Burro closed a $24 million Series B co-led by New York City-based growth equity firm Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital, along with existing investors S2G Ventures, Toyota Ventures, F-Prime Capital, and the Cibus Capital LLP. As part of the round, Brian Rich, managing partner with Catalyst Investors, and Kaz Kikuchi, from Translink Capital, will join the company’s board.
Burro is an autonomy company, founded in 2017, that began with a mobility platform designed to help customers meet rising wages and a shrinking workforce. Today, Burro has more than 300 robots working as harvest assist robots in nurseries and permanent crops, where they tow trailers autonomously, patrol depot yards, and serve as a platform and physical API for a growing set of technology partners.