{"id":2262,"date":"2024-12-05T06:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T06:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sw-themes.com\/porto_dummy\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:37:26","slug":"how-to-build-a-timeless-wardrobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/?p=2262","title":{"rendered":"Brightpick raises $12 million to accelerate AI robot rollout in United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New fundraising round brings total funding $47 million<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brightpick.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brightpick<\/a>, a provider of warehouse automation offerings for order&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/topic\/tag\/Fulfillment\">fulfillment<\/a>, announced it has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/topic\/tag\/Funding\">raised<\/a>&nbsp;an additional $12 million in a mix of equity and debt.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The round saw participation from new investor EBRD Venture Capital, alongside existing investors Pavel Baudi\u0161 and Eduard Ku\u010dera (founders of Avast), Miroslav Trnka (founder of ESET), Maximilian Kolowrat-Krakowsky and Juraj Duri\u0161.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New funds will accelerate deployment of Brightpick robots<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 2021 as a spin-off of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/company\/photoneo\">Photoneo<\/a>, a provider of 3D robotic vision sensors and intelligence software, Brightpick now has over 200 employees and 300 AI robots&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/article\/the_feed_to_install_48_brightpick_autopicker_robots_in_us_warehouse\">deployed across the US and Europe<\/a>. Its customers include leading companies such as Rohlik Group, Dr. Max, and The Feed.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, Photoneo has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/article\/photoneo_brightpick_group_raises_19m_completes_40m_series_b_ecommerce_grocery_fulfillment\">invested over $35 million<\/a>&nbsp;in Brightpick, with this latest round bringing total funding to $47 million. The new funding will primarily&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/article\/brightpick_reports_strong_demand_for_autopicker_robots\">support the deployment<\/a>&nbsp;of Brightpick\u2019s AI robots in the US, which is expected to generate 50% of the company\u2019s revenue in 2024.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince launching Brightpick Autopicker early last year, we&#8217;ve experienced tremendous interest from new customers,\u201d said Jan Zizka, CEO and co-founder of Brightpick. \u201cOur unique technology offers greater labor and cost savings than any other solution, which resonates strongly with customers. Our focus has always been on scaling in the US, where we\u2019re now seeing the most traction. These funds will primarily support additional customer installations in that market.\u201d<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tr-nh-x-l-nh-ng wp-block-embed-tr-nh-x-l-nh-ng\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=R8pi3tZ_iZo%3Fsi%3DoGt9JcCW52gj55Pf\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the company, the Brightpick offering takes weeks to deploy and enables companies to reduce their fulfillment labor to a minimum. Brightpick Autopicker is the company\u2019s flagship robot, and it says Autopicker is the only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/topic\/tag\/Mobile_Robots\">mobile robot<\/a>&nbsp;in the world that robotically&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/topic\/tag\/Picking\">picks<\/a>&nbsp;and consolidates orders directly in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robotics247.com\/topic\/tag\/Warehouse\">warehouse<\/a>&nbsp;aisles, like a human with a cart.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are excited to support Brightpick as they continue to revolutionize warehouse automation with their innovative technology,\u201d said Bruno Lusic of EBRD Venture Capital. \u201cTheir ability to deliver unmatched efficiency and cost savings to customers positions them as a leader in the market, and we are confident that their rapid growth in the US will further strengthen their leading position.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New fundraising round brings total funding $47 million Brightpick, a provider of warehouse automation offerings for order&nbsp;fulfillment, announced it has&nbsp;raised&nbsp;an additional $12 million in a mix of equity and debt. The round saw participation from new investor EBRD Venture Capital, alongside existing investors Pavel Baudi\u0161 and Eduard Ku\u010dera (founders of Avast), Miroslav Trnka (founder of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-guides"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/news-3-1140x445.jpg",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/news-3-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/news-3-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"full":["https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/news-3.jpg",1920,1080,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8483,"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions\/8483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seed-robotics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}