• Hivebotics raised a US$ 6 million Series A led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India.
• Singapore-based robotics company developing Abluo, a mobile robot that cleans commercial restrooms end to end using an articulated arm.
• Fareast Land Development (Farglory Group) and Rigel joined the round.
• Funding targets volume production from pilots, distributor expansion across four core markets, further development of its HiveIntelligence physical AI layer.
• Abluo logged nearly 10,000 operating hours across more than 20 sites over 12 months, targeting labor shortages in facilities management.

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