Monthly roundup · Robotics · July 2026

Robotics startup funding, July 2026: Helsing's $1.8B Series E leads 15 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 August 2026Updated 15 October 2026

We read 15 equity rounds in Robotics announced in July 2026, raising $3.9B between them: 7% of all the rounds we read that month and 9% of the money. The largest was Helsing's $1.8B Series E, led by General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The median seed round was $12M, against $8.4M over the last twelve months in Robotics; at Series A it was $115M. General Catalyst led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds15in Robotics, 14 with an amount
Raised$3.9Bacross those rounds
Lead named67%of rounds say who led
Share of the month7%of rounds; 9% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1HelsingSeries E · Germany · led by General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners$1.8B
  2. 2Quantum SystemsSeries D · Germany · led by Blackstone Group, Advent International$1.2B
  3. 3Walden RoboticsSeed · United States · led by Toyota Ventures, Toyota Motor Corporation$300M
  4. 4HHumanoidSeries A · United Kingdom · led by Prime Movers Lab$152M
  5. 5YYimu TechGrowth · China$148M
  6. 6TerraFirmaSeries A · United States$115M
  7. 7EnigmaSeed · United States · led by Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital$71M
  8. 8RopediaPre-seed · Singapore$30M
  9. 9DDogtooth TechnologiesGrowth · United Kingdom$19M
  10. 10HHenry AISeries A · United States$17M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Robotics announced each day of July. The busiest day was 2 July, with 2.

1 July31 July

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the sector's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the one across all sectors.

Pre-seed2$17Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed6$12Mthis month$8.4M12 months here
Series A3$115Mthis month$29M12 months here
Series D1$1.2Bthis month$150M12 months, all sectors
Growth2$83Mthis month$113M12 months, all sectors

The most active leads

Firms that led two or more of the month's rounds in Robotics.

Where

United States had the most Robotics rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Robotics15
  • Rounds, all sectors216
  • Raised, Robotics$3.9B
  • Raised, all sectors$41B

The whole of July 2026

Other sectors in July

131 roundsAI→36 roundsFintech→16 roundsClimate Tech→16 roundsEnergy→16 roundsManufacturing→15 roundsHealthcare→15 roundsCybersecurity→13 roundsSoftware→13 roundsAerospace & Space→12 roundsHardware & Electronics→12 roundsConstruction→12 roundsBig Data & Analytics→12 roundsBiotech→