Slip Robotics
Assembly Line
Slip Robotics Raises $28M Series B Financing Led by DCVC
Slip Robotics, a next-generation provider of automated truck-loading robots-as-a-service, has raised a $28 million Series B financing led by DCVC, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in deep tech. The investment reflects Slip’s rapid growth with industry-leading customers – including John Deere, GE Appliances, Valeo, and Nissan – who are using SlipBots to load and unload any truck in just 5 minutes.
Slip Robotics is tackling one of the supply chain’s universal inefficiencies: truck loading and unloading. For over 100 years, truck trailers have been loaded and unloaded using the same basic methods. Because of this, truckers spend 23% of their workday idling at loading docks waiting for forklift operators to load and unload their trailers, while forklift operators rush to carry freight between the trailer and staging area despite 25% of all industrial accidents taking place at the loading dock.
Slip empowers people to auto-load and auto-unload any truck in just 5 minutes using SlipBots. SlipBots cut conventional 30 to 60-minute loading times to just 5 minutes, providing a faster, safer, and scalable solution for growing logistics demands. Unlike other automated solutions, SlipBots handle any type of freight, at any dock, with no infrastructure modification, and with zero Wi-Fi or complex IT integration required. This broad applicability and ease of deployment has fueled Slip’s rapid adoption and expansion with customers.
Valeo, a multinational automotive parts manufacturer, used SlipBots to reduce their trailer load/unload times from 30 minutes to just 5 minutes. SlipBots seamlessly integrated into their operations, enabling employees to increase dock throughput by 6x, reduce forklift traffic by 8x, and increase safety at the loading dock.