Filics has completed a funding round of €13.5 million. The round is led by the Bayern 2 growth fund from the investment company Bayern Kapital. Also participating are F-LOG Ventures, Sandwater, Alven Capital Partners, business angel Andrei Danescu, Filics COO Helmut Schmid, and existing investors Capnamic and 10x Founders.
With the fresh capital, Filics plans to continue advancing the development of its innovative transport robots and consistently expand the company’s internationalization. Today, the first product, the so-called Filics Unit, is already in use at several industrial and logistics companies in Germany.
The Filics Unit consists of two mechanically independent, particularly flat robots. It is based on a dual-runner system and can autonomously drive under euro pallets or euro-pallet containers, lift them, and move them. The particular advantage: The robots only need the space of the pallet itself and can efficiently utilize even the tightest spaces in warehouses. An omnidirectional drive allows them to move in all directions.
Solutions for growing demands
The background to the development is the increasing need for more efficient logistics solutions as supply chains grow and e-commerce expands. The handling of load carriers in warehouses in particular continues to require high personnel effort and specialized equipment – a problem that Filics addresses with its robots.
Bavaria’s economics minister Hubert Aiwanger comments on the development:
“Efficient supply chains and smooth logistics processes require effective warehouses. The Filics Unit from the Munich-based company of the same name was developed precisely for this purpose: it automates processes and noticeably relieves warehouse staff. This makes it not only a significant advance for intralogistics, but also another impressive example of state-of-the-art technology from Bavaria.”
The investor side is also convinced of the technology: Monika Steger, managing director of Bayern Kapital, says:
“Filics’ transport robots are unique not only because of their flat and compact design, but also because of their maneuverability in tight spaces, as they frequently occur in many modern warehouses. This makes them a highly interesting solution for intralogistics – a target market with continued high growth potential – with great operational benefits. These factors make Filics a relevant investment for us, which we are happy to accompany with a stake in this growth round, following our early-stage investment.”
And Gregor Kolls, co-founder and CEO of Filics, explains the funding round:
“We are very pleased with the investors’ confidence in our autonomous intralogistics solutions. With the funds from the financing round, we plan to advance both the further development of these solutions and our expansion into new markets. The fact that Bayern Kapital participated early in this financing round was a particularly important show of confidence and made a decisive contribution to stabilizing and strengthening the investor consortium.”
Expansion into further European markets is planned for 2026. By the end of 2025, the product portfolio is also to be expanded with additional use cases in logistics. The financing represents an important milestone for the young Munich-based company on its path to scaling its technology.
