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Barcelona robotics startup Theker raises EUR 18 million in Spain's largest ever seed round

Barcelona startup Theker closed an EUR 18 million seed round, Spain's largest ever, led by Kibo Ventures with Inditex and Kfund's Leadwind among backers, to build AI powered adaptive robots for retail and logistics operations.

Reported Editor-read Novobrief, 16 July 2025

What it does not test. This does not establish that Theker's robots reach paying customers at scale or displace non European robotics suppliers.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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