GROOVE X Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-06 - Partnership - GROOVE X partners with KarteCo on LOVOT-based KarBo care service - With consent, KarteCo plans to analyse LOVOT camera footage for measures such as heart and breathing rates alongside health and medical records. Results are intended to inform users, family members and care staff through LOVOT, smartphones and PCs. KarBo is… - source: lovot.life
• 2021-01-20 - Funding - NTT DOCOMO invests JPY 400 million in GROOVE X - NTT DOCOMO subscribed for newly issued GROOVE X shares worth JPY 400 million. The investment accompanied the companies' capital and business alliance. GROOVE X separately reported that its wider financing round reached JPY 2.7 billion, including other equity… - source: docomo.ne.jp
• 2021-01-13 - Partnership - GROOVE X and NTT DOCOMO sign capital and business alliance - The companies signed the capital and business alliance agreement on January 13, 2021. The collaboration targets new communication services and healthcare or medical-care applications. The parties also planned to study 5G connectivity for a future LOVOT… - source: docomo.ne.jp
• 2018-12-18 - Product Launch - GROOVE X launches LOVOT companion robot - GROOVE X announced LOVOT on December 18, 2018 after more than three years of development. The robot combines body-wide touch sensing, expressive eye displays and the company's Emotional Robotics technology. Web reservations opened at launch, with first… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2015-11-02 - Company Formation - GROOVE X established in Tokyo - GROOVE X records November 2, 2015 as its official establishment date. The company is headquartered in Chuo, Tokyo and led by Kaname Hayashi. Its stated business is developing LOVOT, a family-style companion robot. - source: groove-x.com