Robotic landscaping startup Scythe emerges from stealth with $13.8M raise

by Brian Heater - June 15, 20210

Founded in 2018, Scythe Robotics is emerging from stealth today by announcing an $13.8 million Series A raise. The round was led by Inspired Capital and features True Ventures, Zigg Capital and Lemnos. It brings the Boulder, Colorado-based landscaping robotics company’s total funding up to $18.6 million, including a $4

Heirlume raises $1.38M to remove the barriers of trademark registration for small businesses

by Darrell Etherington - April 30, 20210

Platforms like Shopify, Stripe and WordPress have done a lot to make essential business-building tools, like running storefronts, accepting payments, and building websites accessible to businesses with even the most modest budgets. But some very key aspects of setting up a company remain expensive, time-consuming affairs that can be cost-prohibitive

Oxbotica raises $13.8M from Ocado to build autonomous vehicle tech for the online grocer’s logistics network

by Ingrid Lunden - April 16, 20210

Ocado, the UK online grocer that has been making strides reselling its technology to other grocery companies to help them build and run their own online ordering-and-delivery operations, is making an investment today into what it believes will be the next chapter of how that business will grow: it is

African payment startup Chipper Cash raises $13.8M Series A

by Jake Bright - June 17, 20200

African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has closed a $13.8 million Series A funding round led by Deciens Capital and plans to hire 30 new staff globally. The raise caps an event filled run for the San Francisco based payments company, founded two years ago by Ugandan Ham Serunjogi and Ghanaian Maijid