Pudu Robotics
Shenzhen maker of commercial service robots for restaurant delivery, commercial cleaning and industrial transport.
Pudu Robotics was founded in Shenzhen in 2016 and makes service robots for restaurants, commercial cleaning and industrial delivery, with R&D centres in Chengdu and Hong Kong. In September 2021 it said a $78 million Series C1 in May and a C2 led jointly by Meituan, the Greater Bay Area Homeland Development Fund, Shenzhen Investment Holdings and Sequoia Capital China had together raised nearly $155 million. It added a C3 of more than $15 million led by Puhua Capital in February 2023 and a C4 of several hundred million yuan in May 2023. On 23 April 2026 it announced a new round of nearly USD 150 million, saying its valuation had passed USD 1.5 billion and total funding had topped USD 300 million. The company reports more than 120,000 robots shipped to over 80 countries and regions, with commercial cleaning making up more than 70% of revenue.
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- Founded
- 2016
- Country
- China
- Apr 23, 2026Undisclosed round—
- May 8, 2023Series C4—
- Feb 16, 2023Series C3—Led by Puhua Capital
- Sep 23, 2021Series C2—
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