$500M+ Valuation Backed by Industrial Giants โ First Core Component Maker in The Informationโs Top 50 Startups
LinkerBot (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., a global leader in high-degree-of-freedom dexterous robotic hands, has closed a hundreds-of-millions RMB Series A+ round led by a consortium of strategic and financial investors, including:
Zhejiang Innovation Investment, Deqing Industrial Investment, Leju Robotics, CDH Bofu, Jinghua New Materials, Dongfang Jinggong, AUX Group, HuaFu Investment, Hongyi Fund, Hongshan Capital, and Xiangyuan New Materials.
The company has now achieved monthly order volumes exceeding 1,000 units โ making it the only firm globally to mass-produce high-DOF dexterous hands at scale. It commands over 80% of the global market share in this segment and supports all major actuation technologies: tendon-driven, direct-drive, and linkage-based systems.
In November 2025, LinkerBot became the first robotic core-component company ever to be named to The Informationโs โTop 50 Most Promising Startups of 2025โ โ a milestone signaling investor recognition of component-level innovation as critical to the humanoid robotics value chain.
๐ Product Leadership: From Industrial Masters to Mass-Market Accessibility
LinkerBotโs flagship Linker Hand L20 features 21 degrees of freedom and is offered in ้็จ (General) and Industrial variants โ one of the few dexterous hands that bridges algorithm development and real-world deployment.
To address industrial needs, the company launched the Linker Hand L6, part of its โIndustrial Masterโ series. Its proprietary โSuper Linear Actuatorโ combines a brushless motor + ball screw mechanism, delivering:
- 90% drive efficiency โ more than double industry averages
- 200N output force
- 1 million+ cycle lifespan (verified in testing)
As smaller humanoid platforms gain traction, LinkerBot introduced the Linker Hand O6 โ the worldโs lightest high-DOF hand at 370g, reducing end-effector payload and enabling integration on cost-sensitive platforms. Priced at RMB 6,666 (~$920 USD), it disrupted traditional cost structures.
In a further push for accessibility, the company recently released the O6 Lite, with a subsidized price of RMB 3,999 (~$550 USD), bringing dexterous manipulation within reach of startups, researchers, and educational institutions.
Beyond Hardware: Building the Full Stack for Dexterous Intelligence
LinkerBot has moved beyond components to build a complete ecosystem for dexterous skill development:
| Layer | Offering | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Data Collection | Open TeleDex | A modular teleoperation system supporting โTripleAnyโ compatibility: any external device, any arm, any hand โ slashing setup costs for skill data capture |
| Skill Repository | LinkerSkillNet | A multi-modal dataset of human and robot manipulation tasks โ the largest public dexterous skills library globally |
| Training Framework | Dex-Serl | A real-robot reinforcement learning framework incorporating end-effector force feedback and automated motion assistance, significantly accelerating training cycles |
This full-stack approach enables developers to go from data โ model โ deployable skill without building infrastructure from scratch.
Strategic Expansion: From โSelf-Assemblyโ to โSelf-Evolutionโ
LinkerBot has demonstrated a proof-of-concept in which its own dexterous hands assemble other robotic hands โ a step toward robotic self-manufacturing.
At the Second Zhongguancun Embodied Intelligence Robotics Application Conference, the company unveiled its โLingChuang QiaoJieโ (Linker Evolution) strategy, extending โself-manufacturingโ into โself-evolutionโ โ an ecosystem where robots continuously learn, refine, and even invent new manipulation skills through real-world interaction.
To scale this vision, LinkerBot, in partnership with Chengkai Fund, launched the โBai Ling Planโ (Hundred Spirits Initiative) โ a dedicated industrial fund for dexterous robotics. The fund will support innovation in:
- Core component technologies
- Peripheral sensing and control systems
- Vertical application integrations
This marks a shift from selling products to cultivating an entire industrial ecosystem.
Commercial Trajectory: 50,000โ100,000 Units by 2026
With mass production already underway, LinkerBot plans to deliver 50,000โ100,000 dexterous hands in 2026, driven by:
- Surging demand from humanoid robot makers
- Adoption in industrial automation and research labs
- Expansion into education and consumer robotics via the O6 Lite
The companyโs strategy is clear:
Win the component layer, then enable the entire application stack.
In an industry obsessed with whole-body robots, LinkerBot proves that the hand โ not the head โ may be the true bottleneck to real-world utility.
And for the first time, that bottleneck is being solved at scale.
