Starship Technologies

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Autonomous last-mile delivery robots founded by the co-founders of Skype.

Founders

Ahti Heinla (Estonia · ♂) — A founding Skype engineer, he competed in a NASA robotics challenge and applied that autonomous-robot technology to last-mile delivery, co-founding Starship in 2014.
Janus Friis (Denmark · ♂) — A serial Skype and Kazaa co-founder, he teamed up with Ahti Heinla after a NASA robotics competition to launch Starship's delivery-robot company.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Oct 2025	Series C Starship Technologies closed a $50 million Series C led by Plural to expand its delivery robot fleet in the United States.	$50M
Feb 2024	Funding round Estonian autonomous-delivery-robot startup Starship Technologies raised $90M co-led by Plural and Iconical.	$90M
Mar 2022	Series B Tallinn-founded delivery-robot company Starship Technologies raised a USD42M Series B led by NordicNinja and Taavet+Sten.	$42M
Jan 2022	Debt Starship Technologies secured a EUR50M venture loan from the European Investment Bank to expand its robot fleet.	$50M
Jan 2021	Funding round Autonomous-delivery company Starship Technologies (Estonia-born, US-based) raised $17M from Goodyear Ventures and TDK Ventures.	$17M

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