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July 16, 2026

Munich robotics startup Microagi raises $55m, Germany’s largest ever seed round

The startup teaches robots how to work in factories and homes

Éanna Kelly

2 min read

Munich-based robotics company Microagi, which collects factory and household data to train the next generation of humanoid bots, has raised $55m in Germany’s largest ever seed round. 

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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