Tencent and SoftBank Korea have contributed to a round that took educational robot developer Wonder Workshop's total funding to $78m.
US-based educational robotics developer Wonder Workshop has secured $41m in series C funding from investors including corporates Tencent, TAL Education, VTron and SoftBank Korea, Asian Venture Capital Journal reported today.
Internet group Tencent, education services providers TAL Education and VTron, and SoftBank Korea, a subsidiary of telecoms group SoftBank, were joined by MindWorks Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, TCL Capital, Sinovation Ventures, Bright Success, WI Harper and CRV.
Founded in 2012 as Play-I, Wonder Workshop produces programmable robots called Dash, Dot and Cue, which…
