Versatile RobotX, a Colchester, United Kingdom-based agricultural robotics company spun out from the University of Essex, raised over £1m in combined equity and innovation grant funding. The capital package combined a private equity investment led by the British Design Fund (BDF) with public co-funding from the Innovate UK Growth Catalyst Investor Partnerships program alongside additional technology grants from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) Farming Innovation Progr...See more