Ryde Raises £2.5M in Funding
– Ryde, formerly known as Ryders, is a London, UK-based SaaS last-mile delivery platform provider.
– The company raised £2.5m in funding.
– The round was co-led by Forward Partners and Triple Point, with participation from current investors Seedcamp and Swiss Founders Fund and angels, including Michael Pennington (Gumtree), Will Neale (Fonix), Matt Robinson (Go Cardless) and Ines Ures (former Deliveroo CMO).
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and its business reach.
MIT startup Pickle raises $5.75M for its package-picking robot
– MIT spinoff Pickle raised $5.57m in funding.
– The round was led by Hyperplane and featured Third Kind Venture Capital, Box Group and Version One Ventures, among others.
– The company’s making some pretty big claims around the efficacy of its first robot named, get this, “Dill”.
