Tag: robotics
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Chinese robotics company UBTECH gets $820 million in funding
Shenzhen-based home robotics company UBTECH announced this week that it has closed a massive $820 million Series C. The round, led by Tencent and a whole slew of other investors, follows a $100 million Series B and $20 million Series C. The bipedal robotics maker certainly isn’t a household name here in the States…
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French government proposes big science-spending boost
Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images Frédérique Vidal, France’s higher education, research and innovation minister, said the budget would give ‘fresh oxygen’ to the country’s research. French research funding is set for a heartening increase in the country’s first budget under President Emmanuel Macron, if draft 2018 plans released on 27 September are voted into law. The research portfolio…
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Pequenos negócios terão R$ 20 milhões para investir em projetos de inovação. Inscreva-se!
Dinheiro é fruto da parceria entre Sebrae e a Embrapii Micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs) e startups brasileiras de 11 estados terão à disposição R$ 20 milhões para o investimento em projetos de inovação industrial. O recurso é proveniente do acordo firmado, nesta segunda-feira (12), entre o Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas…