The investment follows the company’s emergence from stealth, founded in 2025 by Arno Kütt (the visionary behind Cleveron) and Sander Sebastian Agur. This capital injection is propelling a singular mission: maturing Rollo’s proprietary gyroscopic stabilization technology and transitioning the company from advanced R&D towards full-scale commercial production.

LAS VEGAS, USA — January 8, 2026 — Rollo Robotics, the Estonian deep-tech startup pioneering the world's first stable autonomous monowheel security robot, today announced it has raised €3.7 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Berlin-based FoodLabs, Frontier Tech VC PROTOTYPE and supported by Enterprise Estonia's RUP programme.

The investment follows the company's emergence from stealth, founded in 2025 by Arno Kütt (the visionary behind Cleveron) and Sander Sebastian Agur. This capital injection is propelling a singular mission: maturing Rollo's proprietary gyroscopic stabilization technology and transitioning the company from advanced R&D towards full-scale commercial production.

Engineering a New Category of Mobility
While the robotics industry has long relied on multi-wheeled platforms, Rollo Robotics has successfully mastered the "stability paradox" of the monowheel. By utilizing high-frequency sensor fusion and proprietary balance control, the Rollo security robot offers a slim, agile profile capable of navigating tight urban spaces and complex industrial corridors where traditional robots fail.

"Mastering the physics of a stable monowheel is a milestone for autonomous mobility and the entire robotics sector," said Sander Sebastian Agur, Co-Founder of Rollo Robotics. "With the backing of FoodLabs and PROTOTYPE, two investors who are at the heart of the European deep-tech ecosystem, we have the resources to bring this technology to the global security market. Our goal is to make autonomous patrolling more cost-efficient, less intrusive, and significantly more versatile by creating a modern robotic platform."

Strategic Support from Germany's Tech Ecosystem
The partnership with FoodLabs and PROTOTYPE provides Rollo Robotics with a strategic bridge to the German industrial and tech markets: ? FoodLabs is an early-stage VC and venture studio rooted in Europe, partnering with founders to build the industrial backbone of the future food system - from SynBio and consumer products to hardware, robotics and deep-tech infrastructure.

PROTOTYPE is a technical solo-GP VC led by Andreas Klinger, investing first checks into Europe's most ambitious Frontier Tech founders. Beyond dealmaking PROTOTYPE is the force behind EU-INC, the popular policy movement fixing Europe for startups, and a YouTube channel pushing European founder identity and hyperambition.

"Western companies are facing rapidly growing hybrid threats to their physical infrastructure. Securing these assets with scalable, autonomous, robotic platforms such as Rollo is essential right now and a gigantic market of the future", says Andreas Klinger of PROTOTYPE.

"Rollo Robotics is a prime example of the world-class engineering coming out of Estonia," said Julius Strauss of FoodLabs: "Arno and Sander have identified a massive efficiency gap in the security sector. We are proud to support them as they mature this monowheel platform and prepare for mass production."

The Road to Market
The €3.7M pre-seed round will facilitate two key milestones:
1. Technological Maturation: Hardening all systems to ensure peak performance in extreme weather and high-traffic environments.
2. Production Readiness: Scaling the supply chain and optimizing components to meet the demand generated by early pilot programs.
"We have spent years rethinking how things move through the world," added Arno Kütt, Co-Founder. "With this funding, we are taking the final step in turning a breakthrough engineering concept into a reliable tool for the global security industry."

About Rollo Robotics
Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Rollo Robotics is the developer of the world's first stable autonomous monowheel robot. Founded in 2025 by Arno Kütt and Sander Sebastian Agur, the company combines sleek design with advanced autonomy to create highly maneuverable robots for security and surveillance. www.1rollo.com

About FoodLabs FoodLabs is an early-stage VC and venture studio rooted in Europe, partnering with founders to build the industrial backbone of the future food system - from SynBio and consumer products to hardware, robotics and deep-tech infrastructure.

About PROTOTYPE
PROTOTYPE is a technical solo-GP VC led by Andreas Klinger, investing first checks into Europe's most ambitious Frontier Tech founders. Beyond dealmaking PROTOTYPE is the force behind EU-INC, the popular policy movement fixing Europe for startups, and a YouTube channel pushing European founder identity and hyperambition. www.prototypecap.com