Burro
Philadelphia maker of collaborative autonomous robots that haul crops and materials alongside workers on farms and in nurseries.
Burro, formerly Augean Robotics, was founded in 2017 and is based in Philadelphia with an office in Visalia, California; Charlie Andersen is chief executive. It builds collaborative autonomous robots that carry harvested crops and other loads alongside workers in table grape fields, nurseries and permanent crops. On 28 September 2021 it announced a $10.9 million Series A led by S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures, with F-Prime Capital, Cibus Enterprise Fund, Radicle Growth and ffVC, when about 90 of its robots were working in table grape fields. On 9 January 2024 it announced a $24 million Series B co-led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital, with existing investors S2G Ventures, Toyota Ventures, F-Prime Capital and Cibus Capital, and introduced the Burro Grande with a 1,500 lb payload. At that time it reported more than 300 robots in commercial use in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South America.
- Latest funding
- $24M
- Total funding
- $34.9M
- Latest valuation
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- Founded
- 2017
- Country
- United States
- Jan 9, 2024Series B$24M
- Sep 28, 2021Series A$10.9M