Diligent Robotics scores $25M to scale ‘socially-intelligent service robots’
MobiHealth News September 22, 2023
The company will use the funds to expand its reach throughout hospitals in the U.S. and enhance product development.
Diligent Robotics, maker of the autonomous clinical support robot Moxi, announced it scored $25 million in new funding.
Canaan led the round with participation from existing investors DNX Ventures, True Ventures, Next Coast Ventures and new investor Northwestern Medicine Innovation.
Rich Boyle, general partner at Canaan, will join Diligent Robotics’ board of directors.
WHAT THEY DO
Diligent’s flagship product, the Moxi robot, performs delivery tasks that are not patient-facing for hospital workers, such as delivering lab samples, bringing supplies from central storage, delivering medications, getting patients’ items, distributing personal protective equipment and moving light-weight equipment between units.
Moxi...