The funding is being led by RB (Reckitt Benckiser), a leading health, hygiene and nutrition company and the makers of many world-renowned brands including Lysol, Dettol, Harpic, Finish and Mucinex. RB has recently established a Global Business Solutions division to support businesses such as Delta, Hilton and Avis to better serve its customers and consumers with enhanced hygiene standards.
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Maidbot, a company pioneering commercial service robotics, has closed a Series B round, which will accelerate production and enable deployments across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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Commercial service robotics company Maidbot – recently named to PhocusWire’s Hot 25 Startups for 2021 list – has closed a Series B round led by RB, the makers of Lysol.
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The startup behind Rosie, a robot that takes care of cleaning in hotels and airports, is raising funds in series B of several million euros.
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Maidbot, an Austin, Texas-based company pioneering commercial service robotics, closed a Series B funding round of undisclosed amount.
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Maidbot, an Austin, TX-based commercial service robotics company, has closed a Series B round with funding led by RB.
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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but few things help scale an invention faster than a sizable cash prize.
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Rosie the Robot is a reality now as hoteliers are on the leading edge of using sophisticated machines instead of human beings in the age of coronavirus. The hospitality industry is among the hardest hit by the pandemic.
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Plywood covered entryways that weren’t even designed to have doors. Streets once choked by bumper-to-bumper traffic and sidewalks stuffed with tourists now were deserted. The unnatural calm on the Las Vegas Strip came after Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mid-March order to close casinos in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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The 10th Annual Austin Startup Week is in full swing with lots of panels and virtual networking at the virtual venue Hopin.
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