INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Picnic, a robotics startup that focuses on food production, announced today that it has raised $5 million in additional seed funding
The new round was led by Creative Ventures, with participation from Flying Fish Partners and Vulcan Capital.The company also said it has
HereOne from Doppler Labs at previous positions, as its new vice president of engineering.The new funding will be used for product
development, hiring and marketing.Picnic is known for an automated pizza assembly system that launched in October
The configurable, modular platform currently focuses on high-volume pizza production and can reach rates of up to 180 18-inch pizzas or 300
users paying for the system on a subscription basis
restaurant chain Zaucer Pizza.In June, Picnic also hired Mike McLaughlin, a food and beverage industry veteran who previously held roles at
BUNN, Concordia Coffee Systems and Starbucks, as its vice president of product.
