The Canadian start-up, Dozr, has raised CAD$2.5m ($1.9m) in seed funding to become an Airbnb-style sharing platform enabling contractors to rent industrial construction equipment, such as bulldozers, excavators, industrial robots or drones. “People are using drones for a variety of different reasons,” said co-founder and CEO David Smith. It plans to use the funding to add new features to its platform and hire employees in sales, marketing, product, and engineering, with a long-term plan to expand into the US.
The Canadian start-up, Dozr, has raised CAD$2.5m ($1.9m) in seed funding to become an Airbnb-style sharing platform enabling contractors to rent industrial construction equipment, such as bulldozers, excavators, industrial robots or drones. Since its launch in 2015, the marketplace has added 2,000 customers and listed more than $50m worth of equipment. It plans to use the funding to add new features to its platform and hire employees in sales, marketing, product, and engineering, with a long-term plan to expand into the US.