The Robot Nail Polisher(Clockwork) Raises $6.7M in a Community-led Series A

Here’s Why I Invested $500 Myself

Clockwork builds AI-powered robots to make beauty services more convenient and accessible than ever before.

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• One-Liner: AI-powered Robot Nail Polisher
• Based In: San Francisco
• Starting Year: 2021
• Industry: Self-care
• Business Model: Upfront Paid Model + Percentage Revenue
• Investment Round: $6.7M on a $37.5M valuation cap
• Early Traction: $1.9M annual recurring revenue (ARR) in signed contracts

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founder story/problem/market-fit

With engineering and experience leading teams at Dropbox, Nvidia, e.l.f., Clorox, Toyota, and Uber, the team is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the unique opportunity in front of them.

• Renuka Apte — CEO. Business and technical whiz. 15 years industry experience. Led infrastructure teams at Dropbox building product that impacted 700M users and used over 1B times daily. Early committer to Openstack. Ex-NVIDIA. MS from GA Tech.
• Aaron Feldstein- CTO. Engineering ace. 11 years experience in AI and…