Track Record
Robotics
Our Robotics and Automation Practice reflects the rapid acceleration we are seeing across automation and intelligent systems. As adoption expands beyond traditional manufacturing into logistics, healthcare, agriculture, and defence, robotics is becoming a core driver of productivity, resilience, and innovation. Advances in AI, machine vision, and collaborative robotics are lowering barriers to entry, enabling more flexible, scalable deployment across a wider range of environments.
In response to these strong market dynamics, we have carved robotics out of our broader Advanced Industrial Practice to establish a dedicated, focused team. This allows us to better support clients across the full lifecycle, from growth strategy and capital raising to partnerships and exits, while staying at the forefront of sector developments.
With increasing investment, maturing technologies, and expanding applications, robotics is no longer a niche capability but a strategic priority. Our dedicated practice ensures we are well positioned to help clients capture this momentum and unlock long-term value.
Success Story
About Future Maintenance Technologies (FMT): FMT builds AI powered autonomous robots that work in collaboration with skilled-labour to automate maintenance activities with an initial focus on the rail industry.
About QIC: QIC Ventures backs ambitious founders building globally competitive businesses. Since 2016, it has invested in more than 80 companies, helping take Australian innovation to the world.
About Taronga: Taronga Group is a global investor, focused on driving innovation across Real Asset sectors such as real estate and infrastructure.
Institutional Fund Raising Transaction
December 2025
Series A
Narrative: Following a global search and multiple investor conversations, QIC was chosen as the lead investor. Despite being an Australian based Sovereign Wealth Fund, their significant international footprint was a key differentiator.
As part of the process, a significant number of strategic investment discussions with both international and corporate VCs were conducted, laying the foundation for the follow-on funding that FMT will require to realise their global potential.
FMT CEO, Loic Ayoul: "The Team at Bean Partners guided us through the process to a very good outcome and laying the platform for the funding required to scale globally. We are building the maintenance ecosystem of the future, designed for the next generation of rail and aviation maintenance. We are committed to leading this global shift by working with leading organisations to create robot ready assets that enable predictive maintenance and inherently safer operations. This funding round is a significant milestone that gives us the runway, credibility, and momentum to scale globally."