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Robotics Funding News: Aug 24–30, 2026

We tracked 27 robotics deals for Aug 24–30, 2026, with $2.3B disclosed. The biggest round was XPeng Robotics' $900M First round (China). That includes 21 funding rounds, 3 acquisitions, 2 IPOs or listings, and 1 reported, unconfirmed deal.

Week ending August 30, 2026

$2.3Bdisclosed
27deals
21funding rounds
XPeng Roboticsbiggest: $900M

Deals by country: China 13, US 7, India 2, Europe 1

Funding Rounds 21

$900M XPeng Robotics (鹏行智能 / 小鹏机器人) First round (over USD 900M (超9亿美元)) · humanoid robots · China news.pedaily.cn
$634M Sharpa over RMB 4.5B (超45亿人民币); 10jqka describes this as cumulative · dexterous hands · China news.pedaily.cn
$200M Generalist Series B extension (led by 8VC; $600M total round) · led by 8VC · robot foundation models · US kucoin.com
$200M Gatik Series D · led by Qatar Investment Authority, Koch Disruptive Technologies · autonomous trucking · US retailtechinnovationhub.com
$141M Futuring Robot 3rd round in 6 months · led by Yuanlai Capital (源来资本) et al. · home robot · China autonews.gasgoo.com
$100M PsiBot (灵初智能) over USD 100M (过亿美元) · embodied AI · China news.pedaily.cn
$37M Airbound Series A · led by Lightspeed, Greenoaks, DoorDash · drone delivery · India finsmes.com
$21M Perceptron visual AI for factory robotics techcrunch.com
$20M Corvus Robotics unspecified · led by Catalyst Investors · warehouse inventory drones · US robotics247.com
$17M Lupin Dental EUR 15M · led by Fynveur · dental robotics · Europe techfundingnews.com
$12M InspeCity Series A (approx. $12M) · led by Speciale Invest, Ashish Kacholia (co-leads) · in-orbit servicing robotics · India finsmes.com
$7M Mara Pre-seed · led by Khosla Ventures · counter-drone autonomous interceptors · US vestbee.com
$2M Motion Pre-Seed · led by Norrsken Evolve, Extantia Capital · humanoid robots-as-a-service · Belgium techfundingnews.com
$1.9M Cota Robotics Series A (€1.8M) · led by undisclosed · robotics · Sweden funding.tech.eu
Undisclosed Lingzhang Technology (灵掌科技) Angel · dexterous hands · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed Xingji Miyuan (星际觅元) Seed · robotics · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed Maibu Robotics (迈步机器人) exoskeletons · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed GenRobot.AI (简智机器人) Series A · embodied AI · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed Luobo Wanglian (罗博网联) Series B · robotics · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed Miaodong Technology (妙动科技) robotics · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed Synapath.Ai (枢途科技) Two rounds · led by Kylinhall Partners (麟阁创投), Shenzhen HTI (深圳高新投); CoStone Capital (基石资本), Nanshan SEI (南山战新投), Suzhou Trend Capital · embodied AI infrastructure · China news.pedaily.cn

Acquisitions 3

$11M Michelo Robotics (79.48% acq. by Finger) Majority acquisition ~KRW 16B · industrial robot intelligence · South Korea fnnews.com
Undisclosed EXL / iMerit acquisition · EXL · physical AI data · US therobotreport.com
Undisclosed Sapience Automation (acq. by PPC Partners) Acquisition · robotics integrator · US controleng.com

IPOs & Listings 2

Undisclosed LimX Dynamics (逐际动力) HK IPO filing (confidential) · humanoid robots · China 36kr.jp
Undisclosed Uditech (优地机器人) HK IPO post-hearing prospectus · delivery service robots · China news.pedaily.cn

Reported, Not Confirmed 1

Undisclosed 1X Technologies majority stake (talks) · humanoid · US/Norway techfundingnews.com
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Robotics funding in August 2026

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