12 Jun 2026
Sonae’s Bright Pixel participates in Europe's largest Series A robotics funding round through its investment in Theker.
Bright Pixel Capital, the technology investment arm of the Sonae group, has announced its investment in Theker as part of the Barcelona-based robotics and artificial intelligence company’s US$85 million Series A funding round, marking the largest Series A round ever conducted by a robotics company in Europe.
12 Jun 2026
Largest robotics Series A ever raised in Europe: How THEKER pulled CRV, Samsung, and LVMH to Barcelona with $85M — TFN
Barcelona robotics startup THEKER has raised $85M in what it says is Europe’s largest robotics Series A. The round marks three simultaneous firsts: CRV’s first Spanish investment, Samsung’s first bet on a Spanish company, and LVMH’s first entry into the Spanish startup ecosystem. THEKER’s robots are already running inside live Inditex production facilities — a distinction the company says very…
12 Jun 2026
Starship Technologies shifts focus to groceries and hot food: the retail technology week in numbers
Do you like numbers? Do you like retail tech news? Then this is the article for you. Including Mendo, Amazon, Snapchat, VenHub Global, Veho, Bambuser, Best Buy, Zalando, Shoptalk Europe 2026, ShopAgentic, Wing, Walmart, Popeyes, Veloq, Tesco, and Snappy Shopper.
11 Jun 2026
THEKER raises $85M in Europe’s largest ever robotics Series A, led by CRV with backing from Samsung and LVMH
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.
11 Jun 2026
Samsung backs industrial robotics startup Theker in €85m round
Theker, the Spanish startup building AI-powered robots for industrial settings, has raised an €85m Series A. The round was led by US investor CRV and included participation from South Korean manufacturing giant Samsung and French luxury retail group LVMH.
11 Jun 2026
Your New Bottega Veneta Bag Could Be Made From Mushrooms
Bottega Veneta is betting on mycelium. Earlier this month, the Kering-owned brand released a limited collection of small leather goods swapping the bovine leather in its signature intrecciato weave for Ephea, a mycelium-based alternative by Italian biomaterials startup Sqim. The pieces are part of the fall 2026 men’s collection by creative director Louise Trotter.
08 Jun 2026
UK's NewOrbit raises $18.5M to build satellites for the orbit band space has been ignored for 60 years
NewOrbit has raised an oversubscribed $18.5 million Series A to build satellites that fly lower than any commercial operator has managed before. Its NEO-1 satellite targets the 180–250km orbit band, where atmospheric drag has kept commercial operators out for six decades, and where image resolution is far sharper than from higher altitudes.
08 Jun 2026
UK startup NewOrbit raises $18.5 million in Series A round
NewOrbit Space was founded in 2021 to tackle the challenges and unlock the commercial potential of flying satellites at altitudes of 200 to 300 kilometers.
07 Jun 2026
Silicon Valley founders are publicly roasting VCs online. Here are their wildest stories.
Founders and investors, like Cloudflare founder Matthew Prince (left) and legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla (right), faced off online over the weekend.
