Stuttgart‑based robotics firm Sereact secured a $110 million Series B, led by Headline with Bullhound, Felix and Daphni joining. The round pushes the company’s total funding past $140 million. Investors are betting on its vision‑language‑action platform, Cortex, already powering more than 200 systems for clients such as BMW, Daimler Truck and PepsiCo.

European robotics financing is booming; startups raised €1.45 billion in 2025, more than double the previous year, and €522 million in the first quarter alone. Sereact plans to use the new capital to develop Cortex 2, a next‑generation model that adds a world‑model layer, enabling reasoning and adaptation for tasks like tensioned assembly or delicate windshield‑wiper placement.

With Cortex 2 in the pipeline, Sereact aims to broaden its addressable market beyond warehouse picking to complex assembly lines. The Series B also funds the company’s first U.S. outpost in Boston, where it will recruit commercial, application and engineering teams. The expansion gives European‑born AI robotics a foothold in the competitive American automation sector.

For investors, Sereact’s traction validates the shift from lab‑centric AI to data‑driven deployment, a model that has already logged over 1 billion real‑world picks. Success could spur further capital into European vision‑language robotics, a segment where the continent hopes to outpace U.S. rivals by leveraging dense manufacturing ecosystems.