Robotics funding falls to €789M on fewer deals
90 days to 2026-10-20
Robotics funding fell to €789M in the 90 days to 20 October 2026, down from €2.73B in the prior 90-day window, a decline of about 71%. Deal count dropped as well, from 16 to 11 rounds, a decrease of roughly 31%.
Among the twelve sectors tracked over the same window, Robotics posted the largest percentage decline in funding, with its recent total nearly matching Semiconductors' €565M and Deeptech's €561M, sectors that also contracted sharply from €670M and €1.30B respectively. By contrast, AI grew to €5.06B from €4.69B and Cloud rose to €5.58B from €3.81B, underscoring how unevenly capital moved across sectors in this period. Robotics' recent total of €789M is a small fraction of AI's €5.06B, leaving it well down the sector ranking by funding in the window, a shift from its prior-period total of €2.73B which had placed it closer to the middle of the group.
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