Swiss robotics startup Flexion Robotics has secured nearly €50 million (approximately $50 million) in a Series A funding round to accelerate development of its “brain-stack” autonomy software for humanoid robots, according to multiple funding disclosures and company statements.
The Zurich-based company, founded by robotics and AI researchers with backgrounds including ETH Zurich and Nvidia, outlined plans to use the capital to expand its research and development operations, scale compute and robotic infrastructure, and deepen global commercial partnerships. Investors in the round include DST Global Partners, NVentures (the venture arm of Nvidia), Redalpine, Prosus Ventures and Moonfire.
Flexion positions itself as a specialist in the software layer that enables humanoid robots to interpret tasks, navigate complex environments and execute actions with minimal human intervention. Its autonomy stack combines large language model-based reasoning, vision-language-action integration, and transformer-based whole-body control. The company says this approach aims to overcome traditional limitations of robotics systems, which often rely on hand-scripted behaviours or extensive tele-operation.
In a company release, CEO and co-founder Nikita Rudin described the mission as powering the intelligence that allows robots to work alongside humans rather than depend on them. The newly infused capital will support the firm as it scales its workforce, builds out simulation and physical testing capabilities, and pursues commercialisation efforts in Europe and the United States.
The funding round follows an earlier seed financing of about $7.35 million secured by Flexion only months earlier, underscoring strong investor confidence in autonomous robotics software as the sector draws increased capital worldwide.
Analysts say Flexion’s software-first focus reflects broader industry trends shifting away from purely hardware-centric robotics development toward scalable, general-purpose autonomy platforms that can operate across diverse robot designs and real-world environments.
The latest investment positions Flexion among a growing cohort of European startups targeting next-generation robotics, buoyed by advances in AI and increased venture capital interest in physical automation technologies.
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