Starship Technologies

• Starship e-model

• Operating use

  2026-04-28 - Starship reported more than 10 million completed autonomous deliveries by April 28, 2026.

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  2026-04-28 - Starship reported more than 3,000 autonomous robots operating across its network in April 2026.

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  2026-04-28 - Starship reported operations across more than 300 locations in eight countries in April 2026.

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  2026-04-28 - Starship reported more than 22 million autonomous kilometres driven by its fleet.

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  2026-04-28 - Starship reported more than 125,000 autonomous road crossings per day across its operating fleet.

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  2025-12-11 - Starship reported one million grocery deliveries completed in Finland with S Group. - S Group grocery deliveries in Finland - Finland

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  2025-11-20 - Starship stated a target to scale its fleet to more than 12,000 robots by 2027.

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• 2025-10-15 - Series C - $50M - Starship Technologies raises $50M Series C for U.S. delivery expansion

  Starship Technologies completed a $50M Series C funding round, led by Plural, to expand its fleet to over 12,000 robots by 2027. - source: starship.xyz

• 2024-02-06 - Growth funding - $90M - Starship Technologies raises $90M led by Plural and Iconical

  Starship Technologies completed a source-verified growth financing. - source: starship.xyz

• 2022-01-25 - Venture debt - $58.2M - Starship Technologies receives EUR 50M EIB financing

  Starship Technologies received EUR 50 million in European Investment Bank financing to expand its autonomous delivery robot fleet. - source: eib.org

• Plural - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-02-06 - latest 2025-10-15
• Coefficient Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-10-15
• European Investment Bank - Lead - Government / Public - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-01-25
• Iconical - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-02-06
• Karma.vc - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-10-15
• Latitude - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-10-15
• Skaala - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-10-15
• SmartCap - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-10-15

• Valentin Naidja - SVP Revenue - Leads revenue execution for Starship's autonomous delivery robot services.
• Anneli Aljas - VP Finance - Supports finance leadership for Starship's commercial autonomous delivery operations.
• Ahti Heinla - Co-founder, CEO, CTO - Leads Starship's autonomous sidewalk-delivery robot technology and operating business.
• Janus Friis - Co-founder - Co-founded Starship Technologies with Ahti Heinla.

Events

• 2026-02-25 - Partnership - Starship Technologies and Just Eat announce ground-breaking partnership in major expansion of robot delivery

  Starship Technologies and Just Eat announced a corporate partnership to expand autonomous robot delivery in the UK. The first joint service launched for Just Eat takeaway customers in Sunderland as part of the partnership rollout. The announcement positioned the deal as a major step in Starship's UK expansion and Just Eat's local delivery automation strategy.

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• 2025-12-11 - Deployment - Starship Technologies reports one million grocery deliveries completed in Finland with S Group

  S Group grocery robots completed one million orders in Finland in just under three years. Robot deliveries accounted for as much as 20% of online grocery orders in the covered operations. More than 800 robots were operating across 79 Finnish towns and cities, serving over 170 stores.

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• 2025-11-20 - Partnership - Starship Technologies and Uber Eats launch autonomous delivery partnership

  The rollout was scheduled to begin in Leeds in December 2025, expand to additional European countries in 2026 and reach the United States in 2027. At the time of the agreement, the fleet comprised more than 2,700 robots across over 270 locations. The companies said the robots could complete deliveries in under 30 minutes over distances of up to two miles.

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• 2025-10-15 - Funding - Starship Technologies raises $50M Series C for U.S. delivery expansion

  Starship Technologies completed a $50M Series C funding round, led by Plural, to expand its fleet to over 12,000 robots by 2027. Starship Technologies has achieved over 9 million deliveries, covering 12 million miles, and operates in 30+ European cities and 60 U.S. campuses. The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform.

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• 2025-03-13 - Partnership - Starship Technologies and foodora announce partnership in Sweden

  The Stockholm launch made robot delivery available to about 50,000 households. A small fleet began serving Södermalm, with expansion planned for Solna and Sundbyberg. Orders were placed through the foodora app for delivery within a range of up to three kilometres.

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• 2024-10-15 - Partnership - Starship Technologies and Bolt launch robot-powered grocery delivery

  The service launched in Tallinn with coverage available to more than 180,000 residents. Customers could order through the Bolt Food app from the Tulika, Pallasti and Mustika Bolt Market stores. Robot deliveries were offered free during the launch period as the first rollout of the companies' commercial partnership.

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• 2024-02-06 - Funding - Starship Technologies raises $90M led by Plural and Iconical

  The round brought capital raised since 2014 to $230 million. Starship had completed more than six million deliveries across 80 locations in six countries. The capital supported international expansion, AI development and wireless-charging infrastructure.

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• 2022-01-25 - Funding - Starship Technologies receives EUR 50M EIB financing

  The financing supported fleet expansion and development of autonomous delivery operations. The EIB backing targeted Starship sidewalk delivery robots in European and U.S. markets. The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Starship Technologies moves toward broader commercial use.

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Relationships

• Just Eat

  Food Delivery Platform Partner - Starship Technologies and Just Eat partnered to expand autonomous robot delivery in the UK.

• Uber Eats

  Food Delivery Partner - Starship Technologies and Uber Eats partnered on autonomous delivery in Europe and the U.S.

• Bolt

  Delivery Platform Partner - Starship Technologies and Bolt partnered on robot-powered grocery delivery.

• Uber

  Autonomous Delivery Partnership - Starship Technologies and Uber Eats launch autonomous delivery partnership

Comparable profiles

• Serve Robotics

  comparable profile - Sidewalk Delivery Robotics

• RIVR

  comparable profile - Sidewalk Delivery Robotics

Context tags

• Sidewalks and campuses - Customer Environment - Starship robots operate in sidewalks, local delivery zones and campus-style environments.
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Starship builds autonomous sidewalk delivery robot systems.
• Scaled fleet operations - Commercial Stage - Starship reports over 10 million deliveries, Level 4 operation and scaled deployment.
• Robot fleet operations - Capability - Starship reports over 10 million deliveries and scaled robot delivery operations.
• Sidewalk delivery robotics - Peer Group - Starship builds autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for food, groceries and local goods.
• Sidewalk last-mile delivery - Workflow - Starship robots deliver food, groceries and supplies on sidewalks and local routes.
• Sidewalk autonomy - Capability - Starship says its robots are 99% autonomous and operate at Level 4.
• Sidewalk delivery network - Stack Layer - Starship operates a scaled autonomous delivery robot network.
• Autonomous navigation - Capability - Starship robots use sensors and machine learning to navigate the world around them.