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Pudutech closes $78M in series C funding for autonomous mobile robots

By Mike Oitzman | May 17, 2021

The Pudutech product line of autonomous mobile robots

Pudutech offers a lineup of indoor autonomous delivery AMRs for a variety of applications. | Image source: Pugutech

Shenzhen China based Pudu Robotics (Pudutech) announced today that it closed $78M in series C funding with participation by Tengxun Touzi (a division of Tencent Investments), Sequoia Capital China and Meituan. The company completed a Series B+ round of  $15 million in funding in August 2020. That round was led by Sequoia Capital China with participation from existing investors Meituan, Everwin Investment, QC Capital, and Chengbohan Fund. PuduTech was founded in 2016 and has raised $102M so far.

Pudutech catering robotics

The company primarily makes autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for the catering market. Pudutech AMRs are deployed in restaurants for delivering food from the kitchen to the tableside and for transporting dirty dish bins from the front of house to the dish washing area. The company expanded into hospitality, and now has AMRs configured to help with delivery of sundry items from a hotel front desk, directly to guest rooms. During 2020, in response to the pandemic, Pudutech also quickly engineered and released a biocide-spraying AMR to help disinfect facilities, such as restaurants, kitchens and hotel lobbies and hotel rooms.

The company remarked that the funding would be used to mainly to research robotics related cutting edge technology, expand the product line, explore new usage scenarios and expand their domestic and international market channels.

 

 

 

 

 

About The Author

Mike Oitzman

Mike Oitzman is Senior Editor of WTWH's Robotics Group and founder of the Mobile Robot Guide. Oitzman is a robotics industry veteran with 25-plus years of experience at various high-tech companies in the roles of marketing, sales and product management. Mike has a BS in Systems Engineering from UCSD and an MBA from Golden Gate University. He can be reached at moitzman@wtwhmedia.com.

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  1. Rich Baes says

    May 20, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    Hello Mr. Oitzman,

    Congratulations on your funding $78M in series C funding. My name is Rich Baes and I am interested in becoming a distributor for Far UVC disinfecting robots. I was working for Resgreen Group Int.
    http://www.resgreenint.com, until they ran into financial difficulties. I think this market space is ready to explode over the next ten years and I would like to contribute to your success. I have installations in law enforcement facilities in West Palm Beach, an office in Naples, and working with close allies/friends and ex Executives of High end hotels and resorts. In addition, I have penetrated the manufacturing industry in Detroit with an installation going in at the end of this month. I would entertain an opportunity to speak with you about taking your Robotics Group to the next level.
    Check my profile out for sales/account management experience. This time around, I would like to become a distributor. I have an enormous database of contacts in Michigan/Ohio/Florida.
    You can reach me on my cell at 586-275-8250.
    Kind Regards,
    -rich baes

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