Siemens' Next47 fund and KCPL both participated in the $23.6m round, which the commercial cleaning robot provider will use to increase headcount.

Canada-based floor-cleaning robot producer Avidbots has received $23.6m in a series B round featuring industrial and appliance technology provider Siemens’ Next47 unit and electric utility KCPL.

Venture capital firm True Ventures led the round, which included SOSV, Real Ventures, GGV Capital, 500 Startups Canada and BDC Capital, the VC arm of the government-backed Business Development Bank of Canada.

Founded in 2014, Avidbots has developed an automated flood scrubbing robot that is used to clean large commercial spaces in locations such…