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Robotics Funding News: Sep 21–27, 2026

We tracked 21 robotics deals for Sep 21–27, 2026, with $817M disclosed. The biggest round was Tekever's $580M Series D (first close) (Portugal). That includes 17 funding rounds, 2 acquisitions, and 2 debt deals.

Week ending September 27, 2026

$817Mdisclosed
21deals
17funding rounds
Tekeverbiggest: $580M

Deals by country: China 9, US 6, Japan 2, Portugal 1

Funding Rounds 17

$580M Tekever Series D (first close) · led by Baillie Gifford, Crescent Cove, Iberis Capital, Merlyn Advisors, UC Investments, Ventura Capital · drones/autonomous systems · Portugal/UK roboticsroundup.substack.com
$225M Autonomous Solutions (ASI) strategic investment/JV with SoftBank · led by SoftBank Group · heavy-equipment autonomy · US roboticsroundup.substack.com
$7.6M Feather Pre-Seed · led by Builder Capital, Geometry, Gradient Ventures, Seed Innovation, Virgo VC · modular humanoid/developer platform · US newmarketpitch.com
$1.5M Logibot Seed (€1.4M) · led by BAN Business Angels network, BeamBerlin, PMV, RDY Ventures · logistics robotics software · Belgium finsmes.com
$1.2M O-ID Pre-Seed · modular industrial humanoid · Japan techfundingnews.com
$1.2M (unnamed modular humanoid startup) modular humanoid robots · Japan tech.eu
Undisclosed Redefine Surgery Pre-Seed · led by undisclosed · surgical physical AI · US finsmes.com
Undisclosed Synapath.Ai (枢途科技) Two additional angel rounds · led by CDH Baifu (鼎晖百孚), Kunpeng Fund (鲲鹏基金) · embodied AI data services · China 36kr.jp
Undisclosed Xihe Robotics first institutional (tens of millions CNY) · grain-depot robots · China newmarketpitch.com
Undisclosed Xirang Kaiwu Seed + Angel · physical AI · China dealroom.co
Undisclosed 欧卡智舶 (Orca/Ocean Intelligent Ship) Series C · marine embodied AI / USVs · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed Helicon Seed · composites manufacturing automation therobotreport.com
Undisclosed 范博特机器人 (Fanbote Robotics) Angel, RMB tens of millions · social/coaching robot · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed XianTu Origin Seed (tens of millions CNY) · quadrupeds/mobile manipulators · China newmarketpitch.com
Undisclosed 中亿具身 (Zhongyi Embodied) Angel, ~RMB 100M (近亿元) · embodied AI infrastructure · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed 方奇科技 (Fangqi Tech) Angel, RMB tens of millions · embodied brain software · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed 火星登陆 (Mars Landing) Two rounds, RMB tens of millions · brain-like robot architecture · China news.pedaily.cn

Acquisitions 2

$500M RealSense (acq. by Cognex) Acquisition, ~$500M, close expected Q4 2026 · Cognex · robot depth perception / 3D vision · US pillsburylaw.com
Undisclosed PickNik Robotics (acq. by Qualcomm) Acquisition agreement · Qualcomm · robot motion-planning software · US trysignalbase.com

Debt & Credit 2

$1.2M AGV America Invoice factoring facility · Gateway Commercial Finance · warehouse automation robots · US finsmes.com
$399K KTV Working Drone Loan (£300K) · Development Bank of Wales · drone services · UK finsmes.com
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Robotics funding in September 2026

Amounts are as reported and shown in US dollars. How we count robotics funding.