Robot delivery start-up Starship Technologies has raised $40m in a series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $85m. The round was led by existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, which also backed the company that is now called Starship Technologies, and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from other investors. The company already has partnerships with Co-op, Tesco and JustEat, and it has successfully tested its robots in multiple London boroughs. Starship plans to expand to over 100 UK university campuses in the next two years. The company's main operations are in the US although it has a UK base at Milton Keynes.
Robot delivery start-up Starship Technologies has raised $40m in a series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $85m. Starship's CEO, Lex Bayer, said the funds will be put towards expanding the robot food delivery fleet in the UK to serve its student population. The company already has partnerships with Co-op, Tesco and JustEat, and it has successfully tested its robots in multiple London boroughs. Starship plans to expand to over 100 UK university campuses in the next two years. The company's main operations are in the US although it has a UK base at Milton Keynes.