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Acquired byAmazon
Price$775M
Date3/12
TermsCash

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Websitekivasystems.com
Twitter@KivaSystems
CategoryConsumer Electronics/Devices
Phone1-781-221-4640
Emailinfo@kivasystems.com
Employees
Founded1/03

Offices

Headquarters
300 Riverpark Drive
North Reading, MA, 01864
USA

People

Founder
Board Member

Former People

VP Business Development

Funding

TOTAL $11.6M
FUNDING TOTAL $11.6M
Series A, 1/03
$1.6M
Series C, 5/06
Bain Capital Ventures
Meakem Becker Venture Capital
$10M

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Kiva Systems

Kiva Systems (nee Distrobot Systems) makes an order fulfillment system based around short, orange robots. Inventory is kept on racks which are picked up and moved by the robots.

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Above: Kiva Systems
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Sources

  1. Amazon buys Kiva Systems for $775M — prepare for even smarter warehouses (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. TechCrunch: (Founder Stories) Mick Mountz: East Coast VC’s “Are Willing To Look At More One-Off Type Opportunities” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Kiva Systems collects $10M in third round (masshightech.com) [edit]
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