SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 led a round for the service robot developer that also fetaured Saudi Aramco’s Prosperity7 Ventures vehicle.

China-based service robot manufacturer Keenon Robotics received $200m on Wednesday in a series D round led by telecommunications and internet group SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2.

The round included Prosperity7 Ventures, the growth equity fund owned by oil and gas producer Saudi Aramco’s corporate venturing arm, Aramco Ventures, as well as China International Capital Corporation’s CICC Alpha subsidiary.

Founded in 2010, Keenon has developed service robots that use automation technology to carry out repetitive tasks in the service industries like catering,…

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Fernando Moncada Rivera

Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.
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