European and US Startups Draw Fresh Funding Across AI, Robotics and Space

Bleu Robotics works on humanoid training

Paris-based Bleu Robotics raised a €5 million pre-seed round to advance AI models for industrial humanoid robots, with the stated aim of cutting the full deployment process to an hour or less, EU-Startups reported. The round was co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted, WEPA Ventures, Motier Ventures, Charlie Songhurst and board members at Meta. Co-founder Benoît Berkoukchi told EU-Startups that manufacturing lacks the internet-scale data used to build large language models, and that the company's methodology aims to achieve more with less data.

EU-Startups situated the deal within continued European robotics and Physical AI investment in 2026, citing Paris-based Inbolt (€11 million), Norway- and US-based Trener Robotics (€26 million), Belgium's Motion (€1.7 million), Spain's THEKER (€73 million) and London-based Humanoid (€133 million).

Rendezvous Robotics funds modular spacecraft

In the United States, Rendezvous Robotics raised $20 million in an oversubscribed seed round, its first priced round, Ventureburn reported. The financing was led by MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures, with participation from the University of Michigan Endowment, Astera and Industrious Ventures, alongside existing investors Aurelia Foundry, ATX Venture Partners and Mana Ventures.

The company, based in Golden, Colorado, is designing self-assembling space vehicles. According to Ventureburn, it plans to deploy roughly one-metre hexagonal tiles fitted with sensors and onboard processing that use electromagnetic actuation to navigate to a rendezvous point and dock in orbit. Once connected, tiles could handle functions such as computing, solar power, propulsion, communications and thermal regulation, with the option to add or reposition modules. The new capital will support next-generation spacecraft development, flight demonstrations and additional hiring.