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Ten13's post explains why it joined the robotics company's latest raise alongside Blackbird, Neotribe, Startmate and Horizons, covering its autonomous scanning device, dialysis focus, founders, and US rollout plans.
Mobility newsletter: a new autonomy index puts Chinese robotaxi operators on top; Cargofy raises $11m, XDOF $70m; Carro buys CarPlace; plus driverless partnerships and a Waymo recall.
Blackbird's investment note announces it led Alloy Technologies' $4.5 million pre-seed round, profiling founder Joe Harris and describing the startup's software for robotics companies deploying artificial intelligence.
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Ten13's year-end post recaps nine new portfolio additions, follow-on support for existing holdings, the Mr Yum and Me&U merger, Go1's Blinkist acquisition, Smileyscope's FDA clearance, and community events.
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Amazon has agreed to buy vacuum maker iRobot for US$1.7 billion, with privacy and antitrust critics warning the deal would extend the tech giant's household data collection through Roomba mapping technology.
Blackbird Ventures plans a ten-figure 2022 raise split across funds for Australian and Kiwi startups plus top-ups to winners. February 2022 was near-record for Australian startup funding, including Scalapay's $692 million Series B.
Atlassian's Cannon-Brookes, via his family firm Grok Ventures, has invested $200 million in renewables project financier Infradebt days after his AGL bid was rejected; the capital is already funding a Queensland battery project.
Analysis of Blackbird's portfolio: its value jumped 400% to $10 billion by September 2021, driven chiefly by Canva's rapid valuation growth across several raises, while the firm readies a fifth fund.
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