Volkswagen-backed climate VC broadens scope to robotics and physical AI

22 Sept 2026
05:00
Leitmotif, a $300m transatlantic venture fund backed by Volkswagen, is broadening its scope to include industrial robotics and physical AI.
"We didn't jump on that because any LP told us to do so, but because we saw the market opportunity arising," Philipp Emig, a partner at Leitmotif, tells Impact Loop.
"We didn't jump on that because any LP told us to do so, but because we saw the market opportunity arising," Philipp Emig, a partner at Leitmotif, tells Impact Loop.