Israeli start-up ElliQ has raised $20m in series A funding from investors including Samsung Next, Sparx Group and Glory Ventures, bringing its total funding to $22m. The two-month firm has developed a social robot, designed by Yves Behar, aimed at giving elderly people a link to the outside world, with cameras for video calls and connections to services such as Facebook Messenger. ElliQ is set to begin beta-testing 30 machines with users in Florida and California for a two-year-old period.
Israeli start-up ElliQ has raised $20m in series A funding from investors including Samsung Next, Sparx Group and Glory Ventures, bringing its total funding to $22m. The two-year-old firm has developed a social robot, designed by Yves Behar, aimed at giving elderly people a link to the outside world, with cameras for video calls and connections to services such as Facebook Messenger. ElliQ is set to begin beta-testing 30 machines with users in Florida and California for a two-month period.