Exotec
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 Logo Exotec | |
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Robotics, Software, Logistics |
| Founded 📆 | July 15, 2015 |
| Founders 👔 | Romain Moulin, Renaud Heitz |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , France |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Products 📟 | Skypod, Skypicker |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 300 (2021) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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Exotec [ezotɛ:k] (previously Exotec Solutions) is a startup created in 2015, located in Croix in the Hauts-de-France. The French company designs and develops solutions combining robotics and software to optimize order preparation and logistics for grocery stores, manufacturing and e-commerce.
History[edit]
Exotec was founded in July 2015 by Renaud Heitz et Romain Moulin,.[1] two colleagues from BA Systèmes.[2] The two engineers respectively from MINES ParisTech and Supaéro started developing a fleet of robots using laser sensors to locate and move independently to automate order picking systems. The robots are designed to help warehouse staff pick items from shelves up to 12 meters high[3].
Exotec started developing robotics software powered by machine learning to supervise and orchestrate the actions of the robots. The same year, Exotec raised 340,000 euros from business angels[4] to finance the creations of new prototypes.
In December 2016, Exotec announced a second fundraising of 3.3 million euros[5] from two investment funds 360 Capital Partners, and Breega Capital.[6]
In 2017 Exotec moved from Paris to Lille and started manufacturing its first robots. In the second part of 2017, Cdiscount deployed in Bordeaux the first Skypod robotic devices designed by the company that can move horizontally and vertically to replenish orders in the warehouse.[7] · [8]
In June 2018, Exotec completed a new funding round of 15 million euros[9] with Iris Capital, 360 Capital Partners and Breega to industrialize the manufacturing.[10]
To expand its capacity, in December 2018 Exotec moved to the city of Croix[11] and installed it's R&D lab, new offices with two production lines.[12]
In September 2020, Exotec raised 77 million euros[13] · [14] to accelerate its international development, particularly in Japan and the United States.[15] · [16]
In February 2021, Exotec entered the French Next40 ranking.[17]
In January 2022, Exotec raised $335 million in funding[18], making it the 25th French startup to be valued at more than $1 billion.[19] · [20] · [21]
In February 2022, Exotec was ranked in the 8th place by the Financial Times 1000 — Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2022[22] for its rapid, organic and sustainable growth. The French Magazine Les Echos named the robotic company as #1 in the 2022 Growth Champions ranking.[23]
International growth[edit]
In 2019, Exotec signed a strategic agreement with the North American logistics solutions integrator AHS[24], which works in particular with Walmart, eBay, and Sephora. The same year the company worked with Uniqlo to robotize one of its warehouses in the Netherlands.[25]
In 2020, the French company was selected by Uniqlo to robotize two more logistics warehouses in Japan.[25] · [26]
In 2021, the robotics company signed its first contract in the United States via the integrator AHS. The same year, Exotec also signed a contract with Decathlon in Canada. In order to support the growth of its activity, Exotec settles in Atlanta by opening offices in May 2021.[27]
References[edit]
- ↑ [Logistique] Exotec, portrait d'un robot 100% français qui facilite la vie des e-commerçants, L'Usine digitale, 1 décembre 2016
- ↑ Ces six robots nés de start-up séduisent les retailers... et on vous dit pourquoi !, L'Usine digitale, 12 mai 2017
- ↑ CNN, Ana De Oliva. "Shelf-climbing robots are helping warehouses meet the holiday rush". CNN. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ "Levée de fonds ➤ Exotec Solutions lève 340000 euros ★ Societe.Tech" (in français). Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ↑ "[Logistique] Exotec, portrait d'un robot 100% français qui facilite la vie des e-commerçants". usine-digitale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ "Exotec Solutions lève 3,3 millions d'euros pour faciliter la logistique des e-commerçants". Maddyness - Le média pour comprendre l'économie de demain (in français). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ Cdiscount équipe ses entrepôts d'une solution robotique futuriste… et tricolore !, L'Usine digitale, 7 décembre 2017
- ↑ Au Warehouse de Cdiscount, cinq start-up inventent la logistique 4.0, L'Usine digitale, 18 juin 2018
- ↑ Bregeras, Guillaume (2018-06-12). "Exotec lève 15 millions pour imposer ses robots autonomes". Les Echos Executives (in français). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ Exotec Solutions lève 15 millions d'euros pour robotiser à vitesse grand V les entrepôts, L'Usine Digitale, 12 juin 2018
- ↑ "Exotec Solutions s'installe et va embaucher pour fabriquer 1000 robots par an". www.lavoixdunord.fr (in français). 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ Exotec robotise la logistique des e-commerçants, Les Echos, 28 août 2018
- ↑ "Exotec confirme son ambition internationale avec 90 millions de dollars". Les Echos (in français). 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ RH, La rédactionPour communiquer sur FrenchWeb ou le Journal des; Partenaire, Devenez; Ici, Cliquez (2020-09-29). "Robotique: le Lillois Exotec lève 90 millions de dollars auprès de 83North". FrenchWeb.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ Le Lillois Exotec, créateur des robots Skypod, lève 90 millions de dollars, L'Usine digitale, 29 septembre 2020
- ↑ Les robots lillois d'Exotec lèvent 90 millions de dollars Le Figaro avec AFP, 29 septembre 2020
- ↑ La seconde édition des FT120 et Next 40 accueille 30 nouveaux entrants, L'Usine digitale, 8 février 2021
- ↑ "Warehouse robotics system Exotec raises $335 million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ "France celebrates 25th unicorn in strong start to 2022 for tech sector". France 24. 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ www.bloomberg.com https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-17/france-gets-its-25th-tech-unicorn-reaching-macron-s-goal-early. Retrieved 2022-03-20. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Robotique : Exotec devient la 25e licorne de la French Tech". Les Echos (in français). 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ "FT 1000: the sixth annual list of Europe's fastest-growing companies". 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ Berny, Laura (2022-02-11). "Qui est Exotec, le n°1 du classement des Champions de la croissance 2022 ?". Les Echos Executives (in français). Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ COUSIN, Charlotte. "Exotec Solutions s'associe à AHS pour déployer ses robots aux États-Unis". Voxlog (in français). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Le Japonais Uniqlo choisit le Français Exotec pour robotiser ses entrepôts, L'Usine nouvelle, 13 novembre 2019
- ↑ "Uniqlo taps robot startups to take humans out of its warehouses". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ Erin Schilling (2021-06-28). "How Georgia Tech attracted global robotics company Exotec to Atlanta". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
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