June 2026 RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES THEKER raises $85M in Europe’s largest ever robotics Series A, led by CRV with backing from Samsung and LVMH Founded by Carla Gómez Cano and Jiaqiang Ye Zhu, THEKER Builds AI-native generalist robots designed to operate in real production environments today. THEKER, the Barcelona-based AI robotics company building AI-native generalist robots for industrial production environments, today announced a $85 million round, making it the largest robotics Series A round ever raised in Europe. The round was led by CRV, with participation from Samsung, LVMH, Cathay Innovation, 20VC, Henkel Ventures, Korelya and Bright Pixel Capital alongside existing investors Inditex, Carles Reina (ElevenLabs), Itnig (Factorial Founders), Kfund, Kibo Ventures and Mission, among others. The financing comes less than a year after THEKER closed the largest seed round in Spanish startup history, underscoring the extraordinary speed at which the company has moved from breakthrough technology to real-world industrial deployment....
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