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Kiwibot Completes Pre-Series A Funding and Closes the Biggest Expansion Deal With Sodexo MIAMI, February 17, 2022-- Kiwibot, the Colombian robotic sidewalk delivery startup with a new headquarters in Miami, today announced a multimillion-dollar contract expansion with Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company. "The early success of our Kiwibot partnership has shown that automated delivery is not only possible and reliable, its desirable," said Sarosh Mistry, Chair, Sodexo North America. "We have been intensely working in the robotic food delivery field for the last five years, and this funding will allow us to expand the business at the speed that the market is demanding," said Felipe Chávez Cortés, the CEO and Co-Founder of Kiwibot. The service model allows customers to launch a last-mile delivery system at a fraction of the time and cost, without the hassle of hiring a courier. Sodexo is a leading provider of integrated food, facilities management, and other services that enhance organizational performance, contribute to local communities, and improve quality of life for millions of customers in corporate, education, healthcare, senior living, sports, and leisure, government, and other environments daily.