Climate tech investors make €11m bet on factory robots that can 'see' in real time

Inbolt CEO Rudy Cohen (left), Christophe Defert, partner, Bridges Climate Transition Partners (centre), and Françoise Le Poulichet, operating partner, Shift4Good. Press photos
30 Sept 2026
09:00
Two climate tech investors have backed a Paris-based robotics startup Inbolt, claiming the tech will help reduce waste and emissions.

The €11m round will fund a push into the US, where two of its three co-founders have already moved.

"[The investors] didn't back us on the basis of a narrative," Inbolt co-founder and chief executive Rudy Cohen tells Impact Loop.

Two impact investors are helping fuel the rollout of smart robots in factories across the world.

Shift4Good, a Paris-based VC focused on decarbonising transport, has led an €11m round in Inbolt, a startup that uses camera vision tech to give industrial robots the ability to "see" and react in real-time.

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