Japanese intelligent automation company Mujin has announced a significant $233 million Series D funding round. The first close of the round, a combination of equity and debt financing, will fuel the company’s global expansion and further development of its high-performance industrial robotics solutions.
The round signals strong investor confidence in the growing demand for scalable automation in manufacturing, logistics, and retail environments.
The Funding Breakdown
The financing consists of $133 million in equity and $100 million in debt. The equity portion was led by Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Group, with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) joining as a prominent co-lead investor.
Other participants in the equity round include Mitsubishi HC Capital Realty and Salesforce Ventures. The $100 million in debt financing was secured from major Japanese financial institutions, providing a robust capital base for the company’s next growth phase.
Mujin has now raised a total of $411 million since its inception. A second close for the Series D is planned, with participation expected from existing investors such as Pegasus Tech Ventures and Accenture.
The MENA Connection: A Strategic Investment
The co-lead investment from the Qatar Investment Authority highlights a growing trend of major MENA-based funds strategically deploying capital into global deep-tech sectors. For the MENA tech ecosystem, QIA’s involvement in a leading robotics firm like Mujin underscores the region’s ambition to be at the forefront of the next wave of industrial innovation.
This move provides MENA investors and founders with a valuable signal, indicating strong market confidence in automation technologies that address global challenges like labour shortages and supply chain inefficiencies—issues highly relevant to the rapidly industrialising economies within the MENA region.
Scaling With MujinOS
At the core of Mujin’s offering is MujinOS, an advanced platform designed to unify and orchestrate automation across various robotics hardware, mobility systems, and warehouse execution systems. By replacing fragmented engineering processes, MujinOS simplifies deployment, increases stability, and accelerates the adoption of automation.
The platform also features real-time digital twin capabilities, allowing operators to monitor and manage physical systems with a dynamic virtual replica. This enhances visibility, helps refine workflows, and improves predictability in complex, high-volume operations.
Global Expansion and Product Development
With the new capital, Mujin plans to accelerate its global expansion, with a particular focus on growing its engineering, service, and support teams in Europe and North America. The company also aims to build a broad network of certified integrators to streamline the deployment of MujinOS across different regions.
The funding will also support the expansion of the MujinOS product line. The platform currently supports applications like palletising, bin picking, order fulfilment, and truck unloading, and the company intends to broaden its application library to capture a larger share of the industrial automation market.
About Mujin
Founded in 2011, Mujin is a leader in intelligent robotics technology. The company develops advanced systems that solve complex automation challenges in manufacturing and logistics. Its flagship platform, MujinOS, provides a unified operating system for industrial robots, enabling enterprises to deploy scalable and efficient automation solutions while reducing manual intervention.
Source: VentureBurn
