Enact Intelligence raises €26.68M pre-seed for robotics dexterity

Enact Intelligence, a Zurich-based robotics startup developing systems with whole-body force awareness, has raised €26.68 million (about $30 million) in a pre-seed round announced on Oct. 22 ^[1].

Participants in the equity financing included venture firms redalpine, Notion Capital, and firstminute capital ^[1]. Angel investors Arthur Mensch, Yann LeCun, and Andrew Lonsberry also backed the startup ^[1]. The company did not disclose a lead investor for the transaction ^[1].

Founded in March 2026 by Chief Executive Officer Manuel Yves Galliker, the startup is developing physical artificial intelligence systems designed to improve robotic dexterity through whole-body force perception ^[1]. "Dexterity is the next frontier in robotics," said Harald Nieder, general partner at redalpine, pointing to the sector's operational shift ^[1]. Galliker noted that physical AI benefits from starting with strong reasoning capabilities, distinguishing it from early large language model iterations ^[1].

Enact Intelligence plans to allocate the newly secured capital toward speeding up its hardware and research development pipelines ^[1]. The team, which includes lead of growth Philip Kneis, aims to expand its headcount fivefold by the end of 2027 while preparing robot deployments alongside industrial partners ^[1].