FreightTech Friday: Cover Whale closes Series A to grow insurtech offering

Insurtech company Cover Whale announced it has closed on $27.5 million in debt and equity funding managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital to continue growing its platform and solutions.

As a part of this fundraising event, previous debt investors agreed to convert their owed shares to Series A preferred shares. The company has raised $43 million since founding in 2019.

With its improved balance sheet, the company looks to continue investing in its platform to improve its commercial truck...

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Zebra adds to fulfillment stripes with Fetch Robotics AMRs, workflows

This summer, Zebra Technologies acquired Fetch Robotics for $290 million in cash. The idea was that Fetch’s robotics and automation systems would help Zebra accelerate its enterprise asset intelligence product development.

On Thursday, a batch of those offerings – three autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and a fulfillment software platform – were announced. Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) introduced its FlexShelf, FlexShelf Guide, and RollerTop Guide products as well as a FetchCore fulfillment software...

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