Nimble

Summary

About

About Nimble

Nimble operates robotic fulfilment centres for ecommerce brands. Its service combines general-purpose warehouse robots, inventory and order software, packing and sorting automation, distributed facilities and carrier coordination, giving customers a robotics-enabled third-party logistics network without buying the automation stack themselves.

The robots perform storage, retrieval, picking, packing, sorting and kitting across bin-compatible merchandise. Nimble states that its systems have handled millions of items and supports the operation with cloud logistics tools and transportation partners. The offering is a managed fulfilment service; individual robot hardware is not the primary customer product.

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Articles

23 OCT 2024

Nimble is using FedEx capital to scale autonomous fulfillment as a 3PL model

Funding

Investors

  • DNS Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-11 - latest 2023-03-16
  • GSR Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-11 - latest 2023-03-16
  • Accel - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-03-11
  • Breyer Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-03-16
  • Cedar Pine - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-03-16
  • FedEx, Cedar Pine - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-23
  • Reinvent Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-03-11

Team

  • Simon Kalouche - Founder and CEO
  • Piero Landolfi - Senior Vice President, Operations - Leads the operating system for Nimble fulfilment services.
  • Jared LaPorte - Head of Manufacturing and NPI - Leads manufacturing readiness and new-product introduction for Nimble robots.
  • Matt Shekels - Vice President, Hardware Engineering - Leads Nimble robot hardware engineering.

Timeline

Events

  • 2024-10-23 - Funding - Nimble raises USD 106M Series C to scale autonomous fulfillment

    FedEx led the round, with Cedar Pine co-leading. The funding supported robot manufacturing, system deployments and a FedEx fulfillment commercial agreement. The capital supports warehouse automation and material-handling workflows as Nimble moves toward broader commercial use.

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  • 2024-09-26 - Facility Opening - Nimble opens New Jersey robotic fulfillment center

    The facility expanded Nimble multi-node U.S. fulfillment network into a major East Coast market. It began serving apparel, footwear, health and beauty, consumer-electronics and other ecommerce inventory. The site combines robotic picking and packing with Nimble logistics network to support nationwide two-day-or-less delivery.

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  • 2023-03-16 - Funding - Nimble raises USD 65 million Series B

    Cedar Pine led the round, with DNS Capital, GSR Ventures and Breyer Capital participating. The financing brought Nimble total disclosed capital to USD 115 million. Nimble used the announcement to launch its robotic 3PL service and expand toward a multi-node autonomous fulfillment network offering two-day-or-less delivery.

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  • 2021-03-11 - Funding - Nimble raises USD 50 million Series A

    DNS Capital and GSR Ventures led the round, with Accel and Reinvent Capital also participating. The financing supported hiring, product and technology development, and additional robot deployments in customer fulfillment operations. Nimble said its robots were already picking in production for major retailers, addressing varied ecommerce inventory without warehouse-management-system changes.

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Notes

Profile notes

  • Nimble operates fulfilment centres rather than simply selling picking robots

    reviewed 2026-07-19 - Nimble uses its own AI and robots inside a network of fulfilment centres that stores, picks, packs and ships goods for brands. Customers buy fulfilment outcomes rather than autonomous picking machines.

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