The funding is the largest Series A round ever for a humanoid robotics startup in Europe, the company said.
UK-based AI and robotics company Humanoid has secured a $152m Series A funding round at a post-money valuation of $1.35bn.
The funding was led by Prime Movers Lab, a venture capital firm focused on investing in scientific innovation, with participation from Schaeffer, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital and Aglaé Ventures – the investment company of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault.
The funding represents the largest Series A for a humanoid robotics startup in Europe, according to Humanoid, and brings its total funding to date to $270m.
“In just two years, we went from an idea to Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn, partnered with some of the industry’s leading companies and built one of the strongest pipelines in the industry,” said CEO and founder Artem Sokolov.
“This funding gives us the resources to move very quickly and transform humanoid robots from cutting-edge technology into everyday industrial tools.”
The company, founded in 2024, develops humanoid robots for industrial use in ways that are “commercially viable, safe and secure”, it said. It employs over 250 people between London, Boston, Vancouver and San Diego.
“Humanoid robotics will be one of the defining technologies of the next decade, reshaping the way commercial and industrial work is done. We expect the field to include several class leaders across the US, Europe and China,” said Zia Huque, general partner at Prime Movers Lab.
Humanoid said the new capital will be used to fund its next phase of growth, accelerate commercial deployment and business expansion, and develop its wheeled robots and related AI platform, ‘KinetIQ’.
According to the company, it has ongoing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies such as SAP, Nvidia, Bosch and Siemens, and recently secured an agreement with Schaeffler for the large-scale deployment of thousands of humanoid robots in manufacturing facilities.
“By combining our decades of industry expertise and excellence with the successful Humanoid AI platform, we are actively supporting one of the most exciting frontiers in technology,” said Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO of Schaeffler.
Bosch CTO Mathias Pillin said his company will “act as Humanoid’s contract manufacturing partner while also providing strategic consulting and technical expertise in hardware design, manufacturing and supply chain”.
Meanwhile, Asian corporate giants have made significant moves around robotics in recent days. Samsung Electronics is establishing a new robotics division, and Hyundai Motor Group is acquiring full control of Boston Dynamics.
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