Dispatch

Acquired

Autonomous last-mile delivery robots for sidewalks

San Francisco, United States · Founded 2015 · $71.7M raised

Employees
1–10
Founded
2015
Business Model
B2C
Total Funding
$71.7M
Last Round
$50.0M Series CJan 2022
Rounds
4

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

Dispatch was a San Francisco-based robotics startup founded in 2015 by MIT and University of Pennsylvania computer vision researchers. The company built autonomous last-mile delivery robots capable of navigating sidewalks and pedestrian spaces. Dispatch was quietly acqui-hired by Amazon in 2017, and its technology and team contributed directly to Amazon's Scout autonomous delivery robot program.

Summary

Dispatch is a Robotics company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2015. It has raised $71.7M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $50.0M Series C round in Jan 2022. Investors include Accomplice, Insight Partners and Crosslink Capital.

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Funding History

Series CSeries CJan 2022
$50.0M

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