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November 27, 2024

11 robotics startups to watch in 2024, according to VCs

Investors from NGP Capital, First Momentum and XAnge share their top picks for robotics up-and-comers

Anne Sraders

5 min read

Investors have been eager to pour money into deeptech in the last year — and robotics has been a particular area of interest among VCs. European startups building a variety of tech from unmanned ground vehicles for use on the battlefield to household robot helpers have raised $2.1bn so far this year, according to Dealroom data, topping even 2021's $2bn haul.

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Christian Noske, partner at NGP
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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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