Total technology industry robotics deals worth $3.4bn were announced globally for September 2021, with the $1.5bn private equity deal with Blue Prism Group being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 164.1% over the previous month of $1.28bn and a rise of 43.2% when compared with the last 12-month average of $2.36bn.

In terms of number of robotics deals, the sector saw a rise of 8.89% with 49 deals in September 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 45 deals.

In value terms, Europe led the activity with robotics deals worth $1.93bn in September 2021.

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technology industry robotics deals in September 2021: Top deals

The top five robotics deals accounted for 68% of the overall value during September 2021.

The combined value of the top five robotics deals stood at $2.3bn, against the overall value of $3.4bn recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry robotics deals of September 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) TPG Capital and Vista Equity Partners Management $1.5bn private equity deal with Blue Prism Group

2) The $220m venture financing of Agile Robots by Chimera Investments,Foxconn Industrial Internet,GL Ventures,Linear Capital,Sequoia China Investment Management,SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Xiaomi Group

3) CICC ALPHA (Beijing) Investment Fund Management,Prosperity7 Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 $200m venture financing deal with Keenon Robotics

4) The $200m venture financing of OpenTrons Labworks by Khosla Ventures,Lerer Hippeau Ventures,Sands Capital Ventures,SoftBank Vision Fund 2,SOSVentures and Y Combinator

5) AllianceBernstein,Bank of America,Barclays Ventures,Citigroup,Cowen,Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Equity,Morgan Stanley,Viking Global Investors and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital $180m venture financing deal with AlphaSense