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Scotty Labs

Acquired

Autonomy + Remote Assistance is the future.

Menlo Park, United States · Founded 2017 · $6.0M raised

Employees
1–10
Founded
2017
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$6.0M
Last Round
$6.0M SeedMar 2018
Rounds
1
Acquired by
DoorDashAug 2019

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About

Scotty Labs was a tele-operations startup founded in 2017 in Menlo Park, California by Tobenna Arodiogbu and Usman Ghani, both veterans of Zenefits and Opendoor. The company built a platform that allowed human operators to remotely control autonomous vehicles in real time, providing a human-in-the-loop safety layer for AV deployments. Scotty partnered with Voyage to deploy its technology in self-driving vehicle fleets serving retirement communities, then raised a $6M seed round led by Gradient Ventures before being acquired by DoorDash in August 2019.

Summary

Scotty Labs is an Autonomous Vehicles company based in Menlo Park, United States, founded in 2017. It has raised $6.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $6.0M Seed round in Mar 2018. Investors include DoorDash, Gradient Ventures and Horizons Ventures.

Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionAug 2019

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Funding: Seed. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

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