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Armed With Computer Vision And $80M Series C, Scandit Sees 2020 With 20/20
Scandit helps consumers and employees find things on store shelves with their smartphones, and as things become more “contactless,” more investors see Scandit’s potential. The company, based in Switzerland, landed $80 million in Series C-related funding led by G2VP, which was joined by Atomico, GV, Kreos, NGP Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Swisscom Ventures.
Volvo to Use Luminar’s Lidar in Production Vehicles to Unlock Automated Driving on Highways
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Volvo Cars will start producing vehicles in 2022 that are equipped with lidar and a perception stack — technology developed by Silicon Valley startup Luminar that the automaker will use to deploy an automated driving system for highways.
Fictiv Donates Tool to Make Millions of Face Shields Available to Hospitals at Cost
SAN FRANCISCO, April 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global manufacturing ecosystem Fictiv today announced that hospitals and healthcare providers can begin ordering the protective face shields in batches of up to 10,000 per order at cost for shipment as fast as one (1) day: https://fictiv.com/covid-19-face-shields. The company is leveraging its global manufacturing network and a newly designed tool to produce millions of face shields available in the fight against COVID-19.
Seegrid Raises $25M in Growth Equity
Seegrid, the leader in self-driving industrial vehicles for material handling, today announced that it has closed a $25 million growth equity investment from G2VP, a venture capital firm focused on investing in industrial technology companies. Specific financial terms were not disclosed, however, the company indicated that the investment reflects a multi-hundred million dollar valuation.