{"id":732835,"date":"2026-06-11T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/barcelonas-theker-raises-e73m-to-deploy-ai-native-factory-robots-that-learn-on-the-job\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:15:20","slug":"barcelonas-theker-raises-e73m-to-deploy-ai-native-factory-robots-that-learn-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/barcelonas-theker-raises-e73m-to-deploy-ai-native-factory-robots-that-learn-on-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona&#8217;s THEKER raises \u20ac73M to deploy AI-native factory robots that learn on the job"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcae6f29e1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcae6f29e1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/barcelonas-theker-raises-e73m-to-deploy-ai-native-factory-robots-that-learn-on-the-job\/#TLDR\" >TL;DR<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<div class=\"postContent-tldr\">\n<h4 class=\"postContent-offsetTitle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TLDR\"><\/span>TL;DR<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>Barcelona\u2019s THEKER raised \u20ac73M led by CRV with Samsung and LVMH for AI-native factory robots. It\u2019s Samsung and LVMH\u2019s first Spanish startup investment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eu-startups.com\/2026\/06\/barcelona-based-theker-raises-e73-million-series-a-to-accelerate-ai-robotics-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">THEKER, the Barcelona-based AI robotics company, has raised \u20ac73 million<\/a> ($85 million) in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> A to scale its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ist factory robots across industrial production environments. The round was led by CRV, with participation from Samsung, LVMH, Cathay Innovation, 20VC, Henkel Ventures, Korelya, and Bright Pixel Capital. It marks Samsung\u2019s first-ever investment in a Spanish company, LVMH\u2019s first bet on the Spanish startup ecosystem, and CRV\u2019s first investment in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The round comes less than a year after THEKER closed Spain\u2019s largest-ever seed round at \u20ac18 million. The speed from seed to Series A reflects what the company calls real commercial deployment momentum, not just lab demos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We didn\u2019t build THEKER to run pilots,<\/em>\u201d said co-founder Carla G\u00f3mez Cano. \u201c<em>We built it to ship robots that work the day they arrive and continue improving every day after.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The \ud83d\udc9c of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>THEKER\u2019s pitch is a new category of industrial robot: AI-native, generalist machines that adapt in real time to changing environments, mixed SKUs, irregular shapes, and operational variability without manual reprogramming. Unlike traditional industrial robots that are rigid and costly to reconfigure, THEKER says its systems deploy in days and continuously learn in production.<\/p>\n<p>The robots are already operating inside live production environments across Europe, targeting manufacturing, logistics, and retail. The company says they help operators increase throughput, reduce downtime, and address persistent labour shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by G\u00f3mez Cano and Jiaqiang Ye Zhu, THEKER integrates advanced vision, control systems, and large language models into robots that operate without pre-programmed instructions. The funding will go toward deepening its proprietary AI and robotics stack and expanding the team across software, electronics, mechanical engineering, and deployments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>What Carla, Jiaqiang and the team have built is exceptionally rare, a deeply technical platform paired with real commercial deployment momentum,<\/em>\u201d said Reid Christian, general partner at CRV. \u201c<em>We believe THEKER has the potential to become one of the defining robotics companies of this generation.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The raise sits alongside a wave of European robotics funding in 2026. Germany\u2019s RobCo closed \u20ac100 million for modular AI-driven manufacturing systems. Stuttgart-based Sereact raised \u20ac93 million to scale its physical AI platform into the US. NEURA Robotics raised up to $1.4 billion in the largest full-stack robotics round ever. THEKER\u2019s round is smaller but carries a distinct signal: Samsung and LVMH, two of the world\u2019s largest industrial and luxury conglomerates, are making their first Spanish startup bets on a robotics company, not a software one.<\/p>\n<p>The gap between research demonstrations and robots that work reliably in real factories is where most robotics companies stall. THEKER claims to have crossed it. Whether the robots perform as advertised at scale, across industries and geographies, is the question the \u20ac73 million is designed to answer. Factory trials in Germany by Siemens and Nvidia have shown that industrial deployment is possible. THEKER is betting Barcelona can lead it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It\u2019s Samsung and LVMH\u2019s first Spanish startup investment. THEKER, the Barcelona-based AI robotics company, has raised \u20ac73 million ($85 million) in a Series A to scale its generalist factory robots across industrial production environments. 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