In the near term, ARC plans to grow into the Netherlands and the UK, while scaling its team from eight to around 25 employees over the next year.

The company said its systems completed more than 19,000 missions in Ukraine in 2025.

Hypefy's customers include NIVEA, Unilever, ABOUT YOU, Philips, PepsiCo, McDonald's, Samsung, Glovo, and Schwarzkopf.

The Series A round was led by Blisce, with participation from NAP, Merantix, Robin Capital, Underline Ventures, and Critical Ventures.

The pre-seed round was led by TechVision Fonds (TVF), with participation from neoteq ventures.

The round was backed by Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, the NATO Innovation Fund, and Döpfner Capital.

The Series A was led by Semapa Next, with support from NRW.BANK, Acton Capital, and HTGF.

The Series A round was led by ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund with GET Fund as co-lead.