RobCo Raises $100 Million to Scale its Autonomous Industrial Robotics Platform

RobCo, the Robot Company centered on Software and AI, led by Roman Hölzl, Paul Maroldt, and Constantin Dresel, has raised $100 million, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lingotto Innovations, alongside Sequoia Capital, Greenfield Partners, Kindred Capital, Leitmotif, and The Friedkin Group.

The venture capital investors contribute experience in building category-defining technology companies, while the industrial investors provide deep industry connections to support long-term growth.

Roman Hölzl stated that the additional $100 million in funding positions RobCo to become a leading AI robotics company for manufacturing in the U.S. and Europe, advancing the mission of automating routine work to enable human creativity.

Founded in 2020 in Munich, RobCo builds a full-stack Physical AI platform that enables autonomous robot operations in real production environments. By integrating hardware and software and combining perception, motion planning, and self-learning, the platform reduces deployment friction and allows robots to learn tasks through demonstration, enabling faster rollout, easier adaptation, and a single unified interface for customers.

RobCo entered the U.S. market in 2025 and now operates in San Francisco and Austin, where rising labor constraints and reshoring efforts are driving automation demand. The robots are deployed across diverse industrial settings, serving global manufacturers such as BMW as well as companies including DynaEnergetics, Fabricated Extrusion Company, T-Systems, and Rosenberger.

Alexander Schmitt of Lightspeed said the firm doubled down after leading the Series B, citing RobCo’s ability to raise the standard for modern robotics in real-world production. The investment supports U.S. expansion and the development of a Physical AI–driven platform designed to scale across industries and geographies.

Morgan Samet of Lingotto Innovation noted that manufacturing is entering an autonomy-driven phase and highlighted RobCo’s strength in deploying Physical AI in live production environments, with a clear roadmap toward higher autonomy that supports workers on the factory floor.