ETH Zurich industrial robotics spinout Anybotics has collected series A capital from investors led by Swisscom Ventures.
Anybotics, a Switzerland-based industrial robotics spinout of ETH Zurich, closed a CHF20m ($22.5m) series A round on Thursday led by Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of telecommunications firm Swisscom.
The deal was rounded off by investment management platform Ace & Company, venture capital firm EquityPitcher Ventures and undisclosed participants. Swisscom Ventures took part through its Digital Transformation Fund.
Founded in 2016, Anybotics has devised a mobile robot called Anymal C for industrial inspection applications.
The robot has four metal legs and can stay upright even on rugged industrial surfaces. It moves around the client’s industrial facility to collect data on safety and machinery risks using advanced sensor-driven software.
Anybotics’ co-founders include CEO Péter Fankhauser, who focused his ETH Zurich doctorate on perception and motion planning for legged robots in challenging environments.
Alexander Schläpfer, partner at Swisscom Ventures, said: “What really got us excited is…
