ForwardX plans to use the new capital to accelerate its research and development timeline, increase its deployment capabilities in key markets.

The company is ready to scale its solutions into new regions, while continuing to grow the product line and innovation.

Food automation is a nacent market, and Blendid is an early innovator in kiosk-based food delivery systems.

Nimble Robotics, Inc., a robotics and e-commerce fulfillment technology company, announced a $50 million Series A financing round led by DNS Capital and GSR Ventures with participation from Accel and Reinvent Capital among others. The company plans to accelerate hiring, product and technology development, and continue the scaling of robot deployments for its customer’s fulfillment…

Investment into robotics and intelligent systems companies for July 2018 was robust, totaling approximately $1.6B worldwide from 34 investments into the same number of companies. In June 2018, 27 robotics startups raised $2.1 billion. The bulk of the July 2018 investments were made into companies developing software and hardware technologies and products, along with services…