German robotics startup RobCo completed a share transfer deal, selling $40 million worth of shares, mostly from employees, to a combination of new and existing investors. The company's valuation exceeded $1 billion, roughly double its valuation of about $500 million earlier this year. RobCo makes autonomous industrial robots and has sold more than 1,000 units of its flagship dual-arm self-learning robot, Alfie, to industrial customers.