- UK robotics startup Humanoid has raised $152 million in a Prime Movers Lab-led Series A funding round.
- The funding round values the company at $1.35 billion, and brings its total funding to $270 million.
- Humanoid is now under pressure to ship beta robots to customer sites in Q4 2026 as promised.
Humanoid, a London-based builder of wheeled industrial robots, has raised $152 million in a Series A funding round. The two-year-old company is now valued at $1.35 billion.
Forbes has labeled Humanoid Europe’s first robotics unicorn and the funding round lands just as investors begin to pour money into “physical AI.”
Who is buying Humanoid stocks?
Humanoid has announced that it raised $152 million in a Series A funding round led by Prime Movers Lab. The company says the raise pushes its total funding to $270 million. Following the round, the company is now valued at $1.35 billion.
Humanoid told reporters that it expects beta robots to be operational at customer sites in the fourth quarter of 2026, spread across the manufacturing, logistics, and retail industries. To achieve this goal, Bosch will act as contract manufacturer, handling parts sourcing and production.
Schaeffler, a German industrial supplier, has signed a separate agreement covering the planned rollout of thousands of robots inside its factories. Humanoid also lists SAP (ETR: SAP), NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), and Siemens (ETR: SIE) among its Fortune 500 partners.
The founder and CEO of Humanoid, Artem Sokolov, said in a statement that the funding provides the company with the resources to move even faster and to turn humanoid robots from “breakthrough technology into everyday industrial tools.”
Zia Huque, a general partner at Prime Movers Lab, said he expects the humanoid field to “consolidate around a handful of category leaders across the U.S., Europe, and China,” and stated that Humanoid would be one of them.
The Hurun Research Institute counted 80 unicorns in the UK as of July 1, worth a combined £242.4 billion and ranking the country third globally behind the United States and China and Humanoid is now one of those companies.
China minted 67 unicorns in the first half of 2026, according to Cryptopolitan’s previous reporting. Notably, the AI and robotics industries accounted for more than half of those unicorns.
What will Humanoid do with the money from its funding round?
Humanoid’s newly raised funds will be used for several key projects, like developing its next-generation robot platform. The company also plans to start mass manufacturing its wheeled robots and intends to expand its AI software, specifically its proprietary AI system called KinetIQ.
KinetIQ is the part of Humanoid’s technology that lets the company’s robots understand and carry out physical tasks, essentially the brain. The system is designed to coordinate entire fleets of robots, even if the robots have different bodies and jobs.
Humanoid says it has also secured 34,000 robot pre-orders worth $2.4 billion and completed nine proof-of-concept projects with its wheeled robot, the HMND 01.
Humanoid is pitching its wheeled robots as an answer to labor shortages in factories and warehouses, where employers want steadier output and less employee turnover.
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FAQs
Who led Humanoid's $152 million funding round?
Prime Movers Lab led the Series A, with participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital, and Aglaé Ventures.
What will Humanoid do with the money?
The company plans to launch its next-generation robot platform, begin mass manufacturing of its wheel-based humanoid robots, expand its KinetIQ AI system, and start long-term commercial deployments, beginning with beta robots at customer sites in Q4 2026.
How many unicorns does the UK have?
The Hurun Research Institute counted 80 UK unicorns worth a combined £242.4 billion as of July 1, 2026, placing the country third globally behind the United States and China.
Hannah Collymore
Hannah is a writer and editor with nearly a decade of blog writing and event reporting experience in the crypto space. At Cryptopolitan, Hannah contributes to the news page, reporting and analyzing the latest developments in DeFi, RWA, crypto regulation, AI and frontier tech industries. She graduated from Arcadia university with a degree in Business Administration.
