Starship Technologies

Robotics · San Francisco, EE

Autonomous sidewalk delivery robots.

Founders

Ahti Heinla (Estonia · ♂) — A Skype co-founding engineer who, after building autonomous robots for a NASA lunar-rover challenge, applied that technology with Friis to last-mile delivery as Starship Technologies.
Janus Friis (Denmark · ♂) — A Skype and Kazaa co-founder who teamed with Heinla after a NASA robotics challenge to found Starship and make local delivery nearly free with self-driving robots.

Team & hubs

People & leadership

Tiit Liivik Founding Engineer at Starship TechnologiesAhti Heinla Co-founder, CEO, CTO at Starship TechnologiesNu Dang Thi Owner | Entrepreneur | Strategic Finance LeaderJulian Ruiz Robot Technician for Starship Technologies | Owner of HOLLIDAY NOISE, independent label and recording studio | USMC Vet

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Funding history

Date	Round	Amount
Feb 2024	Funding round Starship Technologies, an autonomous-delivery-robot company, raised $90M.	$90M
Feb 2022	Debt Estonia-born delivery-robot company Starship Technologies agreed a 50M euro quasi-equity venture loan with the European Investment Bank.	$50M
Jan 2021	Funding round Starship Technologies, an autonomous delivery-robot company, raised $17M and expanded service to new US university campuses, passing 1 million deliveries.	$17M

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