Unitree jumps 542% in Shanghai IPO debut
Unitree has raised 6.1 billion yuan ($905 million) in its IPO, according their prospectus. Shares rose to 968.1 yuan apiece, after hitting as high as 1,100 yuan/share.
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Counter-drone maker Sensofusion lists in Helsinki after ~$300M IPO
Sensofusion (SENSO) began Nasdaq Helsinki main-market trading on 13 Oct 2026 after raising ~EUR 259M (~$300M) at EUR 16.41. Company/unaudited: EUR 49.4M (~$57M) revenue, EUR 30.1M (~$35M) operating profit, 111 employees.
Robotics raised more by June than in all of 2025. Fewer deals, bigger checks.
VCs, YC, SoftBank, Lockheed, endowments and pensions are still funding robots, drones and physical AI in 2026. The money is concentrating in fewer winners across the US, Europe and China.
Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop had decades of head start. A 9-year-old startup took their fighter-jet work anyway.
Anduril Short: $61B valuation, Fury CCA, Roadrunner-M, Ghost Shark — how a 9-year-old startup took fighter-jet work from the primes.
Artem Sokolov sold jewellery for a living. Then he built Europe's first humanoid-robot unicorn.
Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn: $1.35B valuation, $152M Series A, Siemens Erlangen pilot, Schaeffler 1,000+ robot deal. Short + sourced profile.