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Theker, founded in 2022 in Barcelona, Spain, develops autonomous general-purpose robots capable of adapting to changing industrial environments, targeting logistics, retail, manufacturing, and waste management industries to address the challenge of task variability in industrial settings that traditional automation struggles to handle.
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Funding history
- 2026-06Series A$85M
Investors · 20VC, Inditex, CRV, LVMH, Kibo Ventures, Cathay, Henkel Ventures, SamsungSource · techcrunch.com ↗
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Kindred Ventures
5 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 1 in Western Europe
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4 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 1 in Western Europe
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4 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 3 at a nearby stage · 1 in Western Europe
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4 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 3 at a nearby stage · 2 in Western Europe
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3 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 1 in Western Europe
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3 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 1 in Western Europe
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