Robotics startups are off to a flying start in 2025. So far, they’ve raised €775m across 64 deals, already topping 2024’s total of €761m across 104 deals.
The sector’s largest rounds include Germany-based Neura Robotics, which closed a €120 m Series B in January, and Cambridge’s CMR Surgical, which raised $132m in April to expand its AI-powered surgical robotics platform.
Investors from Germany and the US are leading the charge, backing startups that are driving this year’s robotics boom — spanning humanoid robots and AI integration, versatile generalist robot software and the rising robotics-as-a-service model.
This list ranks the most active investors first by deal count, then by average deal size.
1/ HV Capital
Deals: 3
HQ: Germany
Average deal size: €54m
HV Capital is staking a leading claim in robotics this year. It joined the year’s largest round: €120m Series B for Neura Robotics in January, backing the company’s push to develop humanoid robots. In April, the firm led a €31m Series A for ARX Robotics, whose AI-powered unmanned ground vehicles serve defence and industrial applications; it returned in July for the company’s €11m Series A extension.
2/ Cherry Ventures
Deals: 2
HQ: Germany
Average deal size: €18.3m
In January, it co-led a €27m Series A for Robeauté, Paris-based microrobots designed to navigate the human brain for biopsies and targeted therapy. Then in June, it led the Series A extension for Voliro, a Swiss aerial-robotics spinout from ETH Zurich building tiltable-rotor inspection drones for industrial infrastructure.
3/ Plural
Deals: 2
HQ: UK
Average deal size: €17.2m
Alongside co-leading the €27m Series A for Robeauté, it led an $8.5m seed round in June for Sunrise Robotics, a Slovenian startup training dual-arm robotic cells in simulation to automate factory tasks and accelerate flexible manufacturing.
4/ Capnamic
Deals: 2
HQ: Germany
Average deal size: €13.2m
In June, it joined a €13m seed round for Swarm Biotactics, which outfits insects with AI “backpacks” to operate in high-risk or hard to reach environments. In July, it participated in a €13.5m round for Filics, whose slender dual-robot units autonomously transport pallets under them, optimising warehouse logistics in tight spaces.
5/ Supernova Invest
Deals: 2
HQ: France
Average deal size: €10.7m
Supernova Invest has backed both industrial and warehouse automation robots. In January, it co-led a €11.3m seed round for Capra Robotics, which is scaling its modular AMR platforms indoors and outdoors. Then in March, it led a €10m Series A for Galam Robotics, which specialises in a sliding-puzzle-inspired robotic storage solution for small warehouses.
6/ S16VC
Deals: 2
HQ: US
Average deal size: €10.5m
It first backed Theker Robotics in a €3m seed round in February, supporting the development of adaptive robotics systems capable of operating in unstructured environments. In July, the firm returned for a $21m seed extension — the largest seed round in Spain — helping it scale its real-time robotics-as-a-service platform.
7/ Itnig
Deals: 2
HQ: Spain
Average deal size: €10.5m
Barcelona-based startup builder and VC Itnig followed a similar path. It first participated in Theker Robotics’s €3m February seed and returned for its $21m July extension.
8/ Polytechnique Ventures
Deals: 2
HQ: France
Average deal size: €9.4m
Polytechnique Ventures spread its robotics bets across medtech and warehouse automation. In March, it participated in Galam Robotics’s €10m Series A. Earlier in February, it co-led a $9.2m round for Reev, a medtech startup creating wearable exoskeletons to assist patients with movement disorders.
9/ Prototype Capital
Deals: 2
HQ: US
Average deal size: €6.9m
Prototype Capital focused on sensor and factory automation tech. In May, it joined a $7.3m round for Sensmore, a Finnish startup combining AI and IoT sensors to monitor industrial machinery. In June, it participated in an $8.5m seed round for Sunrise Robotics, which works on supporting dual-arm robotic cells trained in simulation to automate manufacturing tasks.
10/ Acequia Capital
Deals: 2
HQ: US
Average deal size: €3.9m
In May, it joined Sensmore’s $7.3m round, then participated in a $1.6m pre-seed for Loki Robotics, a Zurich-based startup building autonomous robots for facility operations.
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