The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Unchained Robotics: $9.2M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Paderborn-based cross-brand robotics marketplace and configurator platform, plus its own MalocherBot turnkey automation product. Founded in 2019 by Kevin Freise and Mladen Milicevic, Unchained Robotics raised EUR8.5M in Series A extended funding led by Direttissima Growth Partners to scale its robotics marketplace and LUNA OS internationally.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
HQ
Focus
Robot
Customers
Co-founders
Products
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Products
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Unchained Robotics on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Mladen Milicevic CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Unchained Robotics.
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Recent coverage
Unchained Robotics in third-party press
Financial state
- Total funding
- $9.2M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-01-01
$9M(reported) · $55M post
Investors: Direttissima Growth Partners (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Unchained Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-01-01Series A raising $9200000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
- verification source · https://www.unchainedrobotics.de/
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Unchained Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Unchained Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Unchained Robotics secures EUR8.5 million to help clients find the right automation technology
Unchained Robotics raised EUR8.5M in Series A extended funding led by Direttissima Growth Partners to scale internationally.
Unchained Robotics raises EUR 8.5M to break barriers in factory automation
Unchained Robotics raises EUR 8.5M extended Series A led by Direttissima Growth Partners. LUNA OS and MalocherBot for smartphone-like robot control.
Unchained Robotics raises EUR 8.5M for LUNA OS and MalocherBot
Paderborn-based Unchained Robotics locks in EUR 8.5M extended Series A. Direttissima Growth Partners led, Navivo Capital and Future Industry participated.
Unchained Robotics: Controlling robots like a smartphone
Unchained Robotics from Paderborn raises EUR 8.5M to radically simplify industrial automation with robots. Smartphone-like robot control interface.
Unchained Robotics — Tracxn Company Profile (Paderborn 2019)
Unchained Robotics founded 2019 in Paderborn Germany. Factory automation software making robot operation as easy as using a smartphone.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/unchained-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/unchained-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b81ab0b9-08a2-48b3-b248-f785b279eaa1
- Revision history: /companies/unchained-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Unchained Robotics against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 3, 2026