Elokon acquires a stake in Filics

The Munich-based start-up has completed a financing round. The amount of the investment was initially unknown.

Elokon Gmbh, a manufacturer of electronic devices from Tornesch in Schleswig-Holstein, has invested in the Munich-based start-up Filics. According to the announcement, the young company has completed a seed financing round. The round was led by VC 10x, with Robotic Ventures, Industrial Innovators and Klaus Dieter Rosenbach, former CTO of Jungheinrich AG, also reportedly contributing their money.

Filics is developing an autonomous transport robot. Two skids drive into Euro pallets independently of each other and lift them. The load can then be moved under digital control. Basically, the robot works like a forklift truck, except that it lacks the entire substructure and does not need a driver.

The first concrete tests are scheduled for this fall. "We were particularly impressed by the professional fundraising process of the young Filics founding team," says Alexander Glasmacher, Managing Director of Elokon. "We believe in the strong use cases for the patent-pending Filics solution and see great synergy potential between Filics and Elokon."