Nimble Closes $106M Series C Funding Round

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Written By Rick Watson

Nimble is a pioneering AI robotics and autonomous e-commerce fulfillment technology company.

Nimble, a robotic third-party logistics platform, raised $105M in Series C funding that will be invested in robot manufacturing and its technology. FedEx entered into a commercial agreement to scale its FedEx Fulfillment service using Nimble's technology as part of its investment. FedEx testing Nimble is a case of an incumbent looking to future-proof its operations with new technology.

Business Wire: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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