Autonomous logistics technology developer Boxbot, which has now raised $9m altogether, was co-founded by graduates from UC Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

US-based autonomous logistics technology developer Boxbot secured $7.5m on Monday in seed funding from investors including University of California, Berkeley-backed VC firm the House Fund.

Artiman Ventures led the round, which also featured Toyota AI Ventures, a corporate venturing subsidiary of carmaker Toyota, as well as Pear Ventures, Afore Capital and Ironfire Ventures.

Established in 2016, Boxbot is developing logistics technology that relies on a combination of autonomous systems and robotics to reduce the overheads associated with the last mile…