Logibot raises €1.4M to build a ‘temp agency for robots’
What's the deal? LogibotDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Belgian software platform that adds an intelligent layer to humanlike robots in logistics, has raised €1.4 million in an early-stage round. BeamBerlinDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, the startup studio of German family group BEUMERDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, led the round, with RDY VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, PMVDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and the BAN Business AngelsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → network joining.
What's the endgame? Logibot's hardware-agnostic platform lets companies choose, train, and steer around 95% of the robots on the market. The software covers the full journey: analysing flows, validating performance in a digital twin, training robots, integrating them into operations, and monitoring with remote teleoperation.
Why now? European warehouses struggle to fill physically demanding roles, often at sites far from the labour market. Temp staff cost up to 40% more than a permanent hire, turnover stays high, and repeated training weighs on operating costs.
Some 2.5 million people across Europe still do manual logistics groundwork — sorting parcels, moving cages, or filling loading docks. Logibot's premise is simple: the equipment should fit the task. A robot arm suffices for most warehouse work; sorting parcels doesn't need ten fingers or two arms.
Who's behind it? The seven-person company is led by chief executive officer Louis Verspreeuwen, who brings 12 years in logistics and international trade. Co-founder and chief technology officer Salimzhan Gafurov holds two PhDs in robotics and AI, previously led 110 robotics engineers at a major e-commerce player, and was CTO at Verne, Europe's first robotaxi company.
Early clients include logistics providers with between 8,000 and 21,000 employees, plus one of the Nordics' largest logistics and postal groups, where a robot is running in Denmark. The capital funds the first robot rollouts and assembly of a second robot in Zellik, Flemish Brabant.
The signal: "Our mission is to become the temp agency for robots," Verspreeuwen said — offering robots on demand without locking clients to a single supplier. As labour shortages persist, flexible, vendor-neutral automation is emerging as a way for warehouses to robotise without tying up capital in heavy equipment.
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