BluHaptics, a spinoff from the BioRobotics Lab, just received $1.3 million in Series A funding from a group of Seattle investors to help it develop a commercial product for delivery later this year. Check out the coverage from these area journals:
- GeekWire: http://www.geekwire.com/2017/bluhaptics-undersea-software-space/
- Robotics Business Review: https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/energy-mining/bluhaptics-raises-1-36m-subsea-robotics-software/
- PE Hub: https://www.pehub.com/2017/03/software-startup-bluhaptics-nets-1-36-mln-series/
- Puget Sound Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/03/01/uw-bluehaptics-snags-1-4m-robotics-software.html
- Xconomy: http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2017/03/01/backed-by-seattle-angels-bluhaptics-readies-robot-control-software/#
- UW EE http://www.ee.washington.edu/spotlight/startup-bluhaptics-raises-1-3m-to-bring-its-underwater-software-to-space/
- UW CoMotion http://comotion.uw.edu/news/telerobotics-company-bluhaptics-secures-additional-investments-support-growth
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Congrats to BRL professor Blake Hannaford on being named an Amazon Catalyst Fellow. Read the full article here.
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BRL alumnus Fredrik Ryden was featured by UW CoMotion for his work as a Commercialization fellow. Read more here.
Fredrik and fellow BRL alumnus Charlie Matlack (founder of startup PotaVida) were panel members to prospective EE graduate students as they visited campus last week, discussing how the university supports entrepreneurship.