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Exotec

Automated robotics for warehouses

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501-1000 employees
  • B2B
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Deep Tech
  • Internet of Things
  • Robotics
  • Machine Learning
Croix, France

Company mission

To deliver transformative results for order fulfilment operations.

Our take

Warehouse fulfilment can be a time-pressured and exhausting atmosphere for workers. Exotec is a robotics company delivering automated software and hardware for the goods-to-person warehouse industry, aiming to alleviate the pressures for workers.

With a view to improving operational efficiency, resiliency, and warehouse working conditions, Exotec has developed conveyor belt systems, in-house transport systems, and workstations that reduce the energy exerted by human workers. Its flagship product, the Skypod, is an autonomous mobile robot programmed to deliver goods from shelves to workers. It prioritises the most urgent orders received on the warehouse’s systems, maximising efficiency.

Exotec’s has some big-name clients, fulfilling warehouse management needs for the likes of Decathlon and Uniqlo. Considerable funding has accelerated its expansion from Europe into the US, with the company predicting that by 2025, the US market will amount to a third of its sales. It has also made inroads into Japan with new partnerships with integrated logistics provider Alps Logistics and fulfilment service acca International.

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Kirsty

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Benefits

  • Maternity and paternity leave, plus support for childcare
  • Competitive local healthcare packages
  • Vacation package & PTO
  • Mobility opportunities (internal and international)
  • Bonuses & stock options
  • Training & development opportunities

Company values

  • Understand Our Customers - At Exotec, our customers’ success is our success. We understand that your projects have different needs, therefore our primary objective is to understand our customers so we can deliver tailored solutions today and create profitable opportunities for years to come
  • Grow Smarter, Together - From management to the assembly floor, we are one team. Our employees are experts in their fields and have the freedom to continually improve our products, operations, and customer service. We don’t just provide a product, install it, and walk away – we are continually developing new and innovative solutions for our customers’ most difficult fulfillment challenges. Our entire team is invested in your success
  • Take pride in our work - We stand behind our systems. That means we continue to support our customers to ensure our primary goal of customer success. But it also means that taking pride in our work is a pillar of our company culture. At Exotec, we all share pride in our projects and the value they deliver to customers
  • Trust, growth and celebration - We cultivate transparency and simplicity. We encourage initiative where every idea can become a reality. We celebrate our successes together
  • Rational craziness - We are not afraid to aim higher, bolder than what has already been done. That’s what took us off six years ago when we promised to deliver our first system in under a year. But to reach those goals, we need excellence and first-class rigour. If you like crazy challenges that you achieve with quality work, you are in the right place

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jan 2022

$335m

SERIES D

Sep 2020

$90m

SERIES C

Total funding: $444.3m

Leadership

Previously Robotics Architect at GE Healthcare, CTO at BA Systèmes and Robotics Designer at Astrium.

Renaud Heitz

(CTO)

Previously a Software Robotics Architect at GE Healthcare, Robotics Software Designer and Developer at BA Systemes and Member of the Wind Energy Control Team at General Electric.