If there’s one sector that could end up benefitting a lot from the AI boom it’s robotics, with the cutting-edge technology needed to master the built environment becoming cheaper and more powerful.
In Europe, Zurich is the frontrunner when it comes to deals. The city, home to research powerhouse ETH Zurich, has seen five so far this year. Other cities seeing the bulk of the year’s activity include Paris, with four deals, and Munich and Barcelona, with three deals each, according to Sifted data.
Overall, equity funding into European robotics is up so far this year — although overall deal count is down. €648m has been invested so far in 2025, over 46 robotics deals, compared to €473m at this point in 2024, over 53 deals.
So, which companies are raising the most?
Here are the biggest equity rounds in robotics so far this year
Neura Robotics
Raised in 2025: €120m
Total funding: €248m
HQ: Metzingen, Germany
Neura Robotics is building ‘cognitive’ robots capable of ‘seeing’, walking and manipulating objects. It has five robot models, including MAiRA, a robotic arm and the MAV mobile robot, which is trolley-like and capable of transporting heavy loads. Its newest edition, MiPA, is a human-like model with a long robotic arm that can carry out tasks like serving trays to patients in hospital and playing catch with a child, and isn’t on the market yet. Its humanoid robot, 4NE-1, is still in a pilot phase, with a third generation of it to be released next year.
The company raised a €120m Series B in January, from investors including lead Lingotto Investment Management, as well as Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Vsquared Ventures and HV Capital.
CMR Surgical
Raised in 2025: $132m
Total funding: $1.3bn
HQ: Cambridge, UK
CMR Surgical’s robot, Versius, is built to assist surgeons controlling instruments like endoscopes (long thin tubes, often with a camera at the end), scissors, forceps and needle holders. The robot also captures data, which it then feeds back to operating staff.
The company is the best-funded surgical robotics startup in the world, according to Dealroom, and has raised more than $1bn since being founded in 2014. Its most recent round, in April, included SoftBank, Lightrock and Ally Bridge.
Aerones
Raised in 2025: $62m
Total funding: $122m
HQ: Riga
Aerones is building robots that help with the maintenance of wind turbine blades. Its robots can perform tasks such as lightning conductivity testing, drainage hole cleaning, inspection, cleaning, painting and repair.
Its $62m round in June was co-led by Activate Capital and S2G, and also included Carbon Equity, Lightrock and Extantia.
Nomagic
Raised in 2025 in 2025: $35.6m
Total funding: $65.8m
HQ: Warsaw
Polish robotics startup Nomagic develops industrial robots for warehouses and fulfilment centres which can complete tasks such as picking, packing and sorting items. It’s tapping into growing appetite for industrial installations in Europe, which rose 9% in 2023 to a new high, according to the International Federation of Robotics, an industry body.
Nomagic’s $35.6m round in February this year included investors such as the VC arm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), alongside Khosla Ventures and Almaz Capital.
ARX Robotics
Raised in 2025: €31m
Total funding: €52m
HQ: Munich, Germany
ARX Robotics, which builds autonomous unmanned ground systems from its base in Germany, raised a €31m Series A in April this year led by HV Capital.
ARX’s robots do everything from supplying and rescuing troops on the frontline to deceiving soldiers with imitation gunshot noises, lasers and other distractions in training.
Manna Air
Raised in 2025: $30m
Total funding: $60.7m
HQ: Dublin
Manna Air raised $30m in March this year to build out its drone delivery service in Ireland and the Nordics. The company’s drones can fly at 80km/h and deliver goods including groceries, takeaways and medicines.
Its March funding round was led by Molten Ventures and Tapestry VC, and also included Enterprise Ireland, Coca-Cola HBC, Dynamo VC and Radius Capital.
Robeauté
Raised in 2025: €27m
Total funding: €31m
HQ: Paris
Paris-based Robeauté is developing neurosurgical microrobots the size of a grain of rice which can deliver targeted treatments, collect samples and implant sensors in the brain. It’s currently conducting animal studies.
Its €27m round in January this year was led by Plural, Cherry Ventures and Kindred Ventures, and included LocalGlobe, Think.Health, APEX Ventures and Brainlab.
Sereact
Raised in 2025: €25m
Total funding: €28m
HQ: Stuttgart, Germany
Sereact is a Stuttgart-based startup which is developing AI software to equip robots with general purpose visual and manipulation capabilities — and perform a variety of warehouse tasks.
Its image-trained AI model also interacts with a language model, allowing an operator to type in text commands to a chat interface to create a plan of actions for a robot to complete tasks. Its €25m Series A was led by Creandum, and included Point Nine and Air Street Capital.
Theker
Raised in 2025: $21m
Total funding: $21m
HQ: Barcelona, Spain
Last month Theker raised a $21m seed round led by Kibo Ventures; Mundi Ventures, Kfund, JME and Inditex also participated.
The company is building a robotics system capable of adapting to unstructured environments — those which are messy and unpredictable, a challenge which has long faced robotics companies. Its robots can be deployed across sectors from retail to waste management.
Remora Robotics
Raised in 2025: €13.7m
Total funding: €21m
HQ: Stavanger, Norway
Remora Robotics is developing an autonomous cleaning and inspection robot for aquaculture — the farming of aquatic life such as fish, seaweed and shellfish. In July this year it raised €13.7m in a round led by Hatch Blue.
All of the robotics equity raises so far this year
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