Puralink dredges up $2.3m seed round for autonomous pipe robot
Sydney robotics startup Puralink has raised $2.3m in seed capital, with Peak XV leading and several local funds and angels joining, to commercialise its leak-detecting robot for pipes.
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Every published round Victoria Denholm took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
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Sydney robotics startup Puralink has raised $2.3m in seed capital, with Peak XV leading and several local funds and angels joining, to commercialise its leak-detecting robot for pipes.
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