01 / The founder
Biography
Co-founder and CEO of BOTINKIT, a Shenzhen/Hong Kong startup building AI-powered kitchen robots (OMNI) for restaurant automation, deploying across nearly 30 countries.
02 / The company
Botinkit
Shirley Chen works as co-founder & ceo at Botinkit, a robotics company based in Shenzhen at the series-a stage.
03 / Why they’re rising
Why they're rising
Raised ~$50M in back-to-back Series B rounds (total ~$70M) after earlier $13M round backed by a DJI angel; covered by TechCrunch multiple times as a leading foodservice robotics founder.
04 / Verification
What we verified
Confirmed co-founder/CEO across LinkedIn, InvestHK, TechCrunch; funding progression confirmed by multiple outlets.
05 / References