Who raised what in July, including share prices, and autonomous vehicles no longer facing traffic cones in their path to ubiquity
Who raised what in July, including share prices, and autonomous vehicles no longer facing traffic cones in their path to ubiquity
Do you know what 'choreorobotics' is, or where to find it?
Stanford Robotics Center will open on November 2 and includes a dance studio for choreorobotics, with Catie Cuan in residence. It also will include a pool for Oussama Khatib’s OceanOne robot, and brings together more than 30 unique robotics labs across the university.
More on robot stocks:
Stryker CEO on earnings: We had a record quarter on robot installations.
Nvidia stock jumps 11% after SIGGRAPH unveil: ‘‘next wave of AI is robotics'
Of course the market has had a down turn since then on the jobs figures and recession fears, but you really want to listen to the mega keynote and not just for the jacket swap.
Robot Expo Opportunities through SVR
2025 CES Eureka Park pavilion - for startups <5yrs - interested?
2025 Turkey Poland tour for manufacturing startups with DOC
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Robotics Investment
On the new episode of 🎙Out of the Box together with Pia Mangold I had a great conversation with Fady Saad from Cybernetix Ventures on robotics as an investment class and robotics ecosystems.
Coming a bit from a single-sided view here in Norway, where we see many VCs mainly focusing on SaaS investments, it was refreshing to hear Fady's take on the motivations that make robotics an interesting area to invest in: Robotics is sticky - once you decide to go for a certain robotics solution, you will be with that vendor for at least 10 years or so. Robotics providers have a huge potential in their installed base of customers through upsell opportunities, be it spare parts or add-on services. 🤖
Thank you Fady for a fantastic conversation!
Listen here 👇
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QY6dg7
Apple: https://apple.co/4dQCRdy
Moxxie Ventures
Moxxie Ventures, led by ex-Twitter media head, raises $95M third fund (Jacobi Robotics etc.) - TechCrunch
Bee Partners
Read our most recent white paper authored by Ale & Tim: The Generative AI Wave of Human-Machine Interaction.
Read more on Bee Partners at www.beepartners.vc and as always, we invite you to share our Get Funded page with Founders, or friends of Founders, who are seeking pre-seed deeptech funding in Human-Machine Interaction, Machine-to-Machine Learning, or Biological Machines.
SOSV Climate Tech VC-Founder Matchup
SOSV Climate Tech VC-Founder Matchup in October will bring together 500+ startups and 500+ investors for 1:1 meetings, online. The last SOSV Match up for Health, Climate and Industrial Tech generated over 5,000 one-on-one meetings.
Latest Deals
Waymo = $5B from Alphabet.
Skild AI = $300M Series A round from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, and Bezos Expeditions.
Monarch Tractor = $133M Series C funding from Astanor and HH-CTBC Partnership.
Mytra = $78M combined Seed, Series A and Series B funding from a consortium that includes Greenoaks and Eclipse.
Standard Bots = $63M Series B funding from General Catalyst, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next.
unspun = $32M Series B funding from DCVC, with participation from Lowercarbon Capital, E12, Decathlon, and SOSV.
Navigantis = $12M Series A funding from Puma Venture Capital.
Cartken = $10M funding from 468 Capital, Magna International, Shell Ventures, and Mitsubishi Electric.
Sojo Industries = $10M Series A funding from Schreiber Ventures and Tech Council Ventures.
Exyn Technologies = $5M funding.
Jacobi Robotics = $5M Seed funding from Moxxie Ventures, with participation from Foothill Ventures, Humba Ventures, and The House Fund.
Aurea Imaging = $3M Series A funding from Pymwymic and others.
As the fundraising environment has been less approachable the ability to raise capital for venture funds has certainly been more difficult. I've described it before as an "income inequality effect" in both venture and startups. The companies and funds raising the most capital continue to suck up a huge chunk of the attention, while the rest get less and less.
Robot News
Pete Buttigieg is bullish about autonomous vehicles and electrification - Axios
Unleashing Synergy or Accelerating Fragmentation - South Korea’s bold shift toward international science and technology collaboration - starting with Horizon Europe - requires transforming the weakness of the current system into future strengths. Issues in Science and Technology
Robot Dentist Might Be a Good Idea, Actually - IEEE Spectrum
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback - TechCrunch
J&J DePuys Synthe launches Velys surgical robot for the spine - MassDevice
KettyBot Pro by Pudu Robotics Named a Finalist in Fast Company’s 2024 Innovaton by Design Awards for Hospitality - PR Newswire
Forbes 50 over 50 features robotics founders - Forbes
Alphabet X spinoff partners with Arc’teryx to bring ‘everyday’ exoskeleton to market - TechCrunch
Greater Bay Area Robotics Companies Ranked by Most Recent Valuation - SF Business Times
Robotics company Clarapath raises $36M and more digital health fundings - MobiHealth
Sennder buys CH Robinson’s European business - TechCrunch
Robotics startup DELIVERS.AI valued at $36M as it raises fresh round - TechEU
Robots in Focus: Looking into the future of human robot interaction - Card79
Will this flying camera finally take off? - IEEE Spectrum (startup founder’s story!)
Applied Carbon’s farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2 - TechCrunch
IV Syringe Robots Not ‘Plug and Play’ - Pharmacy Practice News
Why Anthony Levandowski returned to his off-road autonomous vehicle roots with AV startup Pronto - TechCrunch
Waymo suing people who allegedly trashed its robotaxis - The Byte
Self-driving truck startup Aurora Innovation to sell up to $420M in shares ahead of commercial launch - TechCrunch
Dramatic changes in science & engineering landscape call for new U.S. strategies - National Science Board news release
Emotion in Robot Motion explores choreorobotics with Catie Cuan - Make:
Robot Events
FIRA is back! October 22-24 Woodland CA
With AG ROBOTICS DISCOVERY TOUR Oct 17-21
🚀 hashtag#FIRAUSA24: Unveiling the Future of AgTech!
🌱🤖 Join us for an extraordinary 8-day journey into autonomous farming and robotics!
Mark your calendars 📅
🚌 California Ag Robotics Discovery Tour: October 17-21
🧑🌾 FIRA USA event: October 22-24
🌟 Highlights:
• Unparalleled networking for farmers, manufacturers, and scientists
• In-field demos of cutting-edge autonomous solutions
• Business meetings and research discussions
• Focus on specialty crops: vegetables, vines, fruit, and nut trees
🚗 California Ag Robotics Discovery Tour:
• 5-day immersive experience
• Visit innovative farms across Sacramento, Davis, Central Valley, and Salinas
• Limited to 40 international AgTech leaders and country delegations
• All-inclusive package with accommodation, catering, and networking
🗓️ Tour Program:
• Day 1 (10/17): Salinas - Vegetables, Lettuce, Berries 🥬
• Day 2 (10/18): Merced area - Tomatoes, Melons, Cotton, Almonds, Citrus 🍅
• Day 3 (10/19): Fresno area - Stone fruit, Grapes, Pistachios, Almonds 🍇
• Day 4 (10/20): Optional excursion 👀
• Day 5 (10/21): Sacramento Valley + FIRA USA VIP Cocktail 🥂
Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of agriculture!
🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eHJDFK3F
🌎 Reserved for international delegations, registration required
❗Registration deadline: August 12
And some more robotics conferences:
Humanoid Robotics Festival Lima Peru Aug 14-15-16
CASE 2024 Puglia Italy 28 Aug - 1 Sep 2024
BioRob Heidelberg DE 1 Sep-Sep 4
Commercial UAV Expo : Sep 03 - Sep 05, 2024 . Las Vegas, United States of America
CLAWAR 2024 Kaiserslauten DE Sep 4 - Sep 6
ACTUATE Summit : Sep 18, 2024 . San Francisco - use SVROBO for 25% off
ICRA@40 Rotterdam NL 23 Sep - 26 Sep
ANTS (Swarm robotics) 2024 : Oct 09 - Oct 11, 2024 . Konstanz, Germany
IROS 2024 AbuDhabi 14 Oct - 18 Oct
RobOpsCon 2024 - Mountain View - 15 Oct
ROSCon Odense DK 21 Oct - 23 Oct
CORL Munich DE 6 Nov - 9 Nov
IEEE Future of Telepresence Pasadena CA 16 Nov - 17 Nov
Humanoids 2024 Nancy FR 26 Nov - 28 Nov
ProMat : Mar 17 - Mar 20, 2025 . Chicago, United States of America
ICRA 2025 Atlanta Georgia 17 May - 23 May 2025