Innok Robotics Successfully Completes Funding Round of Over 3.3 Million Euros. Thanks to Leading Autonomous Mobile Robotics and Physical AI, the Company Now Has Its Sights Set on an IPO
Regensburg, June 23, 2026 – Innok Robotics GmbH, one of the leading providers of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for real-world industrial environments, has concluded its latest funding round with outstanding results. In total, the company has secured growth capital of over 3.3 million euros. The round, which was primarily backed by the business angel network Companisto, the SME investor Prolimity Capital Partners, and private co-investors, is a massive vote of confidence in the company’s technology and its rapid scaling trajectory.
Beyond its entrepreneurial success, Innok Robotics stands for the sustainable strengthening of Europe as a hub for innovation, with Germany at its core. Especially in times of demographic change and a growing shortage of skilled workers, the automation of fundamental industrial processes is becoming a crucial prerequisite for retaining value creation, expertise, and skilled jobs in Europe over the long term. The fact that cutting-edge robotics and Physical AI technology for the real, harsh industrial world is being brought to the world not from Silicon Valley or China, but from the Regensburg region, sends a strong signal for Bavaria as a business hub—and for the future viability of Europe as a whole.
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The foundation of this sustained success is the robust HEROS robot platform—designed for outdoor and brownfield use—in perfect symbiosis with the company’s proprietary AI autonomy software, InnokCockpit. The company’s mass-produced products, which are already successfully established on the market—such as the fully autonomous RAINOS watering robot for municipalities and cemeteries—are built on this technological foundation. The INDUROS transport robot, with a pulling force of up to 1.3 metric tons, serves as a major driver of growth. This agile system ensures a seamless flow of goods between the warehouse and the yard, even on uneven terrain and under extreme weather conditions. With the new capital, Innok Robotics is expanding its product portfolio with the INSPECTOS, specifically targeting the inspection and surveillance sector, where the first successful applications are already running in live operations under the harshest conditions for major customers.
The INDUROS autonomous transport robot in industrial use.
Measurable Value Creation for Global Industry
This technological superiority is directly reflected in hard business figures. In 2025, order intake doubled again compared to the previous year. In addition to many medium-sized companies, customers today include global corporations such as Mercedes, VW, BASF, Bosch, ABB, ZF, and Volvo.
Innok customers appreciate not only the hardware’s tremendous performance—such as the 1.3-metric-ton pulling force of the INDUROS industrial transport robot—but also its intuitive operation and, above all, its cost-effectiveness and reliability. Through flexible Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) models (zero CAPEX) and a return on investment (ROI) of less than two years, Innok provides an immediately effective, highly scalable solution to the acute, cross-industry shortage of skilled workers.
“The fact that we have so significantly exceeded our funding target in record time is a tremendous vote of confidence in our technology and our team,” explains Alwin Heerklotz, CEO, CTO, and founder of Innok Robotics. “The industry is demanding real problem-solvers for outdoor and brownfield logistics. We don’t just talk—we’re already delivering our robots to well-known companies, ranging from mid-sized businesses to global corporations. With this fresh capital, we’re now scaling precisely this value creation and bringing our multiterrain robots to global customers even faster.”
Nikolas Rössler, CFO and CCO of Innok Robotics, adds to the strategic outlook: “The Companisto funding round was the perfect final building block for us ahead of our next major milestone. We’re using the capital to fulfill our rapidly growing order backlog while simultaneously preparing intensively for our planned initial public offering (IPO) in the fall of 2026. The incredible momentum of this round clearly demonstrates that private investors have understood the disruptive and massive impact of Physical AI, our technology, and our business models.”
Alwin Heerklotz (CEO; CTO & Founder of Innok Robotics—on the left in the photo) together with Nikolas Rössler (CFO & CCO) and the robots RAINOS and INDUROS
Strong Partnership for Further Growth
Investors are also very enthusiastic about the successful funding round. Florian Huber, Senior Investment Manager at Companisto, emphasizes: “Innok Robotics was very well received by our Companists as early as our first joint funding round in 2024. Following a record-breaking year in 2025 and the best Q1 results in the company’s history, we are particularly pleased that we can once again make a significant contribution to Innok Robotics’ success story in this latest funding round.”
With the new capital, Innok Robotics is continuing to aggressively drive its scaling efforts. The focus is on the consistent further development ofthe robotics portfolio to optimally serve existing and new markets. With the planned entry into themulti-billion market for inspection and surveillance,Innok Robotics aims to establish an additional, highly attractive pillar of its business. In addition to new application areas and markets, the company plans to expand into numerous regions in Europe as well as globally. The initial public offering (IPO) in the fall of 2026 is intended to pave the way for Innok Robotics to access the institutional capital market, enabling the company to quickly and reliably generate the capital required for its further scale-up.