22Astronauts received close to €1 million in support from SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen for Polybot.

Date: August 31, 2026 Report signal

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A robot in Tübingen is learning to pick tomatoes by watching humans. A few days ago, I spoke with Martin Kiefel, co-founder of polybot. Ahead of Cyber Valley’s 10th anni…

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22Astronauts

Breakthrough technology, from unknown to funded. We get you there.

Industry: Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Location: Zurich, CH
Company size: 2–10 employees

About 22Astronauts

We're a venture studio for European robotics and physical AI: go-to-market, distribution, fundraising, and talent for founders taking their technology from unknown to funded. European Physical AI founders build breakthrough technology and stay invisible. 22Astronauts exists to close that gap. 22Astronauts Podcast (100+ episodes), a 400k+ follower audience, and 2M+ weekly impressions give founders a path to buyers and investors that engineering alone doesn't. NVIDIA, ABB, KUKA, and Deutsche Messe have already used it.

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Sep 8, 2026

22Astronauts reports that The Exploration Company raised $450M Series C funding for a European space company, co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Atomico, and EQT Group.

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Sep 8, 2026

22Astronauts interviewed CEO Johannes Haux, a former Heidelberg computer-vision researcher out of Björn Ommer's lab, alongside co-founders Dr. Benjamin Herdeanu and Gregor Ramien.

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