Press release: April 7th, 2017

The second round of the SoftBank Innovation Program (SIP) to fund and facilitate prototyping, and market testing for Rapyuta Robotics’ new cloud-based drone service

Rapyuta Robotics Co. Ltd. (“Rapyuta Robotics”) announced it was selected for the second round of the SoftBank Innovation Program, a program designed by SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984), to facilitate the introduction of promising new technologies into the commercial marketplace. SoftBank will provide funding and market intelligence to support the prototyping, development and market testing of Rapyuta Robotics’ cloud robotics platform.

Press release: September 5th, 2016

Rapyuta Robotics announces USD 10 million in Series A funding to empower lives with connected machines

Rapyuta Robotics (RR), an ETH Zurich spin-off, announced USD 10 million in Series A funding. The financing comes from SBI investments Co. Ltd., one of Japan’s leading financial investors, who also invested in RR’s seed round, which was lead by Cyberdyne Inc. “We are very excited to deepen our relationship with SBI, who were with us from the very beginning, and who have offered us great support with a global-mindset,” says Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy, Co-founder and COO. With Series A funding, RR has now raised a total of USD 13 million since its founding.

Some scientific collaborations, like marriages, are matches made in heaven. Our relationship with Prof. Thomas Michael Bohnert's group (ICCLab/SPLab) at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences is one of them. It was a perfect fit right from the start.