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Robotics Funding News: Sep 28–Oct 4, 2026

We tracked 25 robotics deals for Sep 28–Oct 4, 2026, with $2.2B disclosed. The biggest round was Figure's $1B Series C (US). That includes 22 funding rounds, 1 IPO or listing, 1 debt deal, and 1 reported, unconfirmed deal.

Week ending October 4, 2026

$2.2Bdisclosed
25deals
22funding rounds
Figurebiggest: $1B

Deals by country: US 15, China 5, unknown (likely China) 1, France 1

Funding Rounds 22

$1B Figure Series C (over $1B) · led by Parkway Venture Capital · humanoid robots · US roboticsroundup.substack.com
$600M Mach Industries Series C (additional) · defense autonomy · US roboticsroundup.substack.com
$150M SiMa.ai Series C · led by +ND Capital, AllianceBernstein, Dell Technologies Capital, Fidelity, Maverick Capital, Point72, others · physical AI chips · US finsmes.com
$149M Sudo AI robot foundation model (manipulation) · unknown (likely China) trysignalbase.com
$80M Watney Series A · led by Valor Atreides AI Fund, Hummingbird Ventures · robotics · US roboticsroundup.substack.com
$60M Poseidon Aerospace Series A · led by TQ Ventures · autonomous aircraft · US roboticsroundup.substack.com
$50M Fortem Technologies Series B · counter-drone · US newmarketpitch.com
$18M Konnex robotics · US roboticsroundup.substack.com
$13M Inbolt EUR 11M · robot vision guidance · France tech.eu
$11M Hop Aero Seed · led by Initialized Capital, Y Combinator · autonomous cargo aircraft · US finsmes.com
$8M Destro AI Seed · led by Base10 Partners, Bonfire Ventures, CoFound Partners · warehouse robot orchestration software · US techcrunch.com
$7.5M Aleph Pre-Seed · autonomous surgical robots · US newmarketpitch.com
$6.8M Bulwark Dynamics Seed · defense robotics · US roboticsroundup.substack.com
$4.5M Tangent Robotics Pre-seed · led by Fly Ventures, Logos Fund, Sparked Ventures, Toyota Ventures · industrial automation robotics · US alpha-maven.com
$3.5M Extend Robotics Pre-A (GBP 2.6M) · teleoperated industrial robots · UK newmarketpitch.com
$2.6M LOMBY Series A (JPY 387M) · delivery robots · Japan newmarketpitch.com
Undisclosed Persona AI Strategic (Daiwa House fund) · humanoid · US prtimes.jp
Undisclosed Femo Technology (费莫一科技) Seed · embodied AI · China damodev.csdn.net
Undisclosed 蓝虫具身 (Lanchong Embodied) Angel, RMB tens of millions (lead 西高投) · led by Xi'an High-tech Investment (西高投) · embodied AI · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed BlueBug Embodied Intelligence Angel (tens of millions CNY) · wheeled humanoid · China newmarketpitch.com
Undisclosed KNOWIN (诺因智能) Angel+++ · led by JD-affiliated fund (京东) lead; Zhengxingu Capital (正心谷资本) · embodied AI · China news.pedaily.cn
Undisclosed Vistrata (바이스트라타) Seed (SNU Holdings) · physical AI software · South Korea unicornfactory.co.kr

IPOs & Listings 1

Undisclosed 本末科技 (Benmo Tech) Hong Kong IPO listing · robot actuators / direct-drive motors · China news.pedaily.cn

Debt & Credit 1

$70M AMP Project debt · Galvanize · AI recycling sorting robots · US finsmes.com

Reported, Not Confirmed 1

$700M FieldAI in talks / reported (at $10B valuation) · field robotics autonomy (construction etc.) · US ocbj.com
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Robotics funding in October 2026

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