UK-based Humanoid, a developer of industrial humanoid robots, has raised $152 million in a Series A round at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation, making it Europe's first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, with participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital, and Aglaé Ventures. Total funding to date now stands at $270 million.
Key takeaways
- Funding will accelerate the launch of a next-generation humanoid platform and begin Beta robot rollouts in Q4 2026 across logistics, manufacturing, and retail.
- Humanoid plans to start mass production of wheel-based humanoid robots, leveraging its proprietary AI brain, KinetIQ, for general-purpose industrial tasks.
- The company has signed major partnerships with Fortune 500 firms including SAP, Nvidia, Bosch, and Siemens, and the largest publicly announced commercial agreement with Schaeffler for thousands of robots in manufacturing.
- Bosch will act as contract manufacturer, providing expertise in hardware design, production, and supply chain.
This investment signals growing confidence in the commercial viability of humanoid robots for industrial applications, addressing labor shortages and reshaping productivity across global industries.
Source: Robotics & Automation News (roboticsandautomationnews.com) · Published 2026-07-22 · “Humanoid raises $152 million at $1.35 billion valuation, becoming ‘Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn’”