Cologne\/ Berlin \u2014 Food tech company Circus has acqui\u00adred Berlin-based cooking robot startup Aitme. Through the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, Circus secu\u00adres access to cutting-edge tech\u00adno\u00adlogy in kitchen robo\u00adtics. With the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, Circus also expands its team with expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced experts in robo\u00adtics and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes the sophisti\u00adca\u00adted cooking robots into its infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. The robots are expec\u00adted to operate cost-effec\u00adtively with mini\u00admal labor and streng\u00adthen the level of auto\u00adma\u00adtion in Circus\u2019 micro-kitchens.<\/p>\n
Former Foodora marke\u00adting chief Julian Sto\u00df and Foodora CEO Emanuel Pallua have co-foun\u00added Aimte. The robo\u00adtics startup is funded with tens of milli\u00adons of dollars from big-name inves\u00adtors and has deve\u00adlo\u00adped a cooking robot to market since its foun\u00adding in 2019.<\/p>\n
About Circus<\/strong> Imme\u00addia\u00adtely prior to the Aitme acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, a YPOG team led by Dr. Johan\u00adnes Janning also advi\u00adsed Circus on a \u20ac5.5 million finan\u00adcing round led by venture capi\u00adta\u00adlists Black\u00adMars Capi\u00adtal<\/strong> and 2bx<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant Circus: YPOG <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cologne\/ Berlin \u2014 Food tech company Circus has acqui\u00adred Berlin-based cooking robot startup Aitme. Through the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, Circus secu\u00adres access to cutting-edge tech\u00adno\u00adlogy in kitchen robo\u00adtics. With the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, Circus also expands its team with expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced experts in robo\u00adtics and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes the sophisti\u00adca\u00adted cooking robots into its infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. The robots are expec\u00adted to operate cost-effectively [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCircus has crea\u00adted tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-driven micro-kitchen hubs that intel\u00adli\u00adgently combine auto\u00adma\u00adtion and digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion. The recipes for Circus\u2019 wide culinary selec\u00adtion are deve\u00adlo\u00adped by Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence \u2014 allo\u00adwing for a large number of perso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adzed dishes at low produc\u00adtion costs and effi\u00adci\u00adent use of resour\u00adces. Since laun\u00adching in summer 2022, Circus has alre\u00adady rolled out its service in Hamburg, Colo\u00adgne, Berlin and Duis\u00adburg and raised a total of \u20ac18 million from investors.<\/p>\n
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\nDr. Johan\u00adnes Janning (Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner, Cologne
\nNina Ahlert (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nMatthias Kres\u00adser (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtion), Part\u00adner, Berlin\/Hamburg
\nDr. Malte Berg\u00admann (Tax) Part\u00adner, Hamburg
\nLukas Schmitt (Tax), Asso\u00adciate, Hamburg
\nDr. Matthias Schatz (Corpo\u00adrate), Part\u00adner, Cologne
\nJannis Fischer (Corpo\u00adrate), Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nDr. Bene\u00addikt Fl\u00f6ter (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nDr. Chris\u00adtoph Cordes (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin<\/p>\n