Food delivery robot firm raises $40 million, plans to expand to more universities

Starship Technologies, an autonomous delivery service, has closed $40 million in Series A funding. The company, which has just become the first to complete 100,000 commercial deliveries, also announced that it plans to expand its service to 100 university campuses in the next 24 months. Delivery robots have already arrived at the University of Pittsburgh, and will be launching next month at Purdue University, with more following shortly.

With the closing of this Series A funding round, Starship has now raised a total of $85 million. The company will use the new funding to rapidly expand its services to more university campuses.

“This new investment will see Starship expand onto more campuses as we head towards a goal of offering our services to over one million students,” said Lex Bayer, CEO of Starship Technologies. “An entire generation of university students are growing up in a world where they expect to receive a delivery from a robot after a few taps on their smartphone.”