Xynova
Xynova develops actuators and dexterous robotic hands for humanoid robots. Its product line includes compact linear actuators, rotary actuators and Flex hand platforms designed for lightweight, high-force and human-like manipulation systems.
Market context
Xynova supplies a bottleneck layer of the humanoid stack: finished hand systems and adjacent actuation hardware. Relevance comes from supplying manipulation hardware into robot platforms rather than building complete robots.
Facts
- Website: https://www.xynova.com.cn/
- HQ: Hangzhou, China
- Founded: 2024
- Segment: End Effectors
- Known funding rounds: 2
Investors
- top-tier internet giant (unnamed) - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-20
- CATL Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-26
- L2F Ray Entrepreneur Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-26
- Orient Renaissance Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-26
- SEARI Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-26
- Xiaomi Strategic Investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-26
- Zhengxuan Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-26
Humanoid dexterous-hand and actuator supplier
Xynova supplies dexterous hands, rotary actuators and linear actuators for humanoid and manipulation platforms.
- Target environment: Humanoid robotics supply chain, dexterous manipulation and compact actuation integration.
- Deployment model: Component supplier model spanning finished hand modules and actuator families.
- Customer context: Humanoid builders, robot-hand developers and manipulation teams needing supplier-ready actuation and end-effectors.
- Workflow context: Customers integrate Xynova hands and actuators into robot platforms instead of building the full manipulation hardware stack in-house.
- Commercial maturity: Component supplier with multiple product pages and model-level technical data for actuator families.
- Market position: Positioned as a bottleneck-layer manipulation and actuation supplier rather than a complete robot OEM.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on reliability, integration support, sourcing volume, cost and compatibility with the customer’s control stack.
- Adjacent context: Adjacent systems include robotic hands, linear actuators, rotary actuators, joint modules and humanoid manipulation components.
- Source confidence: high
Events
- 2026-04-12 - Production Milestone - Xynova says its Flex 1 dexterous hand will enter 10,000-unit annual mass production in 2026 - Gasgoo identified Xynova's Flex 1 as a tendon-driven dexterous hand product positioned in the industry's mass-production push. Coverage cites more than 10,000 high-degree-of-freedom dexterous-hand orders across several top-tier customers. The company is build…
- 2026-03-20 - Funding - Xynova closes Pre-A round for dexterous robotics components - Xynova announced completion of a Pre-A financing round. New capital will support talent expansion, mass production, and commercial deployment. Product focus includes dexterous hands, miniature electric cylinders, and integrated joint modules.
- 2025-12-26 - Funding - Xynova closes angel round exceeding RMB100M - Xynova completed an angel financing round exceeding RMB 100 million. Investors included CATL Capital, Xiaomi Strategic Investment, Zhengxuan Investment, Orient Renaissance Capital, SEARI Capital, and L2F Ray Entrepreneur Fund. Funding will support core produc…
- 2025-06-01 - Product Launch - Xynova launches Flex 1 dexterous hand - Xynova released a mass-produced high-DoF tendon-driven dexterous hand Flex 1 is positioned as a self-developed dexterous hand product
- 2025-04-01 - Product Launch - Xynova launches rotary actuator family - Xynova released its planetary and harmonic series rotary actuators for humanoid robots The company states the series improved torque density by more than 20%
- 2024-12-01 - Company Formation - Xynova is established in Hangzhou Yuhang District - Hangzhou Xynova Technology Co., Ltd. was officially established in Yuhang District, Hangzhou. Xynova's official About page lists this establishment milestone in December 2024.
Customers and deployments
- Target Annual Capacity Units - 10,000 units/year - 2026-04-12 - humanoid hand production - Xynova said its Flex 1 dexterous hand would enter 10,000-unit annual mass production in 2026. This is a target capacity for a hu…
Articles
- 2026-07-10 - Dexterous Hands Are Becoming a Market of Their Own - Shipments, production capacity and funding are accelerating as dexterous hands shift from bespoke robot components into a strategic hardware layer for ph…
- 2026-05-31 - Humanoid Hands Are getting hot - Xynova’s Series A adds another signal that dexterous hands are becoming a priced layer in the humanoid stack, not an accessory. - Korthos: /research/humanoid-hands-are-getti…
- 2026-04-12 - China’s humanoid push is moving into production - Output, capacity, and supply chains are starting to take shape across the stack - Korthos: /research/china-s-humanoid-push-is-moving-into-production
Xynova canonical Korthos profile