Restaurant Robotics Success with Miso CEO Rich Hull

Best brand framing I have heard in months from Rich Hull at Miso Robotics on The Winners' Circle. His Citibank conference presentation summed up the entire restaurant robotics category in one line: "It just has to work." That is a tattoo of a value proposition. It also explains why Miso survived a wave of competitors that raised hundreds of millions and disappeared. Reliability is not a feature, it is the only feature that matters once the novelty is gone. 🎯 https://lnkd.in/eHKc3wQt #B2BMarketing #BrandStrategy #Positioning

Smart Robotics has successfully raised €10 million in a Series A funding round, led by Rotterdamse Havendraken, Innovation Industries, and the Dutch family office Ernij Next. This funding enables us to scale on a proven foundation and provides additional momentum to further strengthen our position in the growing market for AI-driven automation in intralogistics. We are grateful for the trust of our investors, as well as the continued support of our customers and partners, and look forward to the next phase of growth. At its core, our mission is to turn complex, labor-intensive processes into scalable, reliable, and data-driven operations — helping our customers operate more efficiently today while continuously improving over time. That’s why, for me, this funding is not just a huge milestone but also a recognition of the work we’ve done together over the months. Congratulations to everyone at Smart Robotics — I am excited to be part of this journey!   #robotics #embodiedAI #intralogistics #warehouseautomation

Viktor Wagner has been thinking about facility services from two sides at once. As a Managing Director and co-founder of REIWAG Facility Services GmbH, he runs one of the businesses doing the work. As an investor in LionsBot International, he's betting on the robotics reshaping the industry. We caught up with him at Interclean 2026 in Amsterdam to talk about how partnership with ToolSense changes the game.

A team led by Christine Xu, Oliver Zhong and Queenie Tong acted as the Hong Kong and US counsel to Shenzhen LDRobot Co., Ltd. (LDRobot) on its global offering and listing of H shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), raising approximately HK$880m. An AI-driven robotics technology company, LDRobot focuses on the in-house research, development and manufacture of visual perception and spatial intelligence-related technologies. The public offering was oversubscribed by more than 6,700 times, making it one of the most sought-after IPOs in Hong Kong SAR this year. Read more here 👉: https://lnkd.in/gzZKPpfk

Pronto, an instant household services platform, has increased its Series B round to $45 million after securing a fresh $20 million investment led by Lachy Groom, co-founder of AI robotics company Physical Intelligence and an early backer of Zepto. With this latest funding, Pronto is now valued at $200 million, doubling its valuation within just a month of closing the first tranche of the round.

🦄 $1B+ valuations. $100M+ revenues. The world's most exceptional companies. Take Pudu Robotics: just crossed a $1.5B valuation after raising $150M, with revenue doubling in 2025 and commercial cleaning robots driving over 70% of sales. From a Shenzhen garage in 2016 to 23% of the global commercial service robotics market. That's what a Unicorn trajectory looks like. And they're not alone. Dealroom's Unicorn Dashboard lets you track companies like this through the lens that matters most to you — country, sector, investor portfolio, or even the university that minted the founders. Want to know which ecosystems are producing the next Pudu? Or which investors got in early? The data is already there, go explore it 👇

We’re opening a new window within our VC and acceleration activities for robotics start-ups. We are already supporting one ambitious venture building a fintech-style solution for robot financing — including models such as Robot-as-a-Service. We believe robotics is entering a phase where smart capital, flexible financing, and strong execution can significantly accelerate adoption. If you’re building in this space, we’d be glad to connect.

SoftBank Eyes $100B AI Robotics Spinout for U.S. IPO Reimagining Robotics: SoftBank’s Bold $100B Spinout Plan SoftBank is making headlines again with its ambitious plan to spin out a robotics division valued at $100 billion. This move is set to reshape both the AI robotics landscape and the broader capital markets, as the Japanese conglomerate eyes a U.S. IPO for the new entity. In this deep dive, we’ll explore the motivations behind this strategic shift, the potential benefits for investors, and the challenges SoftBank could face along the way....

Sridhar Solur steps in as CEO of Lasko Products, bringing a strong product and robotics pedigree. With stints across Berkshire Grey, SharkNinja, and Kenmore, he now eyes faster execution, new categories, and global expansion. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gZA-sgTP #MarketingMind #LaskoProducts #PeopleSpotting #CEO

Smart Robotics raised €10M. European Series A. Dutch intralogistics company. Embodied AI for warehouses. Funded entirely on the continent. For years the script was: raise pre-seed in Europe, move the round to the US by Series A. That script is breaking. This quarter, European robotics raises kept landing, and the lead investors stayed home. — Sereact (Germany): $110M Series B, led by Headline (Berlin) — Smart Robotics (Netherlands): €10M Series A, led by Innovation Industries — KEMARO AG (Switzerland): $20M Series B (first close $5M, led by Spicehaus Partners) Three rounds. Three European countries. European VCs writing European cheques. The capital gap is slowly closing. European deep tech rounds are getting done at home, where the operational expertise lives. We mapped 250+ European robotics companies across 14 categories, see where Smart Robotics sits and where the next breakouts are coming from: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJaue5vk If you're building physical AI in Europe, we want to hear from you. We write first cheques. We earn our place on the cap table by getting you to the next round. Dave Haynes Petri Rajahalme Sointu Karjalainen David Ripert