Observed Signal · Oct 13, 2026 · Event Announcement · Source: EU-Startups (European Venture) · Impact: 1/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Circus CEO Nikolas Bullwinkel to Keynote EU-Startups Summit 2027
Nikolas Bullwinkel, founder and CEO of Munich-based robotics company Circus Group, will deliver a keynote at the EU-Startups Summit 2027 in Malta on May 13-14, focusing on AI robotics and scaling DeepTech from lab to market. Bullwinkel, who previously co-founded quick-commerce startup Flink, founded Circus in 2021 to develop AI-powered robotic systems for autonomous food production. The company raised €11 million in 2022, acquired culinary robotics startup Aitme in 2023, and went public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2024. Circus is now focused on its CA-1 autonomous food-production robot for civilian and defence applications. The event expects around 2,500 attendees.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Nikolas Bullwinkel, CEO of Circus Group, will keynote at EU-Startups Summit 2027 (May 13-14, Malta).
- Circus Group develops AI-powered robotic systems for autonomous food production.
- Circus raised €11 million in investment in 2022.
- Circus acquired Berlin-based culinary robotics startup Aitme in 2023.
- Circus completed its Xetra listing on Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2024.
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1 Entity mapped“Before founding Circus, Nikolas was one of the co-founders of Flink, the Berlin-based quick-commerce company.”
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