The $25.3m Jibo raised will fund its first range of interactive personal robots, following a $2.3m crowdfunding campaign.
US-based personal robot maker Jibo raised $25.3m today in a series A round backed by Samsung Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of electronics producer Samsung.
The round was led by RRE Ventures and included participation from CRV, Flybridge Capital Partners, Fairhaven Capital Partners, Two Sigma, Formation 8, Osage Venture Partners and undisclosed individual investors.
CRV, Fairhaven Capital Partners and Osage University Partners previously provided an undisclosed amount of seed funding for Jibo in June 2014, before the company raised $2.3m…