The global warehouse automation market was worth $19bn in 2021 & predicted to grow to $65bn by 2030. Large warehouses are driving this growth, but what about small & medium-sized ones? turns out, >10% of them are able to adopt robotic automation due to issues of high cost, complexity & long lead times. That’s where UK-based Phinxt (pronounced fin-ext) wants to step in, as the startup aims to allow 90% of SMEs to adopt robotics, by providing a cloud-based “orchestration” platform to make a variety of robots work together (e.g. integrating an AMR with a robotic picking arm). Phinxt wants to differentiate itself from e.g. Wise Robotics (UK) (€n.a.) or Waku Robotics (DE) (€2.5m) via...

Netherlands-based, Park 'n Charge is quickly rolling out a network of charging stations in the country "we install them, take care of the maintenance & exploitation". The startup already boasts a network of 6,000 charging points, which it aims to double by 2024 "we can install over 75 charging stations per week week". To do so, the firm has a team of 25 people & also partners with ecotap. Keep in mind, for the Netherlands to align with the United Nations 2030 Agenda, 2m charging stations are needed; a quarter will be in public places, which is the focus of Park 'n Charge. For those public chargers, permits are required "which can easily take 6...