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Published on:2020-04-26
2019 is still an unfriendly year for industrial robots. According to the 2019 financial report of the four families, the operating revenue still fell last year.
With the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 and the global economy in a fog, is the robot industry still promising? Lets take a look at the investment and financing of the global robot industry in the first quarter of this year.
01. The number of financing decreases, and the robot industry is no longer hot?
According to incomplete statistics, in the first quarter of 2020, the global robot related investment and financing amount exceeded US $5.05 billion, with 80 transactions.
Compared with the first quarter of 2019, the number of financing in the first quarter of 2020 decreased by 12 and the amount of financing decreased by US $1.19 billion.
The reason is that it is inseparable from the negative effects brought by COVID-19 sweeping the globe, followed by Sino US trade friction and the continuing downturn in the automotive industry.
Although the start of 2020 is not good, from the overall situation, the robot industry is not lack of highlights in the first quarter, and the prospect of industrial automation is still optimistic.
02. In the field of automatic driving, has "bankruptcy" become the norm?
From the perspective of subdivided fields, under the investment and financing of the global robot industry in the first quarter of 2020, automatic driving is still a hot land for investment. In this field, Toyota vs pony in February AI Inc. made an investment of $462 million, which is the most noteworthy transaction in the investment and financing of automatic driving in this quarter. In March, driverless still received most of the funds.
According to pitchbook, the U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply this month due to the closure of "money shortage" two robot companies: starsky robotics, a self driving truck startup in San Francisco, and top flight Technologies Inc, a hybrid UAV power supplier in Malden, Massachusetts.
Investors flocked into the field of automatic driving, which is still the hottest land. BDO USA LLP conducted a survey on the CFO of the manufacturer and found that most people are optimistic about the prospect of automation this year. In the field of industrial automation, outrider (formerly azevtec), headquartered in bend, Oregon, stood out from stealth mode and raised $53 million for its self driving yard truck.
03. At the moment of the epidemic, intelligent storage and intelligent medical treatment are starting to work
With the popularity of COVID-19, countries around the world are competing to control viruses. Chinas epidemic has been effectively controlled first, and the worst situation in Europe, North America and other parts of the world has not yet come. Many industries and enterprises are in crisis, while covid-19 crisis provides opportunities for intelligent storage and intelligent medical industry - e-commerce ushers in important development opportunities, medical robots are on the "battlefield", and the prospect of intelligent medical treatment is bright.
The largest deal in January came from Berkshire Greys $263 million round B financing. The Lexington, Massachusetts based company is developing pick-up and release robots and automation solutions for retail, e-commerce and logistics.
Investment and financing of global robot industry in January 2020
In addition, in terms of medical treatment, zap Surgical Systems Inc. is developing a radiosurgery robot for non-invasive ablation of brain tumors, and has obtained equity financing of US $81 million.
With the spread of the epidemic, logistics robots and medical robots are becoming more and more popular.
04, overweight service robot layout, giants can not escape layoffs?
In the first quarter, Softbank group participated in a round of financing of US $32 million for bear robotics Inc. At present, Softbank has invested in many robot businesses, including Berkshire gray. However, due to the difficulties encountered in development, investors cafex, zume pizza and cloudminds have laid off workers one after another. It can be seen that the beginning of 2020 is not friendly for robot companies.
Investment and financing of global robot industry in February 2020
ABB technology ventures, NEC Corp. and latitude ventures participated in a $60 million round B investment in hailo, Tel Aviv, Israel. The company is studying neural network processors for edge devices such as robots.
The important application industry of industrial robots lies in the automobile industry, which has not been surpassed by other industries so far. The continuous decline of the prosperity of the automobile industry has brought thinking to all robot enterprises, "to be or not to be, thats a question".
Is it layoffs and burden reduction or increasing revenue and reducing expenditure?
05. Food is the most important thing for the people, and agricultural automation has become a "sweet pastry"
In the field of agricultural automation, NaIO technologies Sa of escakens, France raised $15.57 million in round a financing for weeding robots, and fieldwork robotics Ltd. of Plymouth, UK sold $393000 in shares for its raspberry pie robot.
Small robot Co. of sidian, UK raised 259, 000 dollars for robot mapping and weeding.
Agriculture can be said to be an industry with high labor repeatability. Artificial intelligence + mechanical automation has gradually become a new agricultural model in the era of automation. Are you ready to eat the dishes planted by robots?
Domestic robots are popular in the post epidemic era
With the effective control of the epidemic in China, Chinas manufacturing industry has first recovered. According to the data of the National Bureau of statistics, the output of industrial robots reached 17241 in March 2020, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%.
Investment and financing of global robot industry in March 2020
This month, Yitu technology in Shanghai, China raised US $30 million by applying AI to machine vision, voice interface and understanding technology; Mecamand robotics in Beijing, China, obtained round B financing for its trash can picking and machine care robot; And the karnop robot (CRP) in Chengdu, China raised round B funds. The company expanded from the research and development of robot controller to robots for welding, stamping and material processing... Which gave great confidence to domestic robots.
From the overall situation of investment and financing related to the robot industry in the first quarter of the world, there are several joys and sorrows. Some have obtained financing funds, while others have shed tears to lay off workers and close factories.
Although the orders of domestic robot manufacturers have declined, with the control of the domestic epidemic, many domestic robot enterprises have won the favor of capital, which is undoubtedly the best news for us.
Although no one knows when to resume the busy scene of previous production, it should not be too long for the domestic robot industry.
With the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 and the global economy in a fog, is the robot industry still promising? Lets take a look at the investment and financing of the global robot industry in the first quarter of this year.
01. The number of financing decreases, and the robot industry is no longer hot?
According to incomplete statistics, in the first quarter of 2020, the global robot related investment and financing amount exceeded US $5.05 billion, with 80 transactions.
Compared with the first quarter of 2019, the number of financing in the first quarter of 2020 decreased by 12 and the amount of financing decreased by US $1.19 billion.
The reason is that it is inseparable from the negative effects brought by COVID-19 sweeping the globe, followed by Sino US trade friction and the continuing downturn in the automotive industry.
Although the start of 2020 is not good, from the overall situation, the robot industry is not lack of highlights in the first quarter, and the prospect of industrial automation is still optimistic.
02. In the field of automatic driving, has "bankruptcy" become the norm?
From the perspective of subdivided fields, under the investment and financing of the global robot industry in the first quarter of 2020, automatic driving is still a hot land for investment. In this field, Toyota vs pony in February AI Inc. made an investment of $462 million, which is the most noteworthy transaction in the investment and financing of automatic driving in this quarter. In March, driverless still received most of the funds.
According to pitchbook, the U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply this month due to the closure of "money shortage" two robot companies: starsky robotics, a self driving truck startup in San Francisco, and top flight Technologies Inc, a hybrid UAV power supplier in Malden, Massachusetts.
Investors flocked into the field of automatic driving, which is still the hottest land. BDO USA LLP conducted a survey on the CFO of the manufacturer and found that most people are optimistic about the prospect of automation this year. In the field of industrial automation, outrider (formerly azevtec), headquartered in bend, Oregon, stood out from stealth mode and raised $53 million for its self driving yard truck.
03. At the moment of the epidemic, intelligent storage and intelligent medical treatment are starting to work
With the popularity of COVID-19, countries around the world are competing to control viruses. Chinas epidemic has been effectively controlled first, and the worst situation in Europe, North America and other parts of the world has not yet come. Many industries and enterprises are in crisis, while covid-19 crisis provides opportunities for intelligent storage and intelligent medical industry - e-commerce ushers in important development opportunities, medical robots are on the "battlefield", and the prospect of intelligent medical treatment is bright.
The largest deal in January came from Berkshire Greys $263 million round B financing. The Lexington, Massachusetts based company is developing pick-up and release robots and automation solutions for retail, e-commerce and logistics.
Investment and financing of global robot industry in January 2020
In addition, in terms of medical treatment, zap Surgical Systems Inc. is developing a radiosurgery robot for non-invasive ablation of brain tumors, and has obtained equity financing of US $81 million.
With the spread of the epidemic, logistics robots and medical robots are becoming more and more popular.
04, overweight service robot layout, giants can not escape layoffs?
In the first quarter, Softbank group participated in a round of financing of US $32 million for bear robotics Inc. At present, Softbank has invested in many robot businesses, including Berkshire gray. However, due to the difficulties encountered in development, investors cafex, zume pizza and cloudminds have laid off workers one after another. It can be seen that the beginning of 2020 is not friendly for robot companies.
Investment and financing of global robot industry in February 2020
ABB technology ventures, NEC Corp. and latitude ventures participated in a $60 million round B investment in hailo, Tel Aviv, Israel. The company is studying neural network processors for edge devices such as robots.
The important application industry of industrial robots lies in the automobile industry, which has not been surpassed by other industries so far. The continuous decline of the prosperity of the automobile industry has brought thinking to all robot enterprises, "to be or not to be, thats a question".
Is it layoffs and burden reduction or increasing revenue and reducing expenditure?
05. Food is the most important thing for the people, and agricultural automation has become a "sweet pastry"
In the field of agricultural automation, NaIO technologies Sa of escakens, France raised $15.57 million in round a financing for weeding robots, and fieldwork robotics Ltd. of Plymouth, UK sold $393000 in shares for its raspberry pie robot.
Small robot Co. of sidian, UK raised 259, 000 dollars for robot mapping and weeding.
Agriculture can be said to be an industry with high labor repeatability. Artificial intelligence + mechanical automation has gradually become a new agricultural model in the era of automation. Are you ready to eat the dishes planted by robots?
Domestic robots are popular in the post epidemic era
With the effective control of the epidemic in China, Chinas manufacturing industry has first recovered. According to the data of the National Bureau of statistics, the output of industrial robots reached 17241 in March 2020, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%.
Investment and financing of global robot industry in March 2020
This month, Yitu technology in Shanghai, China raised US $30 million by applying AI to machine vision, voice interface and understanding technology; Mecamand robotics in Beijing, China, obtained round B financing for its trash can picking and machine care robot; And the karnop robot (CRP) in Chengdu, China raised round B funds. The company expanded from the research and development of robot controller to robots for welding, stamping and material processing... Which gave great confidence to domestic robots.
From the overall situation of investment and financing related to the robot industry in the first quarter of the world, there are several joys and sorrows. Some have obtained financing funds, while others have shed tears to lay off workers and close factories.
Although the orders of domestic robot manufacturers have declined, with the control of the domestic epidemic, many domestic robot enterprises have won the favor of capital, which is undoubtedly the best news for us.
Although no one knows when to resume the busy scene of previous production, it should not be too long for the domestic robot industry.
