China’s robotics start-ups emerge as new venture-capital darlings

The robots market in China is witnessing an investment boom, as startups in this field get an increase in capital financing, which raises the capabilities of the sector to become the same importance as the electric vehicle industry in the country (EV).

In the first two months of the year, nearly two billion yuan ($ 276 million) went on new financing for human robotics developers across 20 deals, up from 1.2 billion yuan that was created from 4 transactions in the previous year, according to data from ITJUZI, which follows a market in the China market.

This development reflects the position of China as a leading player in building human robots; The local industry is expected to be on the threshold of achieving huge production and marketing in 2025.

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Of the 100 traded companies around the world, which Morgan Stanley confirmed “participating” in the development of human robots, 56 percent is based in China, according to a research paper published last month.

China is also home to 45 percent of the world’s integrated, and it is companies that customize robots to suit the needs of the final users, according to the report.

A Chinese human robot interacts with its creation with visitors in Kiosk during the Barcelona exhibition in the Barcelona exhibition 2025 this week in Spain. Photo: Xinhua Alt = A human robot from China is interacting with visitors in Kiosk during the Barcelona exhibition in Barcelona 2025 this week in Spain. Photo: xinhua>

On Thursday, at least three startups of Chinese robots announced new financing, including Limx Dynamics, Ai2robotics and Eyoubot.

Limx Dynamics said it had completed a funding round from the A+ series, several months after the AD AD in July. The company said it had collected 500 million yuan from two donations. Among its investors are the China Merchants Group, EV Maker NIO and Alibaba Group Holding, the owner of the post.

Dynamics was founded in 2022, and the development of human robots that can raise heavy loads and spread them in factories and warehouses.

AI2ROBITICS said the recent financing round collected more than 100 million yuan from institutions such as Dunhong Capital and Yunqi Capital. Dunhong is famous for its early investment in Unitree Robotics.

Two months ago, Ai2robotics said it has completed the collection of donations that collected “hundreds of millions of yuan” from Dunhong Capital, Fortune Capital and Costone Capital. The startup said that it had participated in a number of first -class local and international car companies as customers, and it recorded sales of “tens of millions of Yuan” in 2024.