October Robotics Financing Landscape: Three Key Sectors That Capital Has Set Its Sights On
In October, new financing news continued to emerge in China's robotics and embodied intelligence sector. Stardust Intelligence completed a new round of financing of 1 billion yuan, FR Robotics disclosed that the total financing of Series C+ and Series D rounds amounted to nearly 1 billion yuan, and MOSS Intelligence obtained a Pre-A round of financing of over 1 billion yuan. At the same time, a number of startups focusing on tactile perception, joint power, data collection and space operations have also received capital support one after another.
According to incomplete sorting of public information, as of October 28, 2026, this roundup includes the disclosed financing information of 45 enterprises in the robotics, embodied intelligence and directly related industrial chains, and supplements adjacent field enterprises such as White Rhino, Neolithic and Tage Intelligent Driving.
01 Stardust Intelligence
On October 13, Stardust Intelligence completed a new round of financing of 1 billion yuan, with a post-money valuation of 15 billion yuan. The financing was led by Toukong Donghai, with participation from Hongtai Fund, Ninghai Xingtaihe Fund, Shanhheng Capital, etc., and additional investment from Xianmu. The funds will be used for models, talents, production capacity and commercialization. Previously, it received support from Yunqi, Matrix Partners, Jinqiu, Ant Group, CAS Investment, etc. In June 2026, it disclosed the Series B round of financing, stating that the total cumulative financing in the previous three months exceeded 1 billion yuan.
The company was founded in Shenzhen at the end of 2022. Its technical system consists of embodied models, operating systems and cable-driven bodies. Its products include the S series and T1, targeting scenarios such as retail, cultural tourism, industry, scientific research and education. Lai Jie, the founder, was once an early core member of Tencent's Robotics X Lab and was in charge of Baidu's Xiaodu robot team, with years of experience in robot R&D.
02 FR Robotics
On October 16, FR Robotics disclosed that it had successively completed Series C+ and Series D rounds of financing, with a total of nearly 1 billion yuan for the two rounds, led by Meituan Dragon Ball and Meituan respectively. Yongxin Capital, Shishan Phase II, Suzhou Venture Capital, etc. participated, and old shareholders such as Guolian Minsheng Capital, Suzhou Industrial Investment and Clear Water River Capital made additional investments. The funds will be used for the production capacity of core components and industrial embodied R&D. In 2021, it disclosed a total of 30 million US dollars of consecutive financing; in 2022, it received a Series B round of over 50 million US dollars led by Source Code Capital; in 2025, it disclosed the Series C round with participation from Minsheng Equity Fund, Rongxiang Venture Capital, etc., and the amount was not disclosed.
Founded in 2019 and located in Suzhou, the company researches and develops collaborative robots and core components, and further deploys industrial-grade humanoid force control arms and embodied tool platforms. Both Chairman Yao Ting and General Manager Gong Xiangfeng graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology.
03 MOSS Intelligence
On October 12, MOSS Intelligence completed a Pre-A round of financing of over 1 billion yuan, led by Huakong Fund, with participation from Guokai Kechuang, Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Fund, Xinwei Capital, Xuhui Capital, Zhuiguang Hard Technology, Lingang Ceyuan, etc., and continued investment from old shareholders such as Yuanhe Holdings. The funds will be used for R&D and commercialization of full-modal real-time interaction. In April 2026, it disclosed a tens of millions of yuan angel round, led by Shanghai Future Industry Fund and IDG Capital, with participation from Yuanhe Holdings, Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation, MiraclePlus, Xinglian Capital, etc.
The company was incubated by the OpenMOSS team at the end of 2024, and researches and develops speech, vision and real-time multimodal foundations for interactive scenarios such as robots and smart terminals. Qiu Xipeng, the founder and chief scientist, is a professor at Fudan University, Li Shimin, the CEO, is the core author of SpeechGPT, and the team has backgrounds from Fudan University and Shanghai Chuangzhi College.
04 Horizon Robotics
On October 22, Horizon Robotics announced that it had successively completed Pre-B+ and Series B rounds of financing. According to a report by *Sci-Tech Innovation Board Daily*, the total financing amount of the two rounds is about 1.7 billion yuan, and the cumulative equity financing in 2026 has exceeded 2.5 billion yuan. The financing was led by the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, with participation from the Beijing Robot Industry Development Investment Fund, Yinshan Capital, Zhengxingu Capital, Jinpu Investment, etc., and many old shareholders continued to make additional investments. The funds will be used for R&D of new-generation embodied intelligence large-computing-power chips, large-scale delivery and ecological construction. In 2022, it completed an angel round of over 50 million US dollars led by Xiaomi; in 2024, it completed the Series A round; in February 2026, it completed a Pre-B round of over 800 million yuan, with participation from Zhiyuan, etc.
Founded in 2022, the company researches and develops the Guangzhi R1 chip and embodied intelligent computing platform, with business covering robots, L4 unmanned logistics and automotive assisted driving. Founder Xu Ningyi once served as the head of the Hardware Computing Group at Microsoft Research Asia and the chief architect of Baidu's Smart Chip Department; co-founders include Zhang Jianyong, who once served as a senior executive of NIO's autonomous driving department, and Professor He Guanghui from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
05 Vifa Electronics
On October 27, Vifa Electronics completed a 100-million-yuan level Series C round of financing, with capital increase from Guoke Xinneng and Huatai Zijing, and continued investment from C&D Emerging Investment, Yida Capital and Su High-Tech Venture Capital. The funds will be used for mass production of AIDC solid-state products, expansion of production lines for eddy current sensors and robot joint encoders, and expansion of overseas markets.
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Changzhou, the company mainly deals in intelligent safety devices and sensors; its robot business mainly includes joint encoders such as single-turn absolute encoders, mechanical gear multi-turn encoders and same-side dual encoders. The company is led by teams from Tsinghua University and Southeast University.
06 Motact Technology
On October 26, Motact Technology completed a 100-million-yuan level angel+ round of financing, led by DDH Capital and Oasis Capital, with follow-on investment from Exceed Dynamics, Loongson Venture Capital, CAS Star, Hua Shan Capital, Pudong Venture Capital and an unnamed domestic embodied intelligence manufacturer. Previously, it completed an angel round of financing with participation from HSG, GL Ventures, Zhiyuan Robotics, etc.
Founded in Shanghai in May 2026, the company provides full-body multimodal tactile solutions for humanoid robots, focusing on electronic skin MoSkin, perception algorithm MoTact and tactile world action model MoWorld. The team was incubated by the robotics team of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. CEO Yan Zhaoxu has a research background in microelectronics and multimodal sensing, and CTO Zhou Hang has a research background in robotics, autonomous driving models and world models.
07 CAS Huling
On October 26, CAS Huling completed a hundreds of millions of yuan A++ round of financing, jointly invested by Zhilai Investment, Yonghua Investment, Maotian Investment, Yuanhe Chenkun, Guoke Kezhi, Luning Investment, etc. The funds will be used for mass production delivery, iteration of embodied brains in key scenarios and market expansion. In June 2025, the company disclosed a Series A round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan led by Lens Technology.
Founded in 2023, with the brand name Lingbao CASBOT, the company researches and develops general humanoid robots and scenario-based embodied products, with product forms covering full-size, half-size and wheel-arm robots. Founder Zhang Zhengtao is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the co-founder and COO is Zhang Miao, and the core team has accumulated experience in precision assembly, flexible operation and visual servoing research.
08 Noitom Robotics
On October 26, Noitom Robotics completed a Pre-A+++ round of financing, exclusively invested by Huirong Fund, and the amount was not disclosed. The company provides multimodal training data and infrastructure for robot ontology, model teams and scientific research institutions. In June 2026, it disclosed a hundreds of millions of yuan Pre-A++ round of financing. New investors include Beijing and Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Fund, Shenzhen Venture Capital, C&D Emerging Investment, GF Xinde, etc., and old shareholders such as Junlian, Wuyuan and Matrix Partners continued to invest.
The company builds a data system around multimodal large-space interaction, full-modal dexterous operation and first-person field collection, with core delivery of training data and capabilities of collection, governance and delivery. Founder Dai Ruoli co-founded Noitom Technology and has long studied motion capture, human motion digitization and human-computer interaction.
09 Force Infinite
On October 26, Force Infinite received an investment of nearly 100 million yuan from Zhejiang Venture Capital, and *Sci-Tech Innovation Board Daily* marked this round as the A++ round. The funds support the R&D of the embodied brain AtomBrain, causal world model and full-stack AI infrastructure. In August 2026, the company disclosed that the total financing of Series A and Series A+ rounds was nearly 1 billion yuan, led by Dunhong Assets and head state-owned capital platforms, with participation from Zhejiang University Science and Innovation Group, etc., and additional investment from old shareholders such as Creation Ventures CCV.
Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Hangzhou, the company conducts business around the embodied brain, DataGrid infrastructure and multi-form robot scenario deployment. Founder and CEO Bai Huiyuan once served as vice president of Alibaba; CTO Wang Yizhou has a Berkeley doctorate and experience in autonomous driving R&D at Baidu and NVIDIA; chief scientist Chen Jiayu is an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong.
10 Cell Wall Technology
On October 26, Cell Wall Technology announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, with investors being TCL Industrial Strategic Investment and Shenzhen Venture Capital, and the amount was not disclosed. In September 2026, it disclosed a hundreds of millions of yuan angel+ round led by Oriental Fortune Capital, with follow-on investment from Legend Star, Tianqi Capital, etc.; previously, it also completed an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan.
Founded in 2023 and located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, the company enters the Personal Agent human-computer interaction field with the desktop robot CyboPal ONE and related interactive terminals, and explores an interactive system connecting people, agents and computers. Founder and CEO Peng Tianfang is a doctor from the Department of Precision Instrument of Tsinghua University, and the team has a Tsinghua scientific research background.
11 Jincontrol Technology
On October 26, Jincontrol Technology completed a tens of millions of yuan angel round of financing, led by DDH VGC, with follow-on investment from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Hanyuan Assets, Guoke Green Fund, Lingqiao Intelligence, etc. The funds will be used for core device R&D, on-orbit verification and engineering.
Founded in Shanghai in April 2026, the company focuses on space robots and space manufacturing, and researches and develops controllers, servo drives, joint modules, multi-dimensional force sensors and space operation robots. Founder He Jun is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, studied under Academician Lin Zhongqin, and the team researches space floating robot control, compliant operation and ground microgravity simulation.
12 Lingyan Technology
On October 25, Lingyan Technology disclosed the combined financing of tens of millions of yuan for the seed round and seed+ round. The investors of the seed round are Yingdong Capital and Zhejiang Torch Center; the investors of the seed+ round are Yida Capital, Plum Ventures, Linglu Capital, and Yingdong Capital made additional investment.
Founded in Hangzhou in June 2026, the company researches and develops bionic dexterous face and emotional interaction technology, provides the FaceSoul Agent solution for humanoid, service and emotional companion robots. Founder and CEO Zhao Changyi studied under Professor Liu Chunbao from Jilin University, the team originated from the Bionic Engineering Laboratory, and has scientific research and industrial cooperation foundations with Quan Zhibo and Heiman Technology.
13 Srit Intelligence
On October 24, Srit Intelligence completed a tens of millions of yuan financing, and public reports did not disclose the round and investors of this round. The funds will be used for delivery of intended orders and R&D of new products such as embodied intelligence, as well as the construction of domestic and foreign market and sales teams. According to the company's official website, it received a 10 million-yuan level Pre-A round of financing in 2021. In March 2022, the company received an investment of tens of millions of yuan from the Guangdong Cultural Industry Investment Fund.
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Guangzhou, the company's business covers industrial vision, industrial large models and embodied robots, serving processes such as automotive stamping, welding, painting and final assembly.
14 Fujian Humanoid Robot Innovation Center
On October 23, Fujian Humanoid Robot Innovation Center announced the completion of the Pre-A+ round of financing, with investors being Fuzhou Gulou District Urban Construction Investment Development Group and Xiamen Hangzhi Liangshu Future Technology Incubator, and the amount was not disclosed. It had previously completed the Pre-A round of financing and received support from the Minjiang Industrial Guidance Fund; this round was more than four months apart from the previous round, and the specific amount was not made public.
Founded in Fuzhou in September 2025, the company researches and develops the "Fuzhi" wheel-arm humanoid robot, combining 3D printing ontology, self-developed f-VLA model, teleoperation and multi-robot collaboration. The team includes talents from universities at home and abroad, robot R&D personnel and Taiwan AI algorithm experts.
15 Star Memory Intelligence
On October 22, Star Memory Intelligence disclosed consecutive financing of tens of millions of yuan for the seed round and seed+ round. The seed round was led by Shunxi Fund; the seed+ round was led by Lingyun Guang, with follow-on investment from Zhongguancun Capital and Yichuang Investment. The funds will be used for the construction of algorithms, data infrastructure and delivery capabilities.
The company was incubated by the Department of Computer Science of Tsinghua University, researches and develops the EgoKit collection system and HBR Engine data engine, and converts first-person hand-object interactions into trainable data assets. Founder and CEO Song Zhiheng was once responsible for the full-size bipedal complete machine product, data collection and teleoperation system of Zhiyuan Robotics, and previously participated in the early product development of Megarobo.
16 Purple Create Intelligent Machinery
On October 21, Purple Create Intelligent Machinery completed a tens of millions of yuan angel+ round of financing, led by Western Capital. The funds will be used for core model iteration, expansion of industry data sets and commercialization of products such as intelligent loaders. It has previously received investment from Yida Capital and leading industrial parties, and this round is the company's second financing in 2026.
Founded in 2025, the company focuses on intelligent transformation and unmanned operation of construction machinery, and deploys line-controlled loaders, excavators, autonomous mobile robots and inspection robots.
17 Eta Dynamics
On October 20, Eta Dynamics disclosed a total of over 100 million yuan of financing for the seed round and seed+ round, jointly invested by Matrix Partners China, SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, CCB International, Lighthouse Founders' Fund, Galaxy General and Fourier Intelligence.
Founded in Shenzhen in May 2026, the company provides compliant force control dual arms, robot power platforms and quasi-direct drive planetary joint modules, serving humanoid and other embodied robots. Founder Zhong Xuegang has a background in mechatronic engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, and once served as the R&D director of the power sector of Fourier's humanoid robots; chief scientist Yan Lei is an associate professor at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), researching force control and dexterous operation.
18 Context Intelligence
On October 20, Context Intelligence completed a tens of millions of yuan seed round of financing, with strategic investment from Haowen Tianshu Robot Technology and Shanghai Lanyun Industrial. The funds will be used for technology R&D, product verification and overseas market layout.
Founded in Shanghai in September 2026, the company applies the experience of force control, vision and precision execution in the field of medical robots to the cleaning of building facades, tabletops and sanitary ware surfaces. CEO Lu Han graduated from the