Exotec

French maker of Skypod warehouse robots; became France's first industrial unicorn with a $335M round in 2022

Scaleup · Shipping · Robotics leader · Croix, Hauts-de-France, France · Founded 2015 · exotec.com

The most recent funding found is the January 2022 round; no newer round or company-stated total raised was found, so no total is shown.

Profile

Exotec makes the Skypod, an autonomous robot system for warehouse order picking, built entirely in Croix in northern France. Its $335M Series D in January 2022, led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, valued it at $2B and made it France's first industrial unicorn. Its customers named by the company include Uniqlo, Decathlon, Carrefour, Gap and Geodis.

People

• RM
  Romain Moulin Founder

  Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
• RH
  Renaud Heitz Founder

  Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Sources: Exotec raises $335 million, becoming France's first industrial unicorn (Exotec) · From Spark to Innovation at Exotec (Dell Technologies Capital) · As of Oct 8, 2026. X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.

Flagship products

• Skypod Autonomous machines
  Autonomous mobile robots for warehouse order fulfilment, deployed by retailers such as Uniqlo, Decathlon and Carrefour and built in Croix, France

Funding and valuation

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Mytra

  Direct competitor

  USRobotics leader

  Both sell robot-run storage and order-picking systems to warehouse operators: Mytra sells a robotic grid for storing and retrieving pallet-sized loads, while Exotec makes the Skypod warehouse order-picking robot system.

  Sources (2)

  • Exotec (company website)
  • Mytra (company website)

• Addverb

  Direct competitor

  INHumanoid OEM

  Both sell warehouse-automation systems: Addverb builds a wheeled industrial humanoid alongside warehouse automation, while Exotec makes the Skypod warehouse order-picking robot system.

  Sources (2)

  • Exotec (company website)
  • Addverb unveils wheeled humanoid Elixis-W at LogiMAT India 2026 (Economic Times)

• Ocado Group

  Direct competitor

  GBRobotics leader

  Both sell robot-run storage and order-picking systems to warehouse operators: Ocado Group licenses its robot-run Ocado Smart Platform fulfilment systems to grocers, while Exotec makes the Skypod warehouse order-picking robot system.

  Sources (2)

  • Exotec (company website)
  • Ocado's 600 Series Bot (Ocado Group)

Recent news

• Jan 17, 2022 — Exotec raises $335M Series D at a $2B valuation Exotec

Sources

• Exotec raises $335 million, becoming France's first industrial unicorn (Exotec) (Jan 17, 2022)
• From Spark to Innovation at Exotec (Dell Technologies Capital) (Oct 9, 2026)

Confidence: high.

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