| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.03.2026 | MassRobotics: Physical AI Fellowship Program Announces Second Cohort With AWS And NVIDIA Support | MassRobotics has announced the second cohort of its Physical AI Fellowship, a virtual program powered by Amazon Web Services Startups and NVIDIA Inception, designed to help high-potential robotics startups build, refine, and scale physical ... |
| 24.02.2026 | AI Service Robotics Market Accelerates as Platforms Move from Prototype to Revenue Deployment | - |
| 26.11.2024 | Muddy Machines ‘addresses critical labor shortages’ in horticulture with acquisition of logistics robot | UK-based ag robotics startup Muddy Machines has acquired “the majority of key assets and intellectual property” from autonomous equipment maker Fox Robotics, also based in Britain.
The acquisition includes a logistics/transport robot Muddy ... |
| 26.09.2024 | Navigating the Agtech Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities Amidst a Capital Crunch | The agricultural technology sector is at a crossroads. With a capital crunch tightening its grip, startups in ag robotics and automation face a daunting landscape. Yet, the need for innovation has never been more pressing. Farmers are grapp... |
| 25.09.2024 | Sponsored post: How ag robotics & automation startups should navigate the current capital crunch | It’s no secret that capital is constrained right now in the agtech world, making fundraises difficult for startups and causing more than a little uncertainty over future growth of the sector. When it comes to ag robotics and automation, thi... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: A New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field awakening at dawn, the farm robotics sector is blossoming, even amid economic challenges. In 2024, the sector has raised nearly $399 million, a drop from the previous year but still a ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in 2024**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Farm robotics is at the forefront of this transformation. In 2024, the sector is grappling with funding challenges but is also witnessing a surge in innovation. As labor costs ris... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating a New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field being tilled for the first time, the farm robotics sector is breaking new ground. In 2024, despite a challenging fundraising environment, this sector is showing resilience and innovati... |
| 24.07.2024 | The 7 biggest farm robotics deals of 2024 so far | The farm robotics sector has shown some resilience in 2024 and continues to bring innovative products to market, despite the challenging year for fundraising.
In the first half of 2024, the AgFunder-defined Farm Robotics, Mechanization, and... |
| 02.02.2024 | These 30 robotics companies are hiring | It was a rough week. There are rarely good weeks for my industry, but this one felt especially dire. Perhaps because it hit close to home. Not that many publications, however, have been through the scale of what iRobot is facing. After a ye... |
| 16.01.2024 | With a fresh $24m, Burro grows from ‘people to pallet scale’ with autonomous harvest-assist robots | With no end in sight for US farm labor shortages, more agricultural sectors are turning to automation as a possible aid.
That’s certainly true for specialty and permanent crops like fruits, vegetables and nursery plants. Roughly 70% of such... |
| 09.01.2024 | Burro Closes $24M Series B Funding | Burro team photo with new product: Burro Grande
Burro, a Philadelphia, PA-based autonomous mobility company, raised $24M in Series B funding.
The round was co-led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital, along with existing investors S2... |
| 09.01.2024 | The Burro Grande finds the agtech robotics firm going big | Burro has been on our radar since early 2020, when the company (then Augean) participated in a TechCrunch Robotics pitch-off. The Philly-based firm has actually been around since 2017, but it’s really the last few years that have seen its a... |
| 09.01.2024 | Burro Closes $24 Million Series B Co-Led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital | - |
| 09.01.2024 | USA-based Burro closes Series B funding with USD 24 million | Philadelphia, USA-based autonomous mobility company, Burro closed Series B funding with USD 24 million. New York City-based growth equity firm Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital co-led the financing for the company. Meanwhile, existin... |
| 01.11.2023 | Startups in the AI farming space you should know | They include Intelia, ecoRobotix, Sentera, Regrow, and Verdant Robotics
Artificial intelligence is still in its infancy, but it's growing extremely fast: valued at nearly $100 billion U.S. dollars, it's expected to grow twentyfold, up to ne... |
| 29.09.2021 | Burro Raises $10.9M in Series A Funding | A Burro at work
Burro, formerly known as Augean Robotics, a Philadelphia, PA-based autonomy company providing solutions for the agriculture industry, raised a $10.9m in Series A funding.
The round was led by S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures... |
| 28.09.2021 | Amplitude CEO’s ode to scrutiny ahead of going public | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 28.09.2021 | Botmaker Burro banks $11m Series A funding in Toyota, S2G-led round | US ag robotics startup Burro has raised $10.9 million in Series A funding, it announced today. The round was led by US agrifoodtech VC S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC arm of Japanese conglomerate Toyota.
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| 28.09.2021 | Burro raises $10.9M for autonomous produce field transport | - |
| 28.09.2021 | Burro, formerly Augean Robotics, raises a nearly $11M Series A to scale its autonomous robots | NextFab-based Burro, formerly known as Augean Robotics, has raised a $10.9 million Series A round of financing a little more than two years after its seed round, the company announced Tuesday.
The four-year-old company makes an autonomous, ... |
| 28.09.2021 | Burro Raises $10.9 Million Series A to Accelerate Commercialization of its Collaborative Robot Platform | Led by S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures, financing will supercharge scaling of fleets of the company’s robots, which mitigate agriculture labor shortages by improving working conditions and increasing productivity
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| 28.09.2021 | Amplitude CEO’s ode to scrutiny ahead of going public | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 03.08.2020 | Adjusting to the new normal: FoodBytes! by Rabobank’s four pandemic-proof innovations | As we continue to see the world adjust to the coronavirus crisis, it’s clear that the outbreak of COVID-19 has created profound change in the global food system. While the outlook continues to fluctuate by the day, many aspects of the indus... |
| 24.06.2020 | Autonomous farm robot Burro assists human workers with grape harvest | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Launching an agricultural AI startup isn’t as sim... |
| 24.06.2020 | Autonomous farm robot Burro assists human workers with grape harvest | Launching an agricultural AI startup isn’t as simple as building a robotic farmer or gathering data sets for computer vision systems. It requires identifying specific use cases, as well as which fruit and vegetable growers to work with. Whe... |
| 08.05.2020 | Coronavirus and the food chain: FoodBytes! by Rabobank’s six tips for innovation in the ‘new normal’ | COVID-19 is disrupting global food markets, from the shut-down in food service to declining levels of investment.
According to the first-quarter report from FoodBytes! by Rabobank, the long-term outlook is ‘uncertain’ due to the threat of ... |
| 10.03.2020 | Agriculture, cameras, tire changes and drive-throughs: Here are our robotics pitch-off winners | We tried something new at last week’s TC Sessions: Robotics + AI. For the first time ever, we incorporated a pitch-off into the event. With a site as embedded in the startup world, it made sense to find a way to give some stage time to some... |
| 26.02.2020 | The role of impact investors in early stage agtech investing | Humans have deployed technology to defy nature’s limitations on the cultivation of food – often to nature’s detriment. Now, a growing number of venture capitalists are doubling down on technology to harmonize agriculture and nature.
Mission... |
| - | How John Deere plans to build a world of fully autonomous farming by 2030 | Deere & Co., well known for its green and yellow tractors, bulldozers and lawnmowers, has spent nearly two decades investing in technology and robotics.
That has culminated with the 8R farm tractor, a fully autonomous tractor that does ... |
| - | Burro | “Burro autonomous robots work side-by-side with farm workers to make agriculture more productive and sustainable.” |
