Swisscom leads CHF 20m series-A for Anybotics

Ace & Company and Equity Pitcher Ventures also participated in the round.

Anybotics intends to put the fresh capital towards development of its autonomous robots.

Swisscom is investing via its Digital Transformation Fund, which held a final close in June 2018 on CHF 200m. The company invests in startups at both early and late stages, investing in technology companies focusing on IT, cloud services, telecommunications and AI. The second fund in the Digital Transformation strategy was registered in September 2020, according to Unquote Data.

Company
Anybotics designs and produces autonomous four-legged robots for industrial applications. The company's latest robot model, known as Anymal C, is intended for use in monitoring, inspections and data collection, including the detection of overheating and gas presence in challenging environments. Anybotics was founded in a spin-out from ETH Zürich in 2016 and employs 50 staff.

People
Anybotics – Hanspeter Faessler (co-founder, chairman); Peter Fankhauser (co-founder, CEO).
Swisscom Ventures – Alexander Schlaepfer (partner).

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