Robotics

Koop Launches Industry-First Robotics Errors & Omissions Insurance Product

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New Robotics E&O product focuses on automation risks and serves the unique needs of the robotics ecosystem Liability to protect your company Proprietary CoverageCompetitive RatesDedicated Platform PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Koop Technologies, an insurance technology company specializing in autonomous vehicles and robotics risks, has launched an industry-first Robotics General Liability and Errors … Read more

A Pioneering Spirit Powers Kira Noodleman to Partner

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I’m excited to formally announce that we have a new partner: Kira Noodleman. Garrett, Tim and I have long been impressed with Kira’s intellect, curiosity and energy and this promotion acknowledges the central role she has already played in making Bee Partners and our portfolio stronger.  Kira’s approach has been that of a partner since … Read more

Bee Promotes Kira Noodleman to Partner, Deepening Reach into Machine to Machine Learning and Synthetic Biology

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Bee Partners, a leading Silicon Valley pre-seed venture capital firm, which also has offices in Denver, today announced the promotion of Kira Noodleman to partner. This move reflects the firm’s evolution, the portfolio growth driven by Noodleman in key sectors including synthetic biology, robotics and the digitization of the physical world, as well as her … Read more

Bee Portco Crowdbotics Closes on $22M to Help Any Business Make Custom Software

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With nearly half a million developer jobs empty right now, and another half million engineers soon to retire, custom software that is made on time and under budget is getting harder to find. Yet many businesses – maybe most businesses – really need it. Who’s going to fill that need? Crowdbotics, a Bee Partners portfolio … Read more

Stellar Growth Defined Bee’s 2021 Amid Adjustments to “New Normal”

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As COVID-19 drags into another year, we feel lucky that from our vantage point we see a silver lining. 2021 was a year in which we, along with much of the world, learned whether we could stand steady on the ever-shifting grounds that have become our new normal. It’s been said that “luck is where … Read more

Crowdbotics Offers Managed App Development for All–and Jobs for Global Engineers

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“Doctors are very, very good at saving people’s lives. I don’t think doctors are renowned for their software engineering capabilities.” That’s how Anand Kulkarni, CEO of Bee Partners’ portfolio firm Crowdbotics describes the problem organizations face when they need custom software. “Most of the time, when people start building software, they’re starting from scratch,” he … Read more

Rapid Robotics Grows by Offering Manufacturers Affordable Options, Not Replacing Workers

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More than 2.6 million manufacturing workers are aiming for retirement within the next decade. And that’s just one challenge American manufacturing faces.  Other obstacles include the availability of cheaper labor overseas, the conundrum that even well-paying manufacturing jobs aren’t attractive to American workers, and the fact that urban centers across the U.S. – which are … Read more

Bee Partners Portfolio Company Rapid Robotics Raises Third Funding Round in Less Than a Year

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Investments in robotics and automation have only accelerated during the pandemic as companies look for alternatives to “non-essential” workers and a solution for manufacturing bottlenecks. Bee portfolio company Rapid Robotics recently raised $36.7M in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global Management with participation from NEA, Greycroft and Bee Partners. The latest … Read more

Bee Partners’ Portfolio Companies Defined 2020 with Remarkable Resilience, Innovation and Growth

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Stunning, unprecedented, chaotic…relentless.  At some point, each of us at Bee Partners used those–and many other colorful–words to make sense of 2020. But, we also tested our ability to pivot quickly and effectively in order to provide the support our portfolio companies needed as we all adapted to our new reality. Perhaps surprisingly, 2020 brought a … Read more