Zurich-based ANYbotics, a robotics company pioneering the development of autonomous mobile robotics, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $50M (approximately €46M) in a Series B round of funding.
The round was led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Aramco Ventures, Swisscom Ventures, and Swisscanto Private Equity, as well as existing investors.
The company says the funds will be used to expand international deployments, fuel the development of new capabilities, and solidify ANYbotics’ competitive position in robotic inspection solutions.
“This funding validates our unique approach to addressing fundamental challenges of operating complex industrial facilities,” says Dr. Péter Fankhauser, Co-Founder and CEO of ANYbotics.
“Our legged robots have already proven their value in increasing productivity and safety. With this investment, we will expand internationally and accelerate the development of our robots’ AI capabilities such as manipulation for maintenance work to revolutionise automated industrial operations,” adds Fankhauser.
The investment comes as demand for robotic solutions surges in heavy industries such as oil & gas, chemicals, power, mining, metals & minerals, and utilities.
ANYbotics: Provider of autonomous robotic solutions
Led by Péter Fankhauser (CEO), ANYbotics is a Swiss robotics company that specialises in the development of advanced-legged robots for industrial inspection.
Founded in 2016, the company’s flagship products, ANYmal and ANYmal X, are powered by cutting-edge AI and provide ‘unparalleled’ performance across multiple industries.
The company says that ANYmal possesses a unique combination of high mobility and ruggedness designed for industrial applications.
Market-leading companies, including PETRONAS, Shell, SLB, Outokumpu, Siemens Energy, BASF, and Vale already benefit from ANYbotics’ end-to-end solution, which delivers tangible value in operational deployment.
Moreover, the company’s ANYmal X platform, the world’s sole Ex-proof legged inspection robot, has garnered significant pre-orders and reservations exceeding $150M.
These commitments come from global oil and gas as well as chemical companies participating in the product launch programme.
The company is on a mission to transform how heavy industries operate by automating manual and hazardous tasks, enhancing productivity, and improving worker safety.
The investor
Walden Catalyst is a venture capital firm helping early-stage companies in the U.S., Europe, and Israel build the next generation of category-defining businesses in deep tech.
“We are thrilled to invest in ANYbotics, a pioneering technology originated at ETH Zurich that combines AI and Reinforcement Learning with robotics to create highly robust and autonomous four-legged robots,” says Young Sohn, Managing Partner at Walden Catalyst.
“This unique technology allows robots to be easily deployable in complex industrial environments, making it an efficient solution for inspection applications in environments that are dangerous for human beings. Moving forward, we see a significant opportunity to leverage the company’s robust mobility platform and locomotion software stack to enable new use cases and expand their addressable market beyond robotic inspection,” adds Sohn.
NGP Capital backs early-stage B2B companies from Series A onwards in Europe, the US, Israel, and China within enterprise software, industrial tech, cybersecurity, and infrastructure. Through its $400m fifth fund launched in 2022, NGP Capital invests in companies driving the convergence of the physical and virtual.
“ANYbotics’ state-of-the-art technology coupled with a clear global value proposition is exciting – it enables humans to do what they do best and replace dangerous and repetitive tasks with a fully automated AI-powered robot,” says Christian Noske, Partner at NGP Capital. “We are excited to work together towards large-scale deployments and further internationalisation.”
