Kinova
Quebec maker of robotic arms for assistive, medical, research and industrial automation uses, based in Boisbriand near Montreal.
Kinova Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Boisbriand in Greater Montreal, Quebec; Charles Deguire is its president and chief executive. It designs and manufactures robots for medical robotics, assistive robotics for people living with upper-body mobility impairments, research and education, and more recently industrial and professional automation. On 28 September 2017 it said it had received funds totalling $25 million, a figure the release does not specify by currency, led by Fonds Manufacturier Québécois S.E.C. II with KTB Network of South Korea, Foxconn and BDC Capital, to fund research and development, international expansion and advanced manufacturing. On 9 February 2022 it announced the earlier closing of investments totalling 40 million Canadian dollars (32 million US dollars) led by Graham Partners with Export Development Canada, plus an agreement with the Government of Canada under the Strategic Innovation Fund for 20 million Canadian dollars (16 million US dollars), for 60 million Canadian dollars in all, to accelerate development and commercialisation including new industrial products.
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- 2006
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- Canada
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