Service Robots Jul 2025 Series A $7.5M North America Not disclosed in dataset Construction Owners
Bedrock Robotics Autonomous construction robotics company retrofitting heavy equipment for autonomous earthmoving and construction work Infrastructure Service Robots Jul 2025 Series A $80M North America Eclipse; 8VC PR Newswire
Milvus Robotics Autonomous mobile robots for industrial intralogistics and factory or warehouse material handling Warehouse Mobile Robots Jul 2025 Series A $5.5M Middle East Not disclosed in dataset Milvus Robotics
4AG Robotics Autonomous mushroom-harvesting robots for commercial farms Agricultural Field Robots Jul 2025 Series B $29M North America Not disclosed in dataset PR Newswire
Saga Robotics Thorvald agricultural robots for autonomous field operations, including UV-C treatment in vineyards and fruit crops Agricultural Field Robots Aug 2025 Unknown $11.2M Europe Not disclosed in dataset AgFunderNews
Dexory Autonomous warehouse inventory robots and warehouse intelligence systems Warehouse Mobile Robots Oct 2025 Series C $100M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Dexory
Starship Technologies Autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for last-mile logistics across campuses and cities Infrastructure Service Robots Oct 2025 Series C $50M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Business Wire
Carbon Robotics Autonomous agricultural robots, including LaserWeeder systems for precision weed control Agricultural Field Robots Oct 2025 Unknown $20M North America Not disclosed in dataset GeekWire
Tethys Robotics Autonomous underwater robots for offshore inspection, search, recovery, and hazardous underwater missions Infrastructure Service Robots Oct 2025 Seed $4M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Smart Maritime Network
mimic Robotics Dexterous robotic hands and physical-AI manipulation systems for industrial automation Industrial Robot Arms Nov 2025 Seed $16M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Business Insider
Tutor Intelligence AI-powered warehouse robot workers for logistics and fulfillment operations Warehouse Mobile Robots Dec 2025 Series A $34M North America Not disclosed in dataset Robotics Tomorrow
Planys Technologies Underwater inspection robots and autonomous systems for industrial, marine, energy, and infrastructure assets Infrastructure Service Robots Dec 2025 Unknown $12M Asia-Pacific Not disclosed in dataset Hub71
Agreenculture Autonomous agricultural robot and tractor autonomy systems for field operations Agricultural Field Robots Dec 2025 Series A $7M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Agreenculture
ScrubMarine Autonomous subsea robots for ship-hull cleaning and inspection Infrastructure Service Robots Dec 2025 Seed $1M Europe Not disclosed in dataset EU-Startups
Surgerii Robotics Single-port endoscopic surgical robotics systems Surgical Robotics Systems Jan 2026 Series D+ $100M Asia-Pacific Not disclosed in dataset Surgerii Robotics
Rollo Robotics Autonomous monowheel security robots for patrol and surveillance Infrastructure Service Robots Jan 2026 Seed $4M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Robotics and Automation News
Mytra Warehouse robotics systems for pallet movement, storage, and supply-chain automation Warehouse Mobile Robots Jan 2026 Series C $120M North America Not disclosed in dataset Mytra
Unbox Robotics Modular swarm robotics for parcel sortation and warehouse automation Warehouse Mobile Robots Jan 2026 Series B $28M Asia-Pacific Not disclosed in dataset PR Newswire
Nomagic AI-powered robotic picking systems for warehouse fulfillment Warehouse Mobile Robots Jan 2026 Series B $10M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Nomagic
RobCo Modular autonomous industrial robot systems for factory production tasks Industrial Robot Arms Jan 2026 Growth Equity $100M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Business Wire
Bedrock Robotics Autonomous construction robotics company retrofitting heavy equipment for autonomous work Infrastructure Service Robots Feb 2026 Series B $270M North America Eclipse; 8VC PR Newswire
R3 Robotics Robotic systems for automated EV battery, e-drive, and power-electronics disassembly Infrastructure Service Robots Feb 2026 Series A $15M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Tech.eu
Apptronik Apollo humanoid robots for industrial, logistics, and commercial work environments Collaborative Robots Feb 2026 Series A $520M North America Not disclosed in dataset Apptronik
Sitegeist Robotics Modular AI-enabled robots for concrete renovation and infrastructure repair Infrastructure Service Robots Feb 2026 Seed $4.3M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Sitegeist Robotics
AI² Robotics Humanoid robots and embodied-AI robotic systems for professional and industrial environments Collaborative Robots Feb 2026 Series B $145M Asia-Pacific Not disclosed in dataset Yicai Global
Armatrix Snake-like robotic arms for inspection and maintenance in confined or hazardous environments Infrastructure Service Robots Feb 2026 Seed $2.1M Asia-Pacific Not disclosed in dataset The Economic Times
Vitestro Autonomous robotic phlebotomy systems for blood collection Surgical Robotics Systems Mar 2026 Series B $70M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Vitestro
Mind Robotics AI-powered industrial robots for factory-scale work, including parts handling and assembly tasks Collaborative Robots Mar 2026 Series A $500M North America Andreessen Horowitz Business Wire
Lucid Bots Autonomous exterior-cleaning robots for building and infrastructure maintenance Infrastructure Service Robots Mar 2026 Series B $20M North America Not disclosed in dataset PR Newswire
Saronic Technologies Autonomous surface vessels and maritime robotic systems Infrastructure Service Robots Mar 2026 Series D+ $1,750M North America Andreessen Horowitz; 8VC PR Newswire
Anvil Robotics Custom physical robots and modular robotic systems for physical-AI teams Industrial Robot Arms Apr 2026 Seed $5.5M North America Not disclosed in dataset Crunchbase News
A&K Robotics Autonomous indoor mobility robots for airports and public infrastructure Infrastructure Service Robots Apr 2026 Series A $5.8M North America Not disclosed in dataset Business Wire
Smart Robotics Robotic picking and pick-and-place systems for logistics and warehouse operations Warehouse Mobile Robots Apr 2026 Series A $11M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Smart Robotics
Bubble Robotics Autonomous ocean robotic systems for offshore work and maritime monitoring Infrastructure Service Robots Apr 2026 Seed $5M Europe Not disclosed in dataset All About Shipping
Sereact Embodied-AI robotic picking systems for warehouses and logistics operations Warehouse Mobile Robots Apr 2026 Series B $110M Europe Not disclosed in dataset Sereact
Mind Robotics AI-powered industrial robots for factory-scale deployment Collaborative Robots May 2026 Growth Equity $400M North America Andreessen Horowitz Business Wire
ANSCER Robotics Hybrid industrial automation robots for material handling and warehouse or factory logistics Warehouse Mobile Robots Jun 2026 Series A $5.4M Asia-Pacific Not disclosed in dataset The Robot Report
Table scoring and prioritizing the main pain points faced by companies in the robotics market

In our robotics market deck, we identify pain points entrepreneurs should prioritize

OUR METHODOLOGY TO BUILD THIS TRACKER

We built this robotics funding tracker by reviewing every publicly disclosed equity round raised by pure-play professional robotics companies between July 2025 and June 2026. A company counts as pure-play when more than 80% of its activity is dedicated to professional physical robots that sense their environment, make decisions, and act in the real world for work purposes.

We applied four filters to build the dataset. First, we only included equity rounds, so grants, debt-only rounds, IPOs, and public offerings are excluded. Second, we only counted rounds of $300K or more. Third, we only kept pure-play robotics companies, excluding consumer robots, hobby drones, pure software automation like RPA, and non-robotic automation equipment. And fourth, every entry had to be confirmed by a direct company announcement, a press release, or a tier-1 media report, with the source URL preserved for every row.

We excluded Petal Surgical because its June 2026 financing announcement did not disclose a round size, and including undisclosed rounds would have distorted every dollar-based metric in the robotics market. We also excluded companies where robotics was not clearly more than 80% of the business, including software-only automation, sensors, safety controls, orchestration layers, and physical-AI model companies without a qualifying professional robot business. The final dataset contains 37 disclosed deals across 35 unique companies, and every average, median, share, and concentration ratio is computed on that disclosed sample.

How active has fundraising been in the robotics market?

As of June 2026, fundraising in the robotics market has been active by deal count and very large by headline dollars. Over the past 12 months, professional robotics companies raised 37 disclosed equity rounds and $4.58B combined.

The robotics market averaged 3.08 disclosed deals per month, with a median of 4 deals per month. That means deal formation was fairly consistent even though capital totals were not.

Monthly dollars were much more volatile. The market averaged $381.5M raised per month, but the median month was only $129.7M, which shows how heavily a few large rounds shaped the total.

March 2026 is the clearest example of this imbalance. That single month produced $2.34B of disclosed capital, mostly because Saronic Technologies and Mind Robotics raised very large rounds in the same window.

If you’re interested in knowing more about the top startups in this industry, check our market report covering professional robotics.

How concentrated has fundraising been in the robotics market?

As of June 2026, fundraising in the robotics market is extremely concentrated at the top. Over the past 12 months, the largest deal alone accounted for 38.2% of all disclosed capital raised.

The top 3 deals reached 60.5% of total capital, while the top 5 reached 75.1%. This means most of the visible robotics funding story was written by a very small set of companies.

The top 10 deals accounted for 87.7% of disclosed capital. That leaves only 12.3% of capital for the other 27 deals, which is an unusually steep power-law pattern.

This concentration matters because total funding can make the robotics market look broadly liquid. In reality, the capital market is much more selective than the headline number suggests.

How much of the robotics funding signal is driven by outliers?

As of June 2026, most of the funding signal in the robotics market is driven by outliers. Over the past 12 months, 13 rounds above $50M represented only 35.1% of deals but $4.27B of capital.

Those $50M-plus rounds accounted for 93.2% of all disclosed capital in the robotics market. So the market’s apparent depth is mostly a megaround artifact rather than a broad rise in round sizes.

The contrast between average and median round size confirms the same point. The average round was $123.7M, but the median round was only $20.0M, so the mean is not a good benchmark for a typical company.

A useful stress test is to remove rounds above $50M. Once those are excluded, total capital falls to $313.3M, which gives a much clearer view of the ordinary funding layer beneath the megarounds.

Chart showing Figure’s playbook in the robotics market

This chart, featured in our robotics market deck, breaks down Figure’s playbook in robotics

Is the robotics market broad with many targets, or narrow with few fundable companies?

As of June 2026, the robotics market is broad by use case but narrow by capital concentration. Over the past 12 months, 35 unique companies raised 37 disclosed rounds, so the company base is not tiny.

The spread of categories also points to breadth. The dataset includes infrastructure service robots, warehouse mobile robots, collaborative robots, surgical robotics systems, industrial robot arms, and agricultural field robots.

But capital allocation is much narrower than the company count suggests. The top 10 deals captured 87.7% of capital, and only two companies in the dataset raised more than once during the period.

That means the robotics market has many valid targets, but only a few companies receive platform-scale checks. The practical reading is that investors are exploring broadly while funding perceived winners very aggressively.

Is robotics mostly an early-stage formation market or a late-stage scaling market?

As of June 2026, the robotics market is slightly more late-stage scaling market than early-stage formation market by dollars. Over the past 12 months, late-stage rounds captured 57.2% of disclosed capital, while Seed, Series A, and Series B captured 41.8%.

The early-stage layer is still active by count. Seed, Series A, and Series B together produced 27 of 37 deals, which means new company formation and Series A/B progression are both visible.

But late-stage dollars are much larger. Series D+ alone raised $1.85B across only 2 deals, while Growth Equity added $500M across 2 deals.

Stage labels should be read carefully in the robotics market. Series A included enormous rounds from Apptronik and Mind Robotics, so a Series A label does not always mean early commercialization.

If you want to learn more about what investors are currently betting on, check out our report on the robotics market.

Which categories attract the most investor attention in robotics?

As of June 2026, Infrastructure Service Robots attract the most investor attention in the robotics market. Over the past 12 months, the category produced 15 deals and $2.23B of disclosed capital.

Infrastructure Service Robots led both deal share and capital share. The category accounted for 40.5% of deals and 48.7% of total capital, making it the broadest visible category in the dataset.

Warehouse Mobile Robots ranked second by deal count, with 9 deals and $423.9M raised. That makes warehouse robotics the most active middle layer of the market, even though it did not capture the largest checks.

Collaborative Robots ranked second by capital, with $1.57B raised across only 4 deals. That shows strong investor appetite for humanoid, cobot, and embodied-AI robotic systems when they are framed as scalable work platforms.

Chart showing the projected CAGR of the robotics market

This chart, featured in our robotics market deck, shows annual funding in robotics startups

Which categories attract disproportionately large checks in the robotics market?

As of June 2026, Collaborative Robots attract the most disproportionately large checks in the robotics market. Over the past 12 months, the category had only 10.8% of deals but 34.2% of disclosed capital.

The capital-share-to-deal-share ratio for Collaborative Robots was 3.16. That is the strongest capital-intensity signal in the dataset, driven by large financings for Apptronik, AI² Robotics, and Mind Robotics.

Infrastructure Service Robots also over-indexed, but less dramatically. The category had a 1.20 capital-share-to-deal-share ratio, helped by large construction and maritime autonomy rounds.

Which geographies matter most for fundraising in the robotics market?

As of June 2026, North America matters most for robotics fundraising by dollars. Over the past 12 months, the region captured $3.76B, or 82.2% of all disclosed capital in the robotics market.

Europe matters most by deal count. European companies raised 16 disclosed rounds, equal to 43.2% of the dataset, but they captured only 11.3% of disclosed capital.

Asia-Pacific is meaningful but more selective. The region produced 6 deals and $292.5M, equal to 16.2% of deals and 6.4% of capital.

The difference between North America and Europe is especially important. North America produced fewer deals than Europe, but raised 7.3 times more capital, which shows how strongly late-stage check availability shapes the robotics market.

If you want to identify the opportunities currently emerging in this market, explore our market pitch on professional robotics.

Is the robotics opportunity set broad or concentrated in one hub?

As of June 2026, the robotics opportunity set is geographically broad by company formation but concentrated by capital. Over the past 12 months, Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East all produced qualifying deals.

North America is the clear capital hub. The region captured 82.2% of dollars from 14 deals, helped by large financings for Saronic Technologies, Mind Robotics, Apptronik, Bedrock Robotics, and Mytra.

Europe is the clearest company-formation hub. It produced 16 deals, more than any other region, but its median round was only $11.1M compared with $57.0M in North America.

Latin America and Africa were absent from the qualifying dataset. That does not prove there is no robotics activity there, but it does show no publicly disclosed pure-play professional robotics equity round above $300K met the filter during the period.

Chart comparing business model options for warehouse AMR robotics providers

This chart, featured in our robotics market deck, compares the main business model options for warehouse AMR robotics providers

Is robotics a market of small experiments or scaled financings?

As of June 2026, robotics is a barbell market with both small experiments and scaled financings. Over the past 12 months, 18 deals were below $20M, while 14 deals were $50M or larger.

The middle of the robotics market is comparatively thinner. Only 5 deals were between $20M and below $50M, which suggests fewer ordinary mid-market growth rounds than the overall deal count implies.

The median round was $20.0M, which makes the typical disclosed robotics round meaningful but not enormous. The average round was $123.7M, because the largest rounds pulled the number upward.

This size distribution shows why robotics funding headlines need context. The market contains many smaller professional robotics bets, but almost all capital is concentrated in the scaled-financing layer.

If you want to stay on top of the latest trends, risks, and opportunities in this market, check out our market report on robotics, updated every quarter.

Which companies raised more than once in the robotics market?

As of June 2026, only two companies raised more than once in the robotics market during the past 12 months. Bedrock Robotics and Mind Robotics each closed two disclosed qualifying rounds in the dataset.

Bedrock Robotics raised an $80M Series A in July 2025 and a $270M Series B in February 2026. That rapid step-up suggests investors moved quickly once the company framed autonomous construction as a large infrastructure problem.

Mind Robotics raised $500M in March 2026 and another $400M in May 2026. That pattern shows how quickly capital can be pulled forward into companies that investors perceive as category-defining industrial robotics platforms.

The rarity of repeat fundraising is important. With 35 unique companies and 37 deals, most robotics companies in the dataset raised only once, so repeat financings are a stronger signal than ordinary participation.

Who are the investors that appear the most in robotics fundraising?

As of June 2026, repeat investor data in the robotics market is useful but incomplete. Over the past 12 months, only a few investors appeared in more than one disclosed qualifying round in the dataset.

Eclipse appeared in at least two qualifying deals, both Bedrock Robotics financings. That repeat pattern points to conviction in autonomous construction robotics rather than broad coverage of the whole robotics market.

Andreessen Horowitz appeared in at least two qualifying deals, including Mind Robotics and Saronic Technologies. 8VC also appeared in at least two qualifying deals, including Bedrock Robotics and Saronic Technologies.

One important caveat is that funding announcements usually disclose leads or selected syndicate members, not complete investor rosters or individual check sizes. So investor counts should be read as named participation, not as a precise measure of dollars committed.

For more context on how capital is concentrating around the leading robotics companies, see our deeper analysis of the robotics market.

Chart breaking down revenue across customer segments in the robotics market

This chart, featured in our robotics market deck, breaks down revenue across customer segments in the robotics market

INSIGHTS

The insights below come from reviewing every disclosed equity round in the robotics market between July 2025 and June 2026. They are not row-by-row summaries. They are the reusable patterns that kept showing up across the 37-deal dataset, and they are meant to stay useful when reading any future professional robotics funding announcement.

  • The robotics market behaves like a power-law funding market, not a normally distributed venture market. The top deal alone holds 38.2% of disclosed capital, and the top 10 hold 87.7%. Aggregate funding totals are therefore mostly narratives about a handful of perceived winners.
  • Megarounds make the robotics market look deeper than it is. Rounds above $50M represent only 35.1% of deals but 93.2% of capital. Any market-size reading should separate ordinary rounds from outlier financings.
  • The median robotics round is $20.0M, while the average is $123.7M. That gap is the simplest warning that the mean is not representative. A typical robotics company is not raising like Saronic, Apptronik, or Mind Robotics.
  • Deal activity is smoother than capital activity. The median month has 4 deals, but monthly funding ranges from $0 to $2.34B. The robotics market can look hot or cold depending on whether one outlier round lands in the measurement window.
  • Infrastructure Service Robots are the broadest visible category in the robotics market. They lead both deal share and capital share, which suggests investor interest across many workflows rather than one narrow technology theme.
  • Infrastructure robotics is not one market. The category includes construction, maritime autonomy, underwater inspection, ship cleaning, airport mobility, security, and exterior cleaning. Its dominance is a sign of fragmented demand across many physical environments.
  • Collaborative Robots show the strongest capital-intensity signal. The category has only 10.8% of deals but 34.2% of capital, giving it a 3.16 capital-share-to-deal-share ratio. Investors are paying for the possibility of platform-scale labor substitution.
  • Warehouse Mobile Robots look like the institutionalized middle of the robotics market. They produce 24.3% of deals and a $28.0M median round, but they do not dominate capital. The category is credible, measurable, and active without being the biggest frontier bet.
  • Agricultural Field Robots are credible but round-size constrained. They produced 10.8% of deals but only 1.5% of capital. Farm robotics still faces crop specificity, seasonality, distribution complexity, and slower payback cycles.
  • Surgical Robotics Systems are sparse but validated. Only two deals qualified, yet both were $70M or larger. That pattern suggests high barriers but meaningful investor willingness once clinical or commercial proof becomes credible.
  • Industrial Robot Arms are underrepresented relative to robotics hype. Only 3 deals and 2.7% of capital fall into the category. Classic robot hardware appears more fundable when paired with physical AI, modularity, or strong deployment evidence.
  • The robotics market is being financed around operating bottlenecks, not novelty. The largest checks went to construction, maritime autonomy, industrial robots, logistics, phlebotomy, and warehouse automation. Investors rewarded robots tied to urgent labor, safety, or infrastructure problems.
  • Stage labels can be misleading in robotics. Series A captured 26.0% of total capital because Apptronik and Mind Robotics raised very large Series A-labelled rounds. In this market, stage name is often weaker than deployment credibility.
  • Seed activity is healthy by count but small by dollars. Seed rounds produced 8 deals but only 0.9% of capital. The robotics market is forming new companies, but scale capital is being allocated very selectively.
  • Series D+ rounds define the late-stage funding picture. Only 2 deals produced 40.4% of disclosed capital. Late-stage robotics winners can raise like strategic infrastructure companies rather than ordinary hardware startups.
  • North America wins on capital density. It produced fewer deals than Europe but captured 82.2% of disclosed capital. The region’s advantage is not company formation alone; it is access to very large late-stage checks.
  • Europe wins on deal formation but not on scale capital. It produced 43.2% of deals but only 11.3% of capital. That makes Europe visible and active, but structurally underweighted in large robotics financing rounds.

Who is the author of this content?

NEW MARKET PITCH TEAM

We track new markets so founders and investors can move faster

We build living "market pitch" documents for emerging markets: AI, synthetic biology, new proteins, and more. Instead of outdated PDFs or hallucinated LLM answers, our clients get a clean, visual, always-updated view of what's really happening: key players, deals, regulations, and signals that matter. Learn more about us.

Back to blog