June 11 (Reuters) - Theker, a Barcelona-based AI robotics

company, has raised $85 million in a fundraising round, it said

on Thursday, highlighting ongoing growth in the Spanish tech

sector.

-- Theker says it develops robots which use AI to perform

various tasks in industrial environments.

-- The fundraising round was led by venture capital firm CRV,

while other companies involved included Samsung and

luxury goods company LVMH.

-- The fundraising for Theker comes a few months after Amazon ( AMZN )

said it would invest a further €18 billion ($20.7

billion) in Spain to expand its data centres and boost AI

innovation.

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