Theker Raises $85 Million to Build New Factory Robots
Theker is a robotics company in Barcelona. They make robots that can do many different jobs in factories. You can change their arms and hands for new tasks. Theker recently got 85 million dollars from big companies like Samsung. They are going to hire many new workers and open new showrooms around the world.
Theker is an interesting robotics startup in Barcelona. The company builds robots for factories. Many factories do not have enough workers. So, they want new robots. Theker’s robots are different from older robots. Older robots often do only one job. But Theker’s machines can do many things.
Carla Gómez Cano and Jiaqiang Ye Zhu started Theker. Carla talked about their machines. You can change the arms and hands. You can make the robots bigger or smaller. The robots pack clothes and sort packages. They also move cans and bottles.
Inditex is the parent company of Zara. Inditex gave money to Theker early on. But Theker wants to do more than retail. The company wants to work in heavy manufacturing. Factory work is difficult and big.
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Theker recently got 85 million dollars from investors. This is a very big amount of money for Europe. CRV is an American company. They gave a lot of money. Samsung and Aglaé Ventures gave money too. Samsung is not a customer right now. But Carla and Samsung are talking. Carla wants Samsung to buy the robots.
The team wants to sell robots quickly. They do not want to run slow tests. They talk directly to logistics workers. Theker has a showroom in the center of Barcelona. People go there to look at the machines.
Theker is going to open more showrooms. They will open them in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. The company will also hire more people. They received 15,000 job applications. Carla is very surprised by this number. She thinks the team will have 120 people this year.
Theker will stay in Barcelona. Barcelona is a great city for technology. Theker is growing faster than before.
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Theker Raises $85 Million to Build New Factory Robots
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