Hugging Face (founders) is a angel investor. Its humanoid robotics portfolio includes Minerva Humanoids.
Round size: $10M
Round size: $10M
Minerva Humanoids exited stealth with ~$10M in pre-seed funding led by General Catalyst to build Roger, a VR-piloted humanoid designed for bomb disposal, hazmat calls, and offshore-rig work, letting specialists operate from a safe distance. The Rundown also covers Agilink's OmniHand 3 Ultra learning Suzhou embroidery, a Fudan University microrobot powered by a paper-thin foot membrane that harvests energy from reactive metal surfaces, and MIT's SANDO trajectory planner that mathematically guarantees a drone won't collide with moving obstacles in unmapped spaces.
Minerva Humanoids raised approximately $10 million in pre-seed funding led by General Catalyst, with Long Journey Ventures and Credo Ventures as co-leads, to develop 'Roger,' a semi-autonomous humanoid robot designed for dangerous jobs in onshore/offshore oil and gas operations and public safety including explosive ordnance disposal. The company, founded by ex-Tesla Optimus engineer Sandor Felber and ex-Boston Dynamics lead Maurice Rahme, went from idea to a fully functional walking humanoid in five months. Minerva has research partnerships with MBZUAI and the University of Waterloo and is exploring deployments at major airports.
Minerva Humanoids has emerged from stealth with approximately $10M in pre-seed funding led by General Catalyst, with Long Journey Ventures and Credo Ventures as co-leads. Founded in late 2025 by Sandor Felber (CEO) and Maurice Rahme (CTO), the company built 'Roger,' a semi-autonomous humanoid robot that allows trained specialists to perform dangerous jobs in offshore oil and gas operations, explosive ordnance disposal, and hazardous material response from a safe distance using VR headset control. The company went from concept to functional walking humanoid in just five months and has completed pilots at NATO's EOD Centre of Excellence and is exploring deployments at two of the world's 10 busiest airports.