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Sunrise Robotics Raises $8.5M to Alter Modular Factory Automation

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Business Honor
13 June, 2025

Sunrise Robotics raises $8.5M to improve the production of modular factory robots and workforce.

Sunrise Robotics, a Slovenian startup, has raised $8.5 million in seed funding to improve its workforce and production of its modular factory robots. With support from Seedcamp, Tapestry, Tiny.vc, and Prototype Capital, the London-based investment firm Plural led the round.

Despite traditional robots that usually require around eight years to finish setting up, Sunrise's main product is a flexible robotic workstation, or "cell," that can be built in just a few weeks. Sunrise builds a digital twin of the workplace, using 3D cameras to capture how people perform, and recreates training for its automated, two-armed robots before delivering them.

Expenses are reduced and technology speeds up through this process, especially for businesses that manufacture several parts in limited quantities. 60% of European manufacturing businesses produce less than 400,000 parts a year, although many of the businesses are facing a serious labor shortage as older employees leave the workforce. This is the central focus of Sunrise.

According to CEO Tomaz Stolfa, the robots use both traditional and artificial intelligence (AI) to learn new duties faster and become simpler to deploy over time. As the robotic cells are developed mainly from standard parts, they are less expensive and simpler to maintain. Ten clients in industries like electronics, batteries, and supercars have already signed early agreements with the business.

Founded by Silicon Valley software experts Tomaz Stolfa, Marko Thaler, and Joe Perrott, the company currently employs 25 individuals in Ljubljana and across Europe. Sunrise Robotics being flexible and automated by artificial intelligence will soon be the standard for small and mid-sized manufacturers instead of being limited to large factories. Bringing in new opportunities for work efficiency and creativity throughout Europe's industrial core.