{"id":2309,"date":"2022-01-12T05:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smart-robotics.io\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:26:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:26:25","slug":"smart-robotics-investment-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/smart-robotics.io\/de\/news\/smart-robotics-investment-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Robotics accelerates growth: new funding round and CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"separator\" style=\"height: 150px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n  \n\n\r\n<section class=\"single-blog \" id=\"\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n                            <div class=\"blog-row col-lg-10 mx-lg-auto\">\r\n                                <h1 class=\"title mb-3 mb-lg-5 \"><strong class=\"title-blue\">Smart Robotics accelerates growth<\/strong>: new funding round and CEO<\/h1>\r\n                                <p class=\"bigtext\">Eindhoven, the Netherlands \u2013 January 12 2022\r\n\r\nSmart Robotics, the leading developer of intelligent robot picking software, founded by Mark Menting and Heico Sandee, announces today the closing of the second significant funding round led by the Dutch high-tech venture capital fund Innovation Industries and Mirai Creation Fund II, backed by Toyota Motor Corporation as a key limited partner<\/p>\r\n\r\n                                <div class=\"blogmeta\"> | <span class=\"date\">Date: 12-01-2022<\/span> | <span class=\"author\">Written by: \r\n                frenken                    <\/span>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <!-- social share -->\r\n                                <div class=\"row blog-social mb-0\">\r\n                    <div class=\"social-share-wrap\">\r\n                        <ul class=\"social-share\">\r\n                            <li class=\"social-share-title\">Share<\/li>\r\n                                                                                        <li class=\"social-share-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=https:\/\/smart-robotics.io\/de\/news\/smart-robotics-investment-new-ceo\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\r\n                                                                                        <li class=\"social-share-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/smart-robotics.io\/de\/news\/smart-robotics-investment-new-ceo\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\r\n                                                                                        <li class=\"social-share-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/?text=https%3A%2F%2Fsmart-robotics.io%2Fde%2Fnews%2Fsmart-robotics-investment-new-ceo%2F\"><i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\r\n                                                                                        <li class=\"social-share-item\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=I wanted you to see this site&amp;body=Check out this site https%3A%2F%2Fsmart-robotics.io%2Fde%2Fnews%2Fsmart-robotics-investment-new-ceo%2F\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\r\n                                                    <\/ul>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                                <!-- end social share -->\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"blog-content\">\r\n                    <p>Smart Robotics has since its inception shown that its AI-based software platform is leading in the robotized picking market, with its no-code and easy to use interface for deployment and configuration. This investment round will further accelerate the roadmap for the current products for\u00a0logistics pick and place applications and new products as well as increase the commercial footprint of the organization internationally.<\/p>\n<p>As a natural next step in the company\u2019s growth journey, a CEO has been appointed to lead the organization. The new CEO, Johan Jardevall, is a software veteran with a track record of very successful growth journeys within international software businesses and forms the new executive management team together with Heico Sandee (CTO) and Eric Sas (CFO).<\/p>\n<p>Johan couldn\u2019t be more excited about the opportunity:\u00a0<i>\u201cRobotics is a very interesting space, ready for adoption in a number of new industries. What Smart Robotics has been able to achieve with robots in terms of user friendliness and ease of integration in existing work spaces is incredible. I\u2019m proud to be leading this organization on its growth journey.\u201c<\/i><\/p>\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                            <\/div>  \r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n    <div class=\"separator\" style=\"height: 150px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n  \n\n\r\n    <section class=\"cta-banner py-5\" style=\"background-color:#F5F5F5\">\r\n        <div class=\"container py-5 px-lg-5\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-12 text-center\">\r\n                <blockquote class=\"title mb-4 mb-lg-5\">Ready for reliable and efficient pick &#038; place automation?<\/blockquote>\r\n                                <a href=\"\/contact\/\" class=\"btn btn-colorful\">Contact us<\/a>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n\n\n    <div class=\"separator\" style=\"height: 150px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n  \n\n<section class=\"posts post-related \" id=\"\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"row 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