Neura Robotics Raises $1.4B Funding Round

NEURA Robotics GmbH announced a Series C financing of up to $1.4 billion on June 10, 2026. The full amount is contingent on NEURA hitting stated company performance milestones. Bloomberg reported the round implies a valuation of approximately $7 billion, though NEURA declined to confirm that figure. Investors include Tether (lead), Qualcomm, Amazon, Nvidia, imec.xpand, Bosch, Schaeffler, the European Investment Bank, Lingotto Horizon, and InterAlpen Partners.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Metzingen, Germany, NEURA Robotics is building a portfolio of cognitive robots: the 4NE1 humanoid, MAV and MiPA mobile robots, the LARA and MAIRA robot arms, and a SenseKit sensor system. The company targets manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and household robotics markets. NEURA reported its existing orderbook and strategic deployment pipeline exceed $1 billion.

Central to NEURA's strategy is the 'Neuraverse,' described by the company as an open physical AI ecosystem where robots continuously learn from each other across real-world deployments. The company is also expanding its global network of 'NEURA Gyms' - large-scale training environments that combine real-world sensor interaction, simulation, and multimodal learning pipelines. Reger said in a statement: 'The future of AI will not only live on screens. It will move, interact, learn, and work beside us in the real world. We believe physical AI and cognitive robotics will become one of the largest technology shifts of the coming decades, transforming industries ranging from manufacturing and logistics to healthcare, services, and household robotics.'

NEURA plans to use the capital to accelerate global deployment of its humanoids and cognitive robots to the US, China, and Japan; expand the Neuraverse platform and NEURA Gyms; scale manufacturing infrastructure in Germany and India; and develop next-generation physical AI systems - with a stated target of producing millions of robots by 2030.

Qualcomm's Nakul Duggal (EVP and GM, Automotive, Industrial and Embedded IoT, and Robotics Group) stated: 'Physical AI represents the next major evolution of computing, extending intelligence into real-world environments.' Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino framed the investment around autonomous machine economics, citing Tether's QVAC and WDK products for edge intelligence and financial settlement for autonomous systems.

The round is one of the largest for a European robotics company and comes amid a historic funding environment for the sector: Dealroom reports robotics companies raised $55.8 billion in 2026 to date, nearly double the prior full-year record. Strategic partnerships preceding this round included Bosch (software for humanoids, January 2026), Dassault Systemes (sim-to-real gap, April 2026), and Kawasaki and Delta Electronics.