Tiger Global
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Tiger Global is an investment firm focused on public and private companies in the global Internet, software, consumer, and financial technology industries.
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Vecna Robotics Closes $100 Million in Series C Funding to Streamline and Automate Warehouse Workflows
Vecna Robotics, the leader in flexible material handling automation solutions, announced the close of its Series C round at $100 million, with $40 million in new funding including equity and debt, that nearly doubles the company valuation from the previous round. Tiger Global Management, Proficio Capital Partners, and IMPULSE participated in the round.
The cash infusion will be used to fund new workflow-specific innovations that enable the company to deliver rapid ROI to cost conscious warehouse operators served by the $165 billion pallet-moving autonomy market. To support its rapid expansion, the company also announced the appointment of Michael Helmbrecht as Chief Operating Officer.
Over the past year, the company has combined cloud software updates and investments in its PivotalTM Command Center to help customers like GEODIS, FedEx, Caterpillar, Shape, and others, realize upwards of 70% performance improvements in ground-to-ground warehouse workflows like case picking, packaging, and cross-docking. In addition to these improvements, the cash infusion will support the launch of innovative, next-generation platforms that will help the company provide more deployment flexibility and reach into new workflows that are in high demand, while being able to continue delivering operator cost savings from day one.
Infinite Uptime Raises $18.85 Million in Series B3 Funding Led by Tiger Global
Infinite Uptime, a provider of predictive maintenance solutions for industrial machinery has raised $18.85 million in its Series B3 funding round. The round was led by Tiger Global, a global investment firm, with participation from existing investors GSR Ventures, VenturEast, Mayfield, and THK. The company is also backed by Belgium-based innovative impact investor, KOIS.fund.
The company claims that its cutting-edge technology digitises assets and leverages vibration monitoring to diagnose faults and provide recommendations for large-scale industrial machinery remotely. It is currently serving more than 300 customers globally. Its clientele includes Vedanta Group, JSW Group, Tata Group, THK, Schlumberger, Marubeni Group, Ceat Tyres, Aditya Birla Group and Coca-Cola. The Series B3 funding will enable the company to further strengthen its global market share and multiply value delivery and service quality across industry segments.
Ambi Robotics Raises $32 Million for New Kind of Warehouse Robot
The Ambisort can plow through about 400 parcels per hour; humans do the same work at about one-third the pace and usually make more mistakes. Ambi Robotics, the company that developed the system and the accompanying machine-learning algorithms that allow the robot to recognize each parcel and select the right way to grasp it, has deployed 80 of these systems and plans to surpass 100 in the field next year. On Monday, Ambi is announcing that it raised $32 million from Tiger Global, Bow Capital and the UK’s Ahren Innovation Capital. Pitney Bowes, the postage meter maker turned e-commerce logistics firm with 55 warehouses around the country, is another investor in the round as well as a customer.
FORT’s $25MM Series B Funding Accelerates Expansion of its Machine Communications Platform
FORT Robotics (FORT), a pioneer in communications and control for smart machines, today announced the close of a $25 million Series B funding round, led by Tiger Global. The company will use the funds to accelerate the rollout of its machine communications platform, which aims to make autonomous machines safer and more secure.
FORT’s platform technology is the foundation for its hardware solutions, including wireless emergency stops and remote control systems, that are used by industry leaders including Agility Robotics, Hexagon, Moog, and hundreds of others. With the new investment, FORT plans to expand its platform functionality and enhance security offerings to address growing demand from end users.
B2B supply chain startup Groyyo raises $40 million in mix of equity and debt led by Tiger Global
Groyyo, a business-to-business (B2B) manufacturing and supply chain enablement company has raised $28 million in equity and $12 million via debt led by Tiger Global. The funding round also saw participation from early investors Alpha Wave Global. Groyyo plans to utilise the funds raised to scale the team across manufacturing clusters in India and Bangladesh and key demand belts in the United States and European Union.
Viam Announces $30 Million Series A Funding Round to Scale Novel Robotics Platform
Viam, Inc., the company building a novel robotics platform, announced the close of a $30 million Series A round led by Tiger Global, with participation from returning investor Union Square Ventures, and Battery Ventures. The financing brings Viam’s total funding to $42 million. The latest investment will enable Viam to expand its team size and support ongoing research and development (R&D) to enhance its platform.
Robotics is one of the world’s fastest growing industries, but will struggle to mature quickly without developer-friendly tools and services to drive innovation. Founded in 2020 by MongoDB, Inc. cofounder and longtime CTO Eliot Horowitz, Viam is a hardware and language agnostic platform that allows developers to create, configure, and control any robot from anywhere.
Nuro raises $600 million in Series D funding
This $600 million financing will support the development and deployment of Nuro’s autonomous delivery service in communities across the country. Dave Ferguson, Nuro co-founder and president, says: “We’re thrilled to have the backing of these prominent investors and world class companies, and honored that they support our vision of improving communities and revitalizing local commerce. “We believe this investment will allow us to accelerate our commercialization strategy and better everyday life with Nuro’s technology.”
Elementary Raises $30M Series B Led by Tiger Global for its AI Vision Platform for Manufacturing
Elementary, a fast-growing startup that has built an AI machine vision platform for quality and inspection in manufacturing, has closed $30M in Series B funding to support customer demand. Following the new round of capital, the company is now poised to aggressively scale its solution worldwide with existing and new customers. Given the current manufacturing market dynamics, the demand for Elementary’s platform has been overwhelming. As the world has shifted to requiring automated solutions to address labor constraints, Elementary’s customers have needed automated inspection solutions to keep pace with their quality goals. Unlike manual inspection, Elementary’s platform enables customers to inspect 100% of their produced goods and is capable of inspecting parts and assemblies that were previously impossible to inspect, in a highly repeatable and scalable way.
The $30M Series B investment was led by Tiger Global and joined by existing investors including Threshold Ventures, Fika Ventures, Fathom Capital, Riot VC, and Toyota Ventures.
Our Series A Funding: What It Means for Our Partners, Customers, and SVT Team
The need for flexible supply chains, now more than ever, has created a market that intensely needs automation - and a way to rapidly integrate and orchestrate it. This Series A funding ensures we’ll continue to provide a tailwind for software companies, robot companies, retailers, manufacturers, and integrators to bring their products to market and embrace more technologies more quickly and with less risk.
Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global Lead Series B Investment in Rapid Robotics
Rapid Robotics, creator of the first ready-to-work robotic machine operator, today announced $36.7M in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global, with existing investors NEA, Greycroft, Bee Partners and 468 Capital also participating. The latest round is Rapid’s third in less than a year, bringing its total funding to $54.2M. Since emerging from stealth in late 2020, Rapid Robotics has quickly established itself as a must-take meeting for American manufacturers, as they grapple with a crippling labor shortage that COVID-19 turned into a full-blown crisis.
Path Robotics Raises $100M
Path Robotics, producer of the world’s first truly autonomous robotic manufacturing system, today announced it received $100 million in pre-emptive Series C financing led by Tiger Global. Existing investor Addition also participated in the round, along with Silicon Valley Bank.
“Most robots merely repeat what they are told, with no ability to improve themselves. The future of manufacturing hinges on highly capable, flexible robotics. Robots that can truly see and learn,” said Andrew Lonsberry, CEO of Path. Path’s autonomous robots solve the world’s hardest manufacturing challenges, with no programming required. For local manufacturers struggling to find skilled laborers, this is powerful. “Path is laser-focused on partnering with manufacturers to empower them to thrive in the resurgence of this critical industry,” says Lonsberry. Through computer vision and artificial intelligence, Path’s system today can see what is in front of it, understand what it is supposed to do, and with the push of a button, execute a weld.