Robotics investments top $4.3B in July 2025

In July 2025, the robotics sector saw robust investment activity, with a total of at least $4.35 billion raised across 93 funding rounds globally. The United States and China were the leading contributors, securing approximately $1.8 billion and just over $1 billion respectively. Israel also made a notable impact with $825 million, primarily due to a post-IPO secondary round by autonomous vehicle developer Mobileye. A significant milestone was achieved when Geekplus, a Chinese company specializing in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for logistics, became the first warehouse AMR robotics firm to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising $281 million through its IPO. Investment interest was diverse, with aerial drones and drone-related services leading the number of individual rounds at 13. Other sectors attracting significant funding included humanoid robots, manufacturing robots, maritime robots, medical robots, sensors, and robotics software. The month also featured at least eight acquisitions, highlighted by Zimmer Biomet’s purchase of Mon