Monthly roundup · Robotics · August 2026

Robotics startup funding, August 2026: Neros Technologies's $250M Series C leads 24 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Updated 10 October 2026

We read 24 equity rounds in Robotics announced in August 2026, raising $1.4B between them: 11% of all the rounds we read that month and 6% of the money. The largest was Neros Technologies's $250M Series C, led by Sequoia Capital and American Strategic Technology Fund (ASTF). The median seed round was $8.1M, against $8.4M over the last twelve months in Robotics; at Series A it was $29M. 8VC led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds24in Robotics, 22 with an amount
Raised$1.4Bacross those rounds
Lead named96%of rounds say who led
Share of the month11%of rounds; 6% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Neros TechnologiesSeries C · United States · led by Sequoia Capital, American Strategic Technology Fund (ASTF)$250M
  2. 2General IntuitionGrowth · United States · led by AgriZeroNZ$220M
  3. 3Gravis RoboticsSeries A · Switzerland · led by SoftBank BB Corp$200M
  4. 4GeneralistSeries B · led by 8VC$200M
  5. 5KKraken TechnologySeries B · United Kingdom · led by DTCP$175M
  6. 6Skan AISeries C · United States · led by Cathay Innovation, Dell Technologies Capital$63M
  7. 7AAdapyv BioSeries A · Switzerland · led by Highland Europe$40M
  8. 8Aurelius SystemsSeries A · United States · led by Draper Associates, KAS Venture Partners$40M
  9. 9Dash BioSeries A · United States · led by Oak HC/FT$30M
  10. 10Hippo HarvestSeries C · United States · led by Cox Farms$30M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Robotics announced each day of August. The busiest day was 4 August, with 4.

1 August31 August

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$11Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed7$8.1Mthis month$8.4M12 months here
Series A8$29Mthis month$29M12 months here
Series B2$188Mthis month$63M12 months here
Series C3$63Mthis month$100M12 months, all sectors
Growth2$114Mthis 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, Robotics24
  • Rounds, all sectors220
  • Raised, Robotics$1.4B
  • Raised, all sectors$25B

The whole of August 2026

Other sectors in August

117 roundsAI→32 roundsFintech→21 roundsConstruction→18 roundsHealthcare→18 roundsSoftware→17 roundsEnergy→14 roundsLogistics→14 roundsBig Data & Analytics→13 roundsDefence Tech→12 roundsEnterprise Software→12 roundsCloud→11 roundsCleantech→11 roundsBiotech→11 roundsCybersecurity→10 roundsClimate Tech→