Scheduled Shipment #36

Tesla robotaxi, robotic delivery of Shake Shack, potential block of U.S. Steel sale

Happy Friday!

Welcome back to the 36th edition of Scheduled Shipment. You’re all engaging founder mode, I trust?

After a sunny Labor Day Weekend, supply chain and industrial tech deals are booming, with nine capital raises and two exits. We also saw robotaxi news from Tesla and robots delivering Shake Shack burgers and fries.

Let’s dig in.

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Top News

Tesla plans to unveil its robotaxi on October 10th at Warner Bros Studio.

Serve Robotics, developer of autonomous sidewalk delivery robots, will distribute burgers and fries for Shake Shack.

The Biden administration prepares to block sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel.

Massive Fundings

Seegrid, a 21-year-old Pittsburgh, PA startup that produces autonomous mobile robots for pallet material handling, raised a $50.0 million Series D led by Giant Eagle and G2 Venture Partners. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Agrim, a 4-year-old Gurugram, India startup that provides a marketplace for agricultural supplies, raised a $17.3 million Series B led by Asia Impact with participation from Accion, India Quotient, Kalaari, and Omnivore Capital Management. More here.

Reonic, a 3-year-old Augsburg, Germany startup that provides a sales enablement platform for solar installers, raised a $14.4 million Series A led by Northzone Ventures with participation from Point Nine Capital and Puzzle Ventures. More here.

Portex, a 4-year-old San Francisco, CA startup that provides a freight management platform for SMBs, raised a $6.3 million Seed led by Footwork with participation from Cowboy Ventures and Base 10. More here.

Endolith, a 3-year-old Denver, CO startup that provides a platform for increasing extraction rates from copper mines, raised a $5.1 million Seed led by Collaborative Fund and Overture with participation from Grok Ventures, Nomadic Venture Partners, and Nucleus Capital. More here.

Smaller Fundings

Oxylus Energy, a 1-year-old New Haven, CT startup that supplies clean energy through CO2 conversion, raised a $4.5 million Seed led by Toyota Ventures and Azolla Ventures with participation from Earth Foundry and Connecticut Innovations. More here.

ProfitMetrics.io, a 5-year-old Humlebæk, Denmark startup that provides ecommerce order profitability tracking software, raised a $3.4 million Seed led by Ampli Ventures. More here.

Warehow, a 3-year-old Nottinghamshire, U.K. startup that provides a fashion ecommerce fulfillment platform, raised a $2.7 million Series A led by Mercia Ventures with participation from MENA Moonshots. More here.

Trestle, a 2-year-old Beaverton, OR startup that provides a vendor risk management platform for heavy construction, raised a $2.3 million Pre-Seed led by Lerer Hippeau with participation from MetaProp, Laconia Capital, Alumni Ventures, The LegalTech Fund, Redbud VC, and Meridian Ventures. More here.

Exits

Curant, a 4-year-old Hermosa Beach, CA startup that provides a payment platform for 3PLs and freight forwarders, was acquired by MyCarrier, a provider of transportation management software for shippers, for an undisclosed amount. More here.

Freshgogo, a 7-year-old New York, NY startup that provides an Asian grocery and specialty food platform, was acquired by GrubMarket, a food supply chain software provider, for an undisclosed amount. More here.

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